See And Love The Beauty All Around You

She/her.29.bird.jewish trans gal.18+. Sometimes writer and actor I guess.Birds 4 lyfe.

[closet-keys]

Israel's attacks have been relentless since the eve of Eid al-Adha on Tuesday, May 26. Just yesterday the head of anesthesia at Al-Yafa Medical Hospital was killed in an attack that injured three others. Over 50% of hospitals in Gaza are nonfunctional. Even when Palestinians survive attacks, treatment is limited and medical bills are expensive.

[closet-keys]

This targeting of healthcare workers and infrastructure is the reason my friend Fadel needs to raise funds for medical evacuation to a hospital outside of Gaza to surgically remove shrapnel that embedded in his body during the Israeli airstrike that destroyed his home while he was inside.

[closet-keys]

Fadel (@fadel-dani) is currently struggling to afford his hospital bills. He is being treated for severe anemia and malnutrition as a result of long term food insecurity and being unable to afford his monthly medication to treat his blood disorder. He suffers from frequent fainting and collapses unconscious, leaving his family terrified that he has died from starvation. Please help him.

[fadell-aldany]

My friends ,You are our last hope. If you leave us now, we will not survive. Please stand by us before it is too late, Please don't ignore what we're going through.

[fadell-aldany]

Please don't stop, please don't stop. Your Help help me a lot. The medication is very expensive, and my condition is very serious. Please stand by me now now, please.

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[hypokeimena]

#'this is present in the text' is often a good first step #but those second and third ones (naming it; describing its function) are vital (via @elucubrare)

[save-the-child-qais]

My baby Qais will die because his surgery is delayed. As an oppressed mother in Gaza, I am forced to postpone his surgical procedure —not by choice, but because this post is ignored and not shared.

[save-the-child-qais]

I will not forgive anyone who watches my child fade and scrolls past without mercy. One share delays his death—but one donation can end this waiting and bring his surgery closer today.

[save-the-child-qais]

Every minute without a donation steals something from Qais—his strength, his breath, his chance to live. I beg you as a mother: please donate now. Your donation is the difference between life and loss. 💔

Please donate now Gofundme

[bideogaymes]

“A coalition of organizations that work with marginalized communities in Lebanon such as migrant workers are raising funds to provide support and assistance (food, medical supplies, pads, diapers) to the various communities. Please share and donate.”

EMERGENCY RESPONSE COALITION: VOICES OF THE UNSEEN

EMERGENCY RESPONSE COALITION: VOICES OF THE UNSEEN As the indiscriminate attacks in Lebanon continue with over 120,000 (Statistics by OCHA)

[withbriefthanksgiving]

As of June 2026, Voices of the Unseen are still raising money.

March 2026 update:

Campaign Story: Starting at 42,000 USD (raised in the last war), Voices of the Unseen begins again.... Following the devastating events of 1 March, 2026, and the subsequent heavy bombardment of Beirut’s southern suburbs and South Lebanon in the early hours of 2 March, we are witnessing a terrifyingly familiar cycle of violence. At least 31 people have been martyred and 149 wounded in just the last few hours. Thousands more fleeing their homes under new evacuation orders. The recent escalation has pushed Lebanon back to the brink of a full scale war.

In 2024, we saw firsthand the systemic failure of the state. As bombs fell, the state offered no safety net for those most vulnerable:

Migrant Workers: Still trapped under the Kafala system a form of modern day slavery, many are being abandoned by employers fleeing the violence, left without papers or safe passage.

Syrian Refugees: Already displaced by over a decade of war, we are once again facing the trauma of being uprooted with nowhere left to run.

Palestinians: Facing an ongoing struggle for survival as the violence in Lebanon mirrors the aggression they have endured for 78 years.

Marginalised Lebanese: Families in the South, Bekaa, and Beirut are losing their livelihoods and homes, watching their society be torn apart once more.

When the state failed, organisers from these communities built critical safety nets. This was done with your help. Last year, we raised $42,000 (USD) that went directly to community organisers from these communities. Now, we must do it again. Our current efforts are being channelled through a core group of trusted community groups: Tres Marias, Reman, Syrian Eyes and DoWAN. We are building community led solutions to a systemic collapse. We are calling for immediate financial and in kind donations to support emergency housing, healthcare access and basic survival needs.

[closet-keys]

Last Thursday, there was heavy rain in Gaza. Israelis bombed a residential block very near to where Mahrah and her parents are sheltered. Panic gripped her family.

