#LGBT Health Awareness Week

[qbdatabase]

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[letters-to-lgbt-kids]

My dear lgbt+ kids, 

Let’s talk about miscarriages. 

First of all, a simple definition: A miscarriage is when a pregnancy ends on its own before the baby can grow enough to survive outside the womb. 

When we say “miscarriage”, we refer to the pregnancy spontaneously ending in the first 20 weeks (so up until halfway through a typical 40-week pregnancy). If it happens closer to birth (after 20 weeks of pregnancy), it’s referred to as a “stillbirth”. We will focus on miscarriages rather than stillbirth in this letter.

A pregnancy spontaneously ending in an early stage is more common than it happening closer to birth. Most miscarriages happen in the first 13 weeks.

A miscarriage usually involves vaginal bleeding. It can range from light spotting to heavy bleeding. It may also include the passing of tissue or blood clots. Abdominal pain or cramps may also be present. (This is why a miscarriage that occurs before the person is even aware they’re pregnant may be confused with a heavy period). 

However, some people may only experience the lessening of pregnancy symptoms (such as a sudden stop of morning sickness) that alerts them to the miscarriage. Some miscarriages also occur without any noticeable symptoms at all and may only be discovered at the next ultrasound. 

Let’s look at some myths and facts about miscarriages: 

Myth: Miscarriages are rare. 

Fact: About 10 to 20% of all known pregnancies end in miscarriage (and the “real” number is probably even higher, since many miscarriages happen before the person even knows they are pregnant). 

Myth: Miscarriages happen because you do something wrong or aren’t careful enough. 

Fact: Most miscarriages happen because of severe problems with the unborn baby’s DNA. These are usually random genetic glitches in the egg or sperm - meaning there’s nobody to “blame”. The baby wouldn’t have survived, no matter how careful the pregnant person is. 

Myth: When we talk about “medical treatment” for a miscarriage, we are talking about people who choose to have a miscarriage. 

Fact: Nobody chooses to have a miscarriage. It’s by its very definition the spontaneous ending of a pregnancy. A person may need to undergo medically necessary treatment because of a miscarriage. It may be necessary to remove tissue that remains in the uterus. This isn’t the trigger of the miscarriage, it is done after the pregnancy already naturally ended. It is done to prevent infection or stop heavy bleeding. This procedure is called a D & C (dilation and curettage) and it can be a lifesaver!

Myth: If you had a miscarriage, it’s a sign you deep down resented the baby. 

Fact: The most wanted pregnancy ever could end in miscarriage. People who tried  for years and finally got pregnant could experience a miscarriage. People who jumped through legal hurdles and spend a lot of money to be able to undergo sperm donation or IVF could experience a miscarriage. This is just a horrible and untrue thing to say about people who