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Hey everyone, my family and I really need help right now. (tw: antiblackness and child abuse)

On August 11th, the white stepfather of my biracial cousin placed his knee on the back of his 5 year old biracial daughter's neck to try and prove that George Floyd couldn't have died from suffocation. This is not the only racist or abusive thing he has subjected my cousin and his siblings to. My little cousin has been traumatized and terrified of this man, and the court system is failing him.

Please read the story, and contribute any amount or any way that you can. Please share! This is a very scary situation happening for our family right now.

"Racial abuse is not tolerable, it is not acceptable to kneel on the neck of a little black girl in front of her black brothers in 2020. RACIAL ABUSE IS CHILD ABUSE and Aaron Hekele is a racist, child-abuser. To call him anything else would be a lie."

15/10/2020 7PM

POLICE ARE USING TEARGAS AND WATER CANNONS AGAINST PEACEFUL, UNARMED PROTESTERS.

THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO US. I’M FUCKING ANGRY THAT I CAN ONLY SIT HERE AND UPDATE SHIT.

We are unarmed. We have only our umbrellas.

A monk in the protest literally prayed and begged the police to stop. 

Dozens of people are injured from the water cannon.

My friends are freaking there. And I’ve lost contact with them. The last text I sent was to go to our campus because it is safer there.

I’m so angry. Dear international followers, please acknowledge and please boost this post.

This began because the Future Forward Party, a political group pushing for democratic reform, was forcefully disbanded by the unjust court.

Currently, two protesters face life imprisonment and >50 more have been arrested since the start of these protests.

Hey everyone, I know things suck right now for a whole lot of people, but I am desperate. Despite record high stock rises, somehow the company I work for had no hours in the budget to pay us.

I have been cut to 20 hours a week and after paying rent have less than $900 in my bank account. I have no idea what's going to happen to me. I'm looking into other ways to make money, but it's still hard for me to stay afloat. If you can help please send money to my cashapp, $WardKisses

Thank you all.

1. after losing the war in 1994, the az government spent the next nearly 30 years on a) dehumanizing armenians, b) blaming armenians and losing the war for the terrible socioeconomic state of the people in this oil-rich country while president and his family steal all of the money their oil produces, c) pushing armenophobic propaganda on the population since kindergarten age, d) oppressing and humiliating the other ethnic minorities living on its territories, e) regularly violating the ceasefire of 1994 whenever the internal situation get tense and the ppl get angry, f) selectively sending the youths of said ethnic minorities to the bloodiest parts of the frontline whenever said ceasefire violations happen, g) suppressing free speech, arresting journalists, harassing and threatening those who dare to voice their discontent, etc.

2. in early 1920s, josef stalin, in order to appease the new turkish “republic” and its leader ataturk, with the hopes of using turkey as the base for spreading the communist revolution further into asia, passed artsakh (also known as nagorno karabagh) with its 95% ethnic armenian population onto the new created turkic azerbaijan republic (a country that did not exist before 1918, that’s what newly created means), despite the opposition from the people of the region in question and the republic of armenia.

3. during the 70 or so years that artsakh was part of the azerbaijan republic as an autonomous region, the gov of azerbaijan did everything they could to a) suppress the development of the region, b) change the demographic of the region by moving turkic population to artsakh

4. in 1980s, the people of artsakh, utilizing their rights stipulated in the soviet constitution, petitioned both moscow and baku to be allowed to reunite with armenia. as a response to this, the azerbaijan government started large-scale repressions against the organizers and activists of the reunification movement. arrests on made up charges, threats and violence followed (more info on all that in the link provided below)

5. the people of artsakh then held a referendum as was their right under soviet constitution, and more than 90% of it’s population voted in favor of seceding from the azerbaijan republic. the response to this were the anti-armenian pogroms in baku and sumgait ( https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-18-mn-305-story.html)

6. all this grew into the first artsakh war, which azerbaijan lost, as mentioned in point 1.

to sum it up: artsakh was never a part of the independent azerbaijan republic, during it’s brief 70-year forced az control its indigenous armenian people were oppressed via various government policies, the people of artsakh deserve to live a free and happy life in their homeland, free of threats and fear of annihilation that is sure to happen if azerbaijan takes control of the region

to them, it’s just a territory and they want that territory without the people.

for further reading, check out this comprehensive timeline of the artsakh history up to 2017( when it was written)

https://www.evnreport.com/spotlight-karabakh/spotlight-karabakh

then, this: on what actually happens to armenian lands and cultural heritage when it’s in azerbaijani hands

