#Idaho#LGBTQrights
"Thousands of paper hearts rained down inside the Idaho capitol as state lawmakers considered several bills targeting the LGBTQ+ community."
Thousands of paper hearts flood Idaho capital as lawmakers pass anti-LGBTQ+ bills
#LGBTQrights#asylum
"LGBTQ people escaping persecution will be denied safe haven at our very doorstep, and left to fight for their lives abroad—a fight many will lose."
Proposed funding deal is deadly for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers
I like working on projects that enable marginalised persons to take back their autonomy on and offline. I subscribe to #diy and am a voracious #autodidact. I make #bots for #mastodon and the #fedi. I'm building a replacement for #bandcamp and #spotify.
I am concerned that with the messes in both Ukraine and Gaza, a civil war here could potentially attract enough intervention to link all three conflicts together: Turtle Island, Europe, and the Middle East.
Here's the scenario:
Putin has intervened here for Trump before and no doubt already is again. Now the stakes are higher: Trump in the White House or a high level civil war here both cut off US aid to Ukraine. Europe will have a difficult time replacing that, encouraging all of Europe also to intervene here. The possibility of a wider war in Europe cannot be ruled out, especially if Putin blames a nearby NATO state for Ukraine surviving a US aid cutoff. Long shot, but not impossible.
There is also the role of the US in Gaza. Fighting here could put an end to US involvement there, but most likely enough of the rich would control enough of the arms industry to keep that flowing. You can bet it's a higher priority than Ukraine to them. This encourages Israel to intervene here to protect the US side of their arms industry. Again, this may already be taking place. Also again, the rest of the Middle East will have to find ways to counter that. Like the war in Europe, the war in Gaza has potential to spread to much more of the Middle East. Hopefully will not, but it could.
The result is that the war on Turtle Island in a worst case scenario could become linked both to a broader war in the Middle East and to a broader war in Europe.
That is a world war by definition, even though it would be a multipolar and non-nuclear one.
@LukefromDC
I had a friend named Rick in high school. Rick was in the closet until he was 25.
Rick left our hometown after he came out. He moved to a small town in Indiana where he began to identify and dress as a female. She called herself Rose. One day in 2011 Rose was beaten into a coma by three white Christians (Rose / Rick was a Latino / Latina) for the crime of crossdressing. She died in the hospital after regaining consciousness and finding she was paralyzed from the waist down. I found out what happened a few years later when I found his/her father on Facebook. I had also left my hometown because it's filled with the types that would later support MAGA and there were no jobs. I wish I could go back in time and tell Rose to move to California and not rural Indiana. #LGBTQRights#lynching#Christian
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Laura Jane Grace Drops New Single, "Cuffing Season"
Indie, punk, and queer darling Laura Jane Grace has just dropped a new single, "Cuffing Season," perfect for the oncoming winter weather.
Does anyone have recommendations for places to buy #Ally apparel? Looking for shirts and hats to show my support, but I want to buy from #LGBTQ friendly and/or owned businesses if at all possible.