#lgsmigrants

[deadrabbitohno]

The most important Barbie piggybacking campaign I’ve seen so far. Fuck UK immigration policy.

#Barbie #immigration policy #Uk immigration policy #Uk politics #no one is illegal #lgsmigrants #queer direct action #queer solidarity

[revolutionarysuicide]

i find it sad how this website mythologises LGSMiners while not paying attention to any of its present-day iterations like LGSMigrants or Trans Worker Solidarity. only ever interested in a struggle after you can call it historical i guess

[theragingmoon]

UK fundraisers that need your attention vol.3.

- MORE (Migrants Organising for Rights and Empowerment) - Climate Justice is Migrant Justice

- No Evictions Network’s Winter Appeal

- LGSMigrants Winter Fundraiser

- Food Not Bombs Dundee sleeping bags and winter clothes appeal

- Urgent fundraiser for JB

- Solidarity Without Borders in Poland & Belarus

- Refuweegee

- Small Trans Library Glasgow

- SDS Solidarity Card and Package Campaign

- Care4Calais is challenging the Home Office's Pushbacks Policy

- Funds for evicted individual with NRPF status

- Abolish Detention T-shirts

- Help Nadia leave her abuser and stay in the UK

- Govanhill Baths Community Trust

-  Kinning Park Complex

- Greater Govanhill Magazine

- Calais Food Collective's Christmas Fundraiser

- Stop Priti Patel’s Dangerous Pushback Policy

- IWGB Union Sheffield Strike Fund

Links to part 1 and part 2

#fundraiser #mutual aid #glasgow #uk

[bigjoanie]

Dear British Airways, Our band, Big Joanie, are descendants of Caribbean and African migrants, our community has been scarred by the stories of people in our community forcibly removed and deported for nothing more than an error by the Home Office. In your 100th anniversary advert one of the many reasons you declare your “love” for Britain is that it has a ”big heart”, but one has to wonder who that extends to when British Airways allows the UK government to use commercial flights to forcibly deport migrants. How “big” can your heart be when it allows people to suffer the dehumanising and traumatising experience of forced deportation? What does it say about your “British values” when you allow others to be violently taken from their homes, shackled to your passenger seats and then dumped in a place where, in the case of LGBTQ+ migrants, their lives may be in danger. When others such as Virgin, American, South West, Frontier and United Airlines now refuse to participate in this cruel practice, to profit from this kind of trauma is not only immoral, but also in direct opposition to everything that you say you stand for. You are not an ally to our community as long as you enable forced deportations. We ask that you cease this immediately and join others in refusing to participate in a merciless and heartless practice. Big Joanie ***************************** Glad to add our voice to the many calling on @british_airways to stop deportations. While they celebrate their 100th anniversary, they ignore their hand in this cruel and devastating practice. Please support the ‘Dear BA’ campaign organised by @lgsmigrants - visit their site to learn more, read and share the many letters, and consider submitting your own. #dearBA #stopdeportations #BA100 #lesbiansandgayssupportthemigrants https://www.instagram.com/p/B1TThQRHBCN/?igshid=112h8a78zog9v

#dearba #stopdeportations #ba100 #lesbiansandgayssupportthemigrants

[whatthetranspod]

Episode 27 notes & references

1. What to do about Boris Johnson and his scary as hell cabinet!

FIND YOU MP AND TELL THEM WHY THEY SHOULD GIVE A SHIT ABOUT TRANS PEOPLE: https://www.theyworkforyou.com/

Join up with some of these awesome groups to do some activism!

http://www.ukuncut.org/

https://uklgig.org.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/lgsmigrants/

https://www.stonewall.org.uk/

https://lgbt.foundation/

2. Windrush and other immigration-related horrors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windrush_scandal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Office_hostile_environment_policy

3. Statement from gov on GRA reform delay:

A Government Spokesperson said:

  "This government is as committed to protecting and improving the rights of LGBT individuals.  "It is vital that the next steps on any potential reform of the Gender Recognition Act are carefully planned, and have the right backing so they can have a positive impact on the trans community in the UK.   "We had more than 100,000 responses to our consultation and have met with 140 organisations to ensure that we have taken into account views and concerns from all sides of the debate. We will announce more detail on our proposed next steps in due course." Background:   - The Government has committed to tackling hate crime in all its forms, including abuse targeted at transgender people, through the Hate Crime Action Plan. The Home Office has been working closely with stakeholders, including providing funding community-led projects aimed at tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crime.

