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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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[-] gaystyleJoker@hexbear.net 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

hi, does anyone wanna make the mega in the upcoming weeks? if so, reply to this post and i'll add you to the list!

the list as it stands:

Thallo (10/21 - 10/27)
GenderIsOpSec (10/28 - 11/3)
oscardejarjayes* (11/4 - 11/10)
HelltakerHomosexual* (11/11 - 11/17)
GayTuckerCarlson* (11/18 - 11/24)
Luna* (11/25 - 12/1)
Eco* (12/2 - 12/8)

​ * after name denotes someone who has posted before and will be skipped by first-time posters

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[-] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 1 points 2 minutes 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?

[-] WhoaSlowDownMaurice@hexbear.net 8 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour 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 2 points 26 minutes ago* (last edited 26 minutes ago)

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

[-] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 2 points 42 minutes ago

Yeah of course enbys can post here!!!

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 5 points 1 hour 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.

[-] Luna@hexbear.net 7 points 1 hour 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...

[-] ComradeMonotreme@hexbear.net 9 points 1 hour 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.

[-] Tomboymoder@hexbear.net 12 points 2 hours ago

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

[-] 0x2640@hexbear.net 10 points 4 hours ago
[-] Eco@hexbear.net 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

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

is he like an italian chef or something

[-] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 15 points 4 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

[-] Yor@hexbear.net 11 points 4 hours ago

monster zero ultra fills my veins

[-] Eco@hexbear.net 19 points 5 hours ago

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

[-] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 16 points 5 hours 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 6 points 3 hours ago

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

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 9 points 5 hours ago

maybe all the puppy girls are onto something doggirl-smart

[-] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 6 points 5 hours ago

I have a zodiac calendar and moon phases in my digital calendar so I can crack wise about not going out on the full moon

Be aware tarot cards unless youre ready for hurt feelings :p

[-] Eco@hexbear.net 9 points 5 hours ago
[-] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 4 points 2 hours ago

I showed my ex that movie.

[-] Tomboymoder@hexbear.net 17 points 5 hours ago

Found another white hair in my brush doggirl-gloom

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 7 points 4 hours ago
[-] Kuori@hexbear.net 6 points 2 hours ago

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

[-] Kuori@hexbear.net 16 points 6 hours 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

[-] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 6 points 5 hours ago

stairs i-told-you-dog

You should get Soap shoes so you can do sick grinds on handrails and not have to bother with stairs imo

👟 👟

no-copyright

[-] Kuori@hexbear.net 5 points 2 hours ago

i was leaning more towards filling one of those big people-sized hamster balls with foam and locking myself inside comfy

but your way does sound awful fun...

[-] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 14 points 6 hours 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 10 points 5 hours ago

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

[-] gaystyleJoker@hexbear.net 8 points 5 hours ago

literally the second i read this i stood up and started applauding

[-] rtstragedy@hexbear.net 12 points 6 hours ago

i blow dried my hair today for the first time in a while and it turns out that it makes my hair very different (normally curly hair became kinda straight?), huh...

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