many people see âpedophilesâ as a type of villain to wish infinite angry death upon, as opposed to recognizing CSA as a preventable form of abuse. the former buys into moral panic and punitive justice; the latter is actionable, helpful, and much needed
when i went to conservative christian hell school, all we heard about was the evil scary men who wanted to snatch us up on the street. we learned about csa through strange, coded language. we were not taught how to talk about our bodies, and we were not taught what sex was. eventually, i was groomed and assaulted. so were an alarming number of my peers, often by teachers and religious leaders
then, as an adult, i got the opportunity to work at a summer camp. we developed an actionable plan to prevent campers from being alone with adult volunteers; we advocated for all of our campers to learn appropriate body part language; we led discussions about boundaries and consent; we answered questions about sex with honesty, care, and age-appropriate detail. and it was safe! the one time we identified shady behavior, there were so many safety nets and protocols in place that it never became a real issue.
so, having been in both situations, itâs frustrating to see 46387 threads a day of people angrily, viciously tearing apart the mere idea of a pedophile without ever stopping to ask âhey, what can we do about this? in real life? like, what are the advocates advocating for right now?â
i hate to break it to you, but 18+ daddy kink genshin yaoi (sorry idk iâm out of touch) isnât the issue here, and itâs kind of silly and terminally online to pretend that it is. i would argue that adult-only erotica servers that block minors arenât as big of a threat as, you know, âminor safe!! we are very safe for minors :) and we HATE the mean nasty scary peopleâ communities that have a piss poor accountability system and no real mechanism for preventing abuse. thereâs a huge difference between âweird gross thing that grosses me outâ and âunsafe situation,â and the latter is far more worth emphasizing
do you have any good queer news? I'm a queer person and hearing all the shit thats happening across the world is making me bummed out
I do! All of this is from LGBTQ Nation's excellent good news tag
Michigan now joins 21 other U.S. states that have banned the pseudoscientific form of psychological torture...
^Article date: July 6, 2023
It took the "No SB 180" campaign only two months to reach its goals. Here's how it happened. #LGBTQ...
"Only two months after its formation, the âNo SB 180â initiative had succeeded at making the city of Lawrence, Kansas a sanctuary city for LGBTQ+ people. Last week, in a unanimous vote, Lawrence became the first city in the state to declare itself as such.
Ordinance 9999 bans the city and all of its employees from collecting or releasing information on a personâs âbiological sex, either male or female, at birthâ and from helping with any investigation, detention, arrest, or surveillance âconducted by a jurisdiction with the authority to enforce Senate Bill 180, as enacted.â"
^Article date: July 28, 2023
The federal court told them to mind their own business...
"A federal judge has told a group of anti-trans parents to mind their own business after the group filed a lawsuit challenging an Ohio school districtâs bathroom policy.
The attempts to meddle do not âpass legal muster,â he wrote in his ruling, saying that the group has no reason to sue.
âNot every contentious debate concerning matters of public importance presents a cognizable federal lawsuit,â Judge Michael Newman wrote, denying their petition to stop the Bethel Local School Districtâs policy that allows a single transgender middle school student to use the restroom that aligns with her gender identity."
^Article date: August 8, 2023
The policy is a blueprint for USAID to champion LGBTQ+ and intersex rights around the world...
"The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the independent federal agency responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance, has released its first-ever âLGBTQI+-inclusiveâ policy since its founding in 1961.
The four-point policy is meant to serve as a blueprint for USAID staff and partners around the world to champion LGBTQ+ and intersex development and the human rights of all queer people through the agencyâs work, said Jay Gilliam, USAIDâs senior LGBTQI+ coordinator, in a video explaining the policy...
In simpler terms, the U.S. will try to improve diplomatic relationships with other countries by investing in locally-led LGBTQ+-inclusive programs that are shown to positively impact communities in need."
^Article date: August 3, 2023
One trans boy with a colon condition had an "accident" after his school made him use a unisex bathroom...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled in favor of three transgender students who were forbidden by their schools from using bathrooms matching their gender identities. The circuit court upheld a lower courtâs preliminary injunction that said the schools have to let trans students use facilities associated with their genders...
The case involves three trans boys in Martinsville, Indiana and Terre Haute, Indiana, who need access to the boysâ room at their middle and high schools...
The court took into account the fact that Title IX bans discrimination on the basis of sex in schools that receive federal money, which is most of them. Citing the 2020 Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton Co. that found that job discrimination against LGBTQ+ people necessarily takes sex into account and is therefore prohibited under Title VII, the appeals court ruled that the trans boys are likely to succeed in their case and that preventing them from using the correct bathroom while the case works its way through the court system could cause irreparable harm.
^Article date: August 2, 2023
The ruling marks the first time that a federal judge has issued a permanent injunction of a state's trans healthcare ban...
^Article date: June 21, 2023
The judge basically criticized the right's entire "parent's rights" movement...
"A federal judge has ruled on the side of trans rights after a conservative group tried to overturn an Ohio school districtâs anti-bullying policy.
The national conservative group Parents Defending Education (PDE) tried to get a preliminary injunction passed on the Olentangy Local School Districtâs prohibition on misgendering trans students. The policy includes students, teachers, and parents and it applies to out-of-school hours and social media as well."
^Article date: August 2, 2023
There's literally a bunch more I wanted to include, by the way! Tumblr just stopped being able to load them. Going back to add a few more in the reblogs now.
