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Out of the Closet, Out of the Shadows: LGBT Leadership in the Struggle Against Deportation
We believe the courageous struggles captured within this video will have the effect of deeper, longer-term, transformative alliances between LGBTQ and immigrant rights communities—in which both benefit and thrive.
Police departments all over the United States are raking in the money from average citizens. These aren't hardened criminals, they are every-day people whose rights are being violated by greedy departments and cities which have criminalized victimless behavior in order to make millions off of people who are just minding their own business.
It's Chelsea Manning's birthday and you can send her a card
Evan writes, “Today is WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning’s 28th birthday. She’s been imprisoned since she was 22, and is serving a 35 year sentence for exposing some of the U.S. government’s worst abuses.”
“Birthdays in prison are no fun. Let’s show Chelsea that her bravery won’t be forgotten, and make sure she gets more birthday cards this year than ever before in her life. We made a site where you can send her a real physical birthday card with personalized text with just a few clicks.”
http://boingboing.net/2015/12/17/its-chelsea-mannings-birth.html
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reasons moulin rouge should've been about lesbians
- satine’s whole bird-in-a-cage ‘one day I’ll fly away’ imagery, talk about being in the closet
- Christian’s entire character. what man is that sensitive and considerate? a butch lesbian in a nice old-timey shirt, on the other hand…
- you ever watch that scene where they sing together on the elephant and you’re like, why the hell would a het couple be so reluctant and scared. there’s an easy solution to that, my friend
- imagine the ‘roxanne’ number but with the added theme of a lesbian couple being trodden down by a heteronormative world. powerful, I tell you
- the duke is a much more upsetting antagonist as a whole when you consider him as a threat to a lesbian couple’s happiness, actually
- Toulouse lautrec hanging out with them would also make a ton more sense, historically
- ‘freedom, beauty, truth and love’ maaaaaate
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- ‘it’s about love overcoming all obstacles!’
- ‘silly of me to think you could fall in love with someone like me’ 👀👀👀
- ‘we should be lovers’ ‘we can’t do that’ :0
- the moon sings in celebration every time they make out like come on
- they’re so bad at hiding as a couple tbh they could only get away with it due to Gal Pal Syndrome
The idea of weaponized drones has long been a dystopian, yet fictional idea. However, thanks to the police lobby, hell from above is now a horrid reality.
Nothing says “police state” quite like unmanned aerial vehicles patrolling the sky ready to deploy 80,000 volts to the nearest protester or dose entire crowds with chemical weapons. The idea of weaponized drones has long been a dystopian, yet fictional idea. However, thanks to House Bill 1328, in North Dakota, this police state hell from above is now a horrid reality.
Thanks to a police union lobbyist, the idea of police using drones for “less than lethal” weapons is now written into North Dakota law.
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PHAESPORIA SCREENING IN PHILADELPHIA
December 17th
6pm
The Rotunda
4014 Walnut St Philadelphia PA
Free Admission (Donations Suggested)
https://www.facebook.com/events/556048407896348/
Women of color who experience male violence are more likely to be criminalized for the survival strategies they develop than to be protected by the criminal justice system. Advocating for a strengthening of state agencies- such as the police and judiciary- without transforming the racial/class ideologies underpinning incarceration inevitably leads to increased surveillance and policing of poor communities and people of color. This, in turn, fuels prison expansion … In growing numbers, the bodies of women of color, punished for poverty and drug-related crimes, form the raw material for the prison-industrial complex. If we redefine violence to include the brutality of isolation; deprivation of family ties; psychological, verbal, and physical harassment; and racial abuse associated with imprisonment, then the women of color anti-violence movement must rethink its belief in incarceration as a solution to the multiple forms of violence facing women.
Julia Sudbury from “Rethinking Antiviolence Strategies: Lessons from the Black Women’s Movement in Britain” (via sad-queer)
December PQB- Supporting Black and Pink!
hey philly queers!
our December brunch is right around the corner: Sunday 12/13, from 1-4pm
this month we are repeating last December’s brunch and making holiday cards for queer and trans incarcerated people through Black and Pink (http://www.blackandpink.org), an awesome organization working to build solidarity and connections between LGBTQ incarcerated folks and “free world” allies. last year we had so much fun and made TONS of beautiful cards– come join us and help give our incarcerated queer and trans family members some love and warmth this holiday season.
