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emrys | 26 | libra | he/him or they/them pronouns only | lesbian | white | nonbinary | intersex | absolute disaster wanting to go on T | i'm really just doing my best

[thebilociraptor]

[amvs]

don’t say “jews” when you’re trying to say “israeli people”

[amvs]

like you’re literally doing zionist’s propaganda work for them by conflating the two

[amvs]

“how could jews let this happen” is a genuine take i saw, and like. we didn’t. we really didn’t. many jews have been against the IDF for longer than you’ve known what the acronym means.

i figured people would know this, apparently not, but the good majority of jews are scattered across the world, not just in israel (hence the term diaspora). additionally, when you make statements like this, you’re erasing palestinian jews.

we are not a fucking monolith! implying we are only helps zionism! you sound like the idiots who claim all muslims are terrorists!

take on some god damn personal responsibility to do antizionist actions in your own community instead of shifting the blame to Every Jew Ever because mommy told you kikes are evil

[willowofthehearth]

THIS.

One of my partner’s parents is a rabbi and they were in TEARS this week. Their synagogue has gotten so much hatemail over this(compounded by the fact that the synagogue was attacked last year).

And yet the rabbi spent most of the past week advocating for Palestine.

The Zionist government is not representative of Jews.

You can be against what is happening right now without being anti-Semitic.

[banghwa-moved]

ok this pride i do really need white gays to step up and out of their comfort zone and learn more about pinkwashing and gay imperialism. i need you to really try to understand why we say lgbt issues are ALWAYS about race and acknowledge the ways you use your identity as an opt-out of examining how you can reproduce racism islamophobia antisemitism colorism ableism etc etc. every year you say « don’t forget the ‘‘poc gays’’ that made this possible !! » now im asking you guys to actually do that. please ive had enough.

[banghwa-moved]

ok here is a google drive with articles i currently have on lgbt intersectionality [it is very barren right now but i’ll keep adding to it]

[aureshadow]

Tl;dr: A Canadian company is planning on a project in Africa that will take up 1/6 of the world's remaining carbon budget. This is an issue of neocolonialism and environmental racism.

[Image description: Infographic slideshow from Fridays For Future.

1: Recon Africa: Stop drilling in the Kavango Basin, a project that will take up one sixth of the world’s remaining carbon budget.

Global Day of Action: June 4th

#SaveOkavangoDelta #KavangoAlive

2: Reconnaissance Africa (ReconAfrica) is a Canadian-registered oil and gas company which has begun drilling for oil in the Kavango Basin, located and Northeast Namibia and Northwest Botswana.

Their license areas cover a total of 34,325 square kilometers (8.5 million acres).

Including parts of the Cubango-Okavango River Basin (traverses through Angola, Botswana, and Namibia) and along the Okavango River, which feeds into the Okavango Delta.

3: The Okavango Delta is a large inland delta located in Botswana and is a world-renowned hotspot of biodiversity.

It is designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a Wetland of International Importance by the The Ramsar Convention.

It is home to many endangered species, including the African wild dog and the last remaining population of African savanna elephants.

4: ReconAfrica's license areas are home to around 200,000 people.

The company has failed to properly inform and consult with the local people and receive the free, prior and informed consent of the Indigneous San communities.

Several local inhabitants have stated that they were not consulted or even informed that drilling would be taking place.

The few consultations that have occurred happened too late in the process, and were inaccessible to many members of the community.

5: Based on ReconAfrica’s own projections of 120 billion barrels of oil equivalent, a carbon gigabomb of up to 51.6 Gigatonnes of CO2 will be emitted.

The equivalent of one sixth of the world's remaining carbon budget.

6: Activists across the world are calling out and pressurizing Recon Africa along with the Canadian government to stop this catastrophic project.

This is a classic example of neocolonialism, corporate ecocide, environmental racism, and the abuse of power for profit yet again from countries in the Global North. This must be stopped!

Stand in solidarity with frontline activists and take action!

7: Calls to Action:

Check out the toolkit at: bit.ly/SaveOkavangoDelta

Register for the action calls on June 4th:

5 AM GMT: bit.ly/SOD-ActionCall

6 PM GMT: bit.ly/SOD-ActionCall2

Registration for artbuild by @climatestrikecanada on June 3rd at 10 PM GMT: bit.ly/KavangoAlive_ArtBuild

Organize or attend covid-safe in-person actions at Canadian embassies and/or ReconAfrica in your country.

Participate in the Digital Protest by posting/sending over your picture to @fff.digital

End ID]

Please spread this!

Again, you can help by going to bit.ly/SaveOkavangoDelta.

[you-deserve-to-love-yourself]

@posts-from-a-brighter-timeline

[daughter-of-sapph0]

happy pride

[daughter-of-sapph0]

this is by far my most popular post. so

free Palestine, black lives matter, protect trans kids, abolish the police, and death to america,

[gredta]

[breadbank-deactivated20240125]

[princess-okkotsu-deactivated202]

I needed that second pic

[cannabiscomrade]

Help a Trans Mother Keep Custody of Her Child, organized by Blue Inessa

Rose is a cornerstone of the LGBTQ+ community and a wonderful mother. Last w… Blue Inessa needs your support for Help a Trans Mother Keep Custody of Her Child

(This is being posted for a friend of mine on discord)

Help support a trans mother for pride month!

