#howtobeanally

[disanddatmedia]

I'm feeling great and honoured to be apart of @pridecorneronwhyte since july, I made friends, I've learned, I feel like I've made some sort of difference, and I feel like I was able to be more of my weird crazy self, so thank you and glad to be of assistance in the future! #disanddatmedia #pridecorner #ally #thisiswhatanallylookslike #howtobeanally #thankyou #feelinggood https://www.instagram.com/p/CXzHQaWFBbU/?utm_medium=tumblr

[rahachi]

How to be an anti-racist #9. DM me for a link to the full article. Its a fast, easy, and *important* read. #endracism #endwhitesupremacy #endwhiteprivilege #howtobeanantiracist #howtobeanally https://www.instagram.com/p/CJwTCsGgD6_nWTDIP4wednAnC4fZvc7WxNJTh40/?igshid=11bf3sctxu2q

[spread-the-nerd]

Let’s. Break. Barriers. ⁣ ⁣ Your She-Hulk pep talk for today is about TAKING ACTION. 💪🏼💪🏼⁣ ⁣ We all face obstacles in life. And society doesn’t make it any easier to live based on your:⁣ 👨🏼‍🦽 Disability ⁣ ✊🏾 Skin Color⁣ 🏳️‍🌈 Who You Love⁣ 🚺 Gender⁣ 🚻 How You Identify ⁣ 🧕🏽 Religion⁣ 👘 Culture ⁣ ⚖️ Weight ⁣ ⁣ (^ the list goes on)⁣ ⁣ If you experience societal privilege, it’s your job to help BREAK the barriers that make life harder for marginalized groups. ⁣ ⁣ And here’s how you can do that: ⁣ 1️⃣ If a marginalized group is complaining about their quality of life - LISTEN. ⁣Just because it doesn’t affect you personally, doesn’t mean it’s not important. 2️⃣ Use what you’ve learned by LISTENING to see what you can do to help. ⁣ 3️⃣ Stand up for marginalized groups! This can look like anything from publicly speaking out against discrimination to signing the petition to get the law passed. ⁣ 4️⃣ Amplify the marginalized voice. Use whatever privilege you have to help their voices be heard. ⁣ 5️⃣ Take action. Be it big or small. It is important that marginalized groups know we are here for them. Actively work on being a better ally, always. ⁣ ⁣ If you’re looking a place to start, check out @allyactionoftheday ⁣ ⁣ This platform will give you one small daily task to complete that will help you become a better ally in instances of social injustice. ⁣ ⁣ My call to action for you today is to follow @allyactionoftheday and get to work 💚💜⁣ ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ ⁣ #equalityforall #lgbtqally #howtobeagoodally #howtobeanally #beanally #standupforwhatsright #SheHulk #SheHulkSeries #SheHulkCosplay #Shulkie #HeatherForSheHulk #SheHulkPepTalk #itainteasybeinggreen #peptalk #jenniferwalters #marvelcosplay #curveycosplay #fitgeek #womenofmarvel #cospositive #cospositivity #cosplayisforeveryone #superheroself https://www.instagram.com/p/CCUl_AnDxGy/?igshid=9dr4if6ab3qj

[damagingbamboo]

What is an Ally? “Not being a twat” “To accept love and support everyone” ——————————————————— To me, an ally comes in many different shapes, sizes and backgrounds. To me, everyone that follows me on social media is an ally, because you are taking the time out of your day to support my journey. To me, everyone that likes and comments on my pictures is an ally, it’s the small things you say and do, that helps support and accept the community. To the people that share my posts, put them on their stories, share them with their friends, go out of their way to educate themselves a little bit more, you, are all allies! ——————————————————— To the people that go above and beyond, to help everyone, to be a shoulder to cry on in the LBGT community. That passionately care about you, regardless of labels, you are allies! ——————————————————— If you correct someone that’s been misgendered, if you want to know more about the LGBT community, if you actively go out of your way for someone, you are an ally! ——————————————————— If you want to know more about how to become an ally, please comment below. ——————————————————— Stay blessed💙 • #MyLTCjourney #MyHRTjourney #MyTOPSurgeryjourney #LTCBrandAmbassador #Ally #BeAnAlly #HowToBeAnAlly #WhatIsAnAlly #TransMan #Transgender #TransAndProud #TransIsBeautiful #TransFamily #Trans #ftm #FemaleToMale #LGBT #LGBTCommunity #LGBTProud (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBn2ntVjocX/?igshid=4ppr9797ipno

[wadepool87]

#HappyPride #LGBTQ #PrideMonth #HowToBeAnAlly #Pride https://www.instagram.com/p/CBk06vVj17T/?igshid=1if23ovunqbvv

[isthatreallydyamondj]

One day three of #BlackHistoryMonth we’re taking it back to the 1968 Olympics and the most iconic photo is sports history. In the summer of 1968, American sprinters John Carlos and Tommie Smith orchestrated a silent protest on the Olympic podium.  During the medal ceremony for the 200-metre race at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, gold medalist Smith and bronze medalist Carlos famously raised black-gloved fists and bowed their heads to signal black power and black unity in the US.The photographic image of protest still resonates today. The two athletes wore black socks without shoes to show black poverty, while the black scarf around Smith's neck represented black pride. The overtly political statement in an international arena was booed by the crowd, widely denounced back home and the two were subsequently expelled from the Games. Peter Norman was also pictured, On his left breast he wore a small badge that read: "Olympic Project for Human Rights" -- an organization set up a year previously opposed to racism in sport. Norman was the one to suggest that Carlos and Smith wear a glove on alternating hands, when Carlos left his gloves at the Olympic village. He had no means of making a protest on his own but wanted to stand in solidarity with these men. The three of them would never be invited to the Olympics again but what they did still resonates around the world today. #BlackKing #HowToBeAnAlly https://www.instagram.com/p/B8HfKIAgX9W/?igshid=1hgnhmji21yi6

[theodoraspoons]

Don't just defend us when we're around. We need people to defend us when we're not there to defend ourselves! #HowToBeAnAlly #T3ddyTalk #T3ddyAndFriends #LGBTPodcast #Comedy #Enby #Trans https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Ft-HglXvo/?igshid=1ps6c34ktd0gc

[officialmnir]

Don't just defend us when we're around. We need people to defend us when we're not there to defend ourselves! #MyNameIsRiley #LGBT #GRSVP #Trans #Enby #HowToBeAnAlly https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Ft2_kHUiB/?igshid=1afsvyg7ippju

[rahachi]

How to be an anti-racist #8. DM me for a link to the full article. Its a fast, easy, and *important* read. #endracism #endwhitesupremacy #endwhiteprivilege #howtobeanantiracist #howtobeanally https://www.instagram.com/p/CJwSVxdgP7nRxsZcPNJDf_v0dyvZSCGcaH6hNc0/?igshid=5kzr6jwkpfj0

[villa-anj]

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Be a bridge, alleviate, listen All ways to be an ally and to use your position and privilege to help those who are in need. Excellent video @supdaily #blm #ally #howtobeanally #actup #useyourvoice https://www.instagram.com/p/CAx0OLegn8tkvODqdw2FerzT6BUJ9E5fwSDR5k0/?igshid=1p5grnj04f3ai

[helloitsmelucia]

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— Lucia (@lucia_adams) November 8, 2017

via Twitter https://twitter.com/lucia_adams November 08, 2017 at 07:28PM

[green-thumbelina]

CW: sexual assault ... ... Today was a dark day. #kavanaugh is a rapist who sits on the Supreme Court of the United States. It was cathartic to get together with other survivors and share stories in solidarity, despite the rain, to talk about next steps with the midterm election and practice building a community where women can feel safe. There were four chodes in MAGA hats shouting racist dog whistles at us and antagonizing a crying 17yo rape survivor. A couple of our white cis-guy allies went over there and deescalated it, putting their bodies in front of marginalized folks. It was some top notch allyship. Big ups to @nmagnus0428 and @streetsbound for literally protecting us from nazis tonight. #nazisfuckoff #howtobeanally #thanksforbeingtallatthem #thatsallyouneedsometimes (at Reno, Nevada) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bon96e6FWKlCHsorGn47U2909NyNy-QUGgmrS80/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=155t6n17hb5xm

[thelatefreethinker]

when ppl privileged with being heard use their privilege to bolster silenced, attention-deprived marginalized voices^^

when privileged ppl are aware of the space they take up^^

[mercurialturnip]

You know what I'm tired of? Well meaning, sympathetic men talking about how useless women's self defense is, how all our attempts to fight back will only make our attackers mad and get out poor, foolish, delicate asses killed. Tell it to the abusers who end up dead. Tell it to the attackers who've been driven off. You don't have to be a fucking power lifter to fight for your own life. Ask anyone who's worked in a nursing home, and needed four people to hold down one tiny, delusional geriatric. Of course it can go either way. Of course there are no guarantees. There never are, regardless of the genders involved. We can talk odds when someone brings some goddamned well-researched statistics to the table. But stop making broad generalizations based on the assumption that women are weak and helpless.  

[kwhynot]

I was originally going to reblog a post with this text, but the blog just disappeared. So I'll put it here.

Look, I don't want to fight you just to disagree with you. I'm an ally. I am a member of the same group of people who are supposed to be the sidekicks.

The thing is, alot of allies do this shit. Look at lgbt-supporters. Look at loveourallies. There's being supportive, and then there's just doing a thing to make yourself look good and feel special.

The problem isn't in the fact that we're expected to be inferior. The problem is, we expect to be seen as superior for acknowledging QUILTBAG+ are equal. That's fucked up because the whole point of the movement is that equality is NOT supposed to be this rare, novel find, but normal, acceptable behaviour in society. 

This sense of superiority lies deep in a kind of insecurity that, despite what they might say, allies ARE afraid of having the spotlight stolen from them. They're afraid that with the growth of the QUILTBAG+ community come the erasure of the hetero community. THAT stems from an even deeper insecurity; out of all the stories and narratives you go through from life to death, you fear not being the main character. Main characters are relatable, they're the smart, charming ones, they're the alpha good guys. If we're not that smart, charming, alpha good guy every time, we feel left out and abandoned. No one relates to us. We're not 'special'.

And to me, this speaks volumes about the amount of balls you have; how insecure about you that you have to hog the spotlight of everything that happens around you to feel good about yourself, even when it's got nothing to do with you?

Sometimes the most constructive thing you can say as an ally is silence. Know when to hand over your voice and time, and let them speak. 

tl;dr We're allies; by defintion, we are friends OF the heroes of their own stories. We should not be twisting it around to force it to be ours.