am i trans enough yet?

gaywrites:

About four hours ago, I posted something about the 14th trans person murdered in the U.S. this year alone. Since that post, that number has gone up.

Elisha Walker, age 20 and from North Carolina, had been missing since October (pictured above). Her body was finally found earlier today and Angel Arias has been charged with her murder. 

Kandis Capri, from Arizona, was reportedly killed today after trying to intervene in a domestic dispute. 

At least 16 this year. At least three trans women of color this week. 

Say their names. 

There was a supreme court decision recently that a cop is not falsely detaining someone if they’re doing something the cop reasonably believes is against the law, even if it’s actually legal. I think the specific case was about someone driving with a broken taillight in a state where a car is street-legal so long as at least one of its taillights works.

Meanwhile, as a civilian, ignorance of the law is not a defense.

Amandla Stenberg is showing a generation of black kids how to shut down racist trolls 

While the racist reaction to her casting in The Hunger Games is perhaps what Amandla Stenberg is still most publicly associated with, in the mere three years since, she’s become a bold, outspoken, feminist role model. “That’s the least I can do, is try to start a conversation, try to get people thinking about a certain topic,” she told Mic.

a magical girl anime

And his likeness was based on Samuel L Jackson.

And Samuel L Jackson gave them permission to do that as long as he was allowed to play the character if they ever made a film.

and

This is from several years before he even appeared in a film.

The only thing different about MCU Nick Fury is he’s not as vicious/ruthless. Other than that.. perfect casting is perfect.

believe it or not, but physically disabled people are told a bunch of the different examples in those messages. we are told that our lives will get better if we’re more positive, we are told that we shouldn’t rely on medication, we are told that we are overreacting, we are told that other people have it worse, etc etc.

Just a reminder of what the real stakes are when it comes to the 2016 Presidential Election.