i used to get self-conscious over the smallest things but friends let me tell you that today i had to smuggle a furious 8ft python onto the bus during the school rush and not a single person noticed. not one. if people don’t care enough to notice a shopping bag writhing and seething with barely-contained reptilian hatred then i promise you that no-one will pay any attention to that blemish you’re fretting about or how you’ve done your hair
this is extremely concerning and also very reassuring, thank you and please stop bringing pythons onto public transportation
The sexualization of little Asian girls, especially Japanese, Korean, and Thai, is honestly so revolting. These girls can’t even wear their school uniform without being turned into some Western dude’s Lolita fetish. And you know what, “fanservice” anime where the girls are tiny and innocent but still highly sexualized doesn’t help the problem. It’s not “just a cartoon” because media doesn’t exist in a bubble. It contributes to the harm of real little girls because Western men go overseas to rape young girls who are being trafficked precisely because of the prevalence of this fetish through media. Stop the sexualization of innocence, school, and youth and let these girls have a childhood without gross adult men getting off to them.
polynesians: have oral history that references a faraway land of andes-like mountains in the east, cultivated sweet potato (a plant native to central america, not the pacific), literally call sweet potato by the same word used by the quechua and aymara people indigenous to the andes, left physical remains on islands a few km off the coast of chile, have genetic links with native south americans
white academics: hmmm it’s very doubtful polynesians contacted south america.. they probably just stopped permanently at easter island for some reason after systematically navigating the entire south pacific. the sweet potatos floated to them across the ocean
More than 100 gay men have been detained “in connection with their nontraditional sexual orientation, or suspicion of such,”according to the New York Times, which cites the opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta. The Russian newspaper says it confirmed the news with government officials and an analyst of the region also confirmed the news to the Times with her own sources.
Three men are known to have been murdered, although the real number is likely to be higher.
in almost every genocide, the first “act” is the rounding up and killing of a group of men, specifically.
In “root and branch”
genocides they [”civilian men of ‘battle age’”] are often the first group to be separated out and massacred, paving the
way for the murder of women, children, and elderly men. In more common articulations
of genocide, however, they can be the only group slated for outright massacre, while
women, children, and elderly men suffer a range of alternative fates involving rape, sexual
exploitation, torture, forced maternity, murder, and expulsion.
as the rest of this article explains this isn’t to say that men have it worst in a genocide, but that it’s important when you see a very common red flag for genocide to pay attention to the “conflict” in case any more markers of an impending genocide occur.
the g word is really loaded and i’m not bringing this up because i want to start an avalanche of “CHECHNYA IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE AGAINST GAY PEOPLE” fear mongering (that is the absolute last thing that i want). it’s just not possible to prevent any genocide without questioning whether a current conflict might eventually get there. and i do not think it’s nothing that genocide watch is reporting on this.
Russian newspapers and human rights groups report that more than 100 gay men have been detained “in connection with their non-traditional sexual orientation, or suspicion of such” as part of a purge. Several people were also reportedly feared dead following violent raids.
In a chilling response, a Chechen government spokesperson denied that there are any gay people to detain, insisting that “you can’t detain and harass someone who doesn’t exist in the republic”. The Kremlin denied any knowledge of a purge.
But reports have since emerged that the men arrested are being kept in horrific concentration camp prisons, where violent abuse and torture is common.
Based on interviews with eyewitnesses and survivors, Novaya Gazeta reports that a secret prison has been set up in the town of Argun to detain the men arrested in the purge.
One man who was released from the camp told the newspaper that he was subjected to violent “interrogations” at the camp, as Chechen officials attempted to get him to confess the names and locations of more gay men.
The officials also seized his mobile phone, targeting his network of contacts regardless of whether they were gay or not.
The camp was reportedly set up by Chechen forces in a former military headquarters in the town.
The newspaper reports allegations that the Speaker of the Parliament of Chechnya was among officials to visit the site, though the claims have not been substantiated.
The detainees face electric shock torture and violent beatings, while some of them have been held to ransom and used to extort their families.
Tanya Lokshina of Human Rights Watch wrote: “For several weeks now, a brutal campaign against LGBT people has been sweeping through Chechnya.
She continued: “Law enforcement and security agency officials under control of the ruthless head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, have rounded up dozens of men on suspicion of being gay, torturing and humiliating the victims.
