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Happy 4th and Things To Be Aware Of!
2 years ago
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TW: Social Justice Issues, mention of mental illness, suicide, murder, heavy shit like that.
Happy fourth of July to all my watchers and fans, as few of you as there may be! I hope you have all had wonderful days with good food. While I am not currently able to release an art piece to spread awareness, and christ knows I have a bad track record at that, Id still like to ask for a moment of your time to help bring attention to how some of us are less free than others on this independence day.
We all know America has its fair share of problems, you cant exactly become a world superpower by following a squeaky clean code of ethics. As many of you have heard, all across the country LGBTQIAP2S+ (‘2S’ meaning Two Spirit, as I recently learned) rights are being stripped away, especially in Florida. Similarly, the rights of black, brown, and indigenous people’s are also being threatened.
So far in 2023 124 bills have been introduced that target LGBT freedom of expression, safety of transgender students, and access to gender affirming healthcare.
It is now mandatory for any educator who becomes aware of a student’s transgender identity to out them to their parents, something that is immensely dangerous and could result in beatings, other forms of abuse, or houselessness and abandonment. Sometimes even outright murder.
Without access to transition, many trans people suffer from severe dysphoria. Dysphoria is difficult for those without it to understand, but if left untreated can lead to severe mental disorders such as depression, self harm or self mutilation, or even suicide.
Books by and about queer and trans people are being banned in complete disregard for the first amendment. This is dangerous and scary for obvious reasons, but it is also a slippery slope to more rampant unconstitutional law making. The effects of these books being banned is that our ideas and experiences are being silenced, and people will not know of the things we have suffered in the past and go through today, how it can be solved, or even that we exist at all.
I don’t mean to put a damper on your celebrating, or your masturbating, but I hope you can spend a little bit of this holiday thinking about how we can make sure everyone in our local communities can be a little more free. Thank you!
Read about anti-lgbt laws here: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases.....de-2023-so-far
Donate to support Queer and Trans folks!: https://give.thetrevorproject.org/give/484310/#!/donation/checkout?utm_source=landingpage~2Fotherwebpage1&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_campaign=pride&c_src=UCGOF230620120&c_src2=dt-202306-c-Pride2023-NoMatch-Landing-Page
Donate to support Black Lives Matter: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/2.....ebsite_blm_gnf
Donate to support Indigenous People: https://www.firstnations.org/fndi_donate/
Happy fourth of July to all my watchers and fans, as few of you as there may be! I hope you have all had wonderful days with good food. While I am not currently able to release an art piece to spread awareness, and christ knows I have a bad track record at that, Id still like to ask for a moment of your time to help bring attention to how some of us are less free than others on this independence day.
We all know America has its fair share of problems, you cant exactly become a world superpower by following a squeaky clean code of ethics. As many of you have heard, all across the country LGBTQIAP2S+ (‘2S’ meaning Two Spirit, as I recently learned) rights are being stripped away, especially in Florida. Similarly, the rights of black, brown, and indigenous people’s are also being threatened.
So far in 2023 124 bills have been introduced that target LGBT freedom of expression, safety of transgender students, and access to gender affirming healthcare.
It is now mandatory for any educator who becomes aware of a student’s transgender identity to out them to their parents, something that is immensely dangerous and could result in beatings, other forms of abuse, or houselessness and abandonment. Sometimes even outright murder.
Without access to transition, many trans people suffer from severe dysphoria. Dysphoria is difficult for those without it to understand, but if left untreated can lead to severe mental disorders such as depression, self harm or self mutilation, or even suicide.
Books by and about queer and trans people are being banned in complete disregard for the first amendment. This is dangerous and scary for obvious reasons, but it is also a slippery slope to more rampant unconstitutional law making. The effects of these books being banned is that our ideas and experiences are being silenced, and people will not know of the things we have suffered in the past and go through today, how it can be solved, or even that we exist at all.
I don’t mean to put a damper on your celebrating, or your masturbating, but I hope you can spend a little bit of this holiday thinking about how we can make sure everyone in our local communities can be a little more free. Thank you!
Read about anti-lgbt laws here: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases.....de-2023-so-far
Donate to support Queer and Trans folks!: https://give.thetrevorproject.org/give/484310/#!/donation/checkout?utm_source=landingpage~2Fotherwebpage1&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_campaign=pride&c_src=UCGOF230620120&c_src2=dt-202306-c-Pride2023-NoMatch-Landing-Page
Donate to support Black Lives Matter: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/2.....ebsite_blm_gnf
Donate to support Indigenous People: https://www.firstnations.org/fndi_donate/
