"This wooden idiot"

You can say I'm nitpicking and that not knowing what "Human Domestication Guide" is wouldn't be a violation of anyone's rights, but this stuff is genuinely just everywhere. Our entire life is built on the assumption that some areas of it are inherently unavailable to "minors" just for the hell of it.

However. Speaking from the other side, as an adult fan of Human Domestication Guide.

...this setting was made by transfemmes. For transfemmes. Using transfemme themes. Even now that it's grown, it's still majority transfemme, and the rest some other flavor of queer.

And if you're here on Tumblr. You know what accusations people love to throw at vulnerable kinky internet transfemmes. You know how these callouts ruin lives, get people doxxed, get people killed.

Put simply, the reason we don't want minors being aware of the setting has nothing to do with the minors themselves, and everything to do with trying to protect ourselves from being targeted. If we can firmly say "there are no children in this setting, there are no children in this fandom" and enforce it, that is a shield against the people who hate us and need only the slightest excuse to attack us.

In an ideal world, you're right, this wouldn't be necessary. But please understand that in the world we live in right now, keeping kids out of our kink spaces can be just as much about protecting ourselves as anything else.

Today the Minneapolis city council will hear public comments regarding the effort to overturn the city’s outdated and homophobic bathhouse ban. This policy was enacted in 1988 during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, when fear and stigma shaped public policy. Today, we know that public health works best when it is rooted in science and community.

Earlier this spring, I had the honor of being asked to create a series of illustrated posters to help raise community awareness around this ongoing effort. It’s been so satisfying to see them hanging in local bars and community spaces over the past few weeks!

The Minneapolis bathhouse ban is HISTORY!! This past Pride weekend the Bathhouse Repeal Ordinance was signed into law, officially ending the prohibition.

It was an honor to play a small part in this communal effort, spearheaded by folks from the Safer Sex Spaces Coalition and the Aliveness Project. And so cool to see my posters and buttons in local bars, community spaces, and even City Hall!

Endless thanks to all the folks in the Safer Sex Spaces Coalition for all their hard work, and an extra thank you to Dylan & Ezra from the Aliveness Project for bringing me on board!

indian residential school survivors society (BC)

toronto indigenous harm reduction (ON)

native women's resource centre of toronto (ON)

water first (nationwide)

indspire (nationwide)

miskanawah (AB)

ma mawi wi chi itata centre (MB)

manitoba indigenous cultural education centre (MB)

native women's shelter of montreal (QC)

native friendship centre of montreal (QC)

first light (NL)

thank you for the info!!

first light (merchandise store only; unfortunately there is no direct donation link that I could find)

nfc montreal (updated)

honourable mentions

JAR (Joel Arthur Rosenthal) sheep head hair clip

I will be downloading everything I purchased from Bandcamp and keeping an eye on it.