So as you know the combination of my fear of commitment and my Libra sense of perpetual indecisiveness I have made the big leap and committed myself to the love of temporary tattoos.
I searched the internet high and low for fake star tattoos. I found a few but they had little sparklies in them which while cute, I’m not always in the mood for glitter. So I found a cool website called Stray Tatts that lets you design your own tattoos, any color and size. So of course I immediately ordered some nautical stars in blue, purple, pink and green. Not all on one star! Each star is a different color.
I’ve been sporting a little star on my wrist almost every day, for several reasons. The first and most important reason is that I’m hoping to signal other lesbians that I too, am of the sapphic persuasion. The other reason is that it just makes me happy to look down and see a cute little star staring up at me. Ya ya, I know, I’m a dork. Never claimed to be anything else. But recent events have made me believe more then ever in Angels and every time I look at my little star I think of a little Angel watching over me. (Ugh gag me with a spoon, sorry about the sap.)
However for some lame reason I wasn’t wearing my little nautical star/I’m a big homo fake tattoo on my wrist today when I finally drug my ass back to the gym. And low and behold there was a new lesbian in class! I was so excited another gay girl was joining my gym and then I remembered, I didn’t have any secret code, star tattoo, or labrys on to show her that I was in the club too.
Then she ended up being my sparring partner for the day and she didn’t speak any English. Again it shot through my mind, how useful a non-verbal cue like a little tattoo would be when I spotted it …. yep …. a red and black nautical tattoo on her left wrist! Are you freakin’ kidding me?! Awesome.
Apparently even dykey Japanese exchange students are into nautical star tattoos.
So I’m thinking for Long Beach Pride which is quickly approaching, that I’ll wear a nautical star on each wrist, a labrys pendant, a silver ring on my middle finger and another on my thumb. But just to be safe, I’m getting another custom fake tattoo that says, “DYKE” and I think I’ll wear that on my forehead, since I’m so tired of women acting like I’m some straight girl that took a wrong turn and ended up at Pride.
ps: I realize I’ve been totally obsessed with these things lately, sorry about that. But hey, it’s better then crack 
Cute. I wish it was as easy as walking around with a fake ‘dyke’ tattoo on the forehead. No one has a clue I’m not straight just by looking at me. It’d be nice to have a permanent signal. I have to say you are making me think about a real star tat on my wrist.
Sasha! Where have you been, while I seriously hope you were getting’ it on with Angie, I am still glad you’re back.
I have a nautical star tatt on my forearm. I was aware of the lesbian symbolism behind it and that’s the biggest reason I got it. Plus it’s high enough on my arm to hide it while I’m at work.
But I don’t think YOU should get any ink. I think it’s fucking adorable you wear little fake tatts with glitter. It just makes you that more fuckable in a cute little school girl way.
We could always volunteer at the HRC Booth during pride. Oh wait, we already did that
I didn’t realize that star tats were like code for being gay. I have one star tat on each wrist. For some reason i just felt like I needed to get them lol. Everyone asks me why i got them or what they mean and I always tell them I just wanted them. Too weird.
Oh I forgot I also have a nautical compass on my chest over my heart with rainbow colors around it. Its one of those “In case you were wondering, Yea I’m uber gay!” Tats lol. I love most of my tats and have plans for many more
How about listing the name of the website where you can design your own tattoo’s.
Hey Pedley, thought I had hyper linked it … sorry about that. But problem solved and just to save you re-reading it: the website is http://www.straytats.com/.
This made me laugh a lot because I wasn’t sure whether it was taking the piss out of the necessity to stick labels physically on yourself because if you don’t fit certain expectations about what a lesbian looks like, it seems to come as absolute AMAZEMENT that you are one!! Another thing I get is a profileration of apologies for thinking I was straight – ok its fine, its fine – unless its some asshole bouncer who doesn’t know me from Adam but who is making a face value judgement on me based on my appearance.
The red and black sounds nice though.
Hi
Can you put up pictures of these indicators? Which middle finger and thumb? Does it matter? What do the stars look like? I’ve never heard of a nautical star. You forgot to mention what I often do: put rainbow ribbons in my hair or wear gay themed clothing.
Cool site/link thanks for posting Sasha