#lgbt politics

[lgbtawarenessproject]

THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR LGBT PEOPLE IN THE USA

Please watch this video by Rudy Riggs explaining it!

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okay so a national state of emergency has been declared in America/

for LGBTQ+ people by the Human Rights Commission/

but what does that even mean/

I hear you ask/

look it up for yourself/

but I'm going to tell you the top line facts/

firstly they have released a statement of emergency/

which basically just states what the emergency is about/

and why they have decided to declare one/

they've also released what they're calling a handbook/

which has a bunch of resources/

like different laws in different states of America/

as well as rights for LGBTQ+ people in different states of America/

as well how to determine access for healthcare/

how to finance yourself a move to a safer state or place and finding employment/

information for filing complaints against civil rights laws/

as well as a bunch of other stuff about how to identify rhetoric/

and how to oppose anti LGBTQ/

plus situations on school boards or in other areas of your life/

and then finally/

the Human Rights Commission have also released information for travelers/

coming to the United States of America/

which is pretty terrifying/

that is just the overview of a very in depth document/

so please go and look at it yourself/

this is supposed to be Pride Month/

and it's really hard to feel pride/

when human rights are being violated across the entire globe/

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Rudy makes a note in the video description that they misspoke in the video and that it was the Human Rights Campaign, not Commission.

Find the Human Rights Campaign Here

Please note that HRC is a recognized non-profit based in Washington DC. It is also one of the largest LGBT+ organizations in the United States.

#project unknowing #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqia+ #queer #current politics #discrimination #national state of emergency #really fucking important #important #human rights campaign #usa #lgbt politics #current lgbt politics #politics #us politics #usa politics #human rights #ID #has ID #video #tiktok #video id

[diet-comet-soda]

I have no idea how this upcoming American election will shake out. I have always been one to argue for strategic voting, lesser of two evils and all that. But Biden and his administration's active participation in the genocide of Palestinians is beyond "lesser of two evils." Like, it's just two insurmountable evils now. And I know Biden and the dems have always had blood on their hands, that they've been supporting these kinds of atrocities the whole time. This isn't anything new, really. But the absolute scale, the cruely of it all, it's just... I can't express in words.

Even if the democrats are the "better" option, even if logically I still believe a vote for Biden will be better than anything else you could do/not do with your vote (any right wing candidate would be doing the exact same shit to Palestine and probably worse), every part of me is sick with the idea of encouraging people to vote for him. I'm sure many others feel the same. And there are no alternative candidates, not even close, in a year where I feel like an alternative could've actually had a slight semblance of a hint of a chance.

I don't see an outcome for the 2024 election that isn't just mass voter apathy from anyone even slightly left of center while the right shows up like they usually do, and Trump is subsquently thrust back in power. And from there, I don't know? Either shit's just gonna get really really awful as the right executes a lot of the absolutely batshit regressive goals they've been unapologetically gunning for in recent times. Or the idle ideation of violent revolution I constantly hear being espoused from the left might actually amount to something and shit will get really really awful in a totally different civil war kinda way.

And in the end, none of this still feels nearly as important as the genocide in Gaza. Every domestic political issue I've ever cared about pales in comparison. And I know you can care about multiple things at once, that suffering isn't a competition, blah blah blah. But in the wake of Palestinian genocide, I have become so numb to everything else; it is a whole order of magnitude beyond.

Free Palestine. Free Gaza.

#free palestine #free gaza #politics #american politics #palestine #joe biden #biden #vote #election 2024 #2024 elections #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbt politics #giada says words

[blackqueernotables]

Vernetta Alston: the first openly LGBTQ+ woman of color elected to the North Carolina House.

#vernetta alston #black lgbt #lgbt #lavandnoir #black lgbt women #lgbt women #black queer notables #black queer women #black queer firsts #lgbt politics #lgbt poc #queer women #black lesbians #black lesbian

[aclaywrites]

Any politician who has worked against women’s or lgbt rights. Wake up gay/lesbian, madly in love with someone incredibly inconvenient, and then outed to the world to face the consequences of their actions. I want it to be awful. Horrified faces of friends and family, immediate loss of constituents, ugly graffiti on their homes and cars. Confessing their feelings of love and getting the words of a polite rejection from a person who is clearly disgusted and will never speak to them again. All of it.

