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ADOPTION FUN FACT

If you’re adopted internationally into the United States, BY adoption LAWS you’re legally a citizen, but you still have to apply for documentation and if it’s not done by the age of 18 you have to pay over $500 and get a judge to reopen your adoption case.

Even More Fun Fact: No one actually tells adoptive families, this so many find out after they’re 18 when their kid needs to get a passport, wants to apply for financial aid, get certain jobs, vote or some other shit that requires proof of citizenship and now it’s too late because they’re 18 or over.

AND EVEN MORE FUN FACT! You can sometimes even be deported because you can be considered foreign-born, non-citizens!

Oh and they won’t accept adoption papers or a birth certificate as proof.

Adoption is FUN.

confessionsofbirthmothers

Do it now! Seriously. Even if you think you are safe. Do it.

Many people are finding that even a birth certificate is not valid proof anymore. Texas birth certificates are notorious. So notorious that I have 3 friends who can’t use them to get passports! Don’t think everything is hunky dory. You must nail down your citizenship.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/filling-out-form-n-600-application-certificate-citizenship.html

Plus the cost for your citizenship certificate is almost doubling this fall.

elf-kid2

SIGNAL BOOST.

thepioden

Some Naturalization/Citizenship Certificate tips from me, the person who front-end processes these forms for half the country: the passport people are absolute garbage at sending your Naturalization Certificate back to you. Unfortunately, they also require it for you to get a passport. If you don’t get it back, whine at them about it and they will probably cover the cost of the replacement.

Also! It takes up to 12 months to get a replacement certificate. If you urgently need your Natz Cert to visit your dying relative in another country, the word you want to use is ‘Expedite’. Not ‘ASAP’. Not ‘rush’. Expedite. Write a letter explaining why you need it expedited, if you do. Otherwise the USCIS data-entry grunts (me!) aren’t allowed to throw it into the expedite line and it gets relegated to the Backlog Crypts.

Also! You need to get a new Naturalization Certificate if your name and/or gender legally changes, because a lot of places want your proof of citizenship for things like Social Security and student loans and Medicaid/EBT/welfare benefits and drivers’ licenses.

ALSO ALSO both the N600 ($600) that you use to apply for your Naturalization Certificate in the first place and N565 ($345) that you use to apply for a replacement certificate are eligible for FEE WAIVERS. It’s called an I912. Learn it, love it, use it.

Please for your sake make sure you are using the current version of the form. The most common reason I have to reject an N565 is because someone sent me something that expired in 2013. The current one is seven pages long. Please send the government all seven of them.

rose-scented-prince-deactivated

Dont mind me, just running ass home and then to the government so I cant get deported.

geekhyena

ALL OF THIS. I used to work for an immigration firm, and getting it done after age 18 can be hella difficult. But also, NO ONE tells adoptive families this, and it sucks. Spread the word!

deandraws

Happy Pride Month!! Have some Trans!Steve Rogers! ⭐Available as a Print on my Etsy page!⭐ **Please do not repost. Reblog to show your support! Thank you! :)**

oistrong

I’m all for fighting for marriage equality in the LGBT community. But we’re so focused on that no one knows about this problem.

juxtapoesition

W…wait Thats a thing????

supremesalt

Yep! The man I refer to as my husband? We aren’t actually married. We can’t be.

If I married him, the government would literally expect me to care for him and be his sole source of income. He would lose all of his benefits, including SSDI. Spouses are expected to share income and that effects ALL of his benefits, even his health insurance. We simply can’t afford to be married.

But it goes even further than that. If I were disabled, our incomes would STILL be combined, meaning BOTH of us would have our benefits cut.

For people reviving supplemental income, their benefits can be cut anywhere from 25% of their current income all the way down to 0%

In fact, one of the stipulations of receiving income under the adult disabled child program (which provides benefits for people who were disabled before age 22) is that they LITERALLY never be married.

I normally don’t link to blog posts as resources, but since social service resource sites like to dress this problem up and make it seem smaller than it really is, I’m gonna call it appropriate! Check it out!

https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2015/06/29/op-ed-why-no-matter-what-i-still-cant-marry-my-girlfriend

I’m upset about the situation in case you couldn’t tell.

jakeinatl

We need to work harder on our collective liberation. Marriage equality must be gained for ALL couples.

abiroux

It Begins?

Two FBI agents, one gay, one bi, forced to partner together despite hate at first sight. They might learn to love it … if they don’t kill each other first.

Like, reblog, retweet, share, and shout #cutandrunpilot from the rooftops!

