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Dont give up little fighter. Things will get brighter. I like flowers. Side blog: ohnosbros.tumblr.com

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FIRST PERSON TO BE FUNCTIONALLY CURED’ OF SICKLE CELL VIA GENE THERAPY!!!

Black man named Daniel Cressy!! (23) in Louisiana has been the first person cured!! (Happy Black News!!!)

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Manning Family Children’s makes history as Louisiana’s first Sickle Cell Disease gene therapy patient rings the bell

23-year-old Daniel Cressy celebrated this remarkable milestone surrounded by Governor Jeff Landry, Congressman Troy Carter, Mayor Helena Mor

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Transphobia is about to be signed into law in the UK. We can fight this.

I am begging the UK trans community and its allies to attend the Mass Lobby at Parliament on June 25th, 11am-4pm, organised by Trans Solidarity Alliance.

Mass Lobby for Trans Equality

Last year we broke the record for an LGBT+ mass lobby of Parliament. Will you help us break it again? Join us on 25th June 2026 to demand be

The new EHRC Code of Practice pushes trans people out of toilets, hospital wards, and community spaces. It normalises gender policing based on appearance and stereotypes. It becomes statutory guidance in the UK by the end of June.

Trans people are now legally their assigned gender at birth and must join gendered spaces accordingly, but if they are perceived as their lived gender, they can also be ejected from those spaces. The guidance says: either break the law, or don’t pass too well.

A mass lobby is where you invite your MP to discuss your concerns with you in-person. Ask your MP to:

Demand full parliamentary scrutiny, debate, and use their free vote on the EHRC Code of Practice.

Support any motions rejecting the EHRC guidance. As of June 4th, Labour MP Nadia Whittome has submitted a prayer motion - Early Day Motion 240.

Write to Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities about our concerns

Your MP does not have to be an ally, they do not have to respond to your email for you to show up and greencard them (details below the cut.) What matters is that as many people as possible show up.

I cannot stress this enough: Showing up in person matters. It is much more effective than petitions, emails, and letters.

It is a horrible, stressful time, and I am so sorry if you're trans and live in the UK. But I was at last year's mass lobby and the line for greencarding alone stretched around the back gates. It was a record breaking mass lobby and made us impossible to ignore. Let's do even better this time. Details under the cut:

Worried about what to say? Bring your personal worries about transphobia being signed into law, and trans friends being excluded from public spaces. You are a living person who deserves dignity. Remind your MP of that. You will also get guidance and brochures from Trans Solidarity Alliance that outlines our demands. This is mine from last year.

Money issues? Trans Solidarity Alliance provides a travel bursary that you can sign up for via the link.

Got a refusal or no response from your MP?  Come anyway! You can request a same-day appointment with your MP through a process called greencarding. They will come and see you if they’re already in Parliament. Even if they don’t, they’re made acutely aware of your cause because you showed up in person. This is my greencard from last year.

Here is the EHRC Code of Practice in full. It's a tough read, but some highlights are:

Organisations can’t provide trans-inclusive, single-sex services, or they risk being sued for discrimination. e.g. domestic violence support for women including trans women, men’s rugby group including trans men (12.68).

Trans people will have nowhere safe to pee. If you’re a trans man, businesses can't allow you to pee in the men's, and you can also be ejected from women’s bathrooms if you’re perceived as a man. Vice versa for trans women. EHRC suggests a ‘third space’ bathroom, which is discriminatory and unworkable for most businesses. (13.130-133)

Sports organisations must exclude trans people from single-sex competitions (13.73).  A women’s only sports competition must exclude trans women because of their biological advantage or face potential lawsuits (13.74), but a trans man who has undergone testosterone treatment can also be excluded based on fairness rules (13.81).

Trans women are stripped of the legal definition of ‘lesbian’, and therefore no longer have legal protections if they’re discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation. (2.50, 2.92).

Here is the Good Law Project's better explanation of the EHRC Code.

I have also made a PDF printout of QR codes for the government petition, email your MP tool, and mass lobby link to pass around your communities. DM me and I'll send it to you.

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Doodle for Google 2025-2026 - US Winner Doodle - Google Doodles

Learn more about the creation of Doodle for Google 2025-2026 - US Winner Doodle and discover the story behind the unique artwork.

KAMEIRAH WON THE GOOGLE DOODLE COMPETITION!!!!!!!

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A girl attaches silver athaqil hair ornaments; her plaits having been thickened and extended with black wool. Scanned from the book Oman Adorned: A Portrait in Silver; 1997; Miranda Morris & Pauline Shelton

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Did you ducks know that you can read the 1989 Kimberle Crenshaw paper about Intersectionality right now. You can literally download it for free from the hyperlink in this post. You can literally just read it please read it.

