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(i ripped this off wikipedia real fast so sorry if it's lib)

In October 1776, the Public Universal Friend contracted an epidemic disease and was bedridden and near death with a high fever. Their family summoned a doctor from Attleboro, six miles away, and neighbors kept up a death-watch at night. The fever broke after several days. The Friend later reported that [deadname redacted] had died, receiving revelations from God through two archangels who proclaimed there was "Room, Room, Room, in the many Mansions of eternal glory for Thee and for everyone". The Friend further said that [deadname redacted]'s soul had ascended to heaven and the body had been reanimated with a new spirit charged by God with preaching his word, that of the "Publick Universal Friend", describing that name in the words of Isaiah 62:2 as "a new name which the mouth of the Lord hath named".

From that time on, the Friend refused to answer to their deadname, ignoring or chastising those who insisted on using it. When visitors asked if it was the name of the person they were addressing, the Friend simply quoted Luke 23:3 ("thou sayest it").  Identifying as neither male nor female, the Friend asked not to be referred to with gendered pronouns. Followers respected these wishes; they referred only to "the Public Universal Friend" or short forms such as "the Friend" or "P.U.F.", and many avoided gender-specific pronouns even in private diaries. When someone asked if the Friend was male or female, the preacher replied "I am that I am", saying the same thing to a man who criticized the Friend's manner of dress (adding, in the latter case, "there is nothing indecent or improper in my dress or appearance; I am not accountable to mortals").

editorial note: I think this is a very cool story and I really love hearing it. We've been around forever and we've been doing variations of this forever. It's really beautiful


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[-] thirtymilliondeadfish@hexbear.net 17 points 18 hours ago

thirtymilliondeadfish has had there social position, personal integrity, leftist credentials, and gender credentials savaged.

screm-pretty

[-] MusicOwl@hexbear.net 8 points 15 hours ago

Feeling really burnt out today for the first time in a while. Hope I get thru this rough spot soon. omori-miserable

[-] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 16 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I don't know why this is the case, but I hate how hard calling myself a woman is. Maybe with time/transition progress it will be more natural feeling? I definitely want to be, so I guess I am, idk it still feels wrong.

[-] Thallo@hexbear.net 11 points 18 hours ago

What happened? I remember a few months ago you really liked the term and didn't consider transfem or other queer stuff useful to you. It was all woman all the way!

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[-] WhoaSlowDownMaurice@hexbear.net 21 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

One of my friends was like, yo, even if you're just enby, you're not cis and don't wanna be cis, you should post on the trans mega!

So, uh, hey all, how we doing? Gonna make a dal with canned pumpkin in it this weekend

[-] MusicOwl@hexbear.net 14 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Yay we need more enbys on the trans mega! Welcome, comrade. comrade-raccoon

[-] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 13 points 19 hours ago

Yeah of course enbys can post here!!!

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[-] Tomboymoder@hexbear.net 13 points 18 hours ago

I feel so wide all the time, but I think everyone might just be wider than I think and I have BDD doggirl-gloom

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[-] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 8 points 16 hours ago

hey can i post some weird rant about potentially dating a poly person later?

i don't know why i make it sound like i'm asking. i'm going to do it anyway and i'm just posting this to remind myself for later

[-] naom3@hexbear.net 5 points 14 hours ago

Stay tuned!

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 11 points 19 hours ago

Day one of Gabapentin Is For Losers, Cold Turkey Gang, I Ain't No Fuckin Loser:

I stop taking the anxiety med, dead-dove-1 I have more anxiety when I'm going outside dead-dove-3

No bad withdrawal stuff though, baby tier. I'm goin' back to anxietytown.

[-] naom3@hexbear.net 5 points 14 hours ago

I stop taking the anxiety med, dead-dove-1 I have more anxiety when I'm going outside dead-dove-3

This is so real. Every now and then I try and go off cipralex so I can feel full emotions again and I quickly get reminded of why I’m on it in the first place

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[-] rtstragedy@hexbear.net 8 points 18 hours ago
[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 3 points 13 hours ago

I think so, I'm finding myself emotionally distant and caustic a lot on gabapentin, which I do not like.

