Right now im really struggling, most of my family has passed away in the genocide. I’m looking for friends to help me through this rough time. I’m into #art, #reading, #writing and cozy #videogames. I’m looking for people from #blackmastodon, those who are into #lgbtq and #disability rights. I am Palestinian, so you MUST support #freepalestine. PIease help me find some friends to seek mutual connection.

BOOSTS ARE IMPORTANT!! 🥹🥰

Are there any decent, smaller, #Queer-friendly #Mastodon instances that don't block #Threads?

@fediverse@lemmy.ml @mastodon #socialNetwork #fediverse @fediverse@a.gup.pe #lgbtq

Justice #Alito reported receiving concert tickets from Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, a European socialite nicknamed “Princess TNT” by Vanity Fair. …It’s unclear where the concert was located or how the trip to the venue was funded.

The NYT reported in 2018 that the princess’s castle in Regensburg, Germany, has become a hub for #disgruntled #RightWing #Catholic #elites & cardinals like German cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller.

#FarRight #hate #LGBTQ #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #law #ethics

#Alito reported that he sold up to $15k worth of stock in #AnheuserBusch, the parent company of #Budweiser & #BudLight, in late Aug, & purchased stock in Molson Coors Beverage Company, which owns Coors & Coors Light.

#FarRight #hate #LGBTQ #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #law #ethics
https://www.nytimes.com/article/bud-light-boycott.html

Related ICYMI:

Justice #Alito reports concert tickets, #stocks in 2023 financials

Chief Justice #JohnRoberts & Justice Samuel Alito are the only members of #SCOTUS [that we know of; #ClarenceThomas] who own individual stocks.

Alito received concert tickets valued at $900 last year from a German princess known for her #conservative #Catholic views & sold stock in a beer company targeted by anti-#LGBTQ+ activists, acc/to his financial disclosure form released Fri.

#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/06/supreme-court-alito-financial-disclosures/

Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, Müller & Brian S. Brown, a prominent anti-#LGBTQ+ rights activist, visited #Alito & Justice Brett M. #Kavanaugh at #SCOTUS in 2019, acc/to a photo Brown posted on…[social media].

#FarRight #hate #LGBTQ #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #law #ethics
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/07/world/europe/princess-gloria-von-thurn-und-taxis-francis.html

"US prosecutors unveiled criminal charges on Monday against two alleged leaders of a white supremacist gang, accusing them of soliciting attacks on #Black, #Jewish, #LGBTQ people and immigrants in hopes of inciting a #race war...

The group's targets also included U.S. government officials and critical infrastructure sites, with an overall goal of causing societal collapse in the US" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-charges-alleged-white-supremacist-gangsters-with-trying-incite-race-war-2024-09-09/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20Sept%209%20(Reuters),of%20inciting%20a%20race%20war.

Will Ferrell goes on a road trip with long-time friend Harper Steele, former SNL head writer and newly out trans woman.

As a kid, I could never have imagined trans people just being out in movies and TV. What I would give to see all these trans people when I was 10.

I'm not crying, you're crying 😭

#Trans #Transgender #Queer #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRZ1ELeGepo

#The19th wanted to ‘normalize’ #women in #power. In 2024, it’s dreaming bigger.

The nonprofit newsroom, entering its fifth year, is making new hires & planning to grow an endowment.

The birth of the 19th came in the wake of #HillaryClinton’s 2016 electoral loss — & a growing frustration that traditional #news #media wasn’t equipped to cover women in #political life.

#Equity #Women #LGBTQ+ #gender #journalism #politics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/09/05/19th-news-site-ramshaw-lasharah-bunting/

It's the first of the month, the day I push myself to actually promote my writing!

As I'm still revamping my personal website to get ready for #rescueTransRescue, I'll share a link to my LGBTQ+ science fiction story on AO3:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58084306/chapters/147879313

Its title is "Radiant Inverse", there are currently 27 chapters published out of a plotted (and half-written) 115.

I'd be happy if you took a look at it! You don't have to be a registered user to read it or to comment. 🚀

Boosts appreciated!

#scifi #lgbtq #sff #writingcommunity #writing #sciencefiction

Trans people are more than 10% of those murdered in Texas despite being less than 1% of the population.

#Trans #Transgender #Queer #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT

https://www.hrc.org/news/vanity-williams-black-transgender-woman-who-created-and-made-a-safe-space-for-everyone-killed-in-houston-texas

Remembering Vanity Williams

Vanity Williams, a 34-year-old Black transgender woman, was shot and killed in Houston, Texas on August 3, 2024.

^{Human Rights Campaign}

#WompWomp

“ #Colorado Republicans have voted to remove their party’s chairman amid mounting internal criticism of his leadership, including over recent posts that attacked the #LGBTQ community and accusations that he had fueled divisions within the party…

Party members selected Eli Bremer, a former chairman of the party in El Paso County in Colorado, to serve out Mr. Williams’s term.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/25/us/colorado-gop-chair.html

One of the things that jumps out at me in this listing is the isolation and fear.

Today, queer youth see rainbow flags, get to listen to Chappell Roan, see trans celebrities like Laverne Cox, Eliot Page, and Kim Petras, etc.

The work of the past 40 years has made such a difference - and it's ongoing

#Queer #LGBTQIA #Lesbian #LGBTQ #LGBT

https://tech.lgbt/@LilahTovMoon/113020199804253770

Are you a trans person (including non-binary people, of course) that's fundraising to cover the costs of transition related care? Or other trans related stuff?

If you are, we might be able to help you by sharing your fundraiser on our social media channels.

To request a share on #FundingSunday, click the link in our bio, go to 'TransActual forms' and click 'Funding Sunday request form'.

#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #LGBTQIA #LGBTQI #LGBTQ #LGBT #Queer #Transition #TopSurgery #FTM #MTF

Look babe, a better "Don't tread on me" flag just dropped.

This goes well with reclaiming Freedom & Patriotism from the hateful traitors.

#RoeVWade #LGBTQ #Flag

JK Rowling might have gotten even deeper into legal trouble with her latest tweet, attacking Imane Khelif again.

https://www.intomore.com/the-internet/wtf/jk-rowling-might-have-gotten-even-deeper-into-legal-trouble-with-her-latest-tweet/

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

JK Rowling might have gotten even deeper into legal trouble with her latest tweet - INTO

Good grief

^{Henry Giardina (INTO)}

Detail of More Perfect Union, an abstract expressionist painting of acrylic, oil, marker, and newspaper on canvas. The painting was made in 2013. The title comes from a small piece of newspaper stuck to the surface of the painting that shows a photo of a couple in the New York Times weddings section. Prior to nationwide legalization of gay marriage in 2015, the Times began publishing same sex marriage notices...
See blog: https://dotart.blog/rmiddleton/reckoning-with-a-more-perfect-union

Preview of my new show Reckoning.

#Rart #lgbtq

#PeteButtigieg, #OprahWinfrey & #TimWalz destroy #DonaldTrump & #ShadyVance (#JDVance) during #DNC’s third night.

#LGBTQ+ #speakers graced the stage, with one of them telling the #SupremeCourt, "You can pry this #weddingband from my #cold, #dead, #gay hand!"

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Politics #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews #Megathread

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/pete-buttigieg-oprah-winfrey-tim-walz-destroy-trump-vance-during-dncs-third-night/

Pete Buttigieg, Oprah Winfrey & Tim Walz destroy Trump & Vance during DNC's third night - LGBTQ Nation

Four LGBTQ+ speakers graced the stage, with one of them telling the Supreme Court, "You can pry this wedding band from my cold, dead, gay hand!"

^{Daniel Villarreal (LGBTQ Nation)}

#Gay #Rep. #RobertGarcia reveals #VicePresident #KamalaHarris’ biggest #LGBTQ+ #goal for her #presidency

He mentioned #bookbans and Trump's other #attacks on #LGBTQ+ #people, but here's Harris' number one goal... #Equality

#LGBTQIA

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/gay-rep-robert-garcia-reveals-kamala-harris-biggest-lgbtq-goal-for-her-presidency/

Gay Rep. Robert Garcia reveals Kamala Harris' biggest LGBTQ+ goal for her presidency - LGBTQ Nation

He mentioned book bans and Trump's other attacks on LGBTQ+ people, but here's Harris' number one goal...

^{Daniel Villarreal (LGBTQ Nation)}

Trans indie singer-songwriter Freddie Lewis has dropped the music video for his new single “Sundays”, and fans are already calling it incredible.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/19/rising-trans-indie-artist-freddie-lewis-new-single-sundays/

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Rising trans singer Freddie Lewis wows with ‘incredible’ new single

Trans indie soul singer Freddie Lewis has dropped the music video for his new single "Sundays", and fans are already deeming it "incredible".

^{Marcus Wratten (PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news)}

"In a bombshell leak from @PinkNewsStaff on X, Pink News' CEO Benjamin Cohen has been recorded signalling his intent to abandon the trans community to instead focus on being an “entertainment powerhouse”."

https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/breaking-pinknews-refuses-to-cover

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

BREAKING: PinkNews refuses to cover trans issues on the basis it jeopardises ad revenue and is "contentious".

While Transgender lives in the UK and US are at risk, PinkNews abandons its transgender readers.

^{Lucy from Naarm (Lucy From Naarm)}

PinkNews is refusing to cover trans issues because it thinks trans people aren't advertiser friendly!

If you run an ad blocker, add the site to your filters and block it

#Trans #Transgender #Queer #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT

https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/breaking-pinknews-refuses-to-cover

BREAKING: PinkNews refuses to cover trans issues on the basis it jeopardises ad revenue and is "contentious".

While Transgender lives in the UK and US are at risk, PinkNews abandons its transgender readers.

^{Lucy from Naarm (Lucy From Naarm)}

"Hundreds of New College of Florida library books, including many on LGBTQ+ topics and religious studies, are headed to a landfill.

A dumpster in the parking lot of Jane Bancroft Cook Library on the campus of New College overflowed with books and collections from the now-defunct Gender and Diversity Center on Tuesday afternoon."

~ Steven Walker

#books #education #gender #LGBTQ #Florida #NewCollege #BookBans #libraries
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https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/education/2024/08/15/new-college-of-florida-throws-away-hundreds-of-library-books-diversity-lgbtq/74814756007/

New College of Florida tosses hundreds of library books, empties gender diversity library

A dumpster in the parking lot of Jane Bancroft Cook Library on the campus of New College overflowed with books from the Gender and Diversity Center.

^{, Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)}