Ally Kotetsu

Beyond the Plus · Live

I know it's not like me to push out so many blog posts in succession, but this is a topic important to me that I wanted to write about and that I talk about a lot: division.

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I have a few plans for this website, if anyone cares. Tl;dr; I eventually intend on migrating to a different CMS software that can also handle blogging, where I'll transfer all my blog posts, however, this CMS doesn't support ActivityPub, which means you won't be able to remotely follow me and view my posts. I might try and make some sort of newsletter where you can get email notifications or the like, but I am not totally sure yet. If that does happen, I might try and make a new ActivityPub account like I've been thinking of doing for a while. If I could set something up to make it easier to use my @live.allykotetsu.com that would be nice, though I can't view posts or follow anyone with that so that's probably a lost cause.

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I am now married to my lovely wife Violet Rose <3. I love it very much. Something I never thought would have happened out of joining the pediverse side of social media.

Last night I met up with someone who had never met other MAPs before, but it wasn't just us, it was with my other friends too. Someone who felt alone a day ago now has friends that they can talk to about anything, people they can go to the bar with, or go to the park with, or whatever.

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Alice Day was yesterday, and I forgot to make a post about it. I guess I was just too busy to remember, but busy doing what? Hosting an Alice Day picnic of course!

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This is an announcement post that my website rqd2.net is now owned by its user Kitten; I am no longer affiliated with it. Please direct future inquiries towards them.

Due to the infrequence of us of radqueer.net, and no one with experience offering to take it over, it is being discontinued. Rqd2 is in the process of being potentially moved over to a new owner, so the transition might be rocky.

Stream tomorrow (March 28) from 6PM – 10PM PST! In the future I think I'll post these updates to @ally@live.allykotetsu.com, so make sure to give me a fediverse follow there!

Hello! I know I've been streaming on and off lately, but I want to get back to consistency. I have updated my Owncast with a stream calendar that shows my upcoming stream dates, as well as what the regular schedule is like. Current plans are for Friday streams from 6PM – 10PM PST. For more information check out the page! To get notified of when I'm streaming you can follow the page and get browser notifications. You can also follow ally@live.allykotetsu.com on ActivityPub enabled websites (such as Mastodon) to see when I'm live and to see when I (rarely) make posts, which will announce upcoming streams.

I've heard time and time again that MAPs need a “stonewall”. Stonewall refers to a series of riots against law enforcement who were pestering gays back decades ago, and it had a lasting impact as a pivotal gay rights event. People say we need ours, but no one wants to throw the first brick because we are too scared.

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