[floyd]

everyone who rebloggs this post is fucking gay

[thingstolovefor]

An example of someone acknowledging their white privilege and using it to help. #Love it!

[lifeisgoodxoxo]

omfg

[theotherjourney7]

“ Whenever a Trump supporter asks you to "name one time Trump was racist," feel free to link to this....

1973: The Nixon administration sued Trump for refusing to rent to black people.

1980s: Trump's casinos were accused of hiding the black staff when Trump visited.

1989: Trump took out a full-page ad, arguing for the death penalty for a group of black men (The 'Central Park Five'), effectively putting a bounty on their heads, and plaguing them with a lifetime of death threats. He was sued by the Justice Department for discrimination.

1991: “Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kinds of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day… I think that the [black] guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is.”

1992: Trump's casino was fined $200,000 for transferring black dealers off certain tables to appease racist patrons.

1993: Trump said Native American casinos shouldn’t be allowed because “they don’t look like Indians to me.”

2000: Trump ran a series of attack ads against Native American casinos alleging (with no proof) that they were guilty of crimes.

2004: Trump fired a black contestant from 'The Apprentice' for being over-educated.

2010: Trump argued in favor of segregating Muslims in Lower Manhattan.

2011: Birtherism. Trump alleged that Obama was Kenyan based on nothing but skin color. He never apologized nor renounced that claim.

2015 (1): Trump called Mexican immigrants "rapists" who are "bringing crime and drugs" to the U.S.

2015 (2): Trump called for "a ban on all Muslims entering the U.S."

2016 (1): Trump called for a Mexican judge to recuse himself based on nothing other than his race. Paul Ryan said this was “the textbook definition of a racist comment.”

2016 (2): Trump regularly retweeted material from white supremacists and neo-Nazis during his campaign.

2016 (3): Trump tweeted a picture alleging that Hillary was Jewish, or controlled by Jewish people.

2016 (4): The Trump campaign adopted Nixon's "Law and Order" rhetoric which was based in racial fearmongering.

2016 (5): Trump told black voters "What do you have to lose?"

2017 (1): Trump asked a reporter to set up a meeting with the black caucus simply because she was black.

2017 (2): "...some very fine people on both sides" said Trump of a violent Nazi rally.

2017 (3): Trump said people from Haiti "all have AIDS" and people from Nigeria would never “go back to their huts” after seeing America.

2018 (1): Trump called Haiti and African countries shitholes.

2018 (2): Trump referenced the trail of tears to mock Elizabeth Warren.

2019: Trump tweeted that four black and brown congresswomen should go back where they came from. Then attacked Elijah Cummings. Then Baltimore. Then Al Sharpton.

2020: Trump called black protesters "THUGS" just days after calling white protesters "very good people." Then he threatened to direct the military to shoot the black protestors in the street.”-Translate Trump

[one-time-i-dreamt]

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[soritesparadox]

Reminder that Stonewall wasn’t about marriage equality. Stonewall was about police brutality. It was about systemic abuse and subordination. Stonewall was spearheaded by black trans women. As we celebrate Pride 2020, within the context of the Black Lives Matter riots, it’s imperative that we remember that.

Riots in protest of police brutality are the reason that we have more rights today. Do not forget your roots.

You can’t celebrate Pride while simultaneously condemning the Black Lives Matter riots and protests that are happening right now. Know your history.

[taikeero-lecoredier]

Archive.org is facing a lawsuit

tldr: the Internet Archive/WayBack Machine is super important in term of archived content, billions of stuff are on there, and with the current event happening in the world like stated above,without this tool, it will be hard to properly document what took place. It will be easy for certain people to rewrite history. Dont let them.

DONATE HERE (post dont get much exposure with working links sorry)

 archive.org/donate/

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

IF YOU CANT DONATE THEN PLEASE SPREAD THE INFO

On twitter,tumblr,facebook,heck,anywhere you want,this needs to be talked about !

[ruffboi-mags]

they’re being sued due to putting together an “emergency library”, essentially, in the wake of schools and libraries closing due to covid-19.

you can read about it in a few places. here’s one article on the subject, but there’s plenty to be found.

[aroace-avenue]

I want old aros so badly. I want a history. I want a future. I want tales of lives that I understand. I want to see myself in a future where I’m happy and comfortable.

But I don’t have that, so I’ll have to build it.

[blood-on-my-french-fries]

I’ve got a story!

When I told my grandmother’s friend group about aromanticism most of them didn’t understand, they were polite and asked a lot of questions, some didn’t really believe it bc well, people in their 70s are rarely that open minded; but there was this one lady that looked pensive and when the others quieted down she asked me if the name for it had existed long, and when I said no she told me about her best friend:

A 74 year old woman who had married young, back when my country was in a fascist dictatorship and women couldn’t have/make their own money, so their only hope was marriage. They lived together years, and I’m not sure if they had children, but as soon as it was legal for her to divorce she did, and, living in a small town, she faced her neighbours’ questions and judgement: Was he a bad husband? Did he cheat or treat her badly? Was it the other way around? He wasn’t “man enough”? And many less nice things.

Her answer to all of them was that her now ex husband was a wonderful man, and that they’d remain friends as they’d always been, because on her side that’s all there could be, because she didn’t find it in herself to love, not him nor any man or woman, but still cared deeply for him as she did for all her friends.

She now lives happily in retirement, traveling around the country with her friends, ex husband included, and also has a cat.

When the lady told me this she sounded doubtful at first, afraid she was appropiating but when I told her that the experience sounded like those on our community she looked so happy, and kindly asked me to write down the terms and what they mean on a paper so she could show her friend when she went back home, tell her that she wasn’t alone that there were more people who had united and have a name and are fighting to be recognised.

That day I realised something: That there are more of us than we know about, that in this age of information many of the older generation were still estranged from the net and among them there are aromantic people too. And that for those people who have probably felt other and wrong most of their lives, the knowledge of the label and community, the confirmed existence of others like them that feel it’s important enough to recognise that feeling or lack thereof, can be just as healing, reassuring and important as it was for us, the newer generation who stumbled upon the term on the internet when we were teens.

The internet is great, of course, but if we want to find the older aros de have to look for them, because they most surely haven’t found themselves in that label yet either. And to do so we must share our terms and experiences and shout to the world that we exist outside the screens, that we are real. I know it can be risky or even dangerous but if we wish to find them, and hopefully make them a bit happier, it’s all we can do.

TL,DR: There are old aros out there, we just have to find them by spreading our visibility, not only for us, but for them too.

[aroace-avenue]

this makes me so happy to hear! thank you for sharing

[luxflora]

Ok so I don’t consider myself ace or aro but I just got pissed at a post so I’m gonna put this out into the world.

Platonic partners and friends ARE DIFFERENT CONCEPTS. Like yeah, a platonic partner probably does and should fit under the category of “friend” also - just as a romantic partner should!!! But a regular friend probably isn’t someone you might plan to move across the country with and live with for a long time/life. With a QPP there’s a much firmer expectation of commitment and prioritization and depth/endurance/strength of relationship. I wish more than anything that my best friend could be my QPP but she is straight, in a happy relationship, and committed to that. We’re still one of each other’s closest relationships, but while she has space for me in her heart and life as a dear friend, she does not have the space in her heart and life for me as a QPP. It would require space to be freed up that is, for her, in use for/reserved for a romantic relationship.

Friendships are great, and in the past, “friend” might have been an adequate blanket term that included QPPs. But it’s no longer specific enough for some people or some relationships. And some people want different, and in some aspects better, terminology - and that terminology exists! And they’re free to use it if they feel it’s accurate! Imo, it’s similar to the bi/pan distinction that way: Depending on your definition, there may or may not be a difference, but some people prefer certain terminology and that’s completely their right!!! It’s not your call!! Instead of brushing people off, make an effort to educate yourself!

Holy fuck, this is like, the most basic of concepts for any queer person with a concept of empathy! Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it’s not true or real or valid!

So, rant over. Just wanted to get that off my chest.

[guiltyidealist]

Honestly, QPPs are (a) not just for aspecs and (b) whatever the members of it consent to the relationship being. It’s highly flexible. My QPP and I – them an alloace and I an arospec and an acespec – are indistinguishable from a romantic pair: we cuddle, we snuggle, we go on dates, we hold hands, we give massages, we sleep naked together, we kiss, we make out, we have sex… And we both consent to that. That doesn’t invalidate us as QPPs happily in a QPR. It’s nonromantic to us…. and that does not mean that it’s shallow, meaningless, insignificant, noncommittal, or un-special. It’s queerplatonic. Romance is another of those constructs created by a human society that we’re allowed to challenge and bend the rules of.

