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People are way too comfortable telling people with food allergies that it's a personal problem and or they don't deserve access to food premade or otherwise.

#foodie #allergies #food allergies #accessibility

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The people who calculate how much extra the pink tax costs people should also include the casualties of shallow pockets. RIP my phone.

#pink tax

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There'll be a post like, "ableism is bad" and all the comments will be "yeah! Ableists are all sociopaths and narcissists!" "Ableists all live in their moms basements and don't contribute anything to society!"

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Accepting that we are all going to repeatedly contract a virus that causes cumulative vascular damage, is accepting that the most vulnerable among us will die. Layered covid mitigations, starting with wearing a high quality respirator, says no to preventable infections and "acceptable" death.

Image Description: Dark grey and red text over a grey scale background. The background is an image of an N95 respirator. The dark grey text reads, "Say NO to preventable infections". Red text offset behind the grey text reads, "Acceptable death".

#covid isn't over #mask up #still coviding #wear a mask #long covid #keep masks in healthcare #lgbtqia2s+ #alt txt #covid 19 #community care #lgbtqplus #anti capitalism #covid denial is eugenics #stop the spread of covid #ableism

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A human rights crisis that demands your attention.

As always, I recommend following Erin Reed's Substack for updates on transgender legislation. She's a journalist focused on tracking U.S. trans laws and politics.

Another good beginning point for getting involved is locating your state's local Equality Federation organization, who are probably tracking these bills and carpooling to state capitols to testify against them.

Most importantly, open your homes and wallets for those fleeing their homes or stockpiling medication.

ID available in alt text and below the cut.

ID begins. A cartoony comic that is primarily black and white. The first panel shows a pie graph with five sections. Each section has a drawing of a different person in it. Two of the sections are highlighted in orange, and the people in those sections are sad. The text reads: as of March 2024, 38% of American trans youth live in a place where our basic healthcare is illegal. That’s 23 of 50 U.S. states. Millions of people are being forcibly detransitioned by the government. Statistic from the LGBT Movement Advancement Project, March 7th, 2024.

Panel two. A drawing of the author, shirtless, wiping his face with a towel over a sink. He has body hair and top surgery scars. The text reads: It’s been a year since the clinic where I received care was forcibly shuttered by the far-right state government. If I had been a few years younger, I would never have been able to access the care that allowed me to blossom. The grief and fear is constant.

Panel three is split into two panels. On the left, a hand holds a smartphone on which an article is displayed. The article is titled: U.S. International Refugee Crisis: 130-260k Trans People Have Already Fled”. The right panel shows a laptop on which an article is displayed. This article is titled: Some Trans Kids Are Being Forced To Flee America For Their Safety. The comic text reads: This is a crisis.

Panel four shows a map of U.S. states. 23 of them, all of which are in the South and Midwest, are colored orange, and in these states, gender-affirming care for minors is illegal. This map is via the LGBT Movement Advancement Project. The text reads: As a holdover from preserving slavery, each state essentially operates as a country and gets to make its own laws. If Texas was a country, it would be the world’s 38th most populous. This month, Texas tried to demand the names and addresses of its trans kids.

Panel five. A drawing of Joey, the author, a man with short hair, wearing a sweater and an N95 mask. His arms are crossed and he looks upset. The text reads: After moving north, when I talk about human rights horrors in red states, I always get the same responses. Two text bubbles read: Why don’t they just move? And: Everyone in red states should just die. Additional comic text reads: As if we don’t live everywhere.

Panel six. A fat woman with short, curly hair wears a backpack and holds a suitcase while holding the hand of her child, whose hair is held back in curly poofs. The child is also wearing a backpack, out of which peeks a teddy bear. The text reads: Regardless of ability to move (although “safe” states are increasingly expensive and inaccessible), you’re literally talking about internally displaced political refugees.

Panel seven. A drawing of a fat person with a mohawk, glasses, a vest, and necklace. They use a cane and are smiling. The text reads: To be clear, none of these bans are based in reality. The 2022 U.S. Trans Survey, with 92,000 respondents, found that 98% of respondents were significantly happier due to hormonal replacement therapy. Via ustranssurvey.org. Released just last week, a study from Perth, Australia found that only 1% of their pediatric gender clinic patients went on to reidentify with their birth sex. Via Cavve et al, JAMA Pediatrics, March 4th, 2024.

