@Roisin_OC@NoraGrinberg@daniellismore 😑 As a Trans woman born with KS having lived a good 36 winters that, Is my own opinion if I do not tell my GP that I am born Male but Identify as a Woman, there would be significant complications. Both in treatment and everything else. Biology isn't bigotry. 💖
Pride is, and always will be, a protest.
Four years ago, outside the Two Brewers in Clapham, I found myself in the middle of a homophobic attack.
Two young men standing next to me were assaulted by a woman simply for kissing.
Like anyone witnessing a hate crime, I intervened. Unfortunately, I then bore the brunt of a physical attack from her friend, who knocked me to the ground while shouting homophobic slurs.
The staff at @2BrewersClapham were brilliant. They intervened immediately and the police arrested those responsible.
Four years later, having heard very little from the police, I received the email that has become all too familiar to many victims: no further action.
So yes, Pride is a celebration. But when people are still being attacked for who they are, and when victims are left without justice, it remains a protest too.
if you're worried that your sexuality is persuadable by what you are exposed to... then brother... it's yourself you are struggling to accept. Not everyone else.
Honoring the roots of the fight for equality by standing with those who led the way. In 1969, trans activists spearheaded the struggle for our rights, now, it is our turn to ensure we fight just as fiercely for theirs.
here are 10 key points considered:
1. Historical Recognition: The image highlights the essential role trans people played in the 1969 uprising (referencing the Stonewall Riots), acknowledging them as foundational leaders of the broader LGBTQ+ rights movement.
2. The Concept of Reciprocity: It emphasizes that the struggle for rights is a cycle of mutual support; those who benefited from early activism have a responsibility to support current activists.
3. Active Solidarity: The shift from the "brick" (symbolizing resistance) to the "flag" (symbolizing ongoing advocacy) suggests that allyship requires active, visible participation rather than passive support.
4. Intersectionality: The comic illustrates that the liberation of different groups within the queer community is deeply interconnected and interdependent.
5. Moving Beyond Awareness: It encourages shifting from simple acknowledgement of history to taking tangible action in the present day.
6. Challenging Erasure: By explicitly stating that trans people "led the fight," the comic serves as a correction to narratives that have historically sidelined trans voices within the movement.
7. Collective Responsibility: The "it’s our turn" sentiment reframes advocacy not as a favor, but as a shared communal duty.
8. Maintaining Momentum: The visual implies that the fight for human rights is continuous and requires each new generation to pick up the mantle.
9. Inclusive Allyship: It visualizes how different segments of a community can stand together on the same "branch" (the movement) to face challenges as a unified front.
9. Symbolic Continuity: The use of the chameleon motif serves as a reminder that the community is diverse in identity, yet unified in the purpose of seeking equality.
Something to remember during #Pride month.
No matter how determined Rowling or Reform UK or our government or the rightwing press or the TERF commentariat: never in the history of civilisation have nefarious forces been able to erase LGBT+ folks.
We’re here to stay. Forever.
You literally want to end me 🏳️🌈 and my people's existence from the world and you expect me to not fight back???
What level of delusion and entitlements these Conservatives have??!
Repubican controlled US states push conservative rebrands of Pride month in backlash to LGBT+ celebrations
June is now ‘nuclear family month’ or ‘fidelity month’ in latest attack on LGBT+ communities
Trump supporters want the erasure of LGBT+ visibility
https://t.co/gg0XKuTjdx
@Davilocorchea@Comberlyshop invoke your witchcraft if you must but invoking a name that means nothing to me is just incredibly tone deaf. but go, off your words hold no sway here.❤️
@translaterdog@miffythegamer@_CryMiaRiver If you wish death or harm on to another simply for being then.. yeah there is... Anti Trans ideology are some of the most Heinous amongst fascists. Making fun off and laughing at suicide and murder victims.