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FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WFLA)— Blood donors of African descent are needed to save the life of a Florida 18-year-old fighting an aggressive form of sickle cell disease, OneBlood announced.

To be a match with Gigi, donors need to meet these criteria:

Must be African American or of African descent

Blood type must be O-negative. (Only 7% of the population has O-negative blood)

If you are unsure if you have O-negative blood, OneBlood strongly encourages you to donate.

OneBlood will determine your blood type during testing and if you are a match to Gigi.

People who are not affected negatively by transmisogyny benefit directly from transmisogyny.

"AFAB-only" resources, spaces, and housing is allowed in 99% of all supposedly "safe" queer and feminist spaces, instead of being banned like all segregation should.

ANY reason given for allowing "AFAB-only" resources, spaces, and housing in queer and feminist spaces is the EXACT language used by cis people against transgender people as a whole. NO exceptions.

But, and here's the kicker: TME trans people benefit materially from "AFAB-only" segregation to such a degree that too many cowardly allow these bigoted policies; even though they will inherently and inevitably attract enough TERFs that it will become their problem in the end. This is because the policies are currently only transmisogynystic, and not exclusionarily transphobic to anyone but TMA people; and therefore it benefits them enough to stay silent on the matter.

Allowing "AFAB-only" resources, spaces, and housing is a ticking timebomb liability that most TME queer people shrug off as a non-issue -- because when push comes to shove, trans women are always the ones thrown under the bus as if we are the original aggressors (and not goddamn actual TERFS you directly invited into our shared "safe" space with open arms.)

People who are not affected negatively by transmisogyny benefit directly from transmisogyny.

"AFAB-only" resources, spaces, and housing is allowed in 99% of all supposedly "safe" queer and feminist spaces, instead of being banned like all segregation should.

ANY reason given for allowing "AFAB-only" resources, spaces, and housing in queer and feminist spaces is the EXACT language used by cis people against transgender people as a whole. NO exceptions.

But, and here's the kicker: TME trans people benefit materially from "AFAB-only" segregation to such a degree that too many cowardly allow these bigoted policies; even though they will inherently and inevitably attract enough TERFs that it will become their problem in the end. This is because the policies are currently only transmisogynystic, and not exclusionarily transphobic to anyone but TMA people; and therefore it benefits them enough to stay silent on the matter.

Allowing "AFAB-only" resources, spaces, and housing is a ticking timebomb liability that most TME queer people shrug off as a non-issue -- because when push comes to shove, trans women are always the ones thrown under the bus as if we are the original aggressors (and not goddamn actual TERFS you directly invited into our shared "safe" space with open arms.)

I made one comment, and it was this: