#open letters

[sigmastolen]

i'm actually insulted by this, simon & schuster. this is a brand new book, published this year. why are the illustrations so dingy, and why are they full of fucking digital artifacts?

[feminism-lesbianart]

東京レインボープライドにアマゾンとマクドナルドとの協働中止を要請します～イスラエルのアパルトヘイト・ジェノサイドに加担する企業とは決別を～

NPO法人東京レインボープライド御中

LGBTQ+とアライのみなさま

東京レインボープライド（TRP）は3/15に「パレスチナ・イスラエルをめぐる現状に関するお問い合わせについて」という声明を発表しました(＊1)。これは、現在5か月を超えて激化しているガザ・ジェノサイドを非難し、これに加担しない意思を表明するために、イスラエル大使館やアパルトヘイト支援企業からの協賛は受けないことを明らかにしたものだと思います。

しかし、現状では、これは事実に反する虚偽となってしまっています。

わたしたちフツーのLGBTをクィアする等からの公開質問状や多くの問い合わせに言及した上で「特定の企業や大使館からの協賛はございません」と述べられていますが、問い合わせの第一義的なポイントはBDS対象企業(＊2)であったにもかかわらず、まさにそれに含まれているアマゾン(＊3)とマクドナルド(＊4)からの協賛がホームページに掲載されているからです。ゆえに上記の記述は明らかに間違っており、現実に実行されていないものとなっています。

TRPは公開質問状に「回答拒否」をしましたが(＊5)、これまで、わたしたちや多くの人がTRPに対して問い合わせ・要請をおこなったのは下記のことです。

2013年以来11年間にわたって続けてきたイスラエルのアパルトヘイトや戦争犯罪への共犯と決別すること。

ピンクウォッシングを終わらせること、つまりプライド・パレードを虐殺のノーマライゼーション／プロモーションの場として利用させないこと。

そのために同国大使館やアパルトヘイト支援企業（BDS対象企業）から協賛を受けるのをやめること（とりわけ近年協働が続いてきたアクサとヒューレット・パッカードを蓋然性の高い主要なターゲットとして）。

ところが、TRPはそうした問い合わせ・要請の趣旨を捉え損ねたのか、あるいは評判への配慮のみにしかもあまりに限定的な留意しか払わなかったためか、きたるTRP2024でも共犯を続けて重大な人権侵害から利益を得ることを「次世代につなげていく」道を取ろうとしています。それは「すべての人たちの人権が守られる社会を実現するために」と言うTRPにとって、まったく不本意なのではありませんか。

■■■ TRPへの要請 ■■■

(1). 「すべての戦争、虐殺、暴力や弾圧に反対しています。また、多くの命が失われている現状に対して強い憤りを感じています」との言葉が本当の思い、真実であるならば、ジェノサイドを支援しているマクドナルドとアマゾンからの協賛をTRPが受けることはできようはずもありません。すぐに、これらの協賛を取りやめることを決定し、その手続きに入ってください。

(2). 以上述べたように、「お問い合わせを頂いている特定の企業…からの協賛はございません」との記述は事実に反するものとなっており、「すべての戦争、虐殺、暴力や弾圧に反対」「強い憤り」という記述も虐殺加担企業が協賛に含まれている現状と矛盾したものとなっています。そのため、（1）の協賛取りやめが実現するまでのあいだ、TRP法人サイトの虚偽を含む声明文を削除するよう求めます。

3/31(日) までにこれらの要請へのご回答をお願いします。（お尋ねなどありましたら、気軽にご連絡ください。）

■■■ みなさまへの呼びかけ ■■■

ガザそしてパレスチナでの虐殺・占領を一刻も早く止めるために、東京のプライドをその共犯から決別させるために、もう一度、みなさんの声をTRPに届けてください。

【TRP公式ウェブサイト (問い合わせ)】 https://tokyorainbowpride.com/contact/

【TRP公式Twitter／Xアカウント】 @Tokyo_R_Pride

#共犯と決別する回答を

#TRPはアマゾンとの協働中止を

#TRPはマクドナルドとの協働中止を

#ジェノサイドにプライドはない

2024年3月17日

フツーのLGBTをクィアする

フェミニズムとレズビアン・アートの会

(＊1) https://tokyorainbowpride.org/news/20240315/2042/

(＊2) https://bdsmovement.net/Act-Now-Against-These-Companies-Profiting-From-Genocide

このリンクはすでに昨年12/28公開質問状で示しており、当時からアマゾンもマクドナルドもBDS対象企業に含まれていました。そして、1月初めにはマクドナルドに対する世界的なボイコット・キャンペーンの促進が呼びかけられています。

(＊3) https://www.notechforapartheid.com/

#IAW2024: Amplify #NoTechforApartheid

This March 14th, as part of #IAW2024: March for Palestine, join the day of action to amplify the campaign calling for pressure on Google and

アマゾンについては12/28公開質問状でも圧力をかける対象であることに注意喚起していました。

(＊4) https://bdsmovement.net/Boycott-McDonalds

(＊5) https://feminism-lesbianart.tumblr.com/post/740022720990953472/trp2024-noresponse

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PDF版はこちら。https://drive.google.com/file/d/11cV05SHD7_196Hv2kXPU0SzHkIPQaCAV/view

[deadman-suggestions]

would you let this kill you too? would you let this senseless violence be your downfall the way that it will be mine? will it ever be enough, will you finally find the end of it? will you die trying to understand this?

[aqenn]

I'd be lying if I said I was sick of being haunted by you, it's satisfyingly romantic in an artistic movement sense of the word (which is probably why I've had it go on this long, certainly less about you in particular and more about the vibes), though I'll admit it's somewhat hard to know that to a degree, I'm haunted by a version of you that I don't know ever really existed

[md-letters]

Dear -,

You’re angry. But not at me, at Monday and all the little annoyances. You’re never angry at me.

I fix the problem and light some incense. You calm and smile.

You make me smile. I think of all the things you do to show how much you love me. The way you make funny noises in my ear when we hug to make me laugh (especially if I’m sad). The way you kiss me multiple times at once. When you say ‘yes!’ and ‘I just love being close to you’ everytime we snuggle on the couch or in bed. The way you make me tea when you can see me ill or stressed.

It’s these little moments of real life that make me love you and life with you the most.

Love,

MD

[yellowsugarwords]

Happy birthday my sweet ella 💛

I have so much I want to say, but it feels like none of it even matters.

Today is our second birthday without you. In your own words, “wow, you’re f*cking, old”. You’re 20 now. You have so much ahead of you. You have so many things left to accomplish. I’m sorry you didn’t get to do any of them. You were robbed of that.

We’d planned to do all of these adult things together. You were supposed to crash at my apartment whenever you were in town so we could goof off as late as we wanted. So could go for late night McDonalds and Denny’s with freedom.

You were supposed to bring all your dogs to visit me. You were supposed to be the maid of honour at my wedding and the cool aunt to my kids. I was supposed to drag you along to all the concerts I had planned and you were supposed to drag me to the conventions you wanted to visit. And I would always drive in my tiny little Honda Civic that you always said felt like summer.

I carry you everywhere, sweet girl. I love love love you, but that doesn’t do it justice.

[neutrino-supremo]

I know it’s overwhelming sometimes, but you don’t have to live all the rest of your life at once.

All you need to do right now is make it to tomorrow. That’s all. We’ll go from there.

[fu-si-un]

RE: Executive Order to protect health and safety of Marylanders in our places of detention

“Dear Governor Hogan[...]

In courts around the State, your silence on the health and safety in people in jails and prisons is being cited by prosecutors to argue for the continued detention of pre-trial defendants, in contravention of clear public health standards.

[...]We urge you to issue an executive order that:

1.

Unequivocally rejects baseless claims that people are safer in jails and prisons than in the community.

Public health officials have advocated for reducing detained and imprisoned populations for whom confined space, restriction of movement, and limited access to healthcare amplifies the introduction and spread of the virus.

2.

Urges all law enforcement and correctional agencies, state’s attorneys and members of the judiciary to take every step possible to avoid adding to the number of people incarcerated in any kind of detention and to expedite any steps to reduce the number of people, particularly those at risk of serious illness or death if they contract the virus; Examples of feasible steps include[...]

3.

Orders the Maryland Parole Commission to expedite and expand release opportunities for those whose sentence will soon expire, for those serving short sentences, and for those at greatest risk of serious illness[...]

4.

Authorizes Parole & Probation to limit required in-person contact and avoid incarceration for technical or minor violations.

Maryland’s centralized system of parole and probation presents a significant advantage in your ability to quickly implement needed changes[...]

5.

Utilizes your clemency authority to release geriatric and other particularly vulnerable prisoners who present little to no risk to public safety and those slated to be released within two years[...]

6.

Requires every place of detention, whether operated by the State or not, and including those housing federal detainees to:

a. Develop a publicly-accessible COVID-19 response plan in consultation with local public health authorities that does not rely upon restrictive housing or lengthy facility-wide lockdowns as the primary control measure;

b. Make provision for education about sanitizing and adequate supplies of soap, hand sanitizer, tissues and other hygiene and cleaning supplies, and ensure that all products are freely available to all [...]

c. Implement clear procedures to care for those who become ill, including, at minimum, screening and testing of people for COVID-19, based on the most up to date information available; increased access to medical care and waiving of all copays; access to the medication and equipment necessary to treat those who contract the virus; and, the ability to immediately transfer sick patients to outside facilities for care when necessary;

d. Assess detainees to identify and provide for additional precautions for those who are at greatest risk of serious illness upon contracting COVID-19;

e. Describe how and where people in the prison system will be housed if they are exposed to the virus, are at high risk of serious illness if they become infected, or become sick with it. This should not result in prolonged, widespread lock-downs. Any lock-downs or interruptions in regular activities, such as programming, exercise or visits and phone calls with families or attorneys, should be based solely on the best science available and should be as limited as possible in scope and duration. Every effort should be made to maintain programming, including alternatives such as remote programming. Other forms of communication such as emails, voice calls, and video calls should be made free for all incarcerated people, and the right to legal communication must not be curtailed;

f. Adequate staffing planning, including staffing by those who are in custody doing facility jobs, for how necessary functions and services will continue if large numbers of staff (including people in custody who staff such functions) are incapacitated by the virus.

7.

Orders the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Department of Juvenile Services to take additional steps.

a. Publicly identify specific steps taken to protect people in detention and staff;

b. Provide a landing page with updates by facility along the lines of that created by the Maryland judiciary for the courts, that describes how the facility is maintaining communication, commissary, recreation and access to medical;

c. Immediately cease collection of any fees associated with medical care otherwise authorized by Md. Code Ann., Corr. Servs. § 2-118;

d. Identify additional mechanisms to facilitate depopulation, such as liberal use of home and family leave, furloughs, and the like.

These proposals are not exhaustive, but they represent a sampling of straightforward steps the State can take to mitigate the risk of COVID-19. Just as you have taken steps to ensure that Marylanders heed public health experts’ advice in the community, we hope you will take steps to avoid a public health crisis in our prisons and jails.”