- The cross Government Hate Crime Action Plan published in 2016, and refreshed in October last year, focuses on five key priorities: to prevent hate crime happening in the first place through education; tackling hate crime in our communities; increasing reporting; improving support for victims; and increasing our understanding of hate crime.

- The Law Commission is undertaking a review into hate crime legislation.

4.  Hacked Off transphobia report!

https://hackinginquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Media-transphobia-report-final.pdf

5. Statement from Hacked off

We have considered for a long time that some newspapers have a problem with transphobic media coverage, and began looking at this more closely over the last few months.  When we did look at the detail in more depth, we found a significant amount of inaccuracies published about transgender people, and the law on transgender equality as it stands.

We are a nonpartisan organisation and do not take a position on substantive policy issues beyond media policy.  We don’t take any position on proposed reforms to gender recognition.  Indeed, we defend the right of newspapers to be partisan and campaign for their point of view.  But as with other contentious issues, such as Brexit, immigration and climate change, we do believe newspaper coverage should be accurate and respectful.  We found that, in characterisations of transgender people, and the debate on policy in this area, this wasn’t happening.

Not only is accurate and respectful newspaper coverage important for the dignity and protection of transgender people, but it is to the benefit of society more widely to have robust and fact-based debates on these matters.

There is no meaningful regulation of newspapers and news websites in the UK.  While a system exists for independent regulation, it is entirely optional and the vast majority of major news publishers have chosen not to sign up.  Most are instead members of IPSO, which is not a competent regulator, and is subject to extensive industry control.  This is the fundamental reason, in our view, for why publishers have been able to get away with all of this disinformation.

Although IPSO has announced (an) inquiry, it is unable to:

Change its own rules in response to any recommendations     (without permission of newspaper executives)

Change the standards code it claims to enforce, in     response to any recommendations (without permission of newspaper editors)

So it is a redundant exercise, designed to give the appearance of taking action over the issue, whilst fundamentally failing to do so.

IPSO could have:

Considered complaints about related coverage reasonably, but     has failed to do so (https://hackinginquiry.org/press-complaints-handlers-credibility-falls-to-new-low-ipso-fails-to-find-made-up-quote-inaccurate/)

Investigated, on its own initiative, instances of     related coverage, but has failed to do so

Launched a standards investigation into such coverage, but     has failed to do so.

 The system for independent regulation, which would ensure appropriate remedy for newspaper falsity, is already established, but there is no incentive for newspapers to join it.  The law should be changed to ensure all news publishers become members of an independent regulator.

6. IPSO statement

We’ve actually just published a response to this which is on our website. I think it covers most of your questions and gives a little bit more info about us and our work in this area (including clarifying some things about how we work which are wrong in the Hacked Off report) https://www.ipso.co.uk/media/1720/trans-reporting-response.pdf

The only thing perhaps it doesn’t cover is the time taken to deal with complaints – we’ve got an effective, robust, complaints process and sometimes it does take a bit time, especially if the matter is complex. I wouldn’t say the time taken was any longer than any other regulator – we’re committed to dealing with people’s complaints thoroughly and properly. You can see how it works here https://www.ipso.co.uk/complain/our-complaints-process/

There’s also a bit more on the research here: https://www.ipso.co.uk/news-press-releases/blog/ipso-blog-examining-editorial-standards-in-coverage-of-transgender-issues/ We hope to publish in early 2020. It’s a serious, robust and thoughtful bit of research which is trying to engage with an incredibly sensitive and complex issue. As Charlotte says in her blog,  we feel this issue is currently under-researched and there are gaps in the evidence base around the standards of reporting and impact on individuals. We hope it will create a new evidence base for discussions of media coverage as well as offering valuable insights both to IPSO and to other groups seeking to raise standards in specific subject areas.

We strongly reject any implication that we do not take this issue seriously – we continue to work to protect the public and uphold high standards of journalism.

6. Laura Kate Dale stuff!

Website - https://laurakbuzz.com/

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/LauraKBuzz

Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/LauraKbuzz

BUY HER AWESOME BOOK -https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785925873/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

7. Gendered intelligence

DONATE MONEY AND VOLUNTEER WITH THIS LOT THEY ARE AMAZING

http://genderedintelligence.co.uk/

Twitter -  @Genderintell

8. The Spirits!

Website - https://thespirits.uk/

Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/theespirits

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theespirits/

9. English collective of prostitutes

SIGN THEIR PETITION - https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241311

Website - http://prostitutescollective.net/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ProstitutesColl

10. Philosophy Tube sex work video

WATCH THIS AND BE SMARTER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DZfUzxZ2VU

11. Trans pride Brighton!

Contact them to join their committee and/or their People of Colour caucus! - https://transpridebrighton.org/contact/

Also, give them money, because they need money!