“Some of the men have forcibly disappeared. Others were returned to their families barely alive from beatings. At least three men apparently have died since this brutal campaign began.”
She added: “These days, very few people in Chechnya dare speak to human rights monitors or journalists even anonymously because the climate of fear is overwhelming and people have been largely intimidated into silence.
“Filing an official complaint against local security officials is extremely dangerous, as retaliation by local authorities is practically inevitable.
“It is difficult to overstate just how vulnerable LGBT people are in Chechnya, where homophobia is intense and rampant.
“LGBT people are in danger not only of persecution by the authorities but also of falling victim to ‘honour killings’ by their own relatives for tarnishing family honour.”
Alexander Artmyev from Amnesty International spoke to Metro.co.uk.
He said that people who are not in Russia can help by joining the charity’s Urgent Action on Chechnya.
The action encourages people to write in Russian or your own language to Chairman of the Investigation Committee and Acting Head of the Investigation Committee for the Chechen Republic.
Amnesty has also asked the letter, which should ask for an investigation and appeal for protection for LGBT individuals, to be copied into Human Rights groups and diplomatic missions from your country.
I have sensory issues that when not respected make me beyond uncomfortable
If I ask you to stop making a noise please stop making the noise. If I ask you to change the song because a noise in the background is bothering me so much that I’ve started gritting my teeth until my jaw hurts, please change it. If I tell you I can’t eat something because of the texture don’t call me a “freak”. I can’t stand touching things that are gritty, slimy, scratchy, or are made out of microfiber, do not force me to.
Do not try and change me. Do not insult me because these things don’t make sense to you.
I’m the asexual who was sent to conversion therapy as a young teen.
I’m the asexual who thought they were messed up, and broken, and all alone.
I’m the asexual who was told by people who I thought were my friends that God didn’t approve of my ‘alternative’ lifestyle.
I’m the asexual who felt lost in the clothing isles because I didn’t want to look ‘sexy’.
I’m the asexual that struggles with depression, fear, and inadequacy.
I’m the asexual that is being blocked off from resources. Or that you want out of the LGBTQ+ community.
I’m the asexual who is being negatively affected by the ace discourse.
I’m the asexual facing erasure, invalidation, and hate.
Please consider this.
Aphobia exists.
If you don’t believe it does then you may very well be contributing to it.
Please think of the people you are effecting.
Be kind.
Be compassionate.
Please.
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
tag yourself im feeling lost in the clothing isles because i didn’t want to look “sexy”
ace person: talks about their experiences and isn’t even saying anything remotely homophobic
y’all: why are you so homophobic??? lmao lets make fun of this person’s experiences and invalidate them but it’s okay because all aces are cishet!!!!
^^^^^^
Aphobes are so stupid and shitty
They talk about being sent to conversion therapy and feeling broken and y’all jump to making fun of them when they said absolutely nothing wrong
When are y’all just gonna come out and admit that all this “aphobia” shit your into is just an excuse for you to bully and act bigoted towards a group of people with out any backlash because it’s trendy and not because you actually have a valid reason
damn why y’all hating on asexuals for all OP did was talk about their experience as an asexual and y’all literally decided to treat them like shit and mock them but okay keep saying that the LGBT community is all open and forgiving and a safe place for all
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Holy fucking shit.
Exclusionist side of discourse, look through the notes of this post and pick up your fucking disgusting trash.
I literally cannot believe y’all made fun of OP for talking about their experiences, which very well could’ve been triggering them as they were writing this post. And then you go and “AHAHAH ST*PID ACE U FEEL BROKEN AHAH” “TAG URSELF IM MAKING FUN OF THIS PERSONS EXPERIENCES AND FEELINGS”
How. fucking. dare. you.
If this had been a lesbian, gay, bi, trans, pan, nonbinary person or literally anyone else from the LGBT+ community talking about their experience, y’all would’ve jumped on board and given them so much love and support they’d be drowning in compassion.
But no.
Because they’re ace, you made fun of them and their experiences, and you treated them like shit.
Go fuck yourselves.
@OP I am so sorry people were shitsacks to you.
As a non-ace nonbinary pan person, you have my complete support.
The ace-exclusionists in the notes are a big reason I’m pro ace inclusion
Thank you, friend
People making fun of someone who got sent to fucking conversion therapy?
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