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Sotalo@sotalo.bsky.social |
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He/Him
Furry artist living in Sarasota, F.L.
Curator/Creator of the Virtual Furry Museum
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Sotalo
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I'd refrained from calling U.S. Republicans Nazis until now. Spreading hate, legalizing discrimination, arresting gays, branding with pink triangles, and killing them in concentration camps more closely matches Republican plans for the future with every passing day. Anything except tolerance.
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Chip Fox
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According to Project 2025 our furry documentaries will be classified as porn due to LGBT content, which will be a crime.
www.xbiz.com/news/282358/...
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I'm curious how Greeks' opinions over the VERY homoerotic Sacred Band of Thebes changed over time. The elite gay warriors who defeated the Spartans (twice), ending their conquest of Greece, and receiving full blessings from Phillip II of Macedon, Alexander the Great's father.
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Having sculpted the Pieta and Statue of David, painted the Sistine Chapel, and penned final designs for St. Peter's Bascillica, Michelangelo is responsible for history's greatest artistic achievements. He also praised the nude form and wrote about the war in his mind between male beauty and faith.
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At the start of the Renaissance the human form was considered a symbol of perfection. When clergymen criticized nudity in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo drew them in. He was also accused of homophobia by someone who bragged their own same-sex exploits. Hypocrisy against nudity in art isn't new.
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Second Continental Congress delegates signed the Lee Resolution on July 2, 1776 separating British rule. The Declaration of Independence was adopted July 4, all signatures received by August 2. 248 years ago 13 states became one nation, and the United States of America was born. Happy 4th of July!
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I had an excellent birthday party at Club Awtt! The vibe was amazing!
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Neer
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Hell, furry anything is at risk. People are not treating this shit like it's an existential threat. I see too many "but Biden..." and "but I disagree with..." and it's like, dude, yes. I get it, but what's the alternative? You either vote for your rights or you yield them, and once gone...
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Neer
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Furry cons likely won't survive Project 2025. They literally state gay people even existing makes it sexual, as our "sexual identity" makes us automatic smutpeddlers. Most event venues have ratings/limits to what can be hosted. Will knock out events or force up prices.
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But there are many groups and cultures where sexual minorities are protected, where tolerance is normal, and where research and education are being performed to better the lives of all people, not just whoever the majority deems worthy of comfort, respect, and acceptance.
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People who belong to sexual minorities cannot share their affection or stories in public the way straight people can. Who/what we love discomforts some, and tolerance/education/respect aren't the goal. Loud voices make terrible listeners, so they're usually misinformed and inaccurate.
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We were already xenophobic/homophobic/racist, and consumerist long before 9/11. And Christian/conservative. Bush leading the war/recovery made it obvious. TV was full of sex abuse crime drama while print had yellow journalism. Put it in a blender with the animation age ghetto, you get reactionaries.
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Vintage Furry Content
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The string of horrible furry media coverage in the early 2000s didn't exist in a vacuum. It was part of a massive post-9/11 push for jingoism and "normalcy" on TV. So everybody "different" or "marginal" would be portrayed as a villain or be made the target of mockery. Hence furry marginalization.
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The regression on LGBTQ rights is global. This is certainly coming to the United States under a second Trump administration.
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Louis, nice! Very classy!
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Ignorance and wishful thinking improves nothing. Republicans gerrymandered states, turning Florida into a red block. Of 527 anti-LGBT bills over 100 passed into law. Despite lies, lawsuits, and losses Trump won 2016, Fox News still airs, and because voters don't know better he might succeed again.
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7 - The only way we can freely and genuinely live as we are is if we make it clear nobody has any authority to suppress what makes us human. The people who tolerate, accept, and respect us are our friends. The people who don't, well, how much those opinions matter is up to you. But they don't to me.
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6 - So even after pride month closes please keep this history in mind. Peace needs active participants. We must be unyielding in choosing love over repression, tolerance over hate, truth over lies, and respect over animosity. Lest we fall victims to the grip of hatred, we must persevere.
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5 - But around the world you find friends: people who are tolerant and respectful. People who reject the hatred. The opinions of people who hate have zero value as they care naught for the sanctity of human life nor the value of genuine human love. History will never hold their hate in high regard.
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4 - In all these instances people who chose hatred thought they were doing the right thing. But this research has shown me after thousands of years, people around the world still have no idea how to treat people with different sexual preferences. Respect over such maters can never be guaranteed.
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3 - I've also covered South Korea's first trans person being forcibly discharged and committing suicide. I've covered African nations regressing back to the death penalty for LGBTQ people. And I've also covered the Westboro Baptist church picketing Mister Roger's funeral.
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2 - I've covered the Sacred Band of Thebes honored by Alexander the Great's father. I've covered ancient Egyptian manicurists buried in the same tomb. And I've covered Mister Roger accepting François Clemmons for decades on his show. And how two-spirits were honored in many Native American tribes.
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1 - As Pride month draws to a close, I think it's important to recognize why history is so important. No other subject better teaches you human behavior. Cultures around the world treat LGBTQIA people differently. We've always been here, but perceptions about us keep changing.
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People who blame Jesus for their bigotry don't understand Christianity. Jesus forgave the adulterous woman because no man was sinless. The Good Samaritan was held higher despite cultural differences. Christians honored same-sex marriages for millenia. Radicals changed the interpretation over time.