Empathizing is hard. Some people have low empathy. That’s okay. It’s more about compassion and respect than being able to feel others’ feelings. You do not have to understand it. Your lack of understanding doesn’t warrant disrespect and bigotry.

[luxflora]

Reblogging this addition because the empathy thing came up on a completely unrelated post. I don’t have a great understanding of what being low-empathy looks like… and I don’t need to! That’s not the point! But I’m willing to respect that (and to know that my phrasing was flawed). Literally that’s it. I can respect low-empathy people without understanding them.

You can respect QPPs without understanding them. Let people use their terminology. Social relationships and categorizations and the language around them are beautiful and flexible and personal.

[genderoutlaws]

Demand Justice for Tony McDade

On March 27th, 2020, Tony McDade, a black transgender masculine person was shot five times in the back and killed by a Tallahassee Police D

[rachellephant]

the most important thing to me ever is bi kids knowing that it’s ok to be 10% attracted to women and 90% attracted to men or 10% attracted to men and 90% attracted to women and still feeling ok to identify as bi, and still feeling like their identity is valid, and still feeling like they can lead fulfilling lives with both (or other) genders. like that’s just so fricking important.

[baital]

I’m a bi adult and you know what? I needed this. Thank you.

[alder-greatly-approves]

it’s also important to remember that it can be a fluid % like sometimes it’ll be 50/50 some times 10/90 and then drift into a 45/65 or even 2/98 and it’s still okay. It’s just where you are at that time in your life. 

[poly-wrath]

That shift is called the bicycle

[deepspacepirate]

me: *breaks down crying in the privacy of my own home*

my brain: you’re faking your emotions for attention. you’re just doing this because you think it makes for a cool personal narrative

[volgin]

every holocaust memorial day, i always ask people to keep romani people in their thoughts, but this year i’d like to clear up some misconceptions that i see every year w/ a psa

romani people are not white. we’re south asian (from northern india), and each subgroup has a unique racial makeup of asian/white/etc, in different amounts. this is also why we vary wildly in physical appearance/skintone

we still face oppression. what we face, especially in europe, can still be constituted as attempted genocide, as we’re forced to live in hazardous conditions or to give away our children, be sterilized, etc just for the crime of being roma

the ‘g slur’ isn’t just an american issue. the reason some european roma prefer the slur is because, in many countries, there is no term for roma that isn’t a slur, and it’s either the g slur or the literal translation of the n word. i’m romanian, and if you used the slur in my hometown, you’d get slapped, since we just use ‘roma’.

we live in every continent across the world. some of the largest romani populations exist in south america, predominantly in brazil. they are no more and no less roma than their european counterparts, and they, like romani in asia, africa, etc all face unique challenges and oppression.

we’re the largest ethnic minority in europe, and yet have almost no political power, no land ownership power (in some places, we’re forbidden from owning land entirely), etc. with very few reputable charities- a lot of us reject charity by principle, as well as there being a general lack of education about us- the best thing you can do to help romani people is to just spread information, and help individuals when you can.

[valtsv]

whoever came up with strapping a dagger to your upper thigh knew exactly what they were doing. they weren’t thinking about self defence.

[marahoping]

y’all heard her

[micromys]

and her wife

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

<3 YET MORE REASONS WHY I ADORE THIS WOMAN AND HER WIFE <3

[cadaverkeys]

zuko definitely shouldve been allowed to drop just one f-bomb in atla…i think he deserves it.

[cadaverkeys]

thats fucking rough, buddy.

[rudegayslang]

did jet just fucking die?

[aangsslut]

[whitepeopletwitter]

[almondbuttercup]

Let’s also acknowledge that nascar has nothing to do with the confederacy. It only shares the south. It was started to out run cops while delivering boot leg shine.

[anais-ninja-bitch]

man, the level of bootlicking among nascar fans is outrageous.

[lizzibennet]

jane austen really just repeatedly said “the sexiest thing a man can be is kind, selfless, attentive and honest about his feelings” and, as always, she was correct every single time