bookishcanadian

[bookishcanadian]

Strawberry Fields Forever 🍓

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SHOUT IT

SAY HIS NAME: Nex Benedict, another 16 YEAR OLD was murdered in Oklahoma, news channels are deadnaming and misgendering him, just like with Brianna Ghey here in the UK. But I urge you to not let your grief drive you to despair. GET ANGRY. Do not become apathetic, do not let grief numb you. Stand united as a community, lean on each other, have each others back. Reach out to any trans individuals of any age and make sure they have support in some capacity. Speak with your family, your political representatives, your school, anywhere, with anyone, that may be able to make some change, whether big or small. Everything builds, that is the power of a movement, of solidarity. If you make life a bit safer for one trans youth once, then you may have saved their life that day. And that kid might then show some other kid that there is hope, and so they live as well. And it grows.

Fly high Nex.

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Something about that cop saying Nex was just as guilty as the girls who beat him up so badly he blacked out and how cops treat native youth.

Something about the media calling it a fight and not a murder, not a hate crime and how MMIWG2S+ are never looked for, never investigated, never seen as victims.

Something about the media portraying him as the aggressor and native youth always being seen as the aggressor, even in death.

Something about the hospital who released him despite going through head trauma and how the medical system ignores native people, and how the medical system was created through experimentation on native people.

Something about trans youth being told to “just leave” and Oklahoma being his homelands.

Something about Oklahoma legislature and two spirit people existing in Oklahoma before Oklahoma existed.

Something about Nex’s Indigenous identity being erased in every news article, every post, and how that was the stated goal of the USA upon which it was founded.

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Friendly reminder that Harold Hutchins from Captain Underpants is canonically gay (or bi, ig? Point is he has a husband and no-one even cares in the book. It’s just like “We’re never going to mention it because gay marriage is a normal thing!” Bold move from Dav Pilkey there.

#captain underpants #harold hutchins #queer #Gay or bi idk? #GAY #uh what do i tag this

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