#lgbtq+rights

[enigma2meagain]

Kids Online Safety Act AND “STOP CSAM” Act: SOPA/PIPA/EARN IT Act, now with Kids as the Shield!

TLDR; Congress's new bill KOSA that has an immense amount of bipartisan support will lead to internet censorship by giving all state attorney generals, even the ones in Texas and Florida, power to sue websites for "harmful" content and decide what is "dangerous" for minors, force websites to make you upload your govt ID online, and lead to widespread abuse of queer youth.

We have to fight back NOW or else we will see an internet-wide purge of any adult and queer content online, globally.

THIS BILL IS SUPPORTED BY THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL! THE LATTER IS A HATE GROUP!

What can you do about it?

1) Call your Senators. As of 5/25/2023, Your Senators are working at home, which is a good time to flood their voicemails with your concerns about this.

You can use the following website (BadInternetBills.com) to easily contact your senators, sign the petitions, and get more information about the bill, alongside other bad bills like EARN IT Act, STOP CSAM Act, and RESTRICT Act.

A Call Script if you need one, but sticking to the point about the Heritage Foundation and how this bill gives too much power to Attorney Generals is probably simpler for KOSA.

2) Fax your Senators. Use FaxZero to send faxes of the images above, alongside modified call scripts if needed.

3) CONTACT BIG ORGANIZATIONS, INFLUENCERS, YOUTUBERS, PEOPLE IN FANDOM, ETC. This affects everyone who uses an online space, so be sure to contact them as well via any means necessary.

A master list of the people we have so far.

[queerism1969]

[sunnysatyr]

Hey, if you have half a minute and care about the LGTBQIA+ community in the EU, I'd suggest you take a look at this initiative to ban conversion therapies in the EU.

1 million people are required to sign, but there's barely 100k. The form takes less than a minute, it only requires your ID, name and surname.

Please, help spread the initiative so that it can reach the goal ASAP! If you're not from the EU and can't sign, at least reblog! Thanks in advance.

[sleeby-bunny]

goddamn gender inflation, can’t have shit these days

[northern-punk-lad]

10 pounds says terfs start arguing men have an unfair advantage in knitting next

[gorkaya-trava]

so, today we, russian queers, may become "extremists" by decision of russian supreme court and thus our existence will be silenced and erased. any queer activism will be impossible for us. I don't know what to do anymore. I was heartbroken when they passed the laws about "gay propaganda" and transgender people, now I'm just numb. I don't want to escape. I just want to live safely in my own country.

please hear us.

[kropotkindersurprise]

June 21, 2024 - Namibia's high court has declared the "sodomy law" that criminalised gay sex unconstitutional!

Namibia inherited the apartheid-era law banning “sodomy” and “unnatural offences” when it gained independence from South Africa in 1990. [link]

[politijohn]

Source

Happy Pride Month!

[the-real-google]

To celebrate pride month I've decided to make a part 2 of the killing transphobes post since it was given a community warning. (🚗🔨⚒️💥)

LIMITED TIME OFFER:

For every note this gets I will kill one (1) acephobe AND one (1) arophobe with my bare hands.

[fella-lovin-fella]

"there are only two sexes, it's literally third grade biology!" and pronouns are taught in kindergarten and you dont seem to understand those either

[bunnie-the-idiot]

the kids online safety act passed the u.s. senate.

long story short (for anyone who hadn't heard of this before) the kids online safety act, aka kosa, is a bill that will censor online content and resources for lgbtq+ matters, reproductive healthcare, activism (INCLUDING PALESTINE AND LIKELY OTHER CRISES GOING ON LIKE IN CONGO OR SUDAN), mental health, etc. everywhere--its effects likely won't be contained to just america.

today, july 30th, 2024, the senate passed it 91-3. it has officially moved to the house of representatives.

is this a pretty massive setback? yes. do you have every right to be scared, sad, angry, or whatever else about this happening? absolutely. but should you give up hope completely? NO!

even though kosa passed the senate, the house is on break/august recess at the moment. we have around an entire month to get emails, calls, and faxes in to house reps, maybe more depending on when they decide to vote on it.

should it pass the house and get signed into law, we still have a whole 18 months before it actually goes into effect. this is plenty of time for digital rights orgs (e.g. fight for the future, the electronic frontier foundation) and other groups that oppose it to file a lawsuit against it. even if, worst-case scenario, it flies through the house immediately after the recess ends, we can still fight this up to march 2026.

so, yes, remember what's at stake here, but also remember that it's not over yet. we lost a battle, not the war.

below are some resources to learn more about kosa and how to contact your reps (first link) + a page that lets you directly contact progressive house reps, sign an open letter opposing the bill, and view others' testimonies against it (second link):

FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT.

[mollyjimbly]

BLOW UP THEIR PHONES!!!

use this call script accordingly 👇

[queerism1969]

[bizarreaizen]

real homies respect trans people! /gen

[forsapphics]

Happy Disability Pride Month! 🩶💚❤️🤍💛💙🩶🌈 (x)

[artemis-pendragon]

Queering the Map in Gaza and the West Bank