Her brother Mahmoud posted about this on tumblr from the account they share, and then staff immediately banned their blog as part of a broader racist campaign against Palestinians.

Mahrah and Mahmoud are now using the blog @palestinian95. Please donate if you can afford to do so, and share this post to help them to reconnect with their followers!

[closet-keys]

Mahrah family's sole source of income is their fundraiser vetted by 90-ghost and shared by fairuzfan. Unfortunately, they have not received as many donations lately. This makes affording food and healthcare difficult, because prices continue to increase.

Any money you can spare will be the entirety of their grocery budget for the week. Please send them enough to survive. I can personally promise anything you send will make it to them. My wife @cannilyuncanny hosts the campaign and transfers donations directly to Mahrah.

[hagiomoto]

It's super annoying that they're never this annoying about every other religious LGBT people

It's 2026 if you're still acting like this I'm afraid I might have to stereotypically act out

[posthumousprincessparts]

PLEASE HELP TWO TRANSFEMS IN DANGER

hi there it's princess/nova back again, i'm really sorry i have to come here like this but me and my wife are still struggling abandoned by our families and unable to reach any of our friends. we've been trying to survive without me being exposed to harassment but at this point we're going hungry. we don't have any income and need help affording food for ourselves and our kitties please if you can, donate. I would be so truly thankful

v3nm0: @Crow-Forgemaster , @Prince-Nova

c@sh@pp: $dragonforgedbutch , $StrayNova

and for people from outside of the USA, i take donations on my F@nsly: @lil_puppy_nova

[wolf-aid]

Hey guys, thank you, I don't know what to say, I don't know how we'll give you back, we Philistines. Just all we can say, thank you for your time and effort you give us. You are truly the greatest people on the planet. Thank you someone who supported us and donated to us

[wolf-aid]

Hey guys, if it weren't for your donations But now, all of my family and I are dead. Especially my father, because he is a cancer patient and the lack of medication is a very difficult reason. Because of your donations, you have saved us all. Everything I can say is truly thank you to all of you from the heart of Gaza. I'm really happy you consider your second family.

[wolf-aid]

We are very close to €13,000, we only need approximately €750That's a small amount. We can get there together. Please Sauna to complete our lives, we really need some money in these times Share the post and donate even a little thank you my loved ones

Donate to help ibrahim and his family To escape genocide, organized by Ibrahim Family

Hi My name is Ibrahim, a young man from the Gaza Strip. I'm li… Ibrahim Family needs your support for Donate to help ibrahim and his family

[wolfer-aid]

Please help us, please donate if possible It's so simple, your donation will simply save me, I'm not taking that money to entertain, my friend. Just to buy my food and medicine Thank you

[nepofledgling]

€12,236 raised! that's 31% of the goal, and means they're getting closer to reaching a third of the goal, please help support them <3

[wolf-aid]

We're so close to our mini-goal, guys. Let's go there together. I'll be the happiest person in life if we do. Just donate to me and my family

[wolf-aid]

Guys, I don't have much internet. I'm in a cut off area, so I won't be available anymore until tomorrow. My wish is to reach my very close mini target. Just 13,000. Please donate anything. I hope to get there soon. Please don't smash me. You hope I'll go to sleep.

[afro-elf]

please donate if you can

[manuciruja]

awww the like button turns into a rainbow when you press it! that's so cute...hey staff what's with all the trans women you keep nuking?

[manuciruja]

i think we should be ridiculing them more for this. you don't get to try and go all "queer website" when your staff likes to go on nuking sprees targeting the trans fem users

[closet-keys]

Israel's attacks have been relentless since the eve of Eid al-Adha on Tuesday, May 26. Just yesterday the head of anesthesia at Al-Yafa Medical Hospital was killed in an attack that injured three others. Over 50% of hospitals in Gaza are nonfunctional. Even when Palestinians survive attacks, treatment is limited and medical bills are expensive.

[closet-keys]

This targeting of healthcare workers and infrastructure is the reason my friend Fadel needs to raise funds for medical evacuation to a hospital outside of Gaza to surgically remove shrapnel that embedded in his body during the Israeli airstrike that destroyed his home while he was inside.

[closet-keys]

Fadel (@fadel-dani) is currently struggling to afford his hospital bills. He is being treated for severe anemia and malnutrition as a result of long term food insecurity and being unable to afford his monthly medication to treat his blood disorder. He suffers from frequent fainting and collapses unconscious, leaving his family terrified that he has died from starvation. Please help him.

