We've passed the £1,000 mark for monthly donations for September! You've now given a whopping £1,035 - bringing our all time total to an incredible £21,478!
The pot'll be emptied in a week, let's keep it going combabes!
I will repeat this forever. Make yourself an email folder called "Praise." Save ALL the emails people send you complimenting your work, big and small. On the days when it's just really hard and you feel like nothing is going right - that folder will bring you joy!
fat people with fat faces are treated worse than fat people with thin faces. similarly, fat people who’s proportional are less desirable are treated worse than those who are hourglass bc they still roughly adhere to the beauty standard
as a trans journalist, today feels like a real lose/lose:
MF wins. i'm covering a ruling that gives transphobes legal backing to harass us at work
MF loses. she's been bullied/silenced by the 'trans lobby' - and/or the mainstream media spin it as if she won
Personal News Klaxon: I'm very excited to announce that from next month, I'll be setting up a new trans & nonbinary advocacy service at @Spectra_London! I'm very excited, and so grateful to everyone who's helping me stay in the UK to continue my LGBTQ advocacy work.
Once again we see institutional racism at a major charity, this time @Girlguiding. Time and time again overwhelmingly white orgs are found doing harm to POC staff and service users. We must transform the charity sector as a whole.
Solidarity to all POC staff there.
In all seriousness.
Watch Crip Camp on Netflix if you haven’t
The Disability Rights Movement is history that is often times ignored yet changed the lives of millions.
But keep in mind the issues discussed in the film are *still* very real for Disabled ppl today! 👩🦼👩🦯🧑🦽🚶♂️👩🦽
We are so pleased to be part of #Queerstart, 13 organisations providing 41 positions for unemployed 16 - 25-year-olds across the Queer sector. Head over to https://t.co/looSVJNO1S for more info or apply through your local Job Centre.#Kickstartscheme@Stonewallhousin
When Sarah went missing she was given missing person status within 1 day a mass police investigation started in 2 days but with Richard it’s “we can’t find your son if you can’t”...