Panel eight. A drawing of Joey wearing glasses, an N95 mask, and a professional button-up shirt. He carries a laptop. An arrow points to him and is labeled “straight up adult”. The text reads: And it’s not just about trans teens. This manufactured outrage has planned to ban adult care from the beginning. Some states have begun proposing laws to ban care up to age 26, which would cut me off after 6.5 years on hormones. An article headline by Erin Reed is pasted at the bottom of the panel. The headline reads: Ohio, Michigan Republicans In Released Audio: Endgame Is To Ban Trans Care For Everyone.

Panel nine. Joey as a kid with jaw-length hair kneels to tie his shoe. The text reads: As a trans child, the easiest thing I could do was be authentically me. Will you not preserve this joy for others? Published March 10, 2024. End ID.

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2/2 Round two baby! I've been asking Covid cautious community members why they are masking in 2024. These are just some of the answers. All answers are anonymous for privacy reasons, and some have been edited for clarity/spacing reasons. It's never too late to start wearing a respirator regularly if you aren't doing so now. Why do you mask?

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Slide 1 - Deep blue background with baby pink paint splashes. Four N95 respirators line the bottom edge, a speech bubble coming from one. Text reads, “I mask because I care about myself and others' health!”

Slide 2 - Same scene. Text reads, “...to not destroy my health and give Covid to my cats.“

Slide 3 - Same scene. Text reads, “I don’t want to catch something while I’m out running errands... I have seen so many people end up sick for special occasions... getting sick means missing a lot of social activities.”

#covid isn't over #mask up #still coviding #wear a mask #keep masks in healthcare #lgbtq community #alt txt #covid 19 #community care #why do you mask #wear a respirator #covid is airborne

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1/2 Round two baby! I've been asking Covid cautious community members why they are masking in 2024. These are just some of the answers. All answers are anonymous for privacy reasons, and some have been edited for clarity/spacing reasons. It's never too late to start wearing a respirator regularly if you aren't doing so now. Why do you mask?

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Slide 1 - Deep blue background with baby pink paint splashes. Four N95 respirators line the bottom edge, a speech bubble coming from one. Text reads, "I mask primarily because my stepfather is severely immunocompromised... for my own health, safety, and peace of mind, as well as the disabled and elderly.”

Slide 2 - Same scene. Text reads, “I mask to keep myself and my community safer! I mask because it’s the best thing we can do to protect ourselves from systemic neglect.”

Slide 3 - Same scene. Text reads, “...there are things that I’d be unable to do if disabled by Covid and I don’t want that for myself or others.”

Slide 4 - Same scene. “I mask for my cousin, who has two types of cancer and has received treatment during the pandemic”

#covid isn't over #mask up #still coviding #wear a mask #keep masks in healthcare #lgbtq community #alt txt #covid 19 #community care #why do you mask #wear a respirator #covid is airborne #long covid

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[ID: Two Tweets by Rye @PlagueProse 2/2/24 “my roman empire is how we all learned earlier in the pandemic that mitigating COVID mitigates climate change and nearly everyone, including environmentalists, immediately abandoned this as a strategy in favor of the ableist, capitalist death cult to get back to ‘normal’. when we say disability justice is central to environmental justice this is what we’re talking about. collective care creates the conditions for climate action that actually makes a fucking difference. ecofascism and eugenics go hand in hand.”]

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2/2 I've been asking Covid cautious community members why they are masking in 2024? These are just some of the answers. All answers are anonymous for privacy reasons and some have been edited for clarity/spacing reasons. It's never too late to start wearing a respirator regularly if you aren't doing so now. Why do you mask?

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Slide 1: A hot pink background with a spray of red glitter. Four N95 respirators line the bottom edge. A speech bubble is coming from one. Text reads, “I mask to protect myself and others. I don’t want to decrease my quality of life and my independence more than I already experience... The knife in my heart is the thought of infecting others.”

Slide 2: Same background. Text reads, “Because I couldn’t handle the guilt if I would pass Covid to someone who might get very sick... or worse.”

