#pride activist

[eileen-crys]

More Cyndi Lauper art I did for the Pride Event in Milan 🥰

Yesterday it was her birthday so here it is another artwork, this was very fun to make and I love the original picture I copied it from! 🤟🏻 I hope you'll like it and please check my previous artwork as well!

Please do not repost. Reblogs and comments are welcomed! 💜

[queeryouthautonomy]

We're starting a protest!

Visit queeryouthassemble.org to learn how to join us, and send us an ask or email us at march@queeryouthassemble.org with any questions!

Photo credits and alt text available under the cut:

📸 credits, used with permission: 

All art by the incredible @jesseyoungpaulson 

Slide 6: @cpagsa during their walkout, March 2022

Slide 7: @lgbtatorr during their walkout, as QYA Head of Teams @alia.cusolito gives a speech, March 2022

Slide 8: @briggs_padilla from their walkout, March 2022

Slide 9 and 10: @alia.cusolito from Let Trans Athletes Play, August 2022

Alt text:

Slide 1

A digital art piece showing a diverse group of queer youth is overlayed with text reading, “March for Queer & Trans Youth Autonomy, March 31 2023, All 50 States, Uniting as One.” 

Slide 2

The background is a rainbow gradient with  a digital art piece showing three queer youth. The text reads, “It’s time we create one of the largest queer youth marches in history! Uniting every queer and trans young person under the common goals of safety, autonomy, joy.” 

Slide 3

A rainbow gradient with a small digital art piece in the corner of three queer youth. The text reads, “The queer & trans community has been upended by a series of devastating laws, detrimental legislation, and queerphobic attacks designed to make the lives of queer & trans youth as unbearable as possible. Each and every queer & trans youth serving org has  responded in their own ways, prompting walkouts, protests, legislative challenges, organizational statements, and other rebuttals in an attempt to swing the momentum. Now it’s time to unite our communities powerful work and collectively advocate for youth as one!”

Slide 4

A rainbow gradient overlayed with text reading, “This march will center the voices of queer and trans youth.” This is followed by a bulleted list saying the following, “Marches will be held at capitol buildings & in major cities in all 50 states. Queer & trans youth will share their stories, experiences, and demands to the masses.  Everyone from adults to allies to politicians will march in solidarity. State & national orgs will organize these marches, while students will organize walkouts at their schools.”

Slide 5

A rainbow gradient overlayed with text reading, “Queer and trans youth will receive the spotlight to advocate for their safety, their joy, and their autonomy. The tidal wave that these marches will create, combined with the  political & media spotlight on queer & trans youth, will drown the conservative narratives that have dominated the fight until now. In their place, queer & trans youth voices, stories, interviews, testimony, films, books, will all rise to show the lives and share the stories of queer & trans youth. We will be front and center.” 

Slide 6

An image of students from @cpagsa during QYA’s National Queer Youth Walkout is overlayed with text and a list of checkboxes reading, “Youth! If you are an activist, are in your school’s GSA and/or have been impacted anti queer & trans youth speech, legislation, or laws then we invite you to join our queer & trans youth led march planning committees! Visit queeryouthassemble.org for more information.” 

Slide 7

An image of students at Old Rochester Regional’s walkout, with QYA Head of Teams Alia Cusolito giving a speech, overlayed by text which reads, “ Queer & trans youth listening sessions. January 7th, 2023, 4pm EST, January 11th, 2023, 8pm EST, January 15th, 2023, 4pm EST, and January 21st, 2023, 10pm EST. We invite queer & trans youth across the country to join us at our march listening sessions, where we will be brainstorming a list of demands for the march. Once completed, the list will be circulated across the country, and signed by politicians & organizations to pledge their commitment to queer & trans youth. Register by clicking the link in our bio or visiting queeryouthassemble.org. 

Slide 8

An image of students during the walkout in March, overlayed with text and checkboxes reading, “Adults! If you have an LGBTQ+ kid, support queer & trans youth autonomy, and/or want a safe and loving future for your children then we invite you to donate to Queer Youth Assemble! Visit queeryouthassemble.org to donate.”

Slide 9

An image of queer youth attending Queer Youth Assemble’s Let Trans Athletes Play event in August overlayed with text and checkboxes reading, “Orgs! If you support queer and trans youth autonomy, have BIPOC, trans, or disabled leadership, and/or have experience planning marches or major events, then we invite you to plan a March at your state’s capitol/major city! Visit queeryouthassemble.org to sign your org up. 

