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• they've started detaining students liberally. if you're going to the protest or coming from it they're very likely to detain you (the police has spread it check points all across central delhi). you'll be denied entry by auto or even walk, they'll either try to scare you away or detain you. if you're coming from other state especially by railway you'll be asked what are you here for & be asked to prove it.

• the government has blocked 18 metro stations surrounding jantar mantar. for some reason they're also covering up janpath & other nearby metro stations. all entrances to jantar mantar have been closed off & a complete internet shutdown near jantar mantar.

• they are denying lawyers contact with their clients. they've also been denied entry in police station to speak to their clients, that inspector has apologized qa of now & an internal investigation for his behaviour is said to have started.

• they're also making sure that the protesters have no access to food, water or electricity. last night electricity supply to janpath was cut off ++ the police are now stopping delivery men at check points & seizing food ordered by supporters from all across the country. they're also threatening restaurant owners against delivering food to the protest site.

• cafes & shops in connaught place have been given a legal notice to shut down by 6 (since many of them were providing free water & washroom services to protesters). even nearby hotels have denied room booking to doctors.

• many creators have been offered money to speak against the protest & start a hate campaign.

• we are under complete state surveillance. the police is using meta ai glasses to record the protesters, and is later running a facial recognition check on them.

Books and articles about lesbianism by black and poc authors, here's a start:

Afrekete: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Writing edited by Catherine McKinley and L. Joyce Delaney

Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought edited by Briona Simone Jones

Black lesbian in white America by Anita Cornwell

In Our Words: Queer Stories from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Writers edited by Anne Shade and Victoria Villaseñor

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

Zami: a new spelling of my name by Audre Lorde

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H (Novel)

Black Lesbian gender and sexual culture: celebration and resistance by Bianca D. M. Wilson - (this one's an article)

The myth and tradition of the black Bulldagger by SDiane A. Bogus - ( it's an essay from the book Dagger: On Butch Women)

Femmes of Color, "Femmes de Couleur": Theorizing Black Queer Femininity through Chauvet's "La danse sur le volcan" by Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley - (article)