Slide 3: Same background. Text reads, “...for my health and so that I don’t feel like a piece of sh*t.”

#covid isn't over #still coviding #wear a mask #keep masks in healthcare #mask up #covid 19 #we keep us safe #community care #covid is class war #why do you mask #alt txt

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1/2 I've been asking Covid cautious community members why they are masking in 2024? These are just some of the answers. All answers are anonymous for privacy reasons and some have been edited for clarity/spacing reasons. It's never too late to start wearing a respirator regularly if you aren't doing so now. Why do you mask?

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Slide 1: A hot pink background with a spray of red glitter. Four N95 respirators line the bottom edge. A speech bubble is coming from one. Text reads, “Because a better future is not one where we freely transmit harmful diseases... I want to make our community accessible for everyone.”

Slide 2: Same background. Text reads, “...because there are a million reasons why getting Covid harms people’s bodies and lives. I care about my communities and friends and family and neighbors and even strangers at the grocery store.”

Slide 3: Same background. Text reads, “I mask because it’s so much easier to mask than to get even a mild illness. It’s certainly a million times easier to mask than to live with a disability or chronic illness.”

#covid isn't over #mask up #still coviding #wear a mask #keep masks in healthcare #covid denial is eugenics #community care #covid is airborne #long covid #alt txt #why do you mask

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A good reason to mask and take covid precautions is that we can't afford to get sick. Our communities needs us to protect ourselves and fight for each other. Many of us are one illness away from financial disaster, all of us are one event from disability. Some of us are one covid infection away from death. Masking is saying no to preventable death and disability.

Also, we can't do sh*t for Palestine if we are all too sick or no longer alive.

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Image with text reading: "I Can't Afford to Get Sick Can You?" The text is made of colorful words cropped together like a decoupage ransom note. The background is a pile of loose pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters mixed with golden sequins atop a red paisley fabric.

#covid isn't over #lgbtq community #mask up #still coviding #wear a mask #lgbtqplus #keep masks in healthcare #free palestine #alt txt

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All imma say right now, is a lot of the same people who are claiming that speaking up against the live broadcast genocide by political superpowers is "complicated" can, at the drop of a hat, explain every obscure easter egg their favorite musician left for them across ten original studio albums and/or give an hour long dissertation on why Skyrim does or does not belong to the nords.

#end occupation #teardownthewalls #acab

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Layers to reduce COVID transmission

The more layers you can manage, the safer you'll be!

Source

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The bombardment on Gaza is happening now on land, sea, and air.

The Israeli occupation has completely severed the internet, communications, and electricity in the Strip.

Israel has isolated Gaza from the world entirely in preparation for this massacre.

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I don't believe that sex is a need.

There is a direct connection between needs, survival, and human rights. To say that sex is a need, or to frame sexual desires as needs in any way, is to say that you have a right to your desires. It's saying you are entitled to getting those desires fufullied and if your desires are not met, your ability to survive will be impacted. Unsurprisingly I have mainly seen this framing from those who seek to have power over others and use this seeming harm of unmet "needs" to attain it.

Bodily autonomy is a right. You can do whatever you want with your own body and if consenting adults want to have sex their right to bodily autonomy should not be violated. None of this makes sex a need tho.

#needs #human rights #power dynamics #lgbtq community #queer #hetrosexual #patriarchy

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I realized I made a pretty big spelling mistake. You can't spell occupation with a D lol. This should fix it

ALL LIBERATION IS BOUND TOGETHER

As new horrors unfold in the ongoing and indiscriminate killing of Palestinian people, now is a really good time to remember that not only are ALL people's liberation bound together but that the I D F have historically trained US police forces. 

#free palestine #anti capitalism #antifascist #ceasefire #apartheid #palestine #acab #mask up

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ALL LIBERATION IS BOUND TOGETHER

As new horrors unfold in the ongoing and indiscriminate killing of Palestinian people, now is a really good time to remember that not only are ALL people's liberation bound together but that the I D F have historically trained US police forces. 

#lgbtq community #lgbtqplus #ACAB #anti capitalism #ceasefire #apartheid