#cutandrunpilot #minionpower

jakeinatl

Please oh please be true...

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Captain America Civil War Review Containing Spoilers and Emotions

Score: 8.5/10

Handsome strong big fight. Big boys punch hard, feel hard, get hard. Hold me in your strong arms handsome America man. Hold me to your enormous pecs I want to listen to them whisper to me. I love you.

So many men. I wish I could smell them. Here is what I think they smell like

Keep reading

l1av

Like Fandom? International Consumer? American Net Neutrality Rules Do Affect You. Here’s Why & How You Can Help

Are you involved in a fandom? Do you log onto a site called archiveofourown? Do you use Tumblr? Do you watch youtube videos? Do you use wikipedia when you are writing a fanfic and need to know a ton of information? Do you use a site called storenvy to find fandom related merch? What about etsy? Like gmes and use Steam? WoW? Battle.net? Are you a German artist who has a solid American following? Do Americans consume any of your fanfic, fanart, webcomics, original art or fiction?

This will hit you in sales, lack of fan produced content, or removal of fandom websites

Nonprofit organizations like Ao3 rely entirely on donations of the consumers. That site will not be able to sustain itself when ISPs are squeezing it for premium fast lane prices. You will not enjoy it when its broadband is constantly overtaxed because it cannot afford premium prices. This will at best, just annoy you and you will have to try again and again to even get into the site. At worst, it will close the site. The American fanfic writer though? They may not even have access to the site anymore because they cannot afford to be “granted access” to it and will no longer produce content for you to enjoy. Tumblr is owned by Verizon, a company so excited to see net neutrality laws done away with. If you think American content producers will escape the premium price pay-walls on this site, you’re wrong. If you think Verizon won’t find ways to also hit you, you’re wrong. The very nature of the internet is globalized. What hits America, trickles into the international markets. Every site and every example I put in paragraph one will see dramatic changes, some of them will just outright end. The most immediate change you will see is fandom changing for Americans. No more American produced fanart, no more American produced fanfic. At least from those who cannot afford it. You better hope your favorite American fanfic author is rich. This is not even a party line issue. Americans across the BOARD do not want this. We are screaming at the FCC. We must KEEP screaming.

Here is what you can do to help. Email the FCC. You don’t need to tell them you’re international. You don’t even need to give them a last name, or just go ahead and makeup a pseud if you’re scared. Mind you, they know when an account is a spam account or a bot, so DO NOT USE THOSE. Remember, these are American governmental persons. They are not serial killers. They will not track you down and kill you in the middle of the night. You can even use what I wrote out on my own.

Ajit Pai - [email protected] (he is the champion of this and will unlikely change his vote but you should still tell him why he’s wrong)

Mignon Clyburn - [email protected] (Will vote NO)

Michael O'Reilly - Mike.O'[email protected]

Brendan Carr - [email protected]

Jessica Rosenworcel - [email protected] (Will vote NO)

[Introduce yourself, tell them happy holidays]

Please vote no against repealing Title Two Net Neutrality rules. These rules protect small business, non-profit organizations, individual American citizens. Repealing the rules will hinder American investment globally. Small businesses will cease to exist. in an online forum. Americans may be cut off from the international world. We do not want this. We have flooded your comments, we have created petitions. We have shared Facebook statuses. We have spoken and we say no. You as an agency must look out for the American people, not for a select few deep pockets. The American people say no. A competitive market is not an expensive market.

Again, do not repeal Title Two Net Neutrality rules.

[Insert salutations end]

Your name

#net neutrality #signal boost

I missed some typos at the beginning, but I basically told Avengers Academy how pissed I was that they made the Winter Soldier impossible to obtain and their response was essentially "sorry, he'll be available through the main story that we won't let you progress through because we're so focused on events right now."

#avengers academy #nomoreshards #wintersoldier #stucky #bucky barnes

killmonger

this is so erotic

healthysexual-deactivated201907

Condoms and lube prevent a lot of things. Romance isn’t one of them.

Find free condoms near you.

jakeinatl

I work with Planned Parenthood. If you can't go to some of these places, find me around campus.

daddyapo-deactivated20190625

New rule, non muslims can’t say the word jihad. Until you stop conflating a word that means personal struggle with faith and temptation with terrorism youre just not allowed to say it.

moody-poet-deactivated20180227

I’m not a Muslim but I just thought I would reblog this because I think it’s definitely worth listening to.

daddyapo-deactivated20190625

It’s totally okay for non muslims to reblog this, and i encourage it. Im just glad you’re listening.

neuroatypically-speaking

Oh god, finally someone said it. Every time I see words like “jihadist” I want to scream, but I’m not Muslim, so I wasn’t sure I should say anything.

