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Melanina 🤎

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Fave Faces Part 25 ( Deneen Hamilton , Mouhameth N’diaye , Mei Jiang , Rossy Herrera , Swati Eck , Stan Taylor , Ylang , Annahstasia Enuke and Ryukun Imanishi )

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Hey Y’all, In wake of so many terrible things that have happened this year, especially to black people, I think we need to remind ourselves to take care of our mental health. As black people we deal with so much on the daily, whether it be to police brutality or even racial discrimination in the workplace, or even the neglect that black women receive in hospitals. These things effect our mental heath in ways many people will not understand. 

According to the Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, Black adults in the U.S. are more likely than white adults to report persistent symptoms of emotional distress, such as sadness, hopelessness, and feeling like everything is an effort. Black adults living below the poverty line are more than twice as likely to report serious psychological distress than those living above it. These can effect you even more if you are black and queer.

Despite the needs, only one in three Black or African American adults who need mental health care receive it. According to the American Psychiatric Association’s Mental Health Facts for African Americans guide, African Americans are:

Less likely to receive guideline-consistent care

Less frequently included in research

​More likely to use emergency rooms or primary care (rather than mental health specialists)

To everyone our there, Please take care of your mental health. Your life has value and purpose! YOUR MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS! Here are some links that I think you may find helpful if you need any help finding aid:

Black Mental Heath Support.carrd

Therapy for Black Girls

The Loveland Foundation

The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation

Sista Afya

National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network

The AAKOMA Project

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gofund.me/69cff254

$81/$700

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They ATE this cover of “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac!!! 🙌🏿

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Wait a minute! THIS!

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IMPORTANT

The Philippines has been recently struck by two very strong typhoons in the past few weeks (and another one on the way) and a lot of people have been afected by it. If you can, please pray for us and donate to some donation drives to help those in need.

Many people have been displaced and the flood has reached as far as the second floor. Please pray for us and keep us in your hearts. Thank you. I’ll try to update this post later when I find some links for places to donate..

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hi! filipino here, and i wanted update this post with a couple of handy links and some reminders for anyone who wishes to donate. 

please do not donate to change[.] org. i doubt that any of the money that the organization asks for will go to humanitarian causes.  

do not donate to the philippine government. please don’t. there’s a bigger chance of them taking emergency funds and donations for themselves than them actually using it to help people out. 

with that in mind, it’s better to donate to local donation drives as well as local organizations.

this carrd has good information regarding hotlines, databases for rescue and aid centers, and reputable donation drives. 

this spreadsheet is arranged according to donation method (diff. banks) and also has a paypal sheet for those abroad. 

i will be adding more as i find them in future reblogs, but for now, the spreadsheet and the carrd linked above has donation drives and info you need. 

strongly stressing the following: please do not feel guilty if you are unable to donate. it’s okay if you can’t. signalboosting this with a simple reblog is more than enough. 

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REBLOG this even if you cannot donate

The events that happened recently are consequences from multiple ignorant decisions made by the government that disregards environmental and disaster fundings. There are a couple of donation drives within the country, but things would go a lot smoother with assistance from others as well. The typhoons that struck are named Rolly and Ulysses, should you consider to research yourself on what occured, and what is currently happening.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read all these. Stay safe!

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Here’s a chance to change some black trans lives

Saw this on facebook and am keeping the momentum going. I’ve copied all the fundraiser links below, and here’s the link to the original post in case you’d prefer to look at the list that way.

Urgent ⬇️

Disabled Enby Needing Help For Top Surgery! organized by Atlas Raymond Ursen

Help me get home, please! $4,565/10,000 《《 high priority

Gender Fluid Human In Need Of Help $3,214/3,500 《《 escaping toxic environment; could use more recent donations

Adopted Trans Woman seeking safety & medical help $19,253/29,000

Shane’s Top Surgery $4,557/7,750 《《 this one has been up for over a year and he’s still waiting

Help J Remove Themselves from Toxic Household $3,100/3,200

Grace Mwangi’s Gender Confirmation Surgery $6,704/38,000 《《 needs more contributions

Nyne’s top surgery $3,724/8,000

Help Grayson start transition $1,920/2,000 《《 keep this going!

Skyler’s Transition Fund deactivated

Londynn’s New Life $13,695/15,000

NYIEMÄ’S GENDER CONFIRMATION FUND $14,975/37,000

Zoeys transition fund £8,680/13,500

Supporting Black Trans Elders cashapp $fakerapper $25,199/100,000

Top Surgery For Yadriel Acazio $2,147/11,000 《《 this one needs a boost

Coco’s Medical Transition Fund $4,568/15,000

Maya’s Transition & Recovery Fund $18,400/35,744

Help Create Corbyn $4,018/4,000 FUNDED!

Flora’s Transition Fund $1,414/5,000 《《 needs more contributions

Amina Transition And Rent Fund €4,095 deactivated

Help Guilly Get Top Surgery!! $5,910/7,500

Atticus’ homeless fund $7,200/10,000 《《 needs a boost

HOUSING FOR TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR $29,224/60,000

Ahren’s Top Surgery $4,230/7,500

Malakai’s Top Surgery $2,093/10,000 《《 needs more contributions

Top Surgery $8,000/8,000 FUNDED!

Help Me Secure Safe Housing $2,237/18,000 《《 needs more contributions

Kiana’s Gender Transition $2,650/35,000 《《 needs a boost

Jacobs top surgery $8,021/8,000 FUNDED!

