#supporting people with Aids

[remembertheplunge]

This is the painting I found in the dumpster behind my apartment in Sacramento in 1987 that I mentioned in my Goodwill Hunting blog today, 1/10/2025.

It is significant to me because I really started to come out when I lived there and I began to volunteer to help men with AIDS through their illness and death.

[northgazaupdates]

EDIT: Updated Link! Displaced family with malnourished father needs your support!

Abed @mohmad2 is raising funds to support his family after they were displaced from Gaza City to Deir Al-Balah.

His two previous campaigns, which raised over €5000, were terminated by GFM with no prior warning or explanation. This was catastrophic, as he requires these funds to feed and supply his young family. He and his wife have 2 children, a toddler and a newborn, and they are struggling to feed and provide them with medical care.

Please help Abed’s luck turn around! Reblog this post, share his campaign across social media, and follow him to stay updated on his situation!

Thank you❤️

EDIT: NEW UPDATED LINK!!!

***Abed is vouched for by @nohaibrahims-blog

[inkskinned]

"don't make it political!" .... what proportion of death and suffering must occur before politics are involved. if this isn't political, what is even the point of any politics, ever. of democracy. the words are "by the people for the people." if i am going to be left alone by my elected representatives to "figure it out" - to undergo damage, hardship, fear. what the fuck did i elect them for. what was their job. the entire point is that they handle this shit. this is why we were supposed to be electing leaders.

poverty is political. misogyny is political. gun control is political. climate change is political. how much aid a community gets is political. what the fuck are you talking about. it's been political this whole fucking time.

[critterbitter]

Sometimes, it's lonelier when you're in a crowd you can't understand. Elesa, who struggles with the language divide and being hard of hearing, solves this by simply refusing to engage.

BONUS! The twins did not get their starters yet. They think Elesa’s so cool and stoic. This is a hilarious misunderstanding.

Want something funnier? Here's my submas masterpost!

[heritageposts]

[m-albalawi]

Dear friends, kind-hearted strangers,

I don't know why I didn't get enough support or donate recently, are a people really not interested in us anymore? I know it's been a long time coming and we've been living in this darkness for almost a year, my heart is so frustrated, but your support is a beacon of hope in this darkness we live in 😔💔

We are almost halfway to our goal, I truly appreciate support and standing by me and my family ❤

But If everyone donates 5$, it will make a difference, and we become very close to our goal, I don't want to be intrusive but just feel us in your hearts, that's all I hope for, and thank you for everything you have given us so far, I really appreciate it and am really grateful to you.. 🙏💕

🔴 fundraising campaign vetted by @90-ghost Here, @gazavetters #78 on the list ✅✅

Please share the link and spread the word to everyone you know, it really helps 🙏❤

[stars-obsession-pit]

So, fun fact:

John Constantine got a transfusion of some demonic blood to repair his injuries at one point (since the demon needed him healthy to complete a certain task), and it left some lasting effects on his body/soul.

I don’t yet have a single specific plot idea for how to have it contribute to the plot of a DPxDC crossover fic, but i feel like it could absolutely do something.

Like maybe it’s treated similarly to resurrection by Lazarus Water and leaves him a type of unhealthy liminal, but since this is demonic in nature, the corruption’s effects/treatment are way different from Lazarus stuff.

Or maybe it makes him just inhuman enough to fall slightly under the Ghost King’s control, leading to him being dragged into ghostly politics by that.

Or maybe he actually dies and becomes a ghost, but the blood makes him into a sorta half-ghost half-demon entity. Though the soul contracts would likely muddy the water even further with any “dying” stuff…

[boudicca]

help siraj rebuild! 🏡

while it's extremely important to help palestinians escape the current conditions in gaza, we have to do it with faith that the people of palestine will return to their homeland and rebuild. some have already taken up the difficult task of being the first to rebuild. i've had the pleasure of befriending siraj @siraj2024, whose goal is to rebuild his home in a safer location in gaza. his home was destroyed by the idf at the beginning of the war, and the 5 members of his family — including 3 young children — have been forced to relocate over and over. siraj's family recently raised enough money to relocate from the dangerous situation they were in, but for the time being they are still living out of makeshift tents. their current goal is $20 000 CAD for building supplies. i cannot overstate how important it is to help provide this young family with a cool and stable shelter; temperatures in gaza are extremely hot in august (around 40°C/100°F) and there is very little potable water available in the strip. with this new home, siraj can keep his sweet children safe now, and, one day soon, provide shelter to his extended family when they make their return.

siraj and his family are currently hoping to raise $20 000 CAD for basic building materials for an initial building, which will eventually be extended into a real house and home. even a small donation will go a long way toward helping.

the family's fundraiser has been vetted by @el-shab-hussein (x) and @nabulsi (x), among others.

there are currently two raffles going on through which you can support siraj — one for a collector's edition of madeleine l'engle's wrinkle in time quintet and one for a custom art commission!

[redjaybathood]

Tymothy Snyder shared this guide on how to contact your reps to help Ukraine:

If you're from the USA, I would really appreciate you doing this.

If not, I would thank you for sharing it.

[remembertheplunge]

March 20, 1996 Wednesday 10:40am Deva’s.

The above entry was written at Deva’s Restaurant while I was on a break from court. I was a deputy Public Defender in Modesto California. The 3 strikes law had been effect since March 1994. With the right prior convictions, a person could get life for a minor current offense. I handled many of the office's 3 strikes cases It was a continual horror show.