December brunch will be held at 2319 St Albans St, as usual we would love for people to bring a dish to share and $10-15 to donate to the organization of the month (this month=Black and Pink). if you can’t bring food and/or a donation, we would love you to bring yourself!
come hang out with a great group of philly queers, check out our zines, eat delicious food, and tap into your artistic side to make some bangin holiday cards. we hope to see you there!
as always, message us here or send us an email at [email protected] with any questions.
and RSVP to the facebook event below!
https://www.facebook.com/events/452158404969170/
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We still have a long way to go when it comes to trans representation in pop culture, but the gifts in this guide are a solid step forward for trans equality.
What is crime? Who is the criminal? Law in any society reflects the values, interests and demands of those who hold power. Historically, crimes in Western society have ranged from “murder and forgery to astronomy and atheism, from homosexuality and bribery to treason and bankruptcy.” The intent of criminal law has been to uphold a selective moral code and to maintain economic and social power. [And] although criminal acts are committed by people of all races and socioeconomic classes, the overwhelming proportion of those arrested, tried, convicted and imprisoned are the poor, the Black, the unconventional and the young. These segments of the population are imprisoned, not because they are “criminal” and because white, middle class people are “noncriminal,” but because they have been labeled as targets of “law enforcement” and are systematically discriminated against by police, by courts and within prisons (just as they are by the larger economic and social structures).
Instead of Prisons (1976)
LAST NITE IN SF: GAY SHAME // GAY PRO-SEX ANTI-PRISON QUEERS FOR ABOLITION ________________________________________.
Finally starting this. Just a heads up y’all, this book is online here.
A worker is a worker, whether in prison or not, and a group of workers is a union, whether recognized by the state or not. Incarcerated workers are some of the most exploited in the United States. We are doing everything we can do to support them, and call on all people of conscience in this country to join this movement to end the New Jim Crow and abolish the prison industrial complex
Jim Faulkner, Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee member (via fuckyeahiww)
December PQB- Supporting Black and Pink!
hey philly queers!
our December brunch is right around the corner: Sunday 12/13, from 1-4pm
this month we are repeating last December’s brunch and making holiday cards for queer and trans incarcerated people through Black and Pink (http://www.blackandpink.org), an awesome organization working to build solidarity and connections between LGBTQ incarcerated folks and “free world” allies. last year we had so much fun and made TONS of beautiful cards– come join us and help give our incarcerated queer and trans family members some love and warmth this holiday season.
December brunch will be held at 2319 St Albans St, as usual we would love for people to bring a dish to share and $10-15 to donate to the organization of the month (this month=Black and Pink). if you can’t bring food and/or a donation, we would love you to bring yourself!
come hang out with a great group of philly queers, check out our zines, eat delicious food, and tap into your artistic side to make some bangin holiday cards. we hope to see you there!
as always, message us here or send us an email at [email protected] with any questions.
and RSVP to the facebook event below!
https://www.facebook.com/events/452158404969170/
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I just feel like no matter what, prisons are bad for everybody. They aren’t just bad for trans people–they’re bad for all people. It wouldn’t be fair for me to make it seem like it was so hard for me, just as a trans women, because I’ve been around a lot of people who don’t deserve to be in prison at all. Prison is hard for everybody. We’ve all got our personal issues and have to do what we need to do to survive in there and be strong. It’s not the right approach for people to sensationalize this story and say: You were a trans woman in a men’s prison. Because at the end of the day, all prisons are bad for all people–trans, cis, gay, straight, Black, white, Asian, brown, purple, polka-dotted, striped, zebra, alien or whatever. Yes, I had my issues. I dealt with extra discrimination and extra scrutiny. I had to deal with things that other people wouldn’t have had to deal with in prison because I was a trans woman in a men’s prison. Of course, it was upsetting, and it was hard. But I was blessed to have the support of a team that was willing to support me in this fight against the system. Not everyone in there had that–not everyone had support or someone to help them or be there for them, to protect them or understand them or get them in touch with the right resources. I was blessed to have that. So yes, I can say how hard it was for me, but what about the people in prison who are there wrongfully or for petty charges or because of the criminalization of everything? There are men and women who have been in there for days, years, even decades–what about them?
CeCe McDonald, “We all need to stand up for each other” (via thepeoplesrecord)
More than 2 million people are incarcerated in the United States. This series looks at what happens to their lives—their relationships, families and future prospects—when they get out.
At 20, Shagasyia Diamond committed a crime that put her in prison for 10 years. That’s where she found her voice.
“Before I got incarcerated I was kind of shy,” she says. “In an environment with such aggressive people, I definitely had to be able to be more assertive … I had to be able to know who I was real fast.”
In this video by Elettra Fiumi and Lea Khayata of Granny Cart Productions, Diamond describes how she’s developed since her time behind bars, as a singer, songwriter and transgender activist.
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