Skye’s Top Surgery $2,860/8,500

Hunter’s Top Surgery $6,733/12,000 《《 time sensitive, get this funded before next year!

Help Me Pay My Medical Bills and Transition $3,703/45,000 《《 NEEDS A BOOST bc of an emergency room visit

Myles’s Tracheal Shave Procedure $3,665/30,000

Zeke’s Top Surgery Fund $5,259/9,000

help mimi start a new life $1,836/10,000 《《 needs more contributions

Landon’s Top Surgery! $1,310 deactivated

Donate to Myla’s Breast Augmentation $2,725/6,650

Vanessa L. Naisha needs support to seek justice! $15,000/15,000 FUNDED!

Debbie’s Transition Fund $32,350/75,000

Disabled Enby Needing Help For Top Surgery! $5,648/8,000 《《 NEEDS FUNDING

Tyler’s Transition Fund $19,165/30,000

Clarabelle’s Bottom Surgery Fund $12,820/37,371

help deluca get top surgery ! $5,460/7,000

Help Black Trans Woman Transition $24,505/30,000

Wriply’s surgery/ continued living fund $13,514/26,520 《《 this one has been up since 2018. I found Wriply’s socials and she’s still active, still waiting. Let’s get this fulfilled

Help a black trans woman w/ advanced cancer in ATL $23,450/25,000 《《 needs rent and grocery money

Help Harmony, a Black Trans Woman Survive $8,472/20,000 《《 urgent

Help a black trans-man get FTM top surgery! $6,909/15,000

Malikais Top Surgery $4,773/7,500

Finn’s Therapy & Wellness Fund $3,279/7,000 《《 needs more to continue being able to afford bills

Kyo’s (aka Key) Transition Fund $13,848/25,000

help a disabled black trans girl transition! $11,017/15,000

Help a Black Trans Woman from homelessness $9,371/10,000 《《 let’s get this goal met asap

Bottom Surgery and Electrolysis $7,724/40,000

Noelle’s Breast Augmentation $13,093/30,000

Aeri’s Moving Out & Transition Fund $15,805/25,000 《《 nearly 2/3 of the way; keep it going

SAVE A TEENAGE TRANSMAN’S LIFE $6,412/15,000 《《 needs more

Cody’s Top Surgery $4,721/7,000

Help Kit get Top Surgery $3,570/6,000 《《 needs to cover surgical center fee

Help Erika Begin Her Transition $13,910/20,000

Dan’s Top Surgery and Hysterectomy $240/24,000

I will periodically update the progress amounts. As the goals are met, I’ll mark them as funded and change the colors from green to pink to make it clear. I’m also tagging the ones that could use more attention with red.

Been hearing a lot about “reparations” lately? Well, this is one way to start working towards that, since those in power certainly won’t.

Last updated October 13th

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BLACK TRANS FAMILY SURVIVAL FUND

[image description: 5 black trans people stand, smiling at the camera. from left to right: Riot, a brown-skinned nonbinary person, has a shaved head and is wearing a white shirt that says “FREE MOM HUGS” in multiple colors (free in black, mom in rainbow, and hugs in blue), and is wearing a pair of baggy pants with an elaborate pink and black pattern. March, a brown skinned nonbinary trans woman, is wearing a black button down shirt with black sweatpants, and has the top of their hair dyed green. Nyah, a dark-skinned trans woman, has pink hair in braids, pulled up into a bun. her shirt is not visible, but  she is wearing black pants. Mel, a light-skinned nonbinary woman, has short, dyed pink hair, and is wearing a white shirt with a pink scarf around his neck, a white skirt with red and pink roses, and multi-colored mis-matched socks. Taqari is a dark-skinned nonbinary person, and is wearing a pink shirt with a vintage Fanta logo, gray pants, and a black hat. end image description.] 

11/05/2020 remaking again since notes on my last post have started to rack up but donations have already started to stall. its getting colder where i am, and as a result shit like gas is going to be more and more expensive and id like to have money out aside to cover that bill. on top of that, i am getting fitted for contacts soon so that i have vision aids that actually work unlike my 2 year old glasses, and as im sure u all know, contacts arent cheap. Lastly, i am asking for money for food, since there is now an extra person in the household who needs to be fed, so anything people can spare to help with that would be seriously poggers.

as usual, donations can be sent to my paypal (please mark donations as friends and family if you can), or message me for my cashapp/venmo. thanks so much!

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remember that it’s all in your head

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Black Trans Woman Survival Fund

hey everyome i know i dont really post much on here anymore but i just recently ended things with an emotionally abusive ex & i could really use some financial assistance as i’ll be recovering from my first gender confirmation surgery next saturday and im really stressing out about how im gonna afford rent without him while being off work for sn entire month. if anyone has it in there heart (and bank account) to send a couple bucks my way i would greatly appreciate it but i understand its tough times for all of us.

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Go to paypal.me/aaliyahbreaux and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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paypal.me/marsinaries

$0/$450

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$200/$450!!!!

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$270/$450

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Okay so rent is paid but new emergency- we have no money for food/necessities so any help we can get will be great

( like my parents are seriously down to $22, it's getting scary)

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Melanin Collage by @sethnocentric

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This is your reminder that Susan B. Anthony was racist and left Black women out of her little woman's movement. She said she would cut off her right arm before helping Black women. That is it and that is all.