02/02/2017 23:40:22 ¶ ●

queeranarchism:

> otabek-kz:

> > Screenshotted this thread because you all need to see it.

> > (Cis LGB, I’m expecting you to reblog this.)

> Little Light:

> Let us assume that our opponents are competent and have been studying our defenses for some time, looking for vulnerabilities to exploit. They put out little feints and test attacks, seeing who will defend who, who can be divided off from the group, and so on. We’ve seen this. All of these questions they need answers to: will Jews defend Muslims? Will Asians support Black struggle? Where can the wedges be put in? The Alt-Right 4Chan types are always talking about observing and infiltrating online anti-oppression communities for intel and laughs. All these little tests. What if they make up a pretend pedophilia orientation? Will people defend it? Will they tight and divide over it?

> One vulnerability they’ve consistently turned up is transmisogyny. Lots of groups can be induced to vilify or wish away trans women. Useful! Remember a little while ago when Milo put out that petition? “Remove the T from LGBT”? They watched who signed and promoted that thing. It was couched in anti-oppression boilerplate. And look! Cis gay men promoted it. Some feminists and womanists promoted it. Useful intel. They learned helpful info there: many cis LGB people were raring to turn on trans people. They’d even say it was for their own protection. They counted up who signed on, who elaborated on it, who was excited about it. I’m looking at you, TERFs and enablers, in particular. (They even discovered that some fanatical anti-trans feminists would happily join forces with homophobic Christians, to hurt trans women.) Nobody thought that T-out-of-LGBT petition was going to DO anything. There’s nobody who DECIDES that. It was a solidarity test balloon. So these laughing nihilists went looking—along many lines–for cracks in solidarity, joints in the armor, people who could be attacked 1st.

> Why do I point this out now? Because this week the rumor mill floated a general anti-LGBTQ EO or bill was coming, & they gauged opposition. Supposedly they decided that opposition to this anti-LGBTQ legislation would be too much for now, and put it in the not-yet column. And yet: Now the word is they’re paring down to a specifically anti-trans EO. One focused on legal documents, probably framed as for nat'l security. (After all, mismatched documents are fraud, right? Terrorists could be using fake ID. And there’s all that voter fraud to address. Right?)

> Previous Intel operations (& polls) have told them that the majority of the country has turned to support LGB rights—but NOT trans rights. They know from watching our intra-movement arguments online that there’s a long history of cis LGB folks throwing trans folks under the bus. They have tested to see if cis LGB people will readily abandon trans people to save themselves. (Yes.) If they’ll outright attack us. (Yes.) They’ve tested if there are blocs w/in the cis LGB community so dedicated to hurting trans people that they’ll ally wtthe right wing. (Yes.) They’ve watched some of these anti-trans fanatics STILL obsessing over eradicating us, prioritizing that, even while the country is on fire. Lo and behold: the regime floats anti-LGBTQ legislation, withdraws it for now. Now they’re floating anti-trans legislation. Right on time.

> Their research indicates that the general public will happily let trans people burn first as expendable. That cis LGB people will, too. The plan? To remove our ability to get legal ID documents. There goes voting, travel, med. care, having an answer to “your papers, please.” That and support for keeping us out of public bathrooms, away from schools, away from gendered spaces, out of jobs and housing. Public life.

> I’m saying this because they have good reason to believe they’re right that they can come for us and no one will stop them. Their little intel operations indicate that not only will no one stop them hurting trans people, many will even help. Even cis LGB people. I’m saying this especially for everyone who gave them reason to believe this. Who looked the other way when trans lives were on the line.

> When they come for us. (They will come for us. They are about to come for us.) Prove them wrong. Prove them wrong. Prove them wrong. Please.

> Remember that the specter of trans women was already a useful wedge issue & get-out-the-vote driver in the 2016 campaign. There’s precedent. We will be used as a weapon and a vulnerability against the rest of you for as long as our opponents know we won’t be protected by the Left. One of our lessons from fighting the anti-Muslim E0s in the last week is this: we have to deny them every victory. Each one counts. Whatever we teach them about who we will leave behind will be used to hurt all of us. We have to show them we will abandon no one. not ever Now is a time when it is clear & stark: solidarity saves us. Together, we outnumber them. Together, we can win. Let us not be broken apart. All of you responding with pledges to have our backs: thank you. Bring your friends on board. As Octavia Butler said: So be it. See to it.

