#connecting humanity

[schoolhater]

[naseef-mahmoud]

I hope you're doing well.

Could you please reblog this post on your account to help support my family?

I'm new to Tumblr and GoFundMe, and I truly need your help 🙏❤️.

Thank you so much 🌹

https://gofund.me/a3d6c3b0

[fandomtrumpshate]

FTH 2025 Supported Org: Crips for eSims for Gaza

The Israel-Hamas war has resulted in the devastation of Gaza's telecommunications infrastructure. Despite the efforts of Paltel to repair towers or cables, the destruction has left many in Gaza with no way to connect to the internet, communicate with each other, or share their story with the outside world. In the midst of this, eSims have emerged as an imperfect but crucial solution, allowing phones to connect to roaming signals on Egyptian or Israeli networks.

A partnership between Connecting Humanity and the Disability Visibility Project, Crips for eSIMs for Gaza is a disability rights campaign to fundraise to provide eSIMs for people in Gaza. Donations are used by volunteers to purchase and top up eSims.

You can support eSims for Gaza as a creator in the 2025 FTH auction (or as a bidder, when the time comes to donate for the auctions you’ve won.)

[blackpearlblast]

esims for humanity is looking for nomad esims

Nomad has code NOMJUNE22 until June 30 that gives 22% off any plans once.

I think this is the biggest discount I remember them ever giving! great opportunity to get esim cheaply for people

if don't know about connecting humanity search "esims for gaza" to learn more

[mcuthoraction]

This is what your eSIM donations have been doing for the past 11 months 👇🏼 Saving lives. Connecting Hospitals. Resuming online studies. Evacuating safely. Reporting on social media and to the media. Connecting people with their families. Resuming online jobs. INTERNET ACCESS IS NOT A LUXURY.

Posted by @Mirna_elhelbawi in this thread

Consider donating an eSIM with the instructions here or donating to Crips for eSIMs for Gaza, both of which are working to provide eSIMs/internet to Palestinians undergoing genocide.

As an added incentive to donate, show solidarity, and speak up about Palestine, Gotcha for Gaza events like ours are offering fandom art, fics, edits, cosplay images, and more for proof of donations to Palestinian fundraisers, such as the Gaza eSIMs initiative.

We're offering MCU Thor Loki and Hela art/fics for proof of donations worth at least $5USD, but many different fandoms are participating, and you can find a full list of these events here.

Please donate if you can because eSIMs are helping many Gazans stay alive and connected.

[kallenchi]

https://cripsforesimsforgaza.org/

[horrorhorizon]

Esims are in high demand!

Here is a tutorial how to purchase the most requested esim

1. Download the Simly app

2. Click here

3. Find Asia, scroll to and then click see all

4. Click Palestine

5. You will see all the avaible options. 5gb is most requested. Click the option you want to buy. Be sure to include a referral code if its your first purchase on simly

My referral code:

EB21014E6124

Please reblog this with your referral codes as well!

6. Take a clear screenshot of the qr code then click mannual and copy all the text

Text example below is shortened:

SM-DP+ ADDRESS

th[...].com

ACTIVATION CODE

CH[...]160

7. Send an email to gazaesims@gmail.com

Subject line, add top up if you plan on topping it up: simly Palestine gbxdays (top up)

Body: screenshot of your qr and the mannual instalation that you copied

8. Monitor your sim and wait for it to turn from yellow to green

9. If you haven't had your esim activated reply to the email to let gazaesims know it is still unactive

And that's all!

If for some reason you are unable to do this or cannot afford the full cost of an esim you can donate to crips for esims for Gaza and we will do it!

If someone is able to add image descriptions I would greatly appreciate it!

[quark-nova]

eSIMs for Gaza is on Wikipedia's main page!

[hotgirlsforpalestine]

We are a Palestinian run nonprofit donating eSIMs to Palestinians in Gaza!!! Donate or share, but our eSIMs are wholesale and cheaper than any other third party. We will send you links to track usage as soon as the eSIM is activated, but we have a 100% activation rate because we run the company ourselves!!