Website - https://transpridebrighton.org/

#episodenotes

[freddelanka]

Today is pride in London, so sad I can’t be there as I’m away with family 🏳️‍🌈 FOR THOSE IN TOWN, join @lgsmigrants for their solidarity march 👏 This Saturday we are joining our friends African Rainbow Family, Voices4, The Outside Project and Micro Rainbow for their London Pride March. We are marching with these groups as an act of solidarity with those who Pride in London has ensured it is not accessible for and as a protest against the current state of corporate pride. Pride in London has shown that it doesn't care for its community; it would rather pander to the large corporations, who not only are the few people that are able to pay extortion rates for representation and advertising, but actually harm members of our community, whilst continuing to exclude the most marginalised members of our community. To this we say: ✊ 🏳️‍🌈 📢 NOPRIDEINDEPORTATIONS ✊ 🏳️‍🌈 📢 ✊ 🏳️‍🌈 📢 NOPRIDEINBORDERS ✊ 🏳️‍🌈 📢 ✊ 🏳️‍🌈 📢 NOPRIDEINTHEHOSTILEENVIRONMENT ✊ 🏳️‍🌈 📢 New and old faces are both encouraged and welcome to join us as we march with our queer family. Come get camp with us as we ensure that this year - PRIDE IS A PROTEST! READ MORE ON THEOR FACEBOOK EVENT, LINK IN BIO ❤️ (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzj_8VABTdR/?igshid=1ayh643rq3vpd

[mariemariemaria]

“LGSM came about as a result of a guy called Mark Ashton.”

- Mike Jackson

Mark Ashton (19th May 1960 - 11th Feb 1987) was an Irish gay and human rights activist who formed the group Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) in 1984. The group supported striking miners during the UK miners’ strike of 1984-85 and raised approximately £20,000 for striking families.

Mark Ashton died of HIV AIDS just 12 days after his diagnosis. He was 26 years old.

Watch the video // LGSM // LGSMigrants

#i almost cried making this #def watching pride today to remember this amazing man #he was taken way too soon #mark ashton #lgsm #pride #pride (2014) #lgbt history month #lgbt history #queer history #gay history #miners strike #british history

[queeranarchism]

The photos of Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants at the front of London Pride give me life. 08 July 2017 https://www.facebook.com/lgsmigrants/

#lgsm #lesbians and gays support the migrants #no borders #queer #lesbians and gays support the miners

[pinkwasheduk-blog]

"BEYOND BORDERS" is a festival of film, discussion, poetry, art, and performance at Battersea Arts Centre. Taking place between the 28th and 30th March 2019, the festival will celebrate the power of grassroots organisation, collaboration, and international solidarity. All money raised will go to supporting the work of refugee and migrant support groups. As part of the event, an activist fair will be held on Saturday 30th March between 2-6pm, and PINKWASHED will be running a stall there, alongside many other groups (including LGSMigrants, The Outside Project, and Justice for Grenfell, to name a few). Tickets are available now and we hope to see you there to help support this fantastic cause! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu_yyO5lj0X/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=d7bj183zcelt

[taxesforpeace-blog]

LGSMigrants laid orange wreaths to commemorate deaths of refugees last week #rethinkremembrance

#rethinkremembrance

[amconnstore]

Stansted Airport deportation flight protesters appear in court

Protesters who prevented a deportation flight from taking off at Stansted Airport have appeared in court charged with interfering with the airport.A total of 15 protesters from Stop Charter Flights, EndDeportations and LGSMigrants, appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court, each charged with obstructing or disrupting a person engaged in lawful activity and organising or taking part in a demonstration likely to interfere or obstruct the major Essex airport.The group blockaded the non-commercial...

from Essex Live News RSS feed http://www.essexlive.news/stansted-airport-in-court-over/story-30310630-detail/story.html

#Essex Live News RSS feed

[sameesi]