07/02/2017 21:33:08 ¶ ●

## I Need A New Roommate, Desperately

sam-keeper:

> sam-keeper:

> > sam-keeper:

> > > So I came back to Toronto after winter break at home in the US to find that one of my two roommates is, abruptly, moving out because he wants to move in with his girlfriend. Very happy for them &c &c but because we got this news partway into the month this kinda fucked us in terms of getting a roommate for February, which is bad because my income doesn’t reeeally cover sudden 150% rent hikes. He’s searching for a replacement ostensibly but with ten days to go I’m not super optimistic.

> > > Currently in the house is one queer girl in theater school (my roommate) and a queer, trans writer trying to figure out their gender identity (me), so finding a roommate comfortable with queerness is a priority. We’re in Kensington, close to UofT and OCAD, as well as downtown, and while the apartment is on the small side we’ve done a lot to make it comfortable, and the rent is good–$720 a month for each of us, which covers all our utilities.

> > > Obviously right now I’ve got really compelling reasons to want to stay in Canada and not go back to the US, so being able to stay in this apartment is pretty important to me, particularly as the border to the US seems to be more and more fraught to cross, and particularly since I’m just slowly coming out of the closet and establishing a new gender identity.

> > > I’d really appreciate any messages from anyone interested, or any reblogs and signal boosts as well!

> > We’re still looking for someone so if you know anyone looking for a place (or you know fleeing the US for Canada) send them our way! It looks like maybe the current roommate is going to keep paying for half this month until we can find someone but the sooner we can get someone in the better

> I’m not totally sure but it looks like my current roommate may have straight up lied about looking for a replacement to fill his room so this has ratcheted up another level in desperation

08/02/2017 11:32:26 ¶ ●

darkersolstice:

> thatfeministjewishgirl:

> > In the last four weeks, there have been 57 bomb threats against Jewish Community Centers in the United States.

> Goyim, please reblog.

11/02/2017 11:05:47 ¶ ●

i-m-snek:

> dinovia-grant:

> > suitep:

> > > Bernice King, the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King and Coretta King, posted this on her Facebook page.

> > Reblog this to save several million lives.

> I upset myself because I didn’t realize that Dr King was so recent that his daughter is still alive, and using facebook.

14/02/2017 16:03:20 ¶ ●

gogomrbrown:

> FLINT MICHIGAN STILL DOES NOT HAVE CLEAN WATER

15/02/2017 10:25:15 ¶ ●

shesgotwhatittakes:

> shesgotwhatittakes:

> > While cleaning out my room I found a paper that my therapist gave me some time ago to deal with obsessive and intrusive thoughts. Sorry the paper is a little crinkled and stained, but I figured I’d post it in hopes that it will help someone like it helped me.

> Here it is again with text for anyone who can’t see the picture

> - That thought isn’t helpful right now.
> - Now is not the time to think about it. I can think about it later.
> - This is irrational. I’m going to let it go.
> - I won’t argue with an irrational thought.
> - This is not an emergency. I can slow down and think clearly about what I need.
> - This feels threatening and urgent, but it really isn’t.
> - I don’t have to be perfect to be OK.
> - I don’t have to figure out this question. The best thing to do is just drop it.
> - It’s OK to make mistakes.
> - I already know from my past experiences that these fears are irrational.
> - I have to take risks in order to be free. I’m willing to take this risk.
> - It’s OK that I just had that thought/image, and it doesn’t mean anything. I don’t have to pay attention to it.
> - I’m ready to move on now.
> - I can handle being wrong.
> - I don’t have to suffer like this. I deserve to feel comfortable.
> - That’s not my responsibility.
> - That’s not my problem.
> - I’ve done the best I can.
> - It’s good practice to let go of this worry. I want to practice.