YOU ARE ENTERING A STEELY DAN ZONE!!!!!

Liberalism in a nut shell “we can still mass deport immigrants as long as we give them due process “

6-year-old Souad has been anemic since birth, and starvation and disease due to the IOF assault have caused her severe additional health complications. In September she fell unconscious and was admitted to the hospital. She has since been comatose and fluid is building up around her brain.

Medical staff have worked very hard to reduce the swelling. But despite their efforts, Souad's brain is now hemorrhaging (bleeding). The swelling has been too persistent, and the pressure is rapidly bursting the cells of her brain, causing bleeding. This will kill her. Little Souad is dying.

She needs to be evacuated outside of Gaza, but this is extremely expensive. However, in addition to the high cost of the medical evacuation, her family is also forced to pay high medical fees to the private hospital which is caring for her. It is the only facility in Gaza with the capacity to slow the deterioration of her condition, and these bills must be paid for her to live long enough for evacuation.

PLEASE HELP US #SaveSouad!!!

Please repost the GFM and tag #SaveSouad to spread the word!. SHE DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT!!!

€7,465 out of €7,739 EUR (28 June)

Need to raise: about €274 EUR ($312 usd)

Information on vetting linked under the cut of this post

but yes, that is 245 people who applied at all from the US, and i can't find a number on who has been accepted, bc we won't really know for awhile since it takes 1 to 3 years to process those claims

i should also specify my friends began this process well over a year ago, are just now close to getting their work permits, and have been in various temporary housing situations across the province for a few months and it has been draining financially and emotionally, and just difficult to find housing for 2 ppl and 2 cats. so i rlly dont mean to like oversell the accessability or ease of doing it at all.

"Thank you for reaching out and providing an overview of your situation. We know this is an incredibly alarming time for the trans and queer community in the US.

I can confirm that Canada does allow US citizens to file refugee claims - however, I do want to make an important clarification. The asylum process in Canada takes several years. While our office has filed several refugee claims for trans Americans over the last year or so, none of these claims have yet reached the point in the process where a determination has been made on the merits of the case. It typically takes about 3+ years for a claim to make its way through the system, so we just have not reached that point yet. However, once a claim is filed and is pending, a claimant is provided with temporary protected status in Canada while they await determination on the claim.

We would be happy to meet with you to discuss this more, as well as to explain how the process works and how we can assist. We typically begin with a consultation with one of our lawyers. Our consultation fee ranges between $400-500 USD, depending on the lawyer. This fee is credited towards overall legal fees if our services are retained within our 5-day consultation credit window.

A member of our intake team will reach out to you directly to provide the lawyers' upcoming availability and to assist in scheduling you in for a consultation should you wish to proceed.

i also wanted to specify that they landcrossed the border going on Vacation for a month, managed to get a decent amount of their stuff (somes still in a storage unit back home) and 2 cats across with them, and started living in airbnbs and hotels while finishing up and submitting their basis of claim before hitting the 6 month limit americans have to vacation in canada. but they are about to get work permits after living off savings and their art, got bank accs, and from my understanding will be able to live and work in the province with that temporary protected status at worst until that basis of claim is denied, and still have options to appeal a denial from there. so thats what they meant by being able to at least get to the other side of a trump presidency.

i also saw a couple people mention in tags and wanted to bring up and specify more abt another possible avenue for ppl wanting to come here. since bill C3 passed, the first generation limit was deemed unconstitutional, meaning if you are able to prove you are descended from someone who was born in canada, however far back, you can apply for proof of citizenship and if approved your citizenship is considered immediate and retroactive. so for example my half sister born in the us would have to gather birth records and marriage certificates/name change records for our great great grandmother all the way down to her and pay 75 CAD to submit the application

but this also has the caveat that in june the IRCC started sending some people threatening letters and emails directing them to surrender their citizenship certificates and stating they were issued in error due to lacking original birth certificates and/or metadata, contradicting their own statement on what evidence was acceptable. (these people arent all immediately being kicked out either and many are fighting it) but if you try for this you should be checking out the canadian governments archives rather than ancestry dot com and again it is probably best to save up for a lawyer who has a better understanding of navigating everything

And the answer is, we don't.

The unhoused people who come here seeking refuge 99% of the time understand that they will be kicked out if they misbehave.

The people you have to watch out for are Jessica, who only came because the kid she didn't want had to visit for a homework assignment and she just *needs* to yell at her child for asking to borrow two books or stay an extra five minutes, or Michael, who came in to look at porn on our computers for whatever fucking reason, or Karen who just wanted to come by to throw a fit that the particular book she wanted was checked out and harrass our staff about our collection being too limited.

And we did what we could to help. He was incredibly kind and patient despite his obvious anxiety and stress, more than most able bodied, housed patrons are to us under much less dire conditions. I liked knowing that we were the first place he came.

We have so many people like this who come in everyday. Many are quiet and keep to themselves, but sometimes they talk to us.

They tell us about how they're taking a few courses on a scholarship they applied for from our library's computer at the local community college to get their diploma. Or ask about a manga or dvd or book we might have to help them pass the time.

One woman, who comes in daily with her tattered walker always says hello to me and likes to work on the new jigsaw puzzle with me when we set one out.

So like, treat unhoused people like people. Treat disabled people like people. I don't want my library to feel like the only safe space in the world, but I'm glad it can be one of them.

hi there it's princess/nova back again, i'm really sorry i have to come here like this but me and my wife are still struggling abandoned by our families and unable to reach any of our friends. we've been trying to survive without me being exposed to harassment but at this point we're going hungry. we don't have any income and need help affording food for ourselves and our kitties please if you can, donate. I would be so truly thankful

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This tendency is pretty universal in terfism, and it really doesn't help that terfs also mostly exist in echo chambers.

In this case, also, transfeminists are actually saying the exact opposite of what terfs claim: If you're transphobic or transmisogynistic, then you actually shouldn't date trans women, because no trans woman would deserve to endure that.

Venmo: AGIEF

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Ko-fi:

Fixed your shitty meme for you ^-^

Hey it’s my friend Charlotte’s birthday! She is a disabled trans woman who has been surviving through homelessness, cancer, hate crimes, and chronic illness, for another year! Please help me show her some kindness and support today so she can keep paying for her motel, meds, and food for her and her dog. Thanks!

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