Jihad means struggle. It doesn’t mean holy war or anything like it. In fact, there is no word in Islam for holy war, because the nature of Islam does not leave room for holy war. Islam has a juridical system, not a Pope who can just say “Go wage holy war.” Conflating the personal nature of jihad with violence is so very gross and it needs to stop. Period.

geeko-kat

Actually, there’s another word non-muslims in the media shouldn’t use:

Allahu Akbar. It’s not a statement of terrorism. It means “god is great”. It’s something we say to praise our lord. It’s what we say when we pray. It’s not a statement of terrorism. Allahu Akbar doesn’t mean terrorism stop using it as one

davesefoster

Things I wish I was aware of

telegantmess

in case i have any followers who don’t understand how Islamophobia is racialized and based in racism, look at this. Allahu Akbar is the same as “Our God is an awesome God,” something said in who knows how many churches all across this country at least once a week. Something said by much of the majority of Americans who are Christian and pray regularly. Something said by people who block the entrances of Planned Parenthood, some of whom also blow up, set fire to, drive vehicles into, and murder the doctors from. Yet, people across white Christian America get, with free license, to claim that those same words represent terrorism because they are in a different language, one which is heavily associated with black and brown people. I’ve read the Bible and the Quran in Arabic, and “God” is spelled the same way in both.

jakeinatl

wintergaydar

Facts

Steve loves Bucky the same whether he’s the boy who lights up every room or the tired-eyed soldier who carries too much guilt on his shoulders. Bucky loves Steve the same whether he’s ninety-pounds of idealistic sass or two-hundred pounds of national icon. They’d die for every version of each other. Pass it on.

childofwestwind

Concentration camps are opening in Russia.

Do not let us die again, we where left once before because of a part of ourselves we can’t control.

Don’t let is die, don’t ignore our cries.

not-so-secret-nerd

LGBT concentration camps are Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov solution to the “gay problem”. This is real. This is happening right now

Here

shamwowxl

Statement from the Russian LGBT Network:

We are grateful to everyone who contacted us and asked how they can help. What do we need now? - Help us to spread the information about the fact that the Russian LGBT Network is ready to evacuate people. Please think for whom this information can be useful. You can spread the information publicly or personally. Everyone who needs help can contact us by email or call the Hotline (8 800 555 73 74). The call is free all over Russia. - In accordance with the Russian legislation, every citizen can apply to the Investigative Committee with the demand to investigate the information about the crime published in mass media. We encourage everyone to apply (the template of the claim will be published tomorrow).

We understand that many people want to help those in need. But please remember that any uncoordinated actions can put in additional danger people in need and those who are ready to help. Therefore, we do not recommend to collect the addresses of people who are ready to provide temporarily shelter.

Be aware, that the situation with the human rights in the North Caucasus is truly difficult. Now people’s lives are endangered and the only way to help is the evacuation. The Russian LGBT Network has the necessary resources to evacuate people, there is a team that already makes every effort to safe lives. That is why we ask everyone to share with us the information about people in need and any offers of assistance.

the highlighting was mine- don’t dm people asking if they’re ok and if they know about this. even if you think your messaging system is secure. encryption is a two way street, and if their end is NOT secured it doesn’t really matter what your end has. especially since those arrested have had their phones confiscated, you do not want to give the authorities any more evidence. however, if you are in a position to do so, posting about it publicly will increase the odds that those who need this information see it.

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There is something really off when game devs have no problems making steamy sexy straight and lesbian sex scenes but keep toning down and censoring gay scenes and giving them way less sexual content and well as making their romances shorter and giving m/m fewer romance options. There is a word for that, and I don´t even have to say it out loud. We all know what´s up.

taogebear

There is a word for that, and I don´t even have to say it out loud.

I’m gonna say it anyway for all you thick-skulled “at least we get representation” folk and fair-weather allies:

It is straight up HOMOPHOBIA.

jakeinatl

I'm playing the game, I'm enjoying it, but I haven't gotten to a romance part yet. I have two characters going and I'll do each of the two m/m romances. The fact that I can't bring my LI on missions, where romance dialogue DOES also occur, pisses me off. I do not understand why Bioware decided to go backwards on this when they did such a good job with DragonAge. This is farther back than ME3. There are gay men in the development team. Were their voices ignored? Sorry, but but this is not cool. Bioware fucked up big.