Rose is a cornerstone of the LGBTQ+ community and a wonderful mother. Last week, Rose’s ex sent her an email in the dead of night saying that she had taken their five year old, Finley, and moved across 5 county lines to the most conservative area in the state to live with her boyfriend and unknown roommates. This was totally out of the blue, as they’ve been 50/50 coparenting in the same town without much conflict since they separated in 2019.

Anyone who has spent time with Rose and Finley sees how much care and thought she puts into parenting her gender open child. Finley does exceptionally well for their age because of how Rose is raising them. Rose takes on most of the primary parent duties including finding safe and inclusive medical providers and schools, organizing appointments, buying clothes, and ensuring good nutrition. She even trains providers and teachers to make sure Finley has the best chances of not being discriminated against. As a trans woman, Rose is at a disadvantage with the courts against her cishet ex-wife. Her ex also has family resources that Rose doesn’t, like a brother who is a family law attorney and parents willing to pay fees. Rose has put 15 years into advocating for the LGBTQ community. She’s organized marches and rallies, set up support groups, lobbied law makers, written articles, taught diversity trainings, and helped distribute resources to community members. She has helped us so much. We, her chosen family, are asking the community to help return the favor.

continued on GoFundMe

[rox-and-prose]

One of my least favorite mental illness things is "hungry but dont feel like eating" and its companions "hungry but all the food in the house is Illegal," "hungry but can't make anything," and "hungry, want to eat, but why bother"

[chatdomestique]

Also the adhd friend “hungry but unaware of hunger because current activity is too captivating”

[rox-and-prose]

"Hungry but I'll get to it later"

[jabberwockypie]

“Definite not hungry, nope, but upon forcing oneself to eat something, discovering that the food vanished in 30 seconds and the pervasive feelings of ickiness all vanished, what the fuck"

[signechan]

Hungry but only for one specific food. I do not know what that food is but i do know i don't have it in the house

[sonickitty]

Hungry, but only for Studio Ghibli food

[lesbinewren]

it’s appalling to make a joke like “i want to commit a hate crime” in response to a picture of a flamboyant/gnc gay man (even if you think he’s being annoying or cringe or whatever) considering that’s the exact line of thought of many people who you know. actually do that to these people.

[itishighnoon]

Lmao god if you think lgbt people making jokes like that has the same weight as their oppressors saying it u need some critical thinking skills sry!

[lesbinewren]

ive seen the comments of gay men’s tiktok videos being flooded with literal slurs and homophobic jokes like this, you think that isn’t hurtful just bc some of the people doing it have pride flags in their profile pics?

[lesbinewren]

[catchymemes]

[comradebunnygirl]

Can I get some $ to get to work this week?

I luckily don’t have that many hours this week so I only need about 4-6 lyft rides. I can send nUdez in exchange for money just message me

Here r my donation spots:

Venmo: @Irradiatedcutie

https://cash.app/$Honeysucklecutie

https://www.paypal.me/JaymeZimmerman

[comradebunnygirl]

Hey I was luckily able to make it to work today but I’m about 10$ short to get home in a few hours and I don’t wanna have to walk 5 miles down the highway

[ayeforscotland]

Buckingham Palace banned ethnic minorities from office roles, papers reveal

Exclusive: Documents also shed light on Queen’s ongoing exemption from race and sex discrimination laws

[alethiometrisophy]

For clarity for the people who don't want to read, this is actually multiple related scandals.

First is the fact that "coloured" people were specifically banned from any role apart from domestic servants.

Then we have the fact the royal family will not acknowledge that ban properly, and refuses to say when it ended.

Then there is the lack of evidence of ethnic minority employees before the 90s.

And then that ethnic minority employees are still entirely absent from senior roles.

And finally that the Queen lobbied (sucessfully) until at least 2010 to be allowed to discriminate against ethnic minorities without legal repercussions.

(Bonus that she also went to great lengths to keep the lobbying and its result secret)

[sonic-wildfire]

SILVER THE HEDGEHOG SAID BI RIGHTS???????

[ace-angel]

but really though, this pride month, shout out to straight trans people. it’s gotta be rough sometimes listening to people constantly complaining about “the straights” and how “it’s gay month if you’re not gay go home”. you’re not contributing to heteronormitivity just by being yourself. you 100 percent belong at pride and all of you make this community a better place.

[catsdelightful-deactivated20240]

On an evolutionary level having a pet fall asleep on you is pretty crazy, there’s so much trust there it’s like, “hey little animal don’t you know I’m an apex predator? thousands of years of domestication to make you take a nap on me” but also there’s a lot of stupidity there too, like if I play on the computer too long my cat decides to draw first blood on my feet

[catsdelightful-deactivated20240]

You’re only here because some ancient farmers let your ancestors eat the mice in their grain stores

[notkatniss]

[ive-been-mistreated]

#that is the most venomous native lizard in north america

[hickeywiththegoodhair]

so i was compelled to look that up and

A) the most venomous lizard in north america is called the Gila Monster

B) I’m no expert obviously but that boy there sure looks like a Gila Monster

C) from the Gila Monster wikipedia article, here is the funniest doctor that ever lived:

"I have never been called to attend a case of Gila monster bite, and I don't want to be. I think a man who is fool enough to get bitten by a Gila monster ought to die. The creature is so sluggish and slow of movement that the victim of its bite is compelled to help largely in order to get bitten."

–Dr. Ward, Arizona Graphic, September 23, 1899

[sraithpics]

I meant to make this meme ages ago when pride month was still on but yeah gé (pronounced gay) is the Irish for a goose.

[sraithpics]

IT’S FINALLY PRIDE MONTH, TIME TO REBLOG THIS AGAIN.