It Only Gets Gayer

I work at a drug addiction counseling center. A ton of my clients have, at one time or another, sold their food stamps. This is basically exactly what the GOP is afraid of, right? Drug addicts selling their food stamps.

I have learned, now, to ask them WHY they sold their food stamps. Here is an incomplete list of the answers:

- I need tampons, and you can’t buy them with foodstamps

- See above RE: toilet paper

- I was living in a hotel with no kitchen then. I had to buy pre-prepared food

- The homeless shelter won’t let me keep food in my locker or room, so I have to buy pre-prepared food (Yes, really)

- I had to make rent

- My sister had to make rent

- My son had to make rent

- I needed co-pays to get my medication or I’ll die

- I needed co-pays to get my medication or I’ll loose control of my mental health

But the absolute most common form of food stamp fraud I see? Giving away food stamps to other family members who get no food stamps or insufficient food stamps to feed their families. I see that every month. People glassy eyed and hungry because they gave away their food to their adult kids, their grand kids, cousins, siblings etc.

"If you are a Black trans woman seeking HRT or other treatment in the US and your doctor isn't listening to you, I will help write letters to your providers for you at no cost. This offer does not expire. @erykahonmain on twitter / eryloveserybody on IG (heart emoji) please RT for visibility."

There is a screenshot of 3 comments attached to this tweet. The first reads, "my doctor and her colleague ok'd the hormone only route! Again tysm for your work and helping me convince them!!!"

The second says, "Good!!! Congratulations!!!"

The third says, "I'll name a tiddy after you" followed by a keysmash.

Further tweets read, "I do offer services to all trans / lgbt people at large. I always work with people's budgets and give free labour when I can afford to, so please don't let cost be a factor in reaching out to me if you need help.

This is acceptable to cross-post to other platforms!"

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the style is called “orsi” and is unique to iran

yes, these are real places! it’s a different mosque in the same city as the first picture (the shah cheragh mosque in shiraz)

like my grandmother ‘loved’ me, but she also was always trying to change me.  she tried to take me away from my (catholic bisexual) mother.  she made me wear dresses when i was there.  she always tried to get me to go to church and was always asking me if i was dating a boy yet

i spent years feeling guilty that i wasn’t what she wanted me to be until my mom told me one day “she never bothered to know the real you”

and it’s true.  any time i tried to show her something about myself, even cook for her, it would be dismissed, and a replacement would be offered.  even northern food was somehow a sin.  

she loved me what she thought i should be, she never loved me.  

Takes forever to respond

Is always keeping you guessing

Has you waking up anxious early in the morning

Is the key to Democratic victory in the 2020 presidential election