I’ve just arrived in Calais, it’s something I have been meaning to do since I first went with Stand Up To Racism in October. I wasn’t prepared for what I saw then. The refugee crisis as it’s come to be known wasn’t something real to me then. It looked crazy with people drowning in the Mediterranean, Hungary putting up a razor wire fence to keep refugees out and those who made it to the Czech Republic having numbers inked on their skin. And despite all that, and how it tugs your heart and makes you sad, and feel a bit hopeless, it still wasn’t something that was touching my life. I had no connection to it. That changed when I visited The Jungle, as the refugee camp in Calais is known. I met real people, people who’d traveled weeks and months from places as far as Sudan and Iraq. These were the people who were just headlines and news stories to me before, people I knew were being done wrong to, but also people I could switch off from when I felt like it. Meeting them made a big difference to me, it brought it home. I saw where and how they were living, those that could tell me, shared with me their stories, and I saw how the only presence of the state, was intimidating police presence.

They asked me questions about the Queen and David Cameron, and why he wouldn’t help them. That is a difficult question to answer. 

What do you say to someone who’s fled persecution, hardship none of us will ever hopefully know, lost loved ones and risked it all for safety and a new chance, who now is stuck living in makeshift shelters in the mud in a wealthy and developed nation. 

How do you explain that the person who’s been elected to represent you and your countrymen on the world stage refuses to help them out, and open our borders. 

I knew I had to come back, and I knew I had to take news of The Jungle to more people, have more people outraged that such a place exists only some 20 miles from the UK.

When I went people had smart phones, and people had smiles. People didn’t have shoes, they were in flip flops, and the rain was coming and they weren’t dressed for it. But people’s spirit was strong.

That day was a day of solidarity, between the kind and compassionate of the UK who believe in equality for all, and those seeking a safer and more secure life.

I worried about winter coming, and what that would mean for the mud and the cold, and the Glastonbury like conditions it was becoming. I figure we don’t have camping festivals in winter because they wouldn’t be very pleasant.

I saw that the response from the British people had been overwhelming, the warehouses were full of donations from people willing to help where they could, and I learned that the help really needed in Calais was manpower, volunteers to process the donations, and help keep hunger, disease and too much misery away.

That is why I have come back. I knew I had two weeks spare over the Christmas holidays, and I could realistically give my time. Very selfishly, I knew I wouldn’t be able to enjoy Christmas if I wasn’t doing something when I really could. I wouldn’t feel at ease knowing i had access to all the comforts that Christmas with family can bring, and there were people a few hours away from me forced to suffer because of apathy and inaction of our government. I had to come and give my time where it is needed.

And so i decided to fundraise too, initially just to help fund getting me out there and on the ground, but it snowballed, and every day I am so grateful for every person who gave so willingly. I’m proud to announce that to date people have given £625 to that fund. On top of that, Friday night, Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants and I did some bucket shaking on the streets of Soho and raised £412.88 in one night!

I’m so happy to know that the vast majority of people in the UK support the refugees, and know compassion from inhumanity when they see it. This amount of money can make a huge difference to individuals whilst we fight the bigger fight. Shelters can be built to keep people who have no other choice at the moment dry and fairly warm. Kitchens can continue to run and feed an ever growing population of 7000+ 

So I’m here now, trying to make a difference where I can, share some warmth and compassion, open even more people’s hearts back home, and stand in solidarity with my brothers and sisters who by circumstance of birth happened to be born elsewhere on this planet and in the eyes of our ruling classes have lesser rights than you and I who were fortunate enough to be born in Europe.

Refugees Welcome Here x

#refugeeswelcome #noborders #calais #calaisjungle #lgsmigrants

[freddelanka]

Drew @hellomynameiswednesday & @katemoross 🌈 drawn from a photo taken at pride London during the solidarity march with @lgbtiqoutside @lgsmigrants and @voices4_ 👏👏👏 (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz9_IGbBT3i/?igshid=11wvq2jz7tieo

[freddelanka]

Amazing march yesterday with @lgbtiqoutside @queerseum @lgsmigrants African rainbow family 🌈 queer flags by me and @johnphilipsage will return in the future ❤️ photos by @heather_ecola

[queeranarchism]

This is a London based group working on a platform of queer-workingclass-migrant solidarity inspired by Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners and I couldn't be happier.

#lgsm #lesbians and gays support the miners #pride movie #pride

[freddelanka]

Too Ill 🤢to make it to the @lgsmigrants birthday party tonight. So here’s a bum 🍑keep up the good work 🏳️‍🌈❤️