Or Furiosa. Jazz up that forthcoming Mad Max movie with the hottest dyke romance ever on film. Yessss.

#lesbian history #lesbian query of the day #lesbian queries #lesbian #lgbt politics #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbt pride #gay shit #gay politics #lesbian politics #fuck around and find out #furiosa #mad max

[fairfowl]

The person who posted this tiktok had this in their bio "safe space for all" bold claims for someone advocating for human experimentation

I hate it when people (especially young queer people) so boldly say stuff like this as if the US doesn't have a long history of doing unethical tests on non consenting (black and latino) prisoners

As always, if the state can violate one person's human rights, then they can violate yours too.

Incarcerated people are not always guilty, and in a world where state governments want to start prosecuting drag performers as sex offenders, I think we should be more leery of language and behavior that thoughtlessly dehumanizes people

And also

Someone can be a violent sex offenders who you hate, and they will still be a human being with inalienable rights. The two are not mutually exclusive.

#human rights #prisoners rights #acab #anti incarceration #incarceration #lgbt+ #lgbt politics #politics #anti capital punishment #prison abolition #original #i contributed

[emililyqueer]

TERFs try to divide and conquer women as a whole, whether they realise this or not.

I know my sexuality is weird and my identity is a little wonky, but i will fucking die before i see the rights of women smashed in this country like they have been in parts of the US.

Can you honestly say the same? Or is it just about hating trans people?

#lgbtq #lgbt politics

[gaaaaaaaayypr]

It is tragic what happened at the Colorado Springs shooting to the lgbt community.

But unfortunately, if the woke lgbt keep pushing these toxic agendas about telling kids to transition young and woke ideologies we are at more of a risk for more violence by far right, Fascist groups.

The farther the lgbt pushes to the left the farther there will be extremists on the right. Just be warned. And be safe.

I'm not saying it is deserved because no violence is, but I am not surprised something this extreme has happened at this time. ( I'm actually surprised it hasn't happened sooner) the left has gone too far with gatekeeping...so that means the right will too. We just need to keep the peace and stop the child mutilation politics and propaganda. We don't want this civil war to get more bloody over minor issues and lgbt politics. We have our gay marriage. We can transition. Bi people are visible. We can adopt. It is not illegal to be gay here. We have our rights...enough is enough. We will just incite the crazies. I am saying this to avoid more bloodshed as a lgbt person.

I love you fellow lgbt ppl. I am you. My heart goes out to all of you. We all had rough childhoods. But this needs to be said, if you see someone with opposing views from you on the internet..don't fight them or shame them. Either engage in a proper debate or ignore them. You don't know what they are going through.

I've faced discrimination from both far left and right groups online. So I know ( BOTH) can be hostile.

With Love ❤️

#lgbt #lesbian #gay #bi #trans #truth #feminism #queer #colorado springs #lgbt politics #woke #gender identity #identity politics #equality

[uncarving-the-block]

Can we organize a march for trans lives on the DC mall? Please? We should be out in the streets over this shit but we’re not because we’re all so fucking busy trying to survive

#us politics #us queer #queer #lgbt rights #trans rights #trans protection #Biden play hard ball for Christ sake #useless dems #monstrous republicans #the old world is dying and a new one cannot be born; now is the time of monsters #pride #pride march #idea #like legitimately who is positioned to properly organize something like this? #us lgbt #lgbt #lgbt politics

[personal-blog243]

#lgbt #lgbt equality #lgbt rights #lgbt representation #lgbt community #lgbt pride #lgbt ally #lgbt advocate #lgbt activism #lgbt politics #equality #pride #love is love #love wins

[b1pirate]

So tired of us queer people just existing and the straights going feral, claiming we’re pushing our gay agenda on their kids.

#lgbtq #lgbt politics

[dissidentlibrary]

The rights of his tribe

He must never again give way to embarrassment, never deny the rights of his tribe, never apologize for its existence, never think of sacrificing himself masochisticallly on the altar of that false god of the totalitarians, the Greatest Good of the Greatest Number - whose priests are alone empowered to decide what 'good' is.

Christopher Isherwood, Christopher and his Kind

#christopher and heinz #christopher isherwood #lgbt rights #lgbt politics #the dissident library #gay rights #queer rights

[blackqueernotables]

Dr. Ethel Allen: the first Black councilwoman elected to an at-large seat on the Philadelphia City Council.

