Here's to the lonely

My names KiAnna, madly in love with @janczakowski , Chinese and Vietnamese don't be shy :)

[amberknudsen]

Help needed for a black disabled bisexual woman

Hi I’m remaking this post because the other has lost traction.

Hi. My name is Amber and I am a Black, disabled bisexual woman. My boyfriend sexually assaulted me and I am currently living in a motel to escape the abuse. It’s costing me $350 a week to stay here. I know it’s not a permanent solution but a lot of landlords are not showing places because of the pandemic. I can’t go to a shelter because I’m immunocompromised and it could kill me. Anything helps at this point. Thank you so much for listening.

Help me escape an abusive relationship organized by Amber Knudsen

Hi. My name is Amber and I am a Black, disabled bisexual woman. My boyfriend se… Amber Knudsen needs your support for Help me escape an ab

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

[shalomamme]

Tianna Arata is a black woman who is about to face 15 years. She currently has eight charged against her including multiple felonies, all because she organized a peaceful protest. A FUCKING PROTEST. She’s an active activist using her 1st amendment to speak on systematic racism and other important issues. Please reblog and check out the linktree below with links for the petition, go fund me for legal matters, etc https://linktr.ee/freetiana

[noping-out-deactivated20241117]

(Source)

[ID: Tweet by @carson_tueller “Ableism looks like calling disabled people ‘inspiring’ for navigating a system that is designed for their exclusion, while doing nothing to hold the system accountable. #ableism #disabled #accesstolife “]

[lagonegirl]

Black women are so encouraging. This is simply magical!💖 #BlackGirlsMagic 

[bayareachild]

This was the most amazing I love it

[several-birds-one-stone]

This is warmth to my black heart

[ardnale]

Black women are the center of life

[philosophyunknwn]

If watching this don’t make you feel good sum wrong wit you

[catchymemes]

[wessasaurus-rex]

This is actually such a relief.

[starlightandtears]

Okay so boom: I have a friend a rough place paying his phone bill because he inherited an internet bill balance that was extra high because it was in his father’s name and his father has since passed away.

It’s $528 dollars. I’ve just sent him $200. Can we get him the other $328? He currently has no internet access at all. I just need 328 people to send a dollar each. I will literally post screenshots for proof that I’ve sent anything I get to him.

Given his current familial issues, I’d like to give this person one less thing to worry about. If you’ve enjoyed my blog thus far, please assist me in doing something nice for him.

Cash.app/$MarsinCharge

Even if you can’t, please share!

[bitchdx]

🌈♿ help a black disabled trans person pay off bullshit medical debt !

i've been asked to do this for a close friend because my past e-begs managed to reach their goal & its not safe for her to have any identifying info up. "💌" has recently had a pre-existing back injury severely worsened after being attacked by her live-in abuser and hit intentionally in the spine. she's okay now, but the hospital bills for a&e are threatening to financially destablize her, and she can't afford to lose her shot at escaping the entire shitty situation because of this. you can help.

♥️ £0 / £450

http://paypal.me/abbyadams

[bipolarblueberries]

“I’m not really mentally ill, I’m just faking this.” - A mentally ill proverb

[sapphic-space-syren]

i said this to my therapist and she just looked at me and said “so do you think i went to clown school”

[gardeninthevoid]

FGFJFDSGGSH

[lagonegirl]

I hope he wins the lawsuit, a police officer was finally doing the right thing and they penalize him for not being a racist monster!

[theboykingofhell]

his name is stephen mader and not only did he refuse to shoot, he actively wanted to help the man (ronald ‘rj’ williams) because he could tell that he was only acting out because of mental illness. rj williams was suicidal and holding an unloaded gun and, while mader didn’t shoot him, a fellow officer (ryan kuzma) did and murdered him on the spot. here is the source and here’s to hoping rj williams gets justice

[socialistexan]

“Saying the words ‘Just shoot me’ sent up the red flag that he was just trying to harm himself and no one else … That’s what made me make my decision. He needed help” I hate this fucking world. The guy was actually trying to do his job by actually desculating the situation the right way (desculating these days apparently just means shoot them) and was fired for “failing to eliminate a threat.”

[critgemhero]

HE WON THE LAWSUIT AND GOT $175,000

[aphrican-aphrodite]

I read this whole story. It is wild !! The conversations between him and his ex coworkers about what went down that day 😧😶

Listen to it all here:

What Happened When A White Cop Decided Not to Shoot a Black Man

A shocking story of police and lethal force. Just not the one you might expect.

[uncleromeo]

when I say there are no good cops, this is part of the reason why.

“good cops” lose their jobs for doing the right thing.

“good cops” die mysteriously after whistleblowing.

“good cops” are forced to choose between their livelihood and becoming just like the rest.

[kristalknobb]

Illustration for Cosmopolitan, June 1974 Detail

[pharahsgf]

it always makes me sad to see the cropped image on my dash cuz like

the original specifically centers bi women’s sexuality & that context just gets cropped out 😔

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

PSA!

I covered the guy’s face because I know a lot of people don’t know much about wildlife and don’t realize they’re causing harm. Please don’t interact with wildlife! For their safety and your own!

