5/20: Phone Zap for Trans Woman in Solitary Confinement at Wabash Valley CF! (www.idocwatch.org)
US warns of possible Pride Month attacks worldwide (www.bbc.com)
Sign European Citizens' Initiative to ban "conversion" practices in the EU (eci.ec.europa.eu)
If you're a registered citizen of the EU country make sure to sign this initiative!...
Trump-linked dark-money group spent $90m on racist and transphobic ads in 2022, records show (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: Citizens for Sanity was one of top political spenders last election cycle and is back for 2024 with more extreme messaging
2024 Rainbow Map (rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org)
ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Map annually ranks 49 European countries on a scale between 0% (gross violations of human rights, discrimination) and 100% (respect of human rights, full equality) on the basis of laws and policies that have a direct impact on LGBTI people’s human rights.
🏳️⚧️ trans girl in southeast Louisiana looking to make friends (fedia.io)
Hi, I'm Emma (she/her)....
LGBTQ+ Pride Month events could be targets of foreign terrorists, security officials warn (www.advocate.com)
I'm scared I won't find a job or/and housing anymore.
I used to perform masculinity more but it was psychologically killing me to a point it was affecting me physically. Even then people would pick up on my speech pattern and body language, notice I am queer and act upon it. At best I’d get mockery, but I had people trying to physically harm me or directly leading to me losing...
Target will only sell Pride Month collection in some stores after backlash in 2023 (abcnews.go.com)
2024 Statement from Marius Mason – June 11th (june11.noblogs.org)
From Wikipedia:...
Milton Diamond, Sexologist and Advocate for Intersex Babies, Dies at 90 [CW: Descriptions of medical abuse] (www.nytimes.com)
Archived version without paywall
Young LGBTQ+ People's Mental Health Is Suffering, But They Can't Access Help (www.teenvogue.com)
Utah Launches "Snitch Line" To Report Trans People In Bathrooms; Memes Flood In (www.erininthemorning.com)
Fascists want to turn every citizen into an informant (hachyderm.io)
Narcissus wasn’t an abuser, he was queer (medium.com)
Dr. Cass Backpedals From Review: HRT, Blockers Should Be Made Available (www.erininthemorning.com)
Texas Gov. Abbott: "We Want To End" Trans And Gender Nonconforming Teachers (www.erininthemorning.com)
Feminine men role models
Hey all!...
Kansas governor passes law requiring ID to view acts of 'homosexuality' online, vetoes anti-LGBTQ+ bill (www.advocate.com)
The governor of Kansas vetoed an anti-LGBTQ+ bill while simultaneously letting a law pass requiring ID to view “acts of homosexuality.”...
Conservative Ad Makes Case for Transgender Rights (www.metroweekly.com)
This is the sort of messaging I would love to see more of. We aren’t going to convince actual Nazis to change their minds but this is the sort of thing that should remind old-school Republicans that anti-trans legislation is anti-freedom legislation....
[CW: Transphobic legislation] Take steps to protect yourself and mask your online identity (www.erininthemorning.com)
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/4edbbf09-c278-4d18-894f-018ca60f3283.webp...
Anti-trans Missouri A.G. can now access trans people’s medical records (newrepublic.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14278091...
World’s oldest living conjoined twins die in Pennsylvania, aged 62 (www.theguardian.com)
Lori and George Schappell were joined at the skull with separate bodies and lived on their own since the age of 24...
Would you like to help a girl in need? (lemmy.world)
I am not affiliated with this person. I have spoken to her in passing and she is a great gal in a tough spot....
‘My cast and crew’s safety kept me up at night’: why a queer Ghanaian film may never be screened (www.theguardian.com)
Joewackle J Kusi was finishing his film Nyame Mma when an anti-LGBTQ+ bill was passed, bringing the threat of prosecution for those ‘promoting’ queer stories...
