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#BECAUSE HE LIVED IN CANADA
collaredkittyboy · 3 months
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bethanydelleman · 2 months
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My paternal grandmother's parents wanted her to never leave home and take care of them in their old age. She went to nursing school and got a job against their wishes. They didn't want her to marry, but she started dating my grandfather anyway (they met after he came back from a date with her younger sister). She got pregnant, told my grandfather he had three months to decide what to do or she was raising the baby alone. In the 1950s. They got married and immediately moved to Canada to get away from her family. She was a stay-at-home mom for most of her life and had eight children.
I didn't know until I was an adult how much of a bad-ass she was; she was "just" the grandma who taught me how to knit, made delicious cookies, and used to repair my favourite dolls.
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coochiequeens · 3 months
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Sounds like for all the lipservice the TQ+ give to being sensitive to those with mental health issues this guy didn't care about the impact of his actions on his roommate who was dealing with PTSD. When he was called out and warned that coming home late without a so much as a text first wasn't a good idea when your roommate is a gun owner he cried that he was being threatened.
By Anna Slatz February 3, 2024
A trans-identified male from Colorado is seeking asylum in Canada on the basis of his gender identity. Daria Bloodworth arrived in Canada in 2019 after claiming to have been the victim of “transphobic” crime in the United States.
Bloodworth applied for refugee status in Canada, seeking protection on the basis of transphobic persecution by Americans, American society generally, and specific individuals including a debt collector and a former roommate at Colorado State University.
In his asylum application, Bloodworth claimed that he was the victim of a transphobia-motivated crime in May of 2019 after his roommate brandished a gun at him while making transphobic statements. The asylum application states that Bloodworth feared for his life after a court refused to grant him a protective order following the incident.
“With no protection orders in place, Ms. Bloodworth states the roommate stalked her, including by standing outside her residence with a gun, and he pursued her despite changing residences twice.Ms. Bloodworth states she called the police or went to the police station to report events of stalking behaviour, but did not receive protection. She was told her former roommate had the right to open carry a firearm. Eventually, she stopped calling the police,” the Citizenship and Immigration case reads.
Reduxx has reviewed bodycam footage showing the Fort Collins Police Service responding to the purported transphobic incident in 2019.
The 2-hour long video starts by showing Bloodworth being interviewed by police at the station after coming to report the crime himself. In the interview, the three police officers appear visibly confused and express difficulty in understanding Bloodworth’s account of events after he claims his roommate had threatened him “with a gun.” His story appears to change somewhat every time an officer asks him to clarify details of his claims.
Following the initial interview with Bloodworth, police go to the residence to speak with the roommate, a young male who identifies himself as a military veteran. The man reveals that Bloodworth had been a problem roommate as he did not pay his bills, frequently stole from the other residents, and would often come home in the middle of the night without informing the others he would be out.
This had led to concerns about the roommate’s PTSD being triggered, as he would often be woken up at early hours to find the front door handle being jiggled and become anxious, unsure if the home was being broken into.
The roommate says that they had been struggling with Bloodworth’s behavior for months and actively attempting to evict him from the residence. He explains that an argument had finally broken out that day after his frustration reached a tipping point with respect to Bloodworth’s conduct. Specifically, Bloodworth’s lack of financial contribution to the household, and his tendency to come home during the night with no notice or consideration for his roommate’s anxiety.
“I said — there’s a gun in the basement, you could get shot not addressing coming home at 4 in the morning through the door I sleep 30 feet from. Could you at least give us a heads up [when you are coming home]? Can you not be weird and sneaky like this?” the roommate says to police, obviously exasperated.
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Bloodworth as seen in the body cam footage from May of 2019.
“So you were saying, ‘if I don’t know you’re coming home at 4 in the morning, you could end up getting shot?” police clarified.
“Yes! Because it’s kind of crazy,” the roommate insisted. “I just want a heads up.”
“So you don’t think you are getting burglarized, right?” the officer asks, to which the roommate says “yes.”
The roommate notes there was an old hunting rifle in the home’s basement, but said it was not loaded and there was no ammunition in the residence.
During the police interview, the roommate refers to Bloodworth by “she/her” pronouns and his preferred name. He also calls Bloodworth a “woman” at various points during the interview. This calls into question Bloodworth’s claims to both police and Canadian immigration officials that he had been subjected to a transphobia-motivated crime.
The roommate also states that Bloodworth had frequently become enraged at the other residents in the home when they requested he pay his portion of the bills, and suggests that Bloodworth threatened to sue them for “pain and suffering” when they changed the WiFi password.
The young man later concedes to having been wrong to refer to the gun in the basement during their argument, and calmly offers himself up to any charges. The case against him would be dismissed less than two months later.
Though Bloodworth told Canadian immigration officials that the roommate “open carried” a gun, the roommate told police he did not own one himself. Bloodworth also stated that the roommate later “stalked” him, but there is no substantiation to support that claim. However, following the “threats” incident, Bloodworth repeatedly posted the roommate’s full name to social media, along with videos showing his face.
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Bloodworth continued to live and work in Colorado until November of 2019, when he arrived in Canada and filed for refugee protection.
In October of 2022, the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) rejected Bloodworth’s claim for asylum, determining he had adequate rights and protection back in the United States. He then appealed the decision, and the Refugee Appeals Division (RAD) ruled in his favor.
RAD member Dilani Mohan concluded that “the RPD failed to consider how Colorado’s open carry gun laws combined with the general climate of anti-trans hatred growing in the US could make [her] perpetually vulnerable and at risk to her life.”
Mohan also noted high rates of “discrimination and violence” in Maine, New Jersey, Illinois and Nevada and said that while New York City might be an option, the move would force Bloodworth into poverty.
“The RPD failed to consider how Colorado’s open carry gun laws combined with the general climate of anti-trans hatred growing in the US could make [her] perpetually vulnerable and at risk to her life,” Mohan wrote.
But Bloodworth’s victory was short-lived, as this week, a Federal Court ruled that the RAD incorrectly claimed that Colorado authorities were incapable of protecting Bloodworth, or that he couldn’t safely reside elsewhere in the United States.
Bloodworth — who now lives in the Yukon Territory — says he plans to appeal the ruling to the Federal Court of Appeal in hopes of being formally granted refugee status.
Since arriving in Canada, Bloodworth has changed his legal name from Véronique Marie Bellamy in an apparent effort to obscure his identity in the event his immigration attempts did not go in his favor.
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On his My Little Pony-themed social media feed, Bloodworth advertises himself as an “exile from America” and an “author of queer fiction.” He states he is “trying to pursue a quick bachelor’s degree to be able to get into medical school,” and is also investing in cryptocurrency in an effort to make enough money to fund his gender transition.
Bloodworth claims to have been fired by TD Canada Trust bank in 2023 for being a “whistleblower” but it is unclear what he blew the whistle on. His LinkedIn shows he worked at the company for approximately 1 year as a Lead Customer Experience Associate.
His social media feed includes snipes at Harry Potter author JK Rowling and those who participated in last year’s march against gender ideology.
In July of 2023, Bloodworth credited seeing the Barbie and Oppenheimer movies with providing him motivation to continue fighting for refugee status in Canada.
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strohller27 · 5 months
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#i’ve been working through some stuff in my head#and I’ve realised that so much of my life I’ve occupied the spaces in-between#like I acheived certain things in my life because I was literally the only one who stepped up#but it was also like. I wasn’t the first choice for something I was always just what was available#or I tried to carve out something for myself and it ended up either being taken away from me or getting ruined somehow#like when I was in the pipe band I became drum major because I was literally the only drummer (not that anyone really liked me…#i was just. the only choice there was until someone else came along).#or when I moved up the ladder at the tutoring service it was during Covid and I had to work so much harder because#we just didn’t have a full team.#or when I had to do my undergraduate thesis by myself because also covid#and now having to do my research project basically 100% by myself because my advisor ‘‘can’t’’ advise me#(​except he can apparently write me some exam questions next semester)#idk I just feel like the extra frozen water on the side of the ice cube tray of life#and now I’m in Canada and I’m trying to make a place for myself#I want this to work out. I want to be able to solidify the life that I want without having to live on the fucking edge#I’m tired of staying in my ‘lane’ when my ‘lane’ has always been ‘standing on the side to let others pass’#Listen up queers I am allowed to take up space and I am occupying this part of the lane#if you don’t like it then you can make your own fucking lane#I’m just trying to make a life in this ridiculous precarious world I don’t want to have to play it safe anymore#I want to get into a PhD programme and study what I want to study#I want to meet someone I can trust with myself when I’m fragile and someone who trusts me with themself when they’re fragile#I want to live in a house I don’t have to worry about losing and make enough money to live comfortably#I want to stop merely surviving and start *living*#and I’m going to do everything in my power to achieve that
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bokatan · 10 months
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If you haven't answered these already, could we get 5 and 26 from the fallout OC questions?
@vault-heck [ fallout OC asks ]
5. What does your character think about pre-war society?
Mercy: She has a lot of nostalgia due to the fact that her childhood & younger adult life took place in it, but that nostalgia is 100% through rose colored glasses and it mainly applies to the smaller things she experienced while growing up. She has a very unfavorable view of the government, military, & corporations; she was aware of some underlying plans going on within the military, West-Tek, & General Atomics, and she was vaguely aware of the impending war when she was recruited into the Enclave a few months before the bombs fell - basically she knew they were committing atrocities, she knew that she was actively participating in those atrocities, and she did it anyways. She strongly prefers postwar society, despite its hardships, because it lacks the same corruption and societal issues that prewar society had.