#mass effect andromeda #homophobia #representation #representation matters

savingbucky

Sebastian Stan has a nice smile

Reblog if you agree

positivelysebastianstan

Indeed he does

jakeinatl

Yep. And it's just that bright in person.

sheriouschocolate67-blog

Reblog if your OTP is gay

jakeinatl

#stucky #mshenko

bunney

*white parent voice* i cant believe kanye and kim named their baby North West!! thats ridiculous!! oh no, its almost 4:30, i need to pick up my kids Mackaylikiah and Ashleighyie from their water polo practice!

blonded004

kyliesparks27-deactivated201810

I always reblog this post so fucking fast every time it comes on my dash my phone shuts down the tumblr app and reboots

imericschneider

McKarty 64 is my favorite Mario Kart game.

stevetomjohn

My favorite part is that the blog post the photo was taken from detailed this mother’s decision-making process and chose this name because her husband saw it on a road sign on the way home

She named her daughter after a road sign

a road sign

characterlimit

proletarianprincess

there was a girl at my school called “zona” cause he parents went on holiday to spain and saw it and thought it was a nice name. IT LITERALLY MEANS ZONE

carpegin

“47 month old”

dragongirltitties

this is my four year old rayman origins

jennytrout

“Who’s doing your surgery?”

“Dr. Rayman Origins.”

rustydanger

THE APP REBOOTED FOR ME!!

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i met a kid once whose name was “Ryce” and his mum said it was pronounced “Reese”

the best part is she was originally going to spell it “Rice”

mudskipmcqueen

My auntie knows a family who decided to name their daughter Owen, but they spelled it “Oin” and they made her middle name the first sound that her big sister made which happened to be “Oogok”. her name is literally “Oin Oogok Puscus”

suicunesrider

Oin Oogok Puscus is my favorite dwarf from the Hobbit

allmenarerapists

Yo I work at a rec center in a rich neighborhood and these are some real names of white children:

Salter Tryge (pronounced Trig) Loots Pocket Aughyst (pronounced August) Taileigh Lotiss Leviathin (yes spelled like that) Bacchus Daniyal (a girl, pronounced like Daniel)

All real

the-epitome-of-sophistication-d

This shit is hilarious

badgyal-k-deactivated20190901

@kaiiwooo

kaiiwooo-deactivated20180323

I can’t

onlyblackgirl

47 month old.

bando--grand-scamyon

Nayvie….. Bish whet????

i-sucked-dick-on-accident-deact

this is from my kid’s valentine’s list this year like this corny fake unique name thing is no joke yall this is all of the boy names

xoverlyxclusivex

47 month old.

crimeshetyped

I refuse to go on knowing someone named their child “Salter” I’m so done ✌🏿️

mesaymeep

Treyton lls, I’m dying…

bird-mom

I know a person from college who’s name is literally “Smile”, l can’t even explain how ridiculous that is…

yourlocalsadbean-deactivated201

47 month old

nugret

47 month old

technicolortessi

Damn suburban moms love to put unnecessary “Y’s” in names.

anthony-carmelo-deactivated2017

<b>47 month old<b/>

validuskong-deactivated20170416

47 month old.

fishy

Somebody named their kid Pocket?!?!???

bbcwhereareyou

I am cry wheeze laughing at this post, and then when I got to the bottom I had apparently already hearted it at some point in its life?

Anyway, bless little Christopher’s parents. My god.

tsg2k15

47 month old tho

unfriendly-black-redhead

One of the classes I subbed in had a kid named Glarison. I’m sorry, did you misspell Garrison?????

ladyfabulous

OMG IT IS BACK! I CAN FINALLY POST THE ASK I GOT ABPUT THIS!

slytherenne

amusewithaview

I went to college and took religious studies courses with a girl named Storm Pagan. She never understood why I found that both funny and oddly appropriate, and I never felt like taking the time to explain.

aniseandspearmint

for the love of your future children, look up what a name means in all languages before you saddle you kid with it until they’re old enough to legally change it.

I took latin in middle school. I don’t actually remember much now, but i’m telling you, it was IMPOSSIBLE to look this girl I knew in passing in the eye because her name was Latrina.

Latrina.

(For those of you who have no idea why this is unfortunate and hilarious, ‘latrina’ is one of the latin words for toilet)

starsfelllikerain

LATRINA

charismawizard

I sit next to a girl in math class whose name is spelled Zowie (except it’s pronounced Zoe), so every time I see her all I can think is, “Wowie zowie!”