[minimexd]

They will not want to go into the water the mother leaves them so they can fend for themselves..

As much as I want to pet the pup they have sharpppppppppoo ass teeth they look cute but they are apex predators

Please white people leave wildlife alone

[anarchistfrogposting]

Mount Rushmore is a middle finger in the face of the Lakota People.

[worldoffizz]

Seriously, fuck Mount Rushmore.

[spiroandthelacktones]

Except many Lakota people have come out to say they do not wish to destroy the faces because it would cause further harm to the mountain so maybe we should give it back to them and then let them decide what to do with it instead of acting like we know what best for them

[indigipunk-deleted-deactivated2]

Lakota here. Y'all need to stop assuming you know what's best for our sacred sites. This person is absolutely right, whether or not Six Grandfathers gets blown up is not a discussion that involves anyone who isn't Lakota. You need to stop pushing your own political agenda on us, we didn't ask for it and many of us have spoken openly about how uncomfortable we are with these kinds of jokes and statements.

Give it back to us because it's always been ours and should never have been defaced to begin with, not because you want us to be the ones to blow it up.

[nooonbinaryyyy]

yeah sure say fuck you to jk rowling but dont forget to like. actually support trans women.

[nooonbinaryyyy]

Donate to the Trans Women of Colour Coalition

Stop using the word femboy

“Men in dresses” jokes aren’t funny they’re just transmisogynistic. Stop making them and stop supporting creators who make them.

Stop engaging with terfs. it doesn’t matter if you’re proving them wrong, you’re still giving them a platform. block them and move on.

Install shinigami eyes

Stop insisting trans women can’t use he/him pronouns or dress “masculinely”

Stop insisting trans women have to medically transition to be “real women”

Donate to the homeless black trans women fund

Read some books by trans women

Check out the Trans*Scribe category on Autostraddle

Donate to or volunteer at the San Francisco LGBT Center (they run the Trans Employment Program)

[paulsebert]

[twitblr]

Far from political

[rapeculturerealities]

Sex Workers Have Never Counted on Cops. Let’s Learn From Their Safety Tactics.

Sex workers have kept each other safe outside the purview of the state for decades, and probably centuries.

Sex workers (as well as people who use and/or sell drugs) have always known they can’t rely on police for protection because cops regularly use laws that criminalize prostitution, drug possession, and living outside to harass, coerce, extort and arrest them. Research shows sexual misconduct and sexual assault is endemic among police officers in the United States. A 2017 study based on interviews with 250 women selling sex on the streets of Baltimore found that 71 percent reported “abusive” encounters with police. Police get away with it because the law is currently on their side, and their position as law enforcement officers with powerful unions almost guarantees that they will not be held accountable.

Spellman said police are notorious for extorting money from sex workers in exchange for “protection” from being arrested. However, that protection only extends to the officers who get paid off, and with others, it’s a “crapshoot.” And what about protection from abusive clients and other risks that come with working on the street?

So, sex workers have developed practices for keeping each other safe and providing mutual aid outside the purview of the state, providing models for addressing public health safety without police. Activists say their knowledge and experience should be centered in conversations around defunding the police, redistributing those resources to communities and dismantling police altogether:

Sex workers need to be at the center of talking about alternatives to policing when it comes to addressing violence.

Sex working communities have been creating different ways to keep each other safe from those who wish us harm (INCLUDING THE COPS) for decades.

— The Prodigal Whore (@MPDreamWhore) June 7, 2020

“In the face of criminalization and whorephobic violence, sex working people have always sought to create our own systems of support and protection outside of the cops, criminal legal processes and societally accepted channels because most sex workers know those systems will never bring justice and have no interest in listening when harm happens,” said Red S., an organizer with a mutual aid organization for sex workers in Chicago and New York City called Support Ho(s)e, in an email.

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[rapeculturerealities]

Black Trans Women Want People To Say Their Names — While They’re Alive

"Everybody takes to the streets, and they rally, they protest. But where was that same energy when that lady was alive?"

Black trans sex workers’ rights activists say they are fighting for their lives.

In the midst of a generational reckoning over systemic racism that has coincided with a pandemic and Pride Month, the killings of two Black trans women — Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells and Riah Milton — within just 24 hours and the brutal beating of another have fueled protests and demands for action on the specific ways that racism and police violence affect the LGBTQ community.

Black trans people are more likely than their white counterparts to face employment discrimination and housing insecurity, and criminalization for their gender presentation under statues that permit police to profile people they think may be engaging in sex work. A staggering number of Black trans people — nearly half, according to a 2011 study from the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force — have also been incarcerated.

Those who sell sex face even greater criminalization and the possibility of violence at both the hands of the police and their clients.

With historic protests for Black Trans Lives in Brooklyn and around the country on Sunday and a 6–3 decision from the Supreme Court making employment discrimination against queer and trans people illegal, there is growing momentum for change. But even as recently as Friday, the Trump administration attempted to undo protections for healthcare for trans people, and advocates say that policy progress — like a bill to repeal what’s called the “walking while trans ban” that has moved slowly in the New York state legislature — is still falling short.

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[dianasson]

Okay I know it’s on buzzfeed but the interviews worth it