I know it feels like everything is against us right now. But I promise you: that is not true. The bigots and bastards may usually be the ones moving faster (in large part because they suck and don't care about democracy or due process at all),
Judges across the country are blocking GOP-backed laws targeting the LGBTQ+ community...
"A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order on a Montana law banning drag shows and drag queen story hours from taking place on public property...
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R)Â signed H.B. 359 into law in May.
It was the first in the country to specifically ban drag performers from reading to kids. It also says âsexually oriented or obscene performancesâ â which Republicans have been using as code for any drag â cannot take place in public places where children are present."
^Article date: July 31, 2023
The state wants to turn librarians into criminals for letting kids read children's books...
"A federal judge has put a hold on an Arkansas law that would criminally charge booksellers and librarians who provide âharmful materialsâ to children. The law targets books that include LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
The law, signed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R), was due to take effect on August 1...
The law also required a new process for people to challenge books and request they be moved to areas children cannot access. The judgeâs preliminary injunction puts a halt on the entire law."
^Article date: July 31, 2023
âIâm running for those who feel they are not represented, pushed aside...
^Article date: July 28, 2023
The bungling pair ended up raising $45,000 for the library to help expand their LGBTQ+-themed programming and materials...
"When Amy Vance and Martha Martin checked out nearly all of the books [LGBTQ books specifically, I presume] from the Rancho PeĂąasquitos branch of the San Diego Public Library, they had a nefarious plan. The incompetent duo emailed the administrator that they would not return the âinappropriateâ books.
The duo thought they had the upper hand with the plan to hold the books hostage, but instead, their plan backfired spectacularly. They inadvertently raised $45,000 for the library to expand its LGBTQ+-themed programming and materials...
âStacksâ of Amazon boxes began to pour into the building as people from around the nation replaced the stolen books â including ones that the system didnât have already. Thousands of dollars in donations were raised for the library, and the city pitched in with an extra $30,000 to help expand the offerings and programming further â including the drag queen story hour, a particular target for rightwing prudes.
After public condemnation and realizing their plan had backfired, the two women returned the books to the library. Theyâre currently avoiding the media and have no comment on how their plan blew up in their faces."
^Article date: July 24, 2023
He also debuted him new single, "Into The Light," as a way of publicly saying he refuses to hide any longer...
"Japanese pop star Shinjiro Atae stood in front of over 2,000 fans on Wednesday and spoke publicly about âthe challenge of my life.â After spending two years performing as part of the hit group AAA, he took some time off to attend school before launching his solo career.
But after spending seven years in Los Angeles and seeing how LGBTQ+ people lived in the States, Atae opted to live openly back in Japan, a conservative country where sexual orientation is rarely discussed. Japan is the only G7 country that has not legalized same-sex marriage...
No other entertainers of his stature and popularity have come out as queer. Now 34, Atae has been in the spotlight since he joined AAA when he was 14. He was the youngest member of the group.
His former bandmates and family joined him at the event to provide support and show their respect.
âI am 200 percent supportive,â his mother told the press, while Misako Uno, a AAA member, added, âI want to be a good cushionâ for him."
^Article date: July 26, 2023
"If youâre gonna come for a drag queen, you better be ready for how she comes back...
"For the first time in history, a drag queenâs album has attained the number one spot on the Christian and Gospel iTunes music charts, and itâs all due to an anti-LGBTQ+ Christian whose attempt to shame her spectacularly backfired.
Last month, Christian musician Derek Webb collaborated with Christian drag musician Flamy Grant for the music video to âBoys Will Be Girls,â Webbâs song about loving queer people who have been abandoned by the church...
In the video, Grant helps Webb transform into a blue-haired drag queen, and the two sing the songâs final verse inside of a church.
[After a Twitter feud with a shitty evangelical,] Grant then announced via social media, âOk Iâm gonna do it. Sean Feucht thinks âhardly anyoneâ is interested in a worship song by a drag queen. How about we try to get my song Good Day to chart on Christian iTunes?â
She succeeded far beyond her initial goal. Not only did the song become number 1 on iTunesâ Christian and Gospel music singles by Thursday evening, but the September 2022 album the song came from, Bible Belt Baby, also became number 1 among all of iTunesâ Christian and Gospel music albums, helping Grant make history as the first drag queen ever to do so."
CASTLEVANIA: NOCTURNE trailer is OUT!!! Go watch it!!
I'm so happy to be a character designer on this amazing show and get to work with THE most world-class animation team and see this all come together. Absolutely sublime every one of them
LAPD detonated 5000 lbs of fireworks in the middle of a residential area, injuring at least 17 people and causing $900 million in various damages in a low-income, majority-POC neighborhood.
They then continue to pursue caging the person whose fireworks they stole while news media misreports to cover for police incompetency and destruction.
The LAPD destroyed much of a South L.A. neighborhood, but would not identify the officers involved. Through investigative records, court doc
It took TWO YEARS to get the names of those involved with this incident. There are people still protesting, still living in hotels, still with unfulfilled claims to the city from this shit
*screencap of a tiktok by @sarahinyellow featuring a lightskinned person sitting at their laptop with a bag of potato chips and a bottle of diet coke*
âdiet culture will demonize any food that isnât âcleanâ but EVERY food can have a benefit for you
Diet Coke is somehow the only thing that stops my migraines, and it reminds me of my best friend. Cape Cod potato chips are my go to salty snack and I live 10 minutes from the factory, so they make me feel cool.
Food is more than fuel. Itâs memories and satisfaction and tradition and home and culture.
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