#ethel allen #dr. ethel allen #black queer firsts #black queer notables #lgbt politics #queer politicians #lgbt #black lgbt #black lgbt women

[aclaywrites]

I did. I was married in the Bertrand Russell suite of Pembroke Lodge in Richmond, West London, like where Ted Lasso is set. Family, friends, dinner, drinks and dancing. We were civilly partnered by the equivalent of a justice of the peace. Then we were married again in a comic book shop by a friend with an internet ordainment, so our marriage would be fully legal in the us. Then I had to get doubly divorced 🤷🏼‍♀️

I’m gonna do it again, though. Better this time. I don’t know where— maybe in my sweetie’s church? Maybe outdoors in the beautiful springtime or golden autumn? Of those two honeymoon choices I’d love to go to a Pocono’s resort back in the day when there were still ugly knees competitions and all day buffets. But Mongolia will work too. I’ve never been there. And I’ll be with someone who really loves me, so it should be absolutely divine.

I remember when the laws changed and made this possible for us in America. I fear I’m gonna be here when it’s all revoked. Please vote. Please vote for democrats. Even if they’re not the ones you really want. Please.

#lesbian queries #lesbian query of the day #lesbian #herstory #lesbian love #gay shit #lesbian marriage #gay marriage #lgbtqia #lgbt pride #gay pride #gay politics #lgbt politics

[st4rving4rt1st]

Every day I wake up fat and queer

Every day I see a world trying to kill my community, my friends, my family.

I saw this coming. I yelled and screamed but no one listened to the 16 year old lesbian who was "paranoid" about fascism.

Now I'm scared to hold my partner's hand in public. I'm always hyper aware when we're on dates, ready to fight at any given moment. I'm knocking on senator's doors BEGGING them to not take away the rights of our community. Begging them to see us as PEOPLE. "Come with me to a drag story time, let me show you!" "Ask questions, don't assume. I want to help you understand!" But they don't want to understand. They want me dead. They want anyone not like them dead.

I cannot change the fact that I am queer.

I cannot change who I am. I love women presenting people. I am a lesbian.

The only thing I can control about me is my behavior and weight.

And people wonder why I have anorexia.

People wonder why I starve.

Look around. It's because I have nothing else I can possibly control.

Maybe if I'm small enough, fit enough, strong enough...I can hide. They'll look over me...and I'll survive.

#rant #political #lgbt politics #ana shit #ana stuff #tw disordered eating #trauma #lgbt trauma #fuck fascists #i want to be as unassuming as possible #so when they come i can defend my home #so they dont see it coming #living with ptsd #childhood ptsd #lgbt ptsd #homophobia #anti nazi #anorex14 #ed awareness #its more tham vanity #its a coping mechanism

[bigsisterrobyn]

well the oklahoma house passed HB 2177, which bans gendercare for all minors and prevents insurance covering gender care for people of ALL AGES. This is unironically the beginning of a genocide

#trans politics #trans #oklahoma #oklahoma trans #transgender #transgender politics #lgbtq+ politics #lgbt politics #im so fucked in this state

[sir-klauz]

It makes me fed up that certain people are still like Nope about intersex people and promote intersexphobia, and are that way, yet are fully onboard for identifying as they/them, non-binary, etc. I mean I get why, it’s simple genitalia hatred/judgment. Same with transition surgery of any kind, usually focusing on downstairs once again. What’s the deal? Likewise people behave like there’s no such thing as toys to the moon and back, which are getting more and more realistic which are absolutely amazing for trans people to use which may not be able to afford surgery yet that everyone expects trans people to drop £50,000 as soon as a person comes out whilst also saying don’t come out. Barely anyone but intersex people seem to talk about the topic of intersex, except the people who try and force intersex people into whatever they want intersex people at birth. A child. A baby. Yet people go on about their hatred of letting kids be trans or even take puberty blockers yet support fully altering a babies sex themselves at birth to “be more cis”. People like that are so disturbed yet they have the audacity to be anti LGBT+, what, being happy? Give me a break.

There’s actually a lot of the community that get swept under the carpet even by other LGBTQIA+ people.

#intersexphobia #intersex #intersexuality #transphobia #genital mutilation #genital mention #transgender #lgbt+ #lgbtqia+ #lgbt pride #lgbtqia #lgbt politics #lgbt poc #gender binary #gender fluid #non binary #gender politics