why tho

and b) we know for a stone cold fact that Gilbert Baker meant this flag to be for Everybody In The Family, which has gotten a little lost in the emphasis on individual flags for different identities, to the point where some people are starting to think the six-color rainbow is only for gay men

The US single-handedly blocked the UN from recognizing Palestine by vetoing a draft resolution in the Security Council that recommended that “the State of Palestine be admitted to membership of the UN.” With 12 council members voting yes, a clear majority voted in favor; only the UK and Switzerland abstained.

Meanwhile, 139 of the 193 UN member states already recognize Palestine, virtually all of the world safe for the Global North and its closest allies.

Even in the EU, several countries are set to recognize Palestine soon. Since 2012, the Palestinians have been a non-member observer state to the UN, a de facto recognition of statehood granted by the UN General Assembly.

However, the Security Council and then at least two-thirds of the General Assembly must approve an application to become a full member of the world body.

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[ID: In a live stream video, the protestor stated, “I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest, but compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it is not extreme at all.”

The protestor ended their statements to the camera with: “This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.” /End ID]

that tweet IS in a thread with video of this protest. he is blurred when the fire begins but it is an extremely harrowing watch, especially as you see him collapse to the ground as cops train guns on him. you hear him scream in pain as a cop demands he comply with orders.

this is also in the middle of a state-wide legislation from the governor to ban all diversity, equity, and inclusion departments/funding/staff from schools in oklahoma. i literally just got an email from the president of OU about how OU is complying with these bans this morning. things are not safe in oklahoma and they are only getting worse. please keep oklahoma trans people, especially trans children, in your hearts and if you know any personally please check in on them and let them know theyre not suffering alone

Sometimes it just takes time for people to be ready to come out. @mistresskabooms was raised in a queer-friendly household. We were deeply relieved when she came out, bc it meant we could help her feel better. We had an answer and a path forward. It still took her almost a year before she was ready to come out to us.

It crushes me to think of how fucking awful it is to only know your child in death, to be the kind of parents who respond with of course their right name will be on their gravestone and any excess funds will go to helping other kids and to be experiencing both that profound loss and the cruelty of the open internet.

I added a new pride flag to VGAPride: it's the Tumblr Pride Flag! This variant is local to Tumblr and was invented sometime since December 17th, 2018, and is used to celebrate your pride in the fact you're a trans woman on Tumblr and are about to get permanently banned for life.

Here it's displayed on my Pentium-75mhz running DOS 6.22.

"Absolutely no one comes to save us but us."