a mosque in scotland had to be put into lockdown. they are going door-to-door with hit lists and addresses in northern ireland, setting houses alight. they firebombed an imam's house in manchester. people of colour are being targeted and attacked by racist mobs in the street in broad daylight.

https://socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/anti-fascists-refuse-to-let-fascists-take-the-streets-across-britain/

(i am not a fan of the swp but this source is accurate to my knowledge)

in all of these cities the right were outnumbered by the anti-fascists. in some of them, by the thousands. Stand Up To Racism's instagram has a decent amount of footage from multiple cities.

the major news sources reporting on it aren't describing just how successful the counter protests were, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen. in a lot of places, the right didn't cause nearly as much damage as they planned to and their marches were successfully cut off before they got more than a mile from their starting point.

A Trans Woman's Prayer Before Laser Hair Removal

Oh God, oh God! It is narrow for me! In the might of your Face's anger you shaped me with a beard that blocks the flow of my lifeforce. Sustain in me the spirit to know the secrets of the Expansion of your Face... to realize the revelation of the beauty of this body, in which You have desired to make Your Presence dwell. Establish in me the concealment of my beard, and I will find blessings, as it is written: "It is taught that when these two apples are revealed... all worlds are happy and complete with all completeness, and everything is happy and shining." Pour the good oil upon my head, and I will make your goodness flow to your creations. May the desire exist.

El! God! Tzar li m'od. Bigvurat apecha y'tzartani im zakan shesotem et shefa chayai. T'kayem bi ruach l'da'at sodot orech-panecha, u'l'kayem otam b'gilui hadrat haguf hazeh sheratzita l'shaken sh'shinat'cha b'tocho. Taken na bi hester z'kani v'emtza b'racha dichtiv "tanya, kad etgalyan tarin tapuchin alin vachol almin chadan v'shelimin m'chol sh'limuta." Tarik shemen hatov al roshi v'ashpia tuvcha l'viotecha. Ken yehi ratzon.

Alexandra Rayzel the Priestess, aka Lexi Kohanski

b) I found the paper they’re citing and it’s actually really sweet and a really cool study to read! not at all too dense

some highlights:

this is VERY sweet

(this paper came about bc they were having trouble identifying participants by ‘traditional’ recruitment methods like posting flyers and contacting LGBT networks/support groups, and also didn’t want to skew the data toward people who would frequent these)

they also tried making profiles on dating sites but….. 

anyway here’s a link

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At the 1985 Labour party meet, the motion to support LGBT rights as a party was passed due to a block vote from mining unions.