Reed: Like Mercy, he also has some nostalgia around prewar society because he grew up in it - it’s not on the same level as her just due to the fact that he enlisted pretty much the second he could and he didn’t have the same experiences as a young adult because of that, but it’s close. He develops a bit of a guilt complex over his military service after seeing all of the destruction left behind from the Great War; he starts off with a neutral opinion on the government/military & corporations, but that shifts into disgust as he starts getting more exposed to the wasteland and learns what was going on behind the scenes.
Delta: They have a hard time understanding how people lived like that, and they don’t get how that level of corruption was able to be covered up.
26. What kinds of things fascinate your character? Do they have any personal interests that aren’t necessarily practical, but that they just like?
Mercy: She’s really interested in postwar mutations, especially the ones that have happened organically rather than in a lab. She gets into a habit of collecting bones, teeth, wet specimens, etc from mutated animals as a little pastime to studying them. She also really likes prewar dresses/formal clothes & jewelry(she’s especially fond of jewelry that’s potentially irradiated or has been exposed to radiation - she really likes pieces that include vaseline glass, blue topaz, cloisonné enamel, etc). And lastly she has a bit of an interest in cameras and photography - she’s been able to keep her prewar camera in working order and has a pretty good collection of photographs that she’s taken over the years, but she does have to be a bit conservative with it due to the film being hard to source.
Reed: He really likes kitschy prewar items and somewhat collects. He mainly picks up things like posters and signs since they’re more portable, but he has a few small junk stashes at the main settlements he stays at. He also tends to collect things he comes across in the wasteland that he thinks specific friends will like and he frequently gives those as small gifts.
Delta: They’re very interested in vehicles like cars and motorcycles, but they haven’t had much success with figuring out reliable fuel sources that work with the prewar engines they’ve messed with.
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muirneach · 2 years
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i loveee wild west history. its like ‘what if there were a bunch of really weird guys in a desert or something and they all had guns what would happen’. and unsurprisingly they did the most fucked up stuff. crazyyy stuff! gotta be one of my fave periods to study
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donuts4evry1 · 2 years
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Recently learned how to write possessives in Viet so I decided to complain about my broken umbrella to my mom
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canadachronicles · 2 years
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I don’t want to have children; it’s fine because I’m just as proud as if Simu was my child!!!
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keeps-ache · 2 years
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okay i lied i stayed up a little longer and my brain has decided to take us back to like 2013 and just simmer in what i remember from Anne of Green Gables
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irrelevant-host · 2 years
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feeling vv abnormal about the loss of myself :\
#haven’t done anything besides school and work in like half a year#and I literally maintained my 4.0 gpa right up until this past semester but now I couldn’t give a shit about clases and my degree#i have zero motivation to do well and pass my classes even tho I’ve set myself up for another 5 years of education#i haven’t seen my best friend since last year when I used to be able to see her everyday or at the very least visit every few months#my brother had to fucking move back to canada and I miss him so fucking much it’s unfair#my younger brother is struggling and I don’t know how to talk to him or help no matter how much I reach out to him#my youngest brother is the only one I can do my best to be there for by babysitting him and trying my best to make sure he’s having fun#and learning but I’m mentally exhausted and I feel like I fail him because of it#my mom lives 15 minutes away but she’s always working or out of town and I feel like I’m intruding if I stay over for more than a few days#and I’m never able to spend time w my sister anymore like we used to#i can barely hold a conversation w my dad or stepmom no matter how hard I try I just feel like I’m too much or they don’t care#i don’t know where I’m going w this#oh yeah also I haven’t practiced anything I’ve wanted to despite my brain itching to do something productive for forever#i took my keyboard out from under my bed for the first time in a year but I can barely get out of bed#i tried looking for my sketchbook and my fucking desk drawer fell apart lmfao so I gave up on that#everything just feels so dull all the time#I’m spending hours and hours on my phone or not sleeping and then sleeping way too much at the wrong times#everyday is the same and not in a good way#this is so long and I feel like I haven’t even begun to cover how numb and lonely I feel lol#anyway I’m gonna go back to watching youtube videos instead of working on lab hw#nyah speaks
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aeolianblues · 8 days
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Hawksley Workman - Striptease (2001)
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haku23 · 2 months
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These ocs are still ffxiv ones but I at this point am starting to think about them rly hard in a modern au so like. It's fine
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yvmoveon · 11 months
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crabs-but-better · 1 year
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had a scary dream
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omgthatdress · 3 months
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José Sarria was a World War II veteran who made his living as a popular drag queen at San Francisco's Black Cat Bar. When drag queens at the bar were harassed by the police for impersonating women, he made them cat-shaped tags that said "I'm a boy" so police would not have cause to arrest them. He also encouraged those charged with crimes to never plead guilty and draw the police and DA into long, drawn-out trials that couldn't prove anything.
