Peter Ruggiero

Writing & lit instructor by day. Social media manager for the rest of the time (This account is strictly personal) Politics & SciFi junkie too

[HumanGayMale @HumanGayMale]

🧵 Three ways to support HumanGayMale.

HGM has existed for less than three years, operating on a shoestring. Finances are a real consideration for our future success.

So this thread sets out 3 ways you can help support us - even if you can’t afford to donate directly.

[HumanGayMale @HumanGayMale]

"Gay Rights" are simply:

- Decriminalisation of consensual same-sex activity, with equal age of consent
- Protection from discrimination, e.g. in employment or provision of goods & services
- Right to marry someone of the same sex
- Equal adoption & parental responsibility

5/5

[Peter Ruggiero @pmruggiero]

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[Younis Tirawi | يونس @ytirawi]

Read.

"I came to search for the remains of my son, who had gone ahead to the dawn prayer. Someone gave me a bag of 23 kilograms and said, 'This is your son; bury him.' As I carried him, I remembered a day when I was coming back with him from the market, carrying a heavy bag. He, in complete filial piety, asked to carry it for me. He went to his mother happily, boasting of his manhood, singing in front of his siblings, and teasing them that he carried all this weight alone for his father. His siblings embraced him, and his mother prayed for his long life and goodness. Now, once again, you precede me with the bag to the house, my son. But how do I convince them that you are the one inside it? That your laughter, which used to fill the house, your thin arms that you used to use to spar with your siblings, your head that used to rest on your grandmother’s lap, and your feet that tirelessly searched for water—all have become one in this bag. When your mother asks me in a bitter Gazan tone, 'Do you know if there is any electricity, Abu Saleh? Where will I store all this?'—all the goodness we give to the neighbors—how will I tell her, my son, that what’s in this bag is not suitable for charity, and that 23 kilograms of remains is our share of death this week?"

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

Hard for me to understand why people go into politics. If you criticize your own party you’re excommunicated forever. To get ahead you have to debase yourself by saying things like “criticism of Biden is ageist.” Doesn’t seem like a good time

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

If you rightly mourn Ukrainians slaughtered by an enemy, but not for Palestinians murdered by an ally, you aren’t just a hypocrite. You are a racist.

If you openly behave as though you think the lives of some matter more or less based on their ethnicity, then you are a racist.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

If you’re not writing the truth about crimes against humanity, you’re culpable in them.

[Stella Assange @Stella_Assange]

Julian is free!!!!

Words cannot express our immense gratitude to YOU- yes YOU, who have all mobilised for years and years to make this come true. THANK YOU. tHANK YOU. THANK YOU.

Follow @WikiLeaks for more info soon…

[WikiLeaks @wikileaks]

JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE

Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and departed the UK.

This is the result of a global campaign that spanned grass-roots organisers, press freedom campaigners, legislators and leaders from across the political spectrum, all the way to the United Nations. This created the space for a long period of negotiations with the US Department of Justice, leading to a deal that has not yet been formally finalised. We will provide more information as soon as possible.

After more than five years in a 2x3 metre cell, isolated 23 hours a day, he will soon reunite with his wife Stella Assange, and their children, who have only known their father from behind bars.

WikiLeaks published groundbreaking stories of government corruption and human rights abuses, holding the powerful accountable for their actions. As editor-in-chief, Julian paid severely for these principles, and for the people's right to know.

As he returns to Australia, we thank all who stood by us, fought for us, and remained utterly committed in the fight for his freedom.

Julian's freedom is our freedom.

[More details to follow]

[Oxfam International @Oxfam]

🚨BREAKING: New Oxfam report shows Israel continues to block aid in #Gaza despite ICJ #genocide court ruling.

Rejected aid, including Oxfam water and sanitation gear, is now stockpiling in a warehouse at Al Arish.

Here is our release👉https://t.co/geZgMg2EJ2

#CeasefireNow

[Philippe Lazzarini @UNLazzarini]

Staggering. The number of children reported killed in just over 4 months in #Gaza is higher than the number of children killed in 4 years of wars around the world combined.

This war is a war on children. It is a war on their childhood and their future.

#ceasefireNow for the sake of children in #Gaza

[Peter Ruggiero @pmruggiero]

The Thursday flow

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The headline speaks volumes https://t.co/POlyfIoP67

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@iambrianwatson 🤦‍♂️

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@iambrianwatson 😂

[Peter Ruggiero @pmruggiero]

@MaleSurvivorORG is committed to supporting education and research into male sexual abuse. We partnered with Ena Lucia Mariaca Pacheco several years ago on her thesis and we are happy to share her findings with the MaleSurvivor community.
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[Peter Ruggiero @pmruggiero]

@ourwave, Male Survivor, @iamman20, and @MenHealingOrg are posting a call for artwork 11/1/22 - 2/28/23 for male survivors to share their healing journey in preparation for an online art exhibit during Sexual Violence Awareness Month & National Child Abuse Prevention Month 4/23.