Tl;dr My Country Is Literally On Fire And The Politicians Refuse To Help

@ all trans people about to attend online school:

This will visually remove your deadname from any webpage. Obviously switch it off if your parents wanna check up on your work, but yee here's the link fam!!!! BOOST THIS!!! SEND THIS TO ANY TRANS PERSON YOU KNOW WHO WILL NEED THIS

chrome.google.com

Deadname Remover

An easy to use Google Chrome plugin to automatically remove and replace deadnames

Can you do something for me, please?

I want you to reblog this if you believe that two people can be very close and physically affectionate with one another, but still have a completely nonsexual, non-romantic relationship. 

Even if the two people in question are capable of being sexually or romantically attracted to one another. 

Because the friendship I share with someone I consider family in a way that transcends blood has been typecast as a romantic relationship ENTIRELY too many times, and I’m beginning to get sick of it. 

Anxiety

Inspired by the word searches I shared yesterday, here is a brand new way to discover your gender! The first word you see is your shiny new gender identity!

This is just for fun! A lot of the words in there are random. :)

If you find the military has left out pamphlets, you take them all and throw them away.

did this at a local comic book store once! Fuck that comic book store, it’s a creepy and bad place

since jk rowling is shitting on trans people once again - in the midst of a black lives matter-lead revolution, of all times - please consider donating to homeless black trans women during this violent, unsafe time for our most vulnerable people. the goal for this fund is almost complete and you can support pride month and black lives with a donation here, no matter how small. trans black lives matter. fuck jk rowling and her terf brain worms.

gofundme.com

Homeless Black Trans women fund organized by Jesse Pratt López

This is fund for the community of Black Trans women that live in Atlanta and are sex… Jesse Pratt López needs your support for Homeless Blac

Teen Vogue

How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct

Know your rights.

While people are inclined to whip out their phones and film when they see something alarming happening, those videos are not always recorded in a way that can be used as evidence in a legal proceeding or to support advocacy tactics.

At the human rights organization WITNESS, where I work as the senior U.S. program coordinator, we’ve learned that video has a greater chance of making an impact when it’s filmed ethically and strategically, and released in coordination with advocacy and legal efforts. Using the camera in your pocket can be a valuable way to ensure the world bears witness to abusive policing and systemic racism, help hold authorities accountable, and advocate for the real safety of our communities.

a reminder bc i havent mentioned this in a lil bit: bi men report facing domestic violence at higher rates than both gay n straight men. bi men report facing domestic violence at similar rates 2 straight women (in fact slightly more). out of any group (including women of all orientations), bisexual men most report being victims of domestic violence from more than 1 perpetrator.(source)

the idea that the erasure of bisexual men n our needs in the lgbt community is justified bc “biphobia only targets bi women” is refusing 2 support abuse victims n denying their abuse n its gross, ignorant, n harmful.

note that a large majority of the aforementioned domestic abuse is perpetrated by women, n that gender dynamics cannot alone conceal the role of biphobia n hatred of bi men in this. remember that bi men r the most hated sexual orientation by heterosexuals, n that straight women specifically report having much more negative opinions of bisexual men than they do of gay men, lesbians, n bi women. if ur only opinion on bisexual men is “theyre men so i hate them n dont have 2 have solidarity w em” ur failing 2 think on more than 1 axis n ur not trustworthy 2 male victims of abuse, violence, n sexual assault.

I unapologetically hate Snape and Dumbledore. I understand that they both did good things in their lives. But a lot of times, people pretend the good outweighs the bad, so they’re good people, and that annoys the crap out of me.

Dumbledore

knowingly left Harry in an abusive home so that Harry “wouldn’t get a big head”. Are you kidding me? He was locked in the cupboard with bARS ON THE WINDOWS! Starved, emotionally abused, and literally locked in a cupboard for weeks at a time at one point. How is that okay? I dare anyone to say that he didn’t know what was happening- he’s Dumbledore. It literally said “cupboard under the stairs” on the letter.

ditched Sirius in Azkaban, just because he had no use for him. He let an innocent man go to hell-prison because he couldn’t be bothered to stop it.

then locked the recently freed Sirius up in his childhood home (where he ALSO was abused) with no explanation. This one he has a little bit more of an excuse for, but really.

the way he treated Sirius in general, tbh

this one has been talked about a lot and is basically just a big joke by now, but the way he treats Slytherins. Not just with the house cup (although that sucked) but the constant stereotyping and fear mongering of an entire group of children

again with the big joke thing, but clearly does not care about the safety of the children at Hogwarts. Pretty much everyone has seen those posts, so I’ll just leave the example there

constantly sends child Harry on dangerous missions with little to no explanation or information. Snape said it best “…have been raising him like a pig for the slaughter.” He even actively encourages him to die for the cause.

Snape

oh man, where do I start?

starts off strong; picks on Harry out of all of the students and embarrasses him on the first day. Is an AWFUL teacher who bullies kids he doesn’t like and blatantly favors the ones he does.

tried to kill Neville, a literal child’s frog just because he messed up in class.

bullies him so much his worst fear is his teacher. That’s effed up.

the whole way he treats Neville in general, tbh

remember that asshole “friendzone” guy everyone hates. That’s him. Yells the equivalent of rascist things at his crush because she dared to like another guy.

is deeply involved in the dark arts as a student at Hogwarts, then victimizes himself when James hurts him. Don’t get me wrong, James was a complete ass and stereotypical bully sometimes, but really. Dude, you were working with Voldy for real at the time, who was advocating for the extinction of an entire race. Don’t give me that.

outed Lupin as a werewolf for something a friend of his did in his teens. Lupin was involved with the resistance from day 1 and is the high king of my heart, I will never forgive him for this. Also knew about Sirius.

was obsessed with a dead woman for like 15 years and acted like an ass to her kid for YEARS for no reason other than he didn’t like the dude she married. Petty af

Again, this doesn’t erase all of the good things they did- they legit helped some people. They also were assholes. Not mutually excusive. End rant!

Traces of coca and nicotine found in Egyptian mummies - WTF fun facts