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The US Supreme Court gave the LGBTQA community a triple victory today, humiliating the Trump administration and other American homophobes and transphobes in the process. 

What a wonderful surprise!

The Supreme Court rules that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBTQ employees from being discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

“An individual’s homosexuality or transgender status is not relevant to employment decisions,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote. “That’s because it is impossible to discriminate against a person for being homosexual or transgender without discriminating against that individual based on sex.”

This does not change the recent Trump administration decision to abolish a regulation prohibiting discrimination against transgender patients, but it makes it so much harder to defend.

Transgender activist Aimee Stephens did not live to see her own victory in the Supreme Court, but win she did:

“The unrefuted facts show that the Funeral Home fired Stephens because she refused to abide by her employer’s stereotypical conception of her sex,” the court wrote in a 49-page decision.

Story behind this picture:

My sibling and I find hacker scenes in film and TV very funny. A few years ago I created this character called Hacher, aiming to make the most ridiculously stereotypical hacker ever. He’s the protagonist of a few silly comics I made.

our momentum is slowing down. we can’t let our dashes go back to normal when the world is not normal. so, if you are reading this, you are ~legally~ obligated to choose 2 numbers below; you must complete the task of those two numbers today. don’t pretend you didn’t see this. either do them right now or set a reminder to get it done before the sun goes down. the timer starts now. choose two. 

sign some petitions. LINK HERE. if change.org hasn’t accused you of being a bot yet, you haven’t signed enough. 

watch these youtube videos. LINK HERE. do not skip the ads. this is a way to help raise money without having to donate any.

sign up to get daily actions. LINK HERE. after filling out the form, you will receive texts Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays telling you what action to take. 

text or call for any of these victims. LINK HERE. this website is extremely helpful, well organized, and practically does all of the work for you.

donate some money. LINK HERE. if you have any more money to spare, please donate it to one of these funds.

follow every single one of these organizations on social media: blcklivesmatter, colorofchange, reclaimtheblock, showingupforracialjustice, and civilrightsorg

post these important sources to your social media. LINK HERE. you have no idea who it might help. 

read this article and forward it to at least one person. LINK HERE. 

watch this video explaining the racial wealth gap. LINK HERE. it’s really informative and only about 15 minutes long. 

I understand that I’ll never understand. However, I stand. 

This week, this month, has been especially hard, and this is a very important discussion. Don’t shut your eyes to all that’s happening, and don’t stay neutral. 

Here are some handy links on the matter:

This important post on the subject by @savvysweet, and if you’re in the US, check out this post of hers as well on ways to help.

If you are in Canada, this great post by @okruee lists some of the ways you can help.

If you want to know what the situation is like in Brazil, I made a personal post of my own perspective (heads up I’m white) that you can check here.

Last but not least, here is the website of Vidas Negras Importam, the brazilian equivalent of Black Lives Matter. Unfortunately from what I can tell, you can’t change the language of the website (it’s in portuguese), but there’s info there on how to donate to projects in both USA and Brazil, info about brazilian protests, links to petitions and links on how to educate yourself.