Slide 10 

An image of queer youth attending Queer Youth Assemble’s Let Trans Athletes Play event in August overlayed with text and checkboxes reading, “What can I do? Visit queeryouthassemble.org, share this post on your socials, and/or donate to support the march.”

[danneroni]

Happy TDOV 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ Jesus loves the gays, in fact...

[annemarieyeretzian]

[yourdailyqueer]

Jason Jones

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 5 September 1964

Ethnicity: Afro Caribbean - Trinidad and Tobago

Occupation: Activist

Note: Successfully challenged the constitutionality of Sections 13 and 16 of the Sexual Offenses Act prohibiting consensual adult intercourse per anum and sexual acts between consenting same-sex adults. By winning he got those clauses marked as unconstitutional and null and void

[hellomynameisbisexual]

We are bisexual. We are beautiful. We are strong. We are here. We are not confused. We are not greedy. We are not experimenting. We are not going through a phase. We are bisexual. We are attracted to people of all genders. We may be attracted to men, women, transgender people, non-binary people, and anyone else in between. Our attractions are fluid and can change over time. We are proud of our bisexuality. We will not be erased. We will not be silenced. We will not be discriminated against. We demand equal rights and representation. We demand to be seen and heard. We demand to be treated with respect. We are bisexual. We are here. We are not going away. Bisexual people can be attracted to people of any gender, including men, women, transgender people, non-binary people, and anyone else in between. Bisexual people's attractions can be fluid and can change over time. For example, someone might be attracted to mostly men one year and mostly women the next. Bisexual people can be in monogamous or polyamorous relationships. Bisexual people can be cisgender or transgender. Bisexual people can be of any race, ethnicity, or religion. Bisexual people can be of any age, socioeconomic status, or educational level. Bisexual people are just as diverse as any other population group. We come from all walks of life and have a wide range of experiences. What unites us is our attraction to people of all genders. The bisexual manifesto is a declaration of our existence, our pride, and our demands for equal rights and representation. We are here, we are not going away, and we will not be silenced. We demand to be seen and heard. We demand to be treated with respect. We demand equal rights. We are bisexual. We are beautiful. We are strong. We are here.

[nando161mando]

📢 14 municipis del País Valencià i vora 100 de l'Estat tornem als carrers aquest cap de setmana en una altra jornada històrica en suport a 🇵🇸❗

➡️ Aturem el genocidi a Palestina, fi al comerç d'armes i a les relacions amb Israel

📥  Si ets del País Valencià, descarrega't els cartells de les convocatòries ací i empapela els teus territoris: https://linktr.ee/BDSPaisValencia

📢 14 municipalities in the Valencian Country and around 100 in the State are back on the streets this weekend in another historic day in support of 🇵🇸❗

➡️ Stop the genocide in Palestine, end the arms trade and relations with Israel

📥 If you are from the Valencian Country, download the posters for the calls here and wallpaper your territories: https://linktr.ee/BDSPaisValencia

@antifainternational @anarchistmemecollective @kropotkindersurprise @radicalgraff

[gothichorrorshow]

Queer youth autonomy protest!

Are you a queer person in the USA under 25 years old who wants to fight for their rights? Join the protest!

The Basics

This protest is a nation wide protest happening at every state capital and in Washington DC. The date will be March 31st, but there's much to do before then.

The website is queeryouthassemble and the tumblr account is @queeryouthautonomy I am not the official spokesperson or anything like that I just joined the State March Committee and am very passionate :D

If you reblog this post please head over to the official blog and give them a follow and reblog their pinned post! I made it easy for you by tagging them

State Marches

To get information on the locations, times, etc of your local state marches be sure to check this map for changes. Alternatively here's a link to the state march masterpost by the official blog.

While DC and state capitals are the priority, other marches will be held in various places. So hopefully you can find one close to you that you can attend!

DC March

The DC march will be the biggest march and the focus. The goal is to get people from all fifty states to attend. The focus is queer youth, but anyone who cares about queer rights can attend.

If funds are available, hopefully queer youths' trips to DC will be covered for those who can't afford it.

The march path will be mobility aid accessible and the speeches will be accessible for HoH and vision impaired folks!