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I'mma say this for all the people in the back. Don't vote for a person. Vote for your rights, for the rights of others. On page 5 of Project 2025's 180-day plan they openly call for outlawing porn, recommending imprisoning anyone who creates it. Are you an NSFW artist, or like the art? THIS IS YOU.
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If they want things back to normal, we could resurrect the native culture, including two-spirits. But no one wants that. Modern American politics lack ambition and sense. What should happen never does. It's a sordid affair for who can squeeze through the cracks filtering genius and good will away.
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So half the nation is masochist?
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Something tells me 160 million Americans did not benefit from Trump's corporate or estate tax cuts. His tax plan costs 4 trillion over 10 years, benefitting people earning millions over people earning less than $10,000! I never thought a tax cut could result in Nottingham, but, here we are.
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520+ anti LGBTQ bills, cuts to education, higher drug and healthcare costs. I hear some people vote Republican over economic issues, but the felon they're running added 30% to our national deficit his last Presidency. If it's not for a better life, why do Republicans keep voting for this?
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If you'd like to find out more, the American Civil Liberties Union has mapped out all the anti-LGBTQ bills promoted by Republicans. It's well organized by state and nature of the bills:
www.aclu.org/legislative-...
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But they can't control who people are born as, they can only try to control how people perceive the world and each other. By paving the way to greater ignorance, they pave the way to greater intolerance, greater hatred, and further radicalization. Education can combat ignorance, but not perception.
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When I went to school reading was encouraged and promoted for healthy learning. I believe the more people read and learn, the less likely they are to discriminate against others. But when hatred and discrimination are the goal, reading and knowledge become the enemy.
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In the last few years U.S. Republicans have added over 520 anti-LGBTQ laws with over 100 of those bills passing and becoming law. Anti LGBTQ leaders all over the world promote discrimination against the recommendation of civil rights leaders and organizations like the ACLU and Amnesty International.
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On the campaign trail, former U.S. President Donald Trump supported the Supreme Court decision permitting gay marriage, but vowed to overturn LGBTQ protections introduced by Joe Biden, and override state and local laws. Permitting LGBTQ discrimination nationwide is a key platform for Republicans.
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I love the absurdity of this one. Well done!
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A 2007 Anti-Discrimination Act was condemned by conservative Christian groups in South Korea. Every administration since then attempted to pass the law, but LGBTQ people are seen as mentally incapacitated. SK remains one of only two nations in the world without a nationwide anti-discrimination law.
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South Korea's first trans soldier Byun Hee-soo was forcibly discharged after gender reassignment. A panel claimed mental instability. She comitted suicide 2021 one year later. “Regardless of my gender identity, I want to show everyone that I can be one of the great soldiers defending this country.”
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Putin's Russia criminalized even the mention of homosexuality calling people and their plight "gay propaganda." Pride demonstrations are met with brutality. Ironically, Putin enabled his troops to rape victims of war in Ukraine and with spouses domestically. The hypocrisy is hard to accept.
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Russia's LGBTQ legal history flip-flopped between condemnation from Protestants and accepting Orthodoxy. 1832, men were banished to Siberia. After the October Revolution Bolsheviks decriminalized in 1922. Stalin recriminalized 1933. Boris Yeltsin decriminalized 1993. Putin recriminalized 2013-2024.
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Sam Logan
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When fetch plays you
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Sotalo
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Oh this is hurting my head, and not just the ball bouncing off of it!
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Countering this trend is South Africa - Once heavily segregated during Apartheid, South Africa became the 5th nation in the world to decriminalize same-sex marriage in 2006. Today, all forms of LGBTQ discrimination are illegal in the country. We learn history to avoid repeating its mistakes.
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The British Empire's Buggary Act of 1533 and rise of extremist Christian nationalism exported homophobia to most of the world, including Africa. 5 African countries condemn homosexuality by death: Mauritania, Sudan, Uganda, Nigeria, and Sudan, a regression that opposes international human rights.
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Ain't nothing gona break my stride Ain't nothing gonna slow me down Whoa oh! I've got to keep on moving!
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VCL was apparently not the first Furry library, but it was one of the most popular, and it predates Yerf! I found images posted to it from 1995. Sylys showed me tons of pictures from the 70s and 80s. It's incredible to see the fandom stretch back to then!
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Find people who enjoy the calm. The people whose idea of a good time in the middle of a party is taking someone outside to walk on the pier and stare at the lights twinkling over the harbor and strike up an amazing 2-hour conversation about philosophy... or... anything! We do exist!
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He removed and reinstated Bishop Macarie of Roman, and made a sizable donation to Voroneț Monastery. But due to his conversion to Islam, he was erased from inscriptions and frescoes from the Orthodox churches of Moldovia. Far from beloved, not every LGBTQ figure in history made the best role model.
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Ilie II Rareș, young prince of Moldovia 1546-1551, was openly gay with Turkish adviser Hadâr. He taxed heavily to the discontent of wealthy landowners. He asked the Sultan to reduce financial obligations and renounced the throne in front of him. Later, he converted to Islam and married many women.
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Yeah, this is me pretty much. I don't have ADHD, but perfectionism used to seriously get in my way of getting shit done. Nowadays my perfectionism is more of a tangent I'll end up wandering down rather than something that stops me from doing something I really want to do.
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