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in happier pride news i actually found this deeply heartwarming

Further context: Durham city council (Reform UK) cut funding and support for Pride. The Durham Miner's Association and other trade unions raised enough money for Durham Pride 2026 to go ahead - a direct call back to when Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) raised money for mining communities when Margaret Thatcher seized union funding during the miner strikes of 1984-85.

here's where to find it on windows 10

@darkstalker1247 @wolfnxtra

anyways tmi/nsfw warning but since it helped me and my therapist hadnt considered the idea before im willing to bet a lot of others havent either so im gonna share:

actually ive decided these tags are important enough to go in the post body

i dislike "hey rb this actually" type things so if you dont want to thats completely fine esp considering a good chunk of it is abt vibrators lol, however it would be greatly appreciated as vaginismus was never mentioned in school / health class for me and ppl really do end up assuming (or being told by assholes) that the pain is just how it works and they have to push through it to be normal, i learned abt it somewhat early on bc mine was so severe i straight up thought i simply Didnt Have A Vaginal Canal and wanted to see if that was a thing, but for a lot of people its more subtle where penetration is /possible/ just not /comfortable/ so they think "ah this must just be how it works, everyone must experience this when they have sex so i just have to deal with it", which sucks on its own but is also something often taken advantage of/encouraged by abusive partners. or those with low/no libido* often find out when they reach the age for their first pap smear and either are in way more pain than normal for it, or are just straight up unable to complete it and then have to wait until after therapy finishes to get that test, so i want to give anyone i can a head start on that realization lol. and even medical stuff aside, the mental impact of not being able to engage in sex the "normal" way despite wanting to is really rough on its own, it's even been really rough for me and i'm transmasc so to a certain degree ive found it gender affirming not being able to do it """the girl way""", but at a certain point that just became a sprinkles-on-a-turd kind of thing yknow lol

Image description: A white N95 is positioned under a banner that reads “what your mask tells me”. 7 speech bubbles around the mask read “you deserve access to this space, I do not assume those around me are able bodied, I acknowledge I could be carrying COVID even if I don’t feel sick, I appreciate my community, no death is acceptable when it can be easily avoided, I take my role in public health seriously, your life is of worth.” At the bottom is a collection of items used for COVID mitigation: an air purifier, a mask, a sticker that says I am vaccinated, a nose spray, a COVID test, hand sanitizer, and mouth wash. The colours are warm, cozy, and pastel. Watermarked by @graesalisbury

Longtime readers may be aware of how much I relish an excuse to bully a company, so I'm sharing the wealth;