I learned as a volunteer when working with men with aids helping them through their illness and death to keep one foot outside of the story so as not to fall in. The same rule applys to criminal law practice. If you are consumed by their story, you lose your perspective.

Life was tough and tried hard to make me feel wrong about myself. That’s the nature of criminal law practice.

But now, as then, I work out, write, and now also swim in the ocean to turn those arrows out for even for a brief time. (I still practice criminal law)

[northgazaupdates]

EMERGENCY!🚨Please do NOT scroll!

This is Alia and her son Yasser. Yasser, his mother, his 3 siblings, and his grandparents were displaced from north Gaza after their home was destroyed by the occupation several months ago. They are currently in Rafah, which is now under heavy bombardment by the occupation, and ground forces are closing in.

Alia, Yasser, and their family have been struggling with hunger and sickness for months. Now, the occupation has illegally launched an aerial and ground offensive on Rafah.

As part of this attack, they bombed the place where Alia, Yasser, and their family were sheltering. A chunk of shrapnel pierced the thin wall of the tent in which all 7 family members are living and struck Yasser in the torso, seriously injuring him. He had to have major emergency surgery to remove the shrapnel from his small body.

Photo 1 shows where the shrapnel entered the tent, photo 2 shows where Yasser was struck, and photo 3 shows the piece of shrapnel after field surgeons recovered it from his torso.

Due to the destruction of Gaza’s infrastructure and the worsened food crisis, Yasser’s recovery is heavily stymied. Medical infrastructure in Gaza has been almost completely destroyed, and the last functioning medical centers in Rafah are operating at minimal capacity. Yasser cannot get the treatment he needs, and he is in poor condition.

Alia, Yasser, Alia’s other children, and her parents are trying to evacuate Gaza so that they can reach safety and Yasser can get the treatment he needs.

Rafah Crossing is still closed, but once it reopens, we want Alia, Yasser, and their family to evacuate. However, they are still very far behind their goal.

Please help this family find safety. If you cannot support them directly, please reblog this post, and repost this link (https://gofund.me/328c6d35) across your social media accounts.

Alia provided a full breakdown of costs on the campaign page.

Thank you

Thank you to @el-shab-hussein for verifying

[batwynn]

Listen. The moment you get an older than 45 queer romance going in media I’m thrilled and I just don’t gaf if it’s sad, ‘Bad Rep’, light and happy, plot B, not ‘serious enough’, ‘too serious’, Can’t Happen Because One of Them Only is in Love With the Other Inside a Mind Split Work Place, Not Safe For Work, etc. I don’t care. I want it to exist and I will thoroughly enjoy it.

I grew up hearing about all the friends my mom lost in the queer community. I grew up knowing that those people would never have a romance that aged with their bodies. That they’d never have these kinds of stories. That the people who did survive still face hatred and violence just for holding hands in public even after living through this shit for so many years. So, yeah. I want to see the older queer couples in love, ok? I don’t care if it’s not the Young People Aesthetic or ‘Good Representation’ or wtfever. I just don’t care. They deserve to age, and love, and be messy, and be real people, and have stories told about it.

[fraugremlin]

Hello, with everything going on right now, I wanted to make a thread and ask Americans for resources that can be shared around for;

-Aiding Immigrants and families of immigrants, families who had their visa appointments cancelled and stuck at the border.

-LGBTQ+ resources to help people needing relocation or other situational things.

-As commented, Resources and Aid for people w/Disabilities both visible and invisible.

- General resources to give aid to impoverished or struggling communities.

-Political movements, protests, community projects and other forms of resistance.

Really, I want to make a collection of possible sources for people both in America and out to offer assistance to people who are struggling rn with the current events in US Politics and EU Musk Interference.

There is a lot of fear right now, so let's do the things we can. Even if you can't financially or physically participate, we must share any and all resources. We have to make sure the push back is louder than the fear right now. We need to make sure people can see there is still a fight and goodness in us. No sitting back in fear. We have to do something for everyone.

[transgirl-gaming-thoughts]

Reminder this pride month that trans people are struggling. Especially trans women. If you’re a queer person looking to engage with the community this month and support the queer people around you, please engage in direct mutual aid. Parades are fun, parties are fun, but people are struggling to pay rent, or buy food, and if you’re in a position to help those people, it’s a moral imperative to do so.

[flagellant]

In light of Yet Another trans woman being falsely fucking accused of shit like pedophilia/zoophilia/whatever the fuck to try and justify harassment and mistreatment by badfaith individuals (take your pick of which one because the playbook fucking remains the same) I'm currently trying to save up money to move out to a new cheaper place to live with a better job market. I'm a queer indigenous fag who wants groceries and shit along with aforementioned saving up, my Paypal info can be found here and my Venmo is @ItsTheInnkeeper.

[khawla-gfm2]

📰Khawla's Family Campaign Update: 28📰

$4,018/$20,000 as of September 11th [10pm CDT]

After some delay with bank information and international wires, yesterday i was finally able to send over $1,500 dollars over for Khawla. I will be able to make another large money transfer likely sometime next week.

Thank you so much if you've donated before. and if you haven't even just $5 can go a long way! otherwise keep reblogging and sharing the campaign. It truly means a lot.

If we can get about 800 people to donate $20 we'll complete the goal as soon as possible!

Help me get the campaign a 4th of the way there and reach $5,000!

[for more information about this campaign check the pinned post in this blog; the campaign page itself; or message me directly if you have any questions.]

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