IM GOING TO CRY THEY MIGHT INCREASE THE SSI ASSETS LIMIT TO $10,000.
it's a bipartisan bill too! and for anyone unaware, people on SSI (which is different from SSDI), can only have $2,000 in assets (unless they have an ABLE account, which comes with its own rules). this assets limit has been in place for FORTY YEARS and is a giant part of why being on SSI keeps people incredibly impoverished.
i've also heard they might remove the marriage penalty but i don't have the spoons to read or explain it so someone else please add on!
this is huge! please spread the word and do what you can to help ensure this happens!
Disabled people deserve to fall in love. Disabled people should be able to marry without repercussions, without losing anything. It's almost 2023 and why is this still a hot take.
Pride month may be over, but that doesn't mean support for the community isn't still needed.
Here’s a list of a few resources you can use to help the LGBTQ+ community this month and for as long as it takes to rid the world of bigotry.
The Pride Foundation
The Equality Federation
Trans Veterans
The LGBT Aging Center
If you know of other trusted groups, please feel free to leave recommendations in the comments section. :)
Lots of love and well wishes to you all.
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A huge shout out to my wonderful crew Abie Eke, Calla Parmly, Dawn Vice, Josephine Chang, Lexi the First, Rae, Taze Campbell, and Xero Nazarova, for being such amazing Pride Knights! ❤️
News of a good disposition seems more than a little sparse right now, so you really have to make the most of it, as and when.
There is some news, however, from Greece. And this news is pretty, pretty good. So we are going to break this particularly good news to you the only way we know how. Enjoy it y'all.
"Lawmakers in Thailand’s lower house of Parliament overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill on Wednesday that would make the country the first in Southeast Asia to legalize equal rights for marriage partners of any gender.
The bill passed its final reading with the approval of 400 of the 415 members of the House of Representatives in attendance, with 10 voting against it, two abstaining and three not voting.
Thailand has a reputation for acceptance and inclusivity but has struggled for decades to pass a marriage equality law. Thai society largely holds conservative values, and members of the LGBTQ+ community say they face discrimination in everyday life. The government and state agencies are also historically conservative, and advocates for gender equality have had a hard time pushing lawmakers and civil servants to accept change.
[Note: As always, worth noting that all of those things can be said about the US and plenty of Western countries too. The West isn't magically non-homophobic.]
The bill now goes to the Senate, which rarely rejects any legislation that passes the lower house, and then to the king for royal endorsement. This would make Thailand the first country or region in Southeast Asia to pass such a law and the third in Asia, after Taiwan and Nepal.
The bill amends the Civil and Commercial Code to change the words “men and women” and “husband and wife” to “individuals” and “marriage partners.” It would open up access to full legal, financial and medical rights for LGBTQ+ couples...
The new government led by Pheu Thai, which took office last year, has made marriage equality one of its main goals."
“And I’m telling you now that if I were at the men’s World Cup when they were threatening to card players and ban players, I would have served the ban; I wouldn’t have played a game because there’s no way I wouldn’t have worn that armband onto the pitch in that moment.”
“I say that from the comfort of this chair, but I like to believe that’s what I would’ve done because I think it’s right and I think it represents the community that we serve by playing football.º
“Asking for equality, we’re just asking for the same opportunity—a seat at the table, a place in the room. We’re not trying to replace anyone. I’m not asking for you with your opposing ideas to be removed. I’m just asking to exist next to you, and that's okay.”
i wish the concept of bikinis didnt exists!! i wish women's clothes were made to be practical first and decorative as an optional second!!! i wish we didnt make new leggings every year to be the most tight, ass-showing product ever!! i wish women's dresses and skirts and pants and underwears and everything were made with the idea of comfort and not with the notion of "how can i make her body stand out more? how can i make her the hottest?"
i wish for femaleness to be a neutral concept about me and not something that's supposed to be ornative and dainty! i dont want to be modest and i dont want to be hot, i just want my existence to be neutral!!