Recommended Citation

Crenshaw, Kimberle () "Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine,

Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics," University of Chicago Legal Forum: Vol. 1989: Iss. 1, Article 8.

Available at: http://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/uclf/vol1989/iss1/8

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Instead of trying to intuit what the theory means through Tumblr and vibes, you can:

Just Read The Damn Paper!

It's not that long! It's quite accessible! You can feel just how annoyed Crenshow is at the logical inconsistencies in a biased system! It's really informative!

Just Read The Damn Paper! Be Literate! Try It Now!

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vintage black magazine ads

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Okay I JUST realized I never posted these on here—- BUT BASICALLY, about a year and a half ago I started doing these experimental black hairstyle posts that were threads long on Twitter, to give artists a source of inspo for their black ocs whose hair they wanted to try something new with! There’s more to black hair than just the selected styles portrayed in media, and I thought it would be fun to show people how much texture, shape, fades, length, and style can be combined when drawing black hair—-cause it’s a kind of manipulation our hair can do irl! The OG thread from when I made these a year ago were lost with the hacking of my original Twitter account (@/bagels_donuts) but I’ve since reuploaded the whole thread to my new Twitter (@/ItsDonutsFR)! I hope artists on tumblr find these useful, sorry it took me so long to post them here😭🙏🏾 I’ll upload them all in parts!

Part 1: Long masc hairstyles + playing with fades

Post by @donutsbagels · 7 images

💬 2  🔁 715  ❤️ 1008 · Part 2: shape, style, and length with femme styles!

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GIRL 6 (1996) dir. Spike Lee

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Flower AFROS

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Eartha Kitt at a press conference in 1968 and people who supported her after Eartha was criticized for speaking out at a White House luncheon hosted by Lady Bird Johnson and expressing her opinion that the countless young Americans being killed and maimed in the Vietnam War was causing the youth of America to feel hopeless and frustrated and act out or turn to drugs, an opinion which allegedly made Lady Bird cry. Eartha was subsequently subjected to a smear campaign, publicly branded "a sadistic nymphomaniac" (among other false allegations), and experienced a career embargo in America that lasted for over ten years, forcing her to work mostly in other countries around the world. Though many people in America agreed with her opinion and supported her right to express it, the blacklisting severely limited and almost completely destroyed Eartha's career as an actress and entertainer. At the press conference featured in the gifs above, Eartha spoke off the cuff with no notes and said: "The people whom I have heard from, their opinion is that what I said was right. They are in back of me 100%. A great many other Americans have told me through their telegrams and letters and phone calls that if they had the chance, they would have done the same thing. In order to tell you what happened, I was invited to the White House by Mrs. Johnson to give my opinion on how I feel about the juvenile delinquency situation in our country and how to make our streets safer. After listening to the ladies who gave their opinions on how they feel about juvenile delinquency and the safety of our streets, I raised my hand and I was recognized by the First Lady in order to give my opinions. I felt that these women, those of us who were there, had very good intentions. But I felt that we had missed something during the afternoon. I felt that they were talking about safety of our streets, juvenile delinquency in my country, and how we'd camouflage it with streetlights, better, bigger, brighter streetlights, and how maybe we can camouflage it with flowers. I felt, and I still feel, that we do have a terrific problem in our country, but we must recognize---we ~MUST~ recognize---that since we do have the problem, and we want to rid ourselves of it as best we can, that we must somehow find the core for these problems. And so I gave my opinions after I raised my hand. Now, I was on duty as an American citizen, as I feel I am always on duty as an American citizen. And if I am asked if I have an opinion about what I have been involved with, then I feel I have the right to cast those opinions. And therefore I ask you, do you think I was rude?"

When Eartha finally managed to make a major U.S. comeback via gay nightclubs in the early-1980s, she stated: "I happen to have a great appreciation for the gay audiences. When I was in trouble with the government and Lady Bird Johnson, it was the gay guys who kept my name alive because they kept looking for my records and were imitating me. To them, it was as if Eartha Kitt was always there. I'm very grateful for that. I feel very close to the gay crowd because we know what it feels like to be rejected."

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Shout Out To The Fictional Black Girlies 2

Once again if you have any suggestions on anyone else to add let me know

Part 1 & Part 3

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Shout Out To The Fictional Black Girlies

I have reached the 30 photo limit, so here's part 2, and part 3

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Israel killed 15 Palestinians just today. 5 of the 11 were children. This is their 1100th violation of the most recent "ceasefire"

This violent settler colony runs on dead Palestinian children and will continue to cost Palestinian lives as long as it exists. We can never normalize or accept Zionism

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Reblogging with additional source in case anyone thinks the 1100 violations is me being hyperbolic

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Jungkook of BTS for Elle Korea Magazine