In 1961, Sarria made history by running for the San Francisco board of supervisors, becoming the first openly gay person to run for public office in the United States. When city officials realized that Sarria would win because there were four candidates and five seats, they flooded the ballot with 34 candidates, ensuring that Sarria would lose. Eventually, the seat he ran for would be filled by Harvey Milk.
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In spite of the loss, Sarria continued with his political activism. He founded the Tavern Guild of San Francisco, which protected gay bars from police persecution, and the Society for Individual Rights, which helped educate the gay community about their rights when facing the police.
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Sarria continued to perform in drag. When he was crowned queen at the Beaux Arts ball in 1964, he declared himself "Her Royal Majesty, Empress of San Francisco, José I, The Widow Norton," and founded the Imperial Court System, a network throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico that did fundraising for various LGBT charities.
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lewisvinga · 1 month
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battle of the nepo babies | lance stroll x fem! reader
summary; just two nepo babies living their nepo baby lives together
fc; bella hadid
warnings; hate comments
taglist; @namgification @louvrepool @locelscs @thehufflepuffavenger1 @minkyungseokie @goldenmclaren @ollieshifts @lavisenri @graciewrote
note; requested !
masterlist !
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liked by lance_stroll, yourbestfriend, and others !
yourusername: i’m gonna ask father to make me a stable like the stroll’s stable
tagged; lance_stroll
lance_stroll: my fave cowgirl
yourusername: ride a horse save a cowboy or however the saying goes
username: she’s just like me omg
username: isn’t she rich , can’t she have her own stable 😭
username: nepo baby to the maxxxxxx
yourbestfriend: babe ur father literally made stables for u when u we’re 5…..
yourusername: lemme take u to the stroll’s stable, it’s SICKKKK
username: oh to be a nepo baby and have my father build me stables at 5…..
username: she’s sooooo pretty 😍
username: i love them sm🙁☹️
username: the best model itwwww
username: she’s just a nepo baby let’s be fr 🙄
username: username have you SEEN her walk? that girl has one of the best walks of this generation let’s be so fr 🥱🥱🥱nepo baby or not she is one of the top models! liked by lance_stroll !
username: omg not lance liking a comment defending y/nnnnn, i love them sm🥺🥺🥺🥺
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lance_stroll uploaded to their story !
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[caption 1; 😍😍] [caption 2; she loves me a latte :)]
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yourusername uploaded to their story !
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[caption 1; pretty boy] [caption 2; lance after he hid MY wallet because he says ‘i don’t need it’ 🙄🙄( don’t tell him i have my card on apple pay🤭 )]
lance_stroll replied to your story !
lance_stroll wait wdym it’s on ur apple pay
yourusername babe do u really think i rmbr to bring my wallet everywhere ?
lance_stroll well i’m not w u everywhere 🤔
yourusername lancey we both have $$$$ i can pay for myself😕
lance_stroll no i wanna spoil u next , ur father spoiled you ur whole life it’s my turn now😕😕
yourusername i can say the same abt u🙄
lance_stroll ok true
lance_stroll i saw someone on twitter say we’re the battle of the nepo babies😭😭
yourusername LMAOOOO
yourusername i’m making that my next caption 😁
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liked by lance_stroll, yourbestfriend, and others !
yourusername: battle of the nepo babies
tagged; lance_stroll
lance_stroll: you actually did it wow
yourusername: i’m hurt u doubted me lance
lance_stroll: love you ❤️
yourusername: love love love you
username: THE CAPTION LMAOO???
username: omg are lance and y/n my oomfs on twitter ??!2’dojs
username: U WERE THE BATTLE OF THE NEPO BABIES TWEET??
username: be careful who u call oomf, it MIGHT be lance & y/n‼️‼️‼️‼️
username: they’re so goals ugh i love🥺🥹
username: they saw ppl hating on them being nepo babies n they said we don’t gaf!!!
yourbestfriend: cute n all but can you both use your nepo baby powers so i can be offered a pink mini kelly instead of a tan constances???😁😁😁
yourusername: i got u🫡🫡
lance_stroll: going to the hermes in canada as we speak
username: y/b/f is so real for that 🫡🫡
username: ‘nepo baby powers’ does this signify the end of the battle of the nepo babies 🤔🤔
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