#MastIndia : is it possible for people still on #Bigsocial (such as instagram) to try and get the indian LGBTQ+ community pages on there to also set up pages on #pixelfed and #mastodon and help them understand the #fedi ?
@edendestroyer@mastodonindians i tried asking the same for migrating or even bridging the big LGBTIndiaQ+ and teens version of same discord server to matrix rooms and spaces, but they simply denied. The #LGBT community itself is as same as any general public regrading #bigtech as "it's too much work" for them.
Trans folk on the birdsite: A great snapshot from a friend of exactly how I feel about the #trans folk still on Twitter and why it's so hard to get 'Remainers' to budge. I finally gave up cajoling friends 😔
Here is a good space, good people, interesting and varied chats on all sorts and trans folk are part of the very fabric and history of the #Fediverse.
And honestly I don't care where folk go eg Bluesky, but not staying in that hellhole (I deleted my birdsite account back in December, and use Nitter on a few accounts to avoid giving Elon the 'click' traffic)
@kevinteljeur The rise in #hatecrime in #Ireland is frightening. We only have Garda statistics from 2021. #Disabled and #lgbt groups have been reporting big rises in recent years, mirroring the UK, Trump, Brexit and populist politics.
The Garda playbook doesn't handle the rising tide of widespread exclusionary, verbal and physical violence that harms lives every day.
We are experiencing fascism, and widespread apathy and tolerance for violence from the majority. Garda leadership and politicians are distracting attention from the real problem.
I haven't told my parents I'm trans. My dad keeps telling me he'll still love me if I "come out as gay" even though he "disagrees with the lifestyle" and I do believe he'll be ignorant but accepting.
My mom told him not to tell me that or else I'd "become" gay, as if their acceptance or lack of would have any sway on that.
Today's queer indie author review: To a Fungus Unknown" by William C. Tracy:
"This series is totally my jam – colonization sci-fi, a weird alien species, and a whiff of mystery... I can’t wait to see where this goes. if you love serious sci-fi, grab this one right now (and the first book if you haven’t read it yet). You won’t be sorry."
"#LGBT people are discriminated against in Malaysia where #homosexuality is forbidden and sodomy can be punished with imprisonment and corporal punishment, although enforcement is rare."
Look, if a community uses rainbow colors for their logo in support of Pride Month and LGBTIQA* folks, and you object to it because this is not welcoming of all "religions" and beliefs and cultures, and how this makes you want to disengage - how do I politely put it?
You're the other target audience for this signaling. And it's working.
may I ask you if you would mind including the "I" in the #LGBTQIA+?
it's so sad to see how even the queer community in the US doesn't seem to know about intersex people.
The existence of intersex people as a biological fact is probably the most ignored human fact in the USA which leads to hundreds of unnecessary surgeries on babies(!). All just because the parents and doctors never heard of the normality of intersexual existence...
Would you help a little bit by including the I ?
Thank you very much for your consideration and best wishes! :propride: #lgb => #lgba => #lgbt => #lgbati => #lgbtq => #lgbtiqa+ => #queer #intersex#biology
@mutualaid update: Fern is now almost 20% of the way to their goal! currently sitting at 955/5000! a wonderful start, let's see if we can't get it any further and get them out of Florida! they currently don't have any health insurance and thus can't get any HRT with SB254 passing.