itgetsbetterproject:

15-year-old Noah St. John ran away with the “NPR Snap Judgement Performance of the Year” title for his brilliant recounting of a car ride with an unexpected ending.

What he initially thought was the end of his life with his two moms proved to be a reaffirmation of their love and commitment to one another and to him.

In case you needed further proof that kids of gay parents turn out just fine, strap in for Noah’s passionate and heart-warming tale.

Read more at http://www.queerty.com/watch-15-year-olds-electrifying-award-winning-story-about-his-lesbian-moms-20130108/#80FHT1LaOt10TcSz.99 

THIS IS AMAZING!!! Everyone should watch this!

cinderellainrubbershoes:

“It’s a New Year and with it comes a fresh opportunity to shape our world. So this is my wish, a wish for me as much as it is a wish for you: in the world to come, let us be brave – let us walk into the dark without fear, and step into the unknown with smiles on our faces, even if we’re faking them. 

And whatever happens to us, whatever we make, whatever we learn, let us take joy in it. We can find joy in the world if it’s joy we’re looking for, we can take joy in the act of creation. So that is my wish for you, and for me. Bravery and joy.”

-Neil Gaiman’s NY2013 wish

Sharing his brilliant wish and making it my own as well for this new year. Happy New Year everyone. Make it fantastic!

jasonrobertballard:

So I heard about this story at a Zumbathon I attended this weekend. To my understanding, a 3 year old was bit by a pit bull and needs facial reconstruction surgery. The community however isn’t doing a very good job at helping because the mother and father of the child have a lot of tattoos.

All I could think when I heard this was - Tumblr wouldn’t stand for that.

Here is the link to the news story and to the fundraising site, please signal boost :)

neil-gaiman:

Why a proposed book-burning party was a Very Good Thing Indeed.

(PLEASE Watch this. Be proud of your libraries. And remember, it’s not about taxes. It’s about knowledge, and humanity, and access to the internet, and what libraries are and represent, and what librarians do.)

reverse psychology at its best! Always vote YES to support your libraries!!!

bulletinaweave:

“My five year old son likes to wear dresses,” says German dad Nils Pickert. Back when he lived in West Berlin, it was certainly a conversation-starter, but not much more than that. Now, however, Pickert and his son live in a “very traditional” South German village where his son’s predilection for dresses is the talk of the town. “I didn’t want to talk my son into not wearing dresses and skirts,” Pickert tells the German feminist magazine EMMA. “He didn’t make friends in doing that in Berlin already and after a lot of contemplation I had only one option left: To broaden my shoulders for my little buddy and dress in a skirt myself.” At first, Pickert’s son was reluctant to wear a dress in public, fearing he would be laughed at, particularly by other kids at his preschool. But that all changed one “skirt and dress day” when he and his dad made a resident of the town stare so hard she slammed into street light face first. “My son was roaring with laughter,” says Pickert. “And the next day he fished out a dress from the depth of his wardrobe. At first only for the weekend. Later also for nursery-school.” As you might imagine, this story has a happy ending: And what’s the little guy doing by now? He’s painting his fingernails. He thinks it looks pretty on my nails, too. He’s simply smiling, when other boys ( and it’s nearly always boys) want to make fun of him and says: “You only don’t dare to wear skirts and dresses because your dads don’t dare to either.” That’s how broad his own shoulders have become by now. And all thanks to daddy in a skirt. (via Father of the Year Helps Dress-Wearing Son Feel Comfortable By Putting on a Skirt Himself)

Excuse me, I’m just gonna go… ball up in a corner and sob for a few hours…

neil-gaiman:

One day I will set them free.

suicideblonde:

Alexander McQueen Spring 2009