[bananarchy4ever]

[horrorhorizon]

Post on crips for esims for Gaza

Donation link to crips for esims for gaza

Post on purchasing nomad sims

Post on purchasing simly sims

esims are low again. check out connecting humanity for more information on directly sending esims or for a linked to crips for esims for gaza's fundraising. you can also set up a recurring donation on chuffed for esims. i have a weekly donation here because being able to keep as many people as possible connected to the rest of the world is critical for documenting the situation and allowing individuals to continue their own grassroots fundraising/organizing

[garyalanhidalgo]

Pride Unlimited! Our LGBTQ+ Stories Shared Without Borders

Kamusta, my fabulous global family! 🏳️‍🌈❤️🌍

Ever since I relaunched GaryAlanHidalgo.com, I’ve greeted you with Kamusta, “how are you?” in the Filipino language. As a Filipino-American, it was important for me to share my culture in small and BIG ways (stay tuned for the upcoming Fantabulous! series). I can’t believe this is the last full week of June. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading the history of Pride from the brick-throwing “NO MORE!” of Stonewall to the no less dangerous first protest marches. From the beginning, it was all about the power of visibility! If you attended a Pride event this month, congratulations! You’re continuing the spirit of Stonewall even as it has evolved to what it is today:

Protest + Partying = Modern Pride

It’s a simple yet elegantly messy equation we covered last week. Wherever on earth you’re reading this final June essay, I hope you had the best Pride Month. In 2023, 101 United Nations states supported LGBTQ+ visibility events, with at least 61 cities holding Pride events. Yes, from Christopher Street in New York City to the streets of Los Angeles/West Hollywood, Manila, Sydney, and beyond (more later), this post is all about Pride Without Borders!

A Rainbow Around the World…

Of course, started with a riot at the bar we’ve already visited. No matter how much I’ve written about it this month, it’s still so unbelievable. That solitary, demoralized plea for dignity at an NYC gay bar in 1969 grew into a global chorus, here and now, that cannot be ignored. Today, Pride is celebrated on every continent. That includes Antarctica (the beyond for most). If you’re in Antartica, I wish to greet you, especially, HAPPY (EARLY) PRIDE! It’s called Polar Pride and commemorates the contribution of queer people in polar research and operations in November. But you get the global picture.

All over the earth, Pride has been welcomed and adapted into many, many cultures and languages. In countless cities, it’s the familiar epic parades and parties honoring the hard-won freedoms of the LGBTQ+ community as a whole. While in more remote places, even in the United States, there’s less hoopla but just as much heart. Depending on where you are, your Pride may be more protest than party. It could even resemble the first post-Stonewall marches, including the danger posed just by showing up. Sadly, such a gathering may still not be legal in your area. Worse, being gay could be illegal even in 2025. Although your “Pride” looks and feels different from my “Pride,” you already know its origins and why visibility matters. That’s where its resilient spirit lives on to inspire, especially where LGBTQ+ rights remain out of reach. Rest assured, especially this month, worldwide visibility counts. It says no queer person is alone. That mattered to Stonewall’s marginalized of the marginalized turned rioters. To the protestors turned marchers in the precursor of today’s Gay Pride parade. Showing up is a celebration of identity, a demand for dignity, a party for protest. A shout of “NO MORE!”

No Need for Google Translate: We Speak from the Heart!

What genuinely connects queer folk beyond the borders are the challenges we face, in different degrees, just for existing. We have innumerable stories in multiple languages. But our shared human experiences stretch beyond geography, and as we’ve explored this Pride Month, eras.

It’s like the stories I write for the Autumn of My Discontent Queerniverse. I write about specific characters at specific times. 60-year-old actor Hughie Roman is in present-day Hollywood. Former teen idol Ian Hornsby is in 90s Venice Beach. What they struggle with as gay men. That’s universal!

