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In much better and happier news Buffalo after decades of hard work and conservation efforts from indigenous organizations have finally been released back on our lands after 150 years.

I saw this video live and cried my eyes out. This is so important. Despite it all we survived. We're still here and the possibility to heal the land and ourselves is always there even if it will take time.

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hi i am crying. i love you trans women ❤

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@creatorsofcolornet event 12: one year celebration | idols ↳ DOMEE SHI (insp)

To all of the nerdy girls out there who hide behind their sketch books, don’t be afraid to tell your stories to the world! You’re gonna freak people out but you’ll probably connect with them too, and that’s an amazing feeling to have.

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“My privilege will try to make me complicit by default.”

This really hit home, so I’m posting it for others to see.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fukTk8gJ3M

[Image description: A photoset of a white vlogger in front of a bookshelf filled with DVDs, with the captions: "How is it my responsibility, or even my place, to apologize for the actions of my ancestors? Because they did it in my name. They did it for the prosperity of their descendants. But I don’t want any benefits conferred through slavery. I know it’s impossible for me to shed every single advantage that my ancestry affords me, but the least I could do is examine it. Be critical of it, to be as proactive as possible when it comes to the whole ‘not being complicit in historical atrocities’ thing. As a person of considerable privilege, I consider it my responsibility because my privilege will try to make me complicit by default.“]

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Celebrating DC’s non binary actors

Image description: actors clockwise from top left, Ezra Miller, Quintessa Swindell, Chella Man, Ruby Rose.

With the news of DC/HBO Max casting trans actress Ivory Aquino to play the first trans character in a DC feature film, I also wanted to do a post celebrating all the non binary and genderqueer DC actors.

Listing is done by their first appearances in DC live action, both movies and TV shows.

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Ezra Miller, who plays Barry Allen/The Flash. First appearances: cameos in Batman vs. Superman (2016), Justice League (2017). Upcoming movie: The Flash (November 2022).

Miller came out as queer in 2012 and has since spoken about their identity and pronouns in interviews (such as the GQ interview in 2018), also stating they do not use the label ‘queer’ other than to reject gendered labels. “Queer just means no, I don’t do that. I don’t identify as a man. I don’t identify as a woman.”

Pronouns: they/them

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Ruby Rose, who played Kate Kane/Batwoman for one season. First appearance: Batwoman season one, 2019.

Ruby Rose identifies as gender fluid, and has spoken about the expectations of gender and breaking free of them, as well as making a short film about gender presentation.

Pronouns: they/she

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Chella Man, who played Jericho on Titans for one season. First appearance: Titans season two, 2019.

Chella Man is a deaf, trans masc, and genderqueer actor and activist. He has his own YouTube channel discussing gender, disability representation, his transition, and he has also done a Ted Talk.

Pronouns: he/him

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Quintessa Swindell, who is set to play Cyclone in the upcoming Black Adam movie. First appearance: Black Adam, set for release June 2022.

Swindell identifies as non binary and gender non conforming.

Swindell is a LGBTQ+ activist and has been in Netflix teen dramas Trinkets and Euphoria.

Pronouns: they/he

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Please note I have checked the actors’ social media and IMDB for their pronouns.

Which is a good habit to get into when wanting to refer to other people, do check their social media first to see what they list as we can’t always rely on mainstream media to be accurate.

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Read more on my blog post, which also has source links, and links to all the actors’ interviews/social media and YouTube videos/films that I’m not linking on this Tumblr post because otherwise Tumblr hides it:

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Dropping knowledge. 

More history that our schools fail to teach

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Every day i think about those black musicians whose songs were made into covers by white people and now everyone thinks that these are the originals. Youtube comment sections are full of people like "is this what it feels like to find out you're adopted?" instead of celebrating and promoting the original creators of the songs.

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if you’re abled, please watch this

Transcript:

A tiktok reply to a comment that says, “an ambulatory wheelchair user? 😂😂😂”

The girl says, “I wasn’t gonna reply to this comment at first, but I decided I should make a video on it, because recently, I’ve gotten so many ableist comments about being an ambulatory wheelchair user, and I really wanted to address it. There are quite literally hundreds of reasons why someone could use a wheelchair. And actually, the majority of wheelchair users are not paralyzed. Over 60 % of wheelchair users are not paralyzed. They use it for some other disability. So just because you see someone who uses a wheelchair get up and walk for a few steps does not mean that they don’t need their wheelchair.

I use a wheelchair for like, ten different reasons. First of all, I have a condition called hypermobility spectrum disorder, which is very similar to Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, for people who know about that, which basically means that all the connective tissue in my body is extremely stretchy and loose. This means that all of my joints are extremely hyper-mobile and they dislocate very easily. My hips sublux, or partially dislocate, almost every single time I try to take a step. It’s extremely painful, and it literally causes damage to my hip joints. My connective tissue disorder also caused me to develop a condition called POTS, or postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. This makes me pass out basically any time I stand up for more than, like, 20 seconds. So it’s not really safe, because I’ve gotten concussions from it before from passing out and hitting my head.

POTS and hyper-mobility spectrum disorder also come with extreme fatigue, and I don’t mean being tired, I mean fatigue. My muscles physically get exhausted much easier than other people’s. And, to top it off, I have a neurological condition called functional neurological disorder. Basically, it makes my legs go numb, it causes me to have extreme muscle weakness in my calves and thighs, and some days I can’t really move them that well.

Disabled people and ambulatory wheelchair users do not owe you an explanation, and you need to understand that. I am sharing this because I feel comfortable with it and because I want to, I want to educate this person. But you have to understand that not every person is like that, and quite frankly, it’s none of your business. Thank you.”

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^A million times this

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I might as well do a hint of my thoughts here before I go and set things square on Oprah 🤔😜🤷🏼‍♀️ !!!!! 

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In a matter of days, Hawkeye fans will be introduced to a character named Maya Lopez, more popularly known as Echo in the Marvel Comics lore. The character is being played by Alaqua Cox, an actor whose first-ever professional gig will come with Hawkeye. While Marvel producer Trinh Tran admitted in one recent interview that inexperience caused some nerves with the studio at first, the actor ended up being a total “badass,” enough so, the character managed to land her own show at Disney+.

“She is such a badass in this series,” Tran said in an interview with Murphy’s Multiverse. “She really completely impressed us all with her determination and hard work in wanting to make sure Maya Lopez is the way everybody wants.”

She added, “I have to say there was a bit of nervousness at the beginning because Alaqua hasn’t been a part of the industry. To get somebody brand new and pull her into a character like Maya Lopez, it’s a big deal. But she took it in strides, worked hard, and proved to us that there is a character who’s deaf but is able to be a part of the MCU and be a superhero in her own right.”

At the time Cox auditioned for the project, she was working in a warehouse when friends noticed a casting call.

“It’s crazy how much my life has already changed because I was a college dropout,” Cox told People Magazine last month. “I worked at a factory. I’m so excited to show people who I am and what I can do, what anybody can do.”

“They saw the casting call looking for a Native American actress and female deaf actress,” she added. “It just matched so perfectly, so I decided to go for it. I had never seen anybody on the screen that maybe looked like me … deaf, an amputee,”

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Simone Biles for New York Magazine and The Cut photographed by Ashley Pena (2021)

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if you have a couple of bucks to spare, consider throwing them to The Indian Residential School Survivor Society (IRSSS). they provide counseling and other forms of support to first nations people who are residential school survivors. this is a list of other charities that support first nations people, this list is a mix of charities and ways to learn more about first nation activism and history, and this is a link to a free online college course called Indigenous Canada

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Simu Liu interview with Access Hollywood’s Sibley Scoles