📝 Plot: On a summer beach, Luc and his boyfriend Sébastien clash over personality and freedom. Luc wanders off, meets a flirtatious tourist named Lucia, and shares an unexpected intimate encounter. When his clothes are stolen he returns home wearing Lucia’s summer dress. The experience reshapes his identity and brings new insight into love, acceptance and self‑expression.

#UneRobeDEté #FrenchShort #SummerRomance #IdentityQuest #YouthfulDiscovery #BeachTale #ComingOfAge #Fluidity #lgbtq

Enjoyed the fluidity of the UTS Business School facade on a recent trip to Sydney. A little bit Gaudi-ish? #architecture #masonry #UTS #fluidity #TravelTuesday
Rat Vui Gap Ban (Nice to Meet You)

I’m sitting here after I’ve made my own coffee in a co-living space in Hanoi.

Brett Gornall

A 2022 thesis from Abilene Christian University found that couples in mixed-orientation marriages report emotional fulfillment, especially when communication and authenticity are prioritized.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/beyond-binary-queer-resilience-and-the-refusal-to-be-boxed-in-6494223552cd?sk=7e4ca7ba9c1ba128a8e7de95d042e4a7

#LGBTQ #Relationships #Marriage #Queer #Fluidity

Beyond Binary: Queer Resilience and the Refusal To Be Boxed In

How Bessie Smith, Josephine Baker, and modern couples are rewriting the script on love

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We (but also I; you'll see why in a moment) are proposing a new term for plurals everywhere. The term is:

kepholon (n.)

In the context of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), a kepholon refers to a self-state or identity that represents a dynamic integration of multiple, previously distinct alters, system parts, or aspects of self. A kepholon functions as a cohesive whole formed from some or all parts of the system, allowing for shared consciousness, memory access, and unified function.

Crucially, this integration is characterized by fluidity; the constituent parts within the kepholon retain their potential separateness and may dissociate or separate again under certain conditions (e.g., stress). It represents a state of integration without final fusion, where parts work together as one but have not permanently merged into a single, indivisible identity.

In this compound, keph- stands for the leading, directing, conscious, or executive function: the part that is currently "fronting," interacting with the world, or managing the system's interface with external reality. It represents the aspect taking charge or acting as the primary point of consciousness for the integrated state.

The -olon suffix connects the "head" function back to the broader holon concept (see below): an integrated entity composed of multiple parts that function as a cohesive whole but retain the potential for separation. It emphasizes that this "head" is not an isolated entity but the currently active face or director of that unified-but-fluid collective. The word "holon" was coined by author and philosopher Arthur Koestler in his 1967 book The Ghost in the Machine; from Greek holos (whole/entire) + -on (suffix denoting a particle or part).

🎵 I am she as you are he, as you are me and we are all together...🎵

I needed the word for me. Cuz I'm Ellis, and that's what I am, and these four motherfuckers want attribution or they're threatening to shatter me into four little tiny mes (which is them, so it's not really much of a threat, honestly 🤔 ).

Anyway, hi! My name is Ellis, and I'm a kepholon. 💙

#kepholon #plural #plurality #multiplicity #DID #DissociativeIdentityDisorder #DIDsystem #headmates #SystemParts #pluralpride #integration #DynamicIntegration #holon #fluidity #fronting #consciousness #psychology #neologism #terminology #etymology #NewWord #WordsMatter

🎵 I am the walrus, goo-goo g'joob! 🎵

“I simply do not see why the nation has to have an official sexuality, especially one that authorizes the norm of a violent gentility; that narrows the field of legitimate political action; that supports the amputation of personal complexity into categories of simple identity; that uses cruel and mundane strategies both to promote shame for non-normative populations and to deny them state, federal, and juridical supports because they are deemed morally incompetent to their own citizenship. This is the heterosexuality I repudiate.”

― Lauren Berlant, in "The Queen of America Goes to Washington City: Essays on Sex and Citizenship"

#heteroNormativity #beliefs #subjugation #radicality #appropriation #sexism #heteroSexuality #queer #Berlant #LaurenBerlant #literature #fluidity #patriarchy #subalternStudies

I read and reviewed Relationship Material by Rachel Spangler. Fantastic! Check it out!

https://womenusingwords.wordpress.com/2025/07/01/relationship-material/

#wlw #romance #friendships #acceptance #lgbtq #family #love #nonbinary #fluidity #identity #flings #commitment #fallinginlove @rachelspangler.rachelspangler.com

Before I began my transition, I identified as 100% heterosexual — or so I thought. I had no interest in men and couldn’t conceive of anything attractive about them. Recently, a friend asked me if I had been trained to be heterosexual. What an interesting question, I thought.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/evolution-sexuality-trans-woman-story-6080960b3bc1

#LGBTQ #Transgender #Identity #Attraction #Fluidity

Evolution of My Sexuality: A Trans Woman’s Story | Prism & Pen

Is sexual preference something we’re born with, or something we’re conditioned into? Many people believe it’s something we’re born with. Years ago, I would have agreed. But for me, the answer isn’t…

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