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Imagine calling Palestinians documenting their own genocide on their iPhones powered by a MacGyvered car battery "misinformation" because it hasn't been backed up and approved of by 40 peer-reviewed data analysts from the West that you personally approve of. I can't imagine being that ghoulish and heartless

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I was originally planning on holding off sharing this until June, but then decided to hell with that; why wait?

FURTHER RESOURCES:

Intersections: Indigenous and 2SLGBTQQIA+ Identities – this booklet from the Native Women’s Association of Canada is more intended towards 2S folks, but is still a great read for anyone.

Two Spirits, One Voice – This video from Egale is a great, no more comments needed.

A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder – This book by Ma-Nee Chacaby can be a difficult and emotional read, but very much worth it.

Becoming Two-spirit: Gay Identity and Social Acceptance in Indian Country – I have yet to read this book by Brian Joseph Gilley myself, but heard positive things about it.

Please feel free to reblog with more suggestions, if you have them!

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We need to buy a bunch of food for our cat Ricky for his new diet, could we possiboy get $100 to buy a couple of months of food? We're two disabled trans women looking for work

Venmo: AGIEF

Cashapp: $cmder

Paypal: https://paypal.me/agieocean

$0/$100 raised

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This is different from Al-Shifa:

There are images of decomposed bodies wearing what appear to be scrubs... with their hands tied. Meaning they were executed while bound. I will not be sharing them because I'm tired of showing our martyrs' bodies to people.

#genocide tw

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im noticing that for a lot of americans “free palestine” has been an ideological motto and symbol rather than them actually believing in their heart that freedom is attainable and necessary

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I'm so glad that y'all are so into Monkey Man and the badass hijra priestess army, but friendly reminder that hijra are NOT trans women. Hijra are their own distinct gender; trans women are women. India has both :)

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Caption: [A stitch with user @/sapphicyuji. The text on screen reads, " "you can't misgender cis people!", you have never had your gender questioned outside of your transness and it shows. sincerely, a trans poc".

I'm actually super glad we're having a conversation about this. The masculinization of black and brown women, because for years I felt like I endured this unique form of trauma until I realized other people went through the same thing too. And if there's one thing that I'd like to add to the conversation, there seems to be this misconception that this is something that starts at puberty. Like boys tell you you look like a man to hurt your feeling when that's so far from the case.

The first time I was purposefully misgendered was in kindergarten. I was constantly referred to by the masculine variant of my name, I was chased out of the women's restroom, and I had grown adults questioning what my biological sex was before I even knew what the difference was. And those behaviors persisted into adulthood because now if I present as anything less than 100% feminine, people will either compare me to men or animals.

And for myself and for many other brown and black women this is a life long act deliberately intended to humiliate, shame, and other us for the features we were naturally born with and I'm glad we're having a discussion on how harmful it actually is.]

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Do you ever talk to someone and they bring up trans men and it because very clear very quickly the only trans men they have talk too are the rich white trans guys who can afford to fully transition at a young age and didn’t have to deal with most of the shit other trans guys had too.

Like no I don’t think the dude who got top surgery at 16 is an accurate representation of every single trans guy ever.

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I think the topic of consent is very important, and I think as an intellectually disabled person, it’s even more important to talk about what I was taught, and what my mom did.

My mom, who was a single woman at the time, explicitly taught me about consent. Why? Because she knew that I, as an intellectually disabled person and autistic person, needed to know it. And it needed to be drilled into my head the importance of consent. Not only did she teach me this, but she taught me how to communicate to trusted people if something happened. She knew that if she didn’t, the chances of me not knowing, or not understanding certain aspects of consent and sex in general, would be profoundly higher than my peers.

She noticed, she did the research, she taught and did what she could. And I am forever grateful for that. Intellectually disabled people, who have a higher rate of things happening to them and being abused, NEED to be taught about sex education, consent, and how to communicate if something were to happen. We are at a much higher rate of being sexually abused than our peers. And it is so so important that these things are taught to us so we are aware and able to protect ourselves and know when it’s time to contact a trusted adult.

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platforming palestinian joy is just as important as sharing the suffering they're enduring during this genocide. despite continued displacement and bombardment, you cannot steal their joy and spirit. happy birthday to this sweet baby 🖤🇵🇸 may they grow up to see a free palestine

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like I knew someone who thought they may be autistic and said "I don't have social issues, but my friend told me I don't need them if i have ADHD too!" and I had to explain that Holy Fuck That's Not How Comorbidities Work (???), but then like. I went through "do you have issues with eye contact? speaking too fast/slow, loud/quiet, deadpan/animated? knowing when people are interested vs bored? navigating groups of people? making and keeping friends?" etc etc and they were like. "oh yeah I have all of those".

THOSE ARE SOCIAL ISSUES !!!!! if you are looking at a criteria for a disorder and it requires something you think you don't have, but you fit a lot of other things, uh. do more extended research into what that thing *means*. you might just have an incorrect definition in mind.

autism is a spectrum and people present differently this is true but I just saw a video of a woman going "Hey if you are wondering if youre autistic but have no social skill issues and have never had any social skill issues, you might not be!" and half the comments were calling her a gatekeeper when like. she's right.

and yes there's the complicated issue of "masking and/or obliviousness might make someone think they have no social issues!" but that's why, like, extended lists/explanations of how social issues can present exist. and that's why consulting your friends and family exists. idk. it's not helpful to "nuh uh" the criteria because some people might not realize they apply to that criteria, we need to just... show them how they do/don't and what counts??

#whether or not that particular person is actually autistic is a mess i never found out bc theyre also like. #adhd and ptsd which have autism-like traits. and also i am by choice never speaking to them again for Reasons. #but like... it was a possibility #and telling them they DIDNT NEED SOCIAL ISSUES ? didnt help them #but telling them like. what social issues could be. did. and was also #like #Not lying to them . lmao. #autism

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autism is a spectrum and people present differently this is true but I just saw a video of a woman going "Hey if you are wondering if youre autistic but have no social skill issues and have never had any social skill issues, you might not be!" and half the comments were calling her a gatekeeper when like. she's right.

and yes there's the complicated issue of "masking and/or obliviousness might make someone think they have no social issues!" but that's why, like, extended lists/explanations of how social issues can present exist. and that's why consulting your friends and family exists. idk. it's not helpful to "nuh uh" the criteria because some people might not realize they apply to that criteria, we need to just... show them how they do/don't and what counts??

#autism #actuallyautistic

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this is APPARENTLY a HOT FUCKING TAKE but

i would rather someone live out the rest of their life dependent on or addicted to a pain medication that helps with their pain, than suffer in pain that could be helped for the rest of their life just so self-righteous dicks can say "thank god they're not an addict"

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lmaooo