List Of Demands

The list of demands is now complete! Click here to sign, whether as an individual or for an org.

Committees

The committees are entirely led by queer youth. The committees help organize the protests. There's four committees,

General March Committee: Provides input and suggestions for the general march, helps create a list of demands.

Resources and Guides Committee: Creates resources for safe protests and walkouts, advertises the resources on social media.

Washington DC March Committee: Contacts orgs and politicians to contribute to the DC protest (the biggest protest)

State March Committee: Organizes protests in the state capitals, updates website with state marches information, advertising the state marches.

Here's a direct link to the committee info and sign up!

Walkouts

Along with the protests they're also looking to organize peaceful walkouts at schools nation wide for the goal of having schools become supportive of queer youth.

If you want to organize one at your school, I personally recommend working with your school GSA club (if you have one, if not maybe you'd want to work on organizing one!)

Alternatives to walkouts are available too, there's plenty other ways you can organize an event at your school if walkouts would be too difficult.

Here's a link to further information on alternatives to walkouts and walkout safety.

Donations

Donations are needed to fund the protests! If you've got some spare money and want to support queer youth, please consider donating here!

Organizations

While I doubt I have this kind of reach, especially on tumblr (maybe if enough people reblog idk), if any orgs see this and are interested in supporting the protests,

State orgs: If you'd like to help organize/support a march in your state capital (or other important places) there's a form for you to fill out here.

Nationwide orgs: Your platform is needed for advertising. To find some flyers or pamphlets to use, look here. (I used one for this post)

[commiepinkofag]

Drag Me To The Capitol march and rally against anti-trans bills

Monarch, right center, leads chants in front of the Statehouse doors as protestors participate in the Drag Me To The Capitol march and rally against anti-trans bills in Montgomery, Alabama, on Tuesday May 16, 2023. The march went from the State Supreme Court building to the State Capitol building, then to the Alabama State House. [📷 Mickey Welsh / Montgomery Advertiser]

[baby-girl-aaron-dessner]

Some opinions from Swifties

[gentlegiantace93]

Asexual Outreach Is a resource to get with!

Hey y'all, I am an Asexual activist, I'm also on the board for an Asexual organization....Asexual Outreach is about strengthening and empowering Asexual communities across the United States and Canada.. If you are interested in connecting with fellow community folk and dive into Activism, this is the resource for you!

[xxx-ang3l-w1th-a-sh0tgun-xxx]

[swizziee]

Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali. (1964)

[yourdailyqueer]

Theresa Davis

Gender: Transgender woman

Sexuality: Bisexual

DOB: N/A 

Ethnicity: White - British

Occupation: Activist, writer, entrepreneur

[hellomynameisbisexual]

We exist! We always have! We are bisexual!

We navigate a world often divided by binaries, yet our essence thrives in the beautiful spectrum between and beyond. We are the double helix, the vibrant blend on the artist's palette, the melody with interwoven notes.

Bisexuality isn't about who we love, it's about who we are. It's the strength to defy limitations, the confidence to claim our space, the unwavering truth that our desires and identities are valid.

For too long, invisibility has shrouded our experiences. We've been erased, our stories silenced. But the tide is turning. We are the rising generation, demanding to be seen, to be heard.

Inclusion isn't a favor, it's a necessity. It's about acknowledging the richness we bring to every aspect of life - workplaces, friend groups, communities. It's about shattering the stereotypes that hold us back.

Bisexuality isn't a phase, a trend, or a question mark. It's a powerful declaration of self, a vibrant tapestry woven from resilience and pride.

So, stand tall, fellow bi warriors. Let your voices resonate. Let your presence be known. We are architects of our own identities, and together, we will build a world that reflects the beautiful complexity of who we are.

This is our time. This is our space. We are seen. We are heard. We are Bi and Bold.

[nando161mando]

Day of Action

Waterloo United for Palestine Neighbourhood Rally

Saturday, January 27, 1 pm

Waterloo City Hall (100 Regina St)

End Liberal complicity!

MP Bardish Chagger

We demand you tell Trudeau to:

- Call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire

- End Canada's weapons trade with Isreal

- Advocate for an end to the siege on Gaza

@waterlooregion #WaterlooRegion #Palestine #CeaseFireNow #PalestineSolidarity