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-11-07/armenian-monuments-azerbaijan

while you are at it, read up on the armenian genocide and keep in mind that turkey, specifically for this war, moved syrian jihadists to azerbaijan to fight against armenia and artsakh. read up on the kind of internationally banned ammunition azerbaijan has been using against the civilians in artsakh capital, and then maybe make your judgement.

sept 26, 2020: $39.23/$1500

hello again, i am asking for help once more but in a more accessible (and much more dire) way. because of the situation with the virus and other personal factors, my girlfriend (an autistic trans woman) and i (a disabled, schizophrenic two spirit person) have lost roughly $1500 we need for housing costs. we don’t expect to recover this full amount from donations and will be chipping away at it ourselves when we can (i am on ODSP; she is unable to work for the foreseeable future bc of a family member’s physical health + her CERB is running out), but literally any amount will help right now. the american dollar is better than our dollar as well, so your donations will help us more than it seems!!!

here is her paypal (ignore the deadname kindly) & here is my wishlist (highest priority items are medically necessary for me)

if you need/want something in return, i can offer poetry and edit most writing in english for grammar/flow (fic, poetry, english papers etc), she can help with basically any grade 10 and earlier homework (via discord). my examples are at @laikacore . dm me for any questions or anything else you might like to pay us for!

sept 26, 2020: $39.23/$1500

hellooo! i’m starting a gofundme to fund my breast augmentation surgery because i’ve been recommended a surgeon in my area who can do it for relatively cheap! if you would please consider sharing and reblogging this, that would mean the world to me!!! thank you!!

it's been 377 days since our brother Elijah was murdered by the police and his killers have still not been charged. please follow the steps linked here to call/email the governor and ag of colorado to demand that the officers responsible for Elijah's death be indicted and convicted. it only takes 5 minutes.

go to @/justiceforelijahmcclain's ig to read the original post.

aka for every transphobe i had to interact with i found a link to help donate to trans women. you can definitely send me more because i bet im gonna need more.

trans women of color collective

homeless black transwomen (nearly there)

black trans woman transition fund (23k of 50k)

help a trans woman escape yemen (3k of 12k)

save the gully queens of jamaica (45k of 100k)

memorial fund for bree black (3k of 10k)

trans woman of color seeking housing (nearly there)

memorial fund for chyna gibson (4k of 15k donated)

black trans woman gender affirmation fund (20k of 45k)

transition fund (2k of 15k)

medical funds (tw: r*pe) (11k of 20k)

poc trans woman transition fund (5k of 35k)

transition fund (6k of 10k)

support trans asylum seekers (usage of queer) (19k of 25k)

major surgery transitional fund (2k of 95k)

medical support (diabetic coma) (13k of 15k)

transitional funds (10k of 25k)

trans pride march (920 of 1.8k)

hrt fundraiser (445 of 3.6k)

reentry fund (help with housing, clothing, etc) (2k of 4k)

transitional surgery (990 of 5k)

transition fund (2k of 50k)

memorial fund for lisa bryk (tw s*icide mention in description) (7k of 20k)

transitional fund (3k of 20k)

bottom surgery fund (2.5k of 5k)

help two trans women get on their feet (160 of 5k)

supports trans women of color in legal system (and reentry) 

help a trans woman escape a bad household (4.5k of 10k)

support a trans woman after being attacked (810 of 2k)

help for medical treatments + better living (545 of 3.5k)

help trans woman pay for car repairs (19.7k of 25k)

trans woman of color transition fund (3.8k of 20k)

incarcerated trans woman college fund (12k of 20k)

donation to flee an ab*sive house before becoming homeless (1.3k of 6k)

vocal surgery fundraiser (1k of 5k)

support to keep a trans woman off the streets (immediately 150 but anything past that helps as well)

gender conformation surgery donation (77.5k of 100k)

help two trans women get conceal and carry permits (50 of 1.5k)

gf.me/u/yt8wq9

Hello everyone! My name is Ryan, I’m a twenty three year old trans masculine photographer/activist living in Baltimore, Maryland and I’m starting this fundraiser to help me pay to legally get my name changed and top surgery. As many of you know, most gender affirming surgeries are not covered by insurance providers, and the majority of my family is not supportive of my transition at all and have cut off all contact with me. I’ve always made it a point of mine, to exist freely and unapologetically as a Black queer man regardless of the consequences. If I am able to get even a portion of this funded, it will honestly change my life. I know this is a tough time for everyone right now, if you are unable to donate, please help me spread the word.

https://gf.me/u/ypt4un