LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[KikiDeAnime]

3D printed birthday gifts for my friend. She's obsessed with dragons and HTTYD. I'm just waiting on the 3rd item to finish printing then I'll post photos of it as well.
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[TwoCrows]

3D printed birthday gifts for my friend. She's obsessed with dragons and HTTYD. I'm just waiting on the 3rd item to finish printing then I'll post photos of it as well.
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Oh how cool! I love these!

 

[KikiDeAnime]

The final item just finished printing.
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[allosaurusrock]

3D printed birthday gifts for my friend. She's obsessed with dragons and HTTYD. I'm just waiting on the 3rd item to finish printing then I'll post photos of it as well.
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Those are super cute

 

[fluffycrow]

I've had better luck with choppings and near drownings than some of the plants that I have ordered on line. I believe it's due to several things, number one they are usually nursery grown among thousands of plants so the care your plant received may not have been the best, nurseries are always too humid for succulents too. The plants are then subject to shipping shock and then land in another part of the country all together. I guess I can't rule out my altitude of 7,000 ft along with our drastic temperature changes effecting their ability to adapt. Most all of them survived all of this but many of them took a while to wake back up. I am leary of ordering on line anymore now but I will in the future. For now I am pretty full up and they are all growing well! Of course I always WANT more plants but do I NEED more? Im gonna go with yes.

Very interesting. Definitely makes sense.

And yes, we always want more succulents

 

[EggzactlyRight]

In my country being LGBTQ+ is not only not accepted in most places but the government campaigns against the community. Not just older generations but younger ones too mostly consist of people who are very openly and harshly against it. This is the reason I am unable to call myself part of the community even though my letter is right there in the name. To grow up in an environment where the norm is to judge, shame, and shun so many people simply because they are different in some way that does not even concern others has warped my mind to such an extent that I don't know if I'll ever be able to be fully open about who I am as a person.

I've been reading through this thread and it fills my heart with joy to know that while we live in many different places all over the world, living completely different lives, we have something in common, an experience we can share and find shelter in one another if needed, all the while talking about our common love for poultry and interest in other hobbies.

Thank you for this thread!​

 

[Sally PB]

@EggzactlyRight, welcome! Yes, this is a wonderful thread. I wish I could give you a hug in person, but this will have to do.


As a cis-gendered, straight, married old(ish) lady, it pains my heart to see anyone in the LGBTQ+ community hurting because of who they are and who they love. People are people, love is love.

Sending more hugs.

 

[fluffycrow]

In my country being LGBTQ+ is not only not accepted in most places but the government campaigns against the community. Not just older generations but youngers ones too mostly consist of people who are very openly and harshly against it. This is the reason I am unable to call myself part of the community even though my letter is right there in the name. To grow up in an environment where the norm is to judge, shame, and shun so many people simply because they are different in some way that does not even concern others has warped my mind to such an extent that I don't know if I'll ever be able to be fully open about who I am as a person.

I've been reading through this thread and it fills my heart with joy to know that while we live in many different places all over the world, living completely different lives, we have something in common, an experience we can share and find shelter in one another if needed, all the while talking about our common love for poultry and interest in other hobbies.

Thank you for this thread!​

Welcome. Hope you feel safe here . Some of us live in less than safe communities.

Unfortunately, the more silent we are, the less safe our world will become

 

[kattabelly]

In my country being LGBTQ+ is not only not accepted in most places but the government campaigns against the community. Not just older generations but youngers ones too mostly consist of people who are very openly and harshly against it. This is the reason I am unable to call myself part of the community even though my letter is right there in the name. To grow up in an environment where the norm is to judge, shame, and shun so many people simply because they are different in some way that does not even concern others has warped my mind to such an extent that I don't know if I'll ever be able to be fully open about who I am as a person.

I've been reading through this thread and it fills my heart with joy to know that while we live in many different places all over the world, living completely different lives, we have something in common, an experience we can share and find shelter in one another if needed, all the while talking about our common love for poultry and interest in other hobbies.

Thank you for this thread!​

And this is why visibility is so important, not that I think anyone on this thread needed to be told.

It's nothing like as bad as the situation in some places in e.g. Eastern Europe but I live in a small, rural community that can sometimes feel very traditional and set in its ways. The first Pride event here was just five years ago (and ended up being online-only due to covid) and we had our first Pride march just last year. Tbf I've never experienced any kind of hate or discrimination here personally - people are sometimes a bit confused or misinformed but generally accepting on the rare occasion LGBTQ issues come up in conversation - but being visibly queer or outing yourself can still feel like much more of an intentional statement than it did when I lived in a small city with a large LGBTQ population. I try to make a point of not ever even seeing it as an issue that I might need to hide or disclose like it's some Big Scary Secret, but I'm very aware that I'm in a privileged position being able to do that.

Everyone deserves safety and happiness. I hope you're able to find some for yourself, IRL as well as places like this.

 

[TwoCrows]

It's a shame that people aren't allowed to be comfortable with who they are and the bodies they were born in. Unfortunately humanity has created judgmental structures on how we all should live our lives, which inevitably causes separation, war and oppression. Humanity can be pretty ugly at times. Fortunately there are pockets of safety all around the world where once in a while one can find unexpected exceptance and BYC is one of those places. Hugs all around to all of you here.