[-] Tomboymoder@hexbear.net 16 points 21 hours ago

It’s cold, I wanna be a burritodoggirl-tears

[-] ComradeMonotreme@hexbear.net 12 points 20 hours ago

Yesterday I was photographing a self bondage set in a small grove between some trees, a sort of lost in the woods thing wearing the green dress from Howl's moving castle and a pair of blue wrens landed on the branch next to my head and hung out there for a few moments, I didn't manage to get the picture with them because I was too surprised but I'm a motherfucking Disney princess.

[-] Luna@hexbear.net 10 points 20 hours ago

I was looking at my shadow today, and it looked like I was wearing an awesome coat with a long back piece flapping in the wind, along with my jeans. Yeah, in reality it's just a sweatshirt thing that happens to have a small portion that hangs out in the back, and it does it in the front too. Now I really want a coat like that...

[-] Eco@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago

i call her my wife and she loves it. i call her my waifu one time...

[-] Luna@hexbear.net 6 points 18 hours ago

There is so much more to this Fire Emblem rom hack than I thought, and I have to reset my run because I misunderstood how supports work and I've forsaken romance for a lot of the characters i-love-not-thinking

I'll definitely have a mega post for when the time comes, there's a lot to this hack and it might just be peak gaming

[-] Luna@hexbear.net 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

For some reason I don't entirely dread having to restart the game, and I feel like it's worth it to enjoy the characters to their fullest. Also missed some characters and their dialogue, so...

(it's also just really fun)

[-] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 18 points 23 hours ago

Mental health, burnout, family shitFeeling real yes-honey-left today

Lend me gay energy to take care of myself instead of just burning myself out dealing with external problems

I feel like I'm trying so hard to improve myself and do so much for other people to just keep my dysfunctional family afloat and it's never enough and I never feel appreciated for it

It's like no matter what I do and how hard I try to get my shit together, I'm always gonna be treated like a dumb gremlin baby by my family even as they increasingly become incompetent geezers that need my help with simple shit that they're too lazy to do for themselves

It feels like I'm carrying them around in the Flintstones car and if I quit lifting it up and kicking my legs to keep it moving, the wheels are gonna fall off and that's gonna be all my fault according to them and I'll never hear the end of it. this-is-fine its-a-living

Anyways here's a cute cat pic

[-] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago

Readiing this thread, there's lots of sad queers who cant sleep

I am now obligated to point out it is a full moon

Solidarity

[-] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 9 points 22 hours ago

Sleeping at a "normal" time is hard. 4am is much easier.

[-] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 6 points 18 hours ago

I fell asleep at sunrise 😩

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

maybe all the puppy girls are onto something doggirl-smart

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[-] Tomboymoder@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago

Found another white hair in my brush doggirl-gloom

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 10 points 23 hours ago
[-] Kuori@hexbear.net 9 points 21 hours ago

yessss bridget-smug one of us, one of us!

[-] Yor@hexbear.net 13 points 23 hours ago

monster zero ultra fills my veins

[-] Kuori@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago

yesterday i threw out my back falling up stairs and today i wrecked my ankle going down stairs

it's clear. this town ain't big enough for the two of us. one of us has to change. some third, appropriate cliche.

god i hurt

[-] naom3@hexbear.net 3 points 14 hours ago

How does one fall up stairs? I didn’t think gravity worked that way

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[-] 0x2640@hexbear.net 11 points 23 hours ago
[-] Eco@hexbear.net 10 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

why do americans talk about this guy "palmer john" all the time

is he like an italian chef or something

[-] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

Crawl into bed at 2am, a reasonable hour! Suddenly connect that people I was helping pay for medical appointments last year have recently bought an apartment. At least I have this stale popcorn.

[-] Eco@hexbear.net 11 points 23 hours ago
[-] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 7 points 21 hours ago

I showed my ex that movie.

[-] Tomboymoder@hexbear.net 5 points 18 hours ago

is that why they are your ex?

[-] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 3 points 16 hours ago

I wish I could say yes for the meme, but it's cause we were too long distance and some other related things lol

[-] Eco@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

more like the soy-cial soy-ences. am i right, fellow stem bros?

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