[pawberri]

If youre a closeted person somewhere out there thinking "I want to transition but it would be less progressive/unique/countercultural for me to be that gender instead of this one" please know that you are a real person not a character in a narrative and cant live your life based on what is good media representation. You are real you can only be yourself and theres no moral weight to any identity over another

[pawberri]

Liberal transphobes enjoy positioning trans identities as regressive compared to cis queerness or like non-transitioning transness or anything else they can leverage to make transphobia look progressive and I think its easy to absorb that message subconciously. But in real life we just are what we are and no ranking of validity can change the fact that you have an identity that is NOT chosen and is just your unchangeable truth. Not only should you not have to live a life dictated by what is most countercultural to identify as or whatever but also: being trans is extremely countercultural and feminist and leftist to begin with and theyre only trying to convince you otherwise bc theyre bigots

[pawberri]

"Why cant you be a feminine man society hates feminine men 🥺" and "all the butch lesbians are becoming men we need u 🥺" = stay in the closet for the noble purpose of being an abstract representation point in my new york times opinion column. You wont actually be a gnc cis person youll be a closeted trans person who uses the wrong words but I need you to do that because i hate you

[pangur-and-grim]

Queer Books and Authors are at a Breaking Point

Authors, agents, publishers: every part of the industry is seeing the strain of five years of escalating anti-LGBTQ censorship.

[pangur-and-grim]

if you'd like to show support, here are some upcoming queer books:

When Life Gives You Corpses is a brilliant YA about a cursed praying mantis who falls for a young witch. Yield Under Great Persuasion is a raunchy, but surprisingly sweet story about two men repairing their relationship. Fabulous Bodies is a horror story about a queer rockstar rising from the dead.

This is Where the Future Bleeds is a fantasy set in a vividly imagined land, where two women (who happen to kiss) are the key to healing the broken sky. You're No Better is a story about a teen struggling in the shadow of his murderous parent. Oil on Canvas is about a woman who finds disturbing paintings in the home of her dead mother.

and then here's a list of 26 queer books by Black authors set to publish this year, and a 10 upcoming books by trans authors. if you want to fight back against queer censorship, use your wallet! or (if that's not an option) you can contact your local library and ask them to stock a copy.

[starful02]

Alex Rowland (Author of Yield Under Great Persuasion and several other amazing books!) has a kickstarter going on for their most recent book! Fantasy Romans! Fantasy Emperor Hadrian and Antinous! As an Academic Text! By a Fantasy Author! So cool right?? Check out in the link below! Five days left to back it and some seriously cool merch!

The Wisdom of Emperors: Deluxe Collector's Edition

A new fantasy novel by Alexandra Rowland, author of A TASTE OF GOLD AND IRON, RUNNING CLOSE TO THE WIND, & YIELD UNDER GREAT PERSUASION

[depsidase]

[bat-demon]

please help our water got shut off and the city didnt send us a bill in the mail as usual so we are short about 100$ to get it back on

ca/vn: Smokeyquartz

pp

[bat-demon]

ive gotten no help and the water is still off

[dustydruidraider]

dangerous،،

Please help my daughter's sweetheart alleviate her suffering.

Because of the tent life and the spread of infectious diseases and many epidemics, she deserves a better life like other children; she has the right to play and study.

We cannot afford to buy medicine due to our difficult living conditions. Please save my daughter; every donation makes a difference in Habiba's life.

Every morning, Adam and Habiba dream of going to school, but due to serious financial difficulties, I can no longer afford their education.

Education is their only hope for a better future. Any support or even sharing this message could help keep their dreams alive.

Thank you for caring 🤍

Donate to Shelter and Hope for Aya's Family, organized by Halina Kraft

Help Aya’s Family in Gaza Hello. I am Halina, a friend of Aya in the United Sta… Halina Kraft needs your support for Shelter and Hop

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[save-the-child-lama]

Everyone who sees our plea and does nothing is contributing to my sister Lama's death.

What did Lama do to deserve losing her entire family, and now losing herself as well?

She is an innocent child who does not even understand what illness or death means. Every minute that passes, her condition worsens, and she loses more of her strength.

I sit beside her, crying in pain because I cannot save her.

I swear I will never forget those who saw this and remained silent while my little sister Lama was left to die.

I beg you, please, do not let my sister die without doing something to help save her.

DONATE HERE

[tieflingkisser]