As is our search, as LGBTQ+ folk, for love. Whether you've gone to a queer bar like Fantabulous! to find love, or, like Hughie, taken a ride to the Hotel Cairo with your logical Uber driver. However, he wouldn’t readily admit it, perhaps because the new hotel manager of the hotel you–you know–co-own sounded promising. You don't need a passport to go on the journey. The joy of finding that special someone who sees you, warts and all, is a given in any language. Spoilers Ahead in an excerpt from Chapter 4: Richard Hunter in the Flesh (the title’s already spicy):

He entered the room, sure he had enough time to remove the offensive garments. Fabian’s first thought was to turn on the lights so his guest didn’t walk into the bedroom, which in five minutes while he showered went from dazzling to pitch black. He reached for the light switch. Hughie Roman was drying himself off with a cotton towel when the overhead lights flooded the room. The hotel manager’s cheeks flushed red-hot at the brief glimpse of the actor’s nude backside, his creamy tan stretched from head to toe. The skin on most of his back glistened with shiny droplets that looked like he was sweating from intense activity. Hughie turned around, still not noticing he had company. He didn’t have a young man’s body with washboard abs like some celebrities. He may even have had a slight bulge, but it was neither fat nor flat. Fabian’s eyes traced the salt and pepper wisps of hair congregating in faint strokes across his armpits, chest, and tummy down to his … Fabian’s mouth dropped wide open as he finally covered his eyes … “Mr. Roman?”

At least, perpetual Daytime Emmy loser and recent gay divorcee, Hughie, is in good eyes…I mean hands with Fabian. Every culture knows regret and heartbreak, especially us resilient queers. We’ve all lost someone we love, whether through irreconcilable differences, time, or tragedy. We all know how it hurts. Moreso, when it comes to discrimination, which is why Pride is a universal symbol for hope. Better days? They are ahead. Even now. ESPECIALLY NOW

That’s the most incredible part of being part of a chosen family. The way Rusty, Happy, and the whole crew rally around Hughie in The Hotel Cairo, with unconditional love.  Says a lot considering he’s a 60-year-old soap actor who owns a hotel yet is heartbroken he’s never won an Emmy. Yet, beautifully, they understand. We understand rejection and getting older deeper than others. Maybe that’s why a trans woman and an 80-year-old gay man accept Hughie. Warts and all. Thanks to the universal truths of our queer experience, Pride going global says, “You are my family.” One and all.

Connecting Humans One Story at a Time

This week’s topic gets to the very heart of why I created a Queerniverse. I wanted to tell stories about our experience across the decades: characters with different backgrounds, with different lives, in different historical contexts, who are all connected by their shared humanity. As Pride 2025 winds down—and in some places, just revs up—my final wish is that this journey has helped you feel that connection, too. From a riot on Christopher Street to a rainbow flag flying in Antarctica, our stories prove that no queer person is ever truly alone.

Maraming Salamat—thank you so much—for taking this journey with me.

Let's Keep the Global Conversation Limitless!

Experience a Universal Love Story: If you haven't yet, check into "The Hotel Cairo"! Its themes of second-chance love and finding your sanctuary are for everyone, everywhere. Find it on Amazon!

Share Your Connection: What's a universal LGBTQ+ theme that always resonates with you, no matter the story's setting? Love? Found Family? Resilience? Let me know in the comments!

Join My Community: Sign Up for my Love & Laughter Newsletter for more stories, history, and exclusives!

Follow Along: Let's chat more on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky!

Looking Ahead: Thank you for joining me on this incredible Pride Month journey! Stay tuned as we gear up for the Fall 2025 launch of "Fantabulous!" – I can't wait to share it with you!

Happy Pride, my fabulous, global family!

Love & Laughter,

Gary Alan Hidalgo

[joodfamily]

Hello, how are you my friend after the crossings were closed for the 60th consecutive day and the entry of goods and humanitarian aid was prevented. 💔

Back to zero, cooking on fire, and canned food, with the rising prices, we cannot buy clean and healthy food. Every donation, no matter how small, helps us feed our children and is a reason for their breaking of the fast and feeding them 😔💔💔

I hope you will help my family buy healthy food and water. The link to help 💔🙏🏻👇🏻👇🏻 is in my bio. Please help my family. Any help from you will save my family's life. War and bombing have returned everywhere, the crossings are closed, and food prices in the markets have risen dramatically. Please help my family, you are the only hope 😔 Save what is left of the people of Gaza. We need any donation from you, even if it is small. We can buy food for my children. Look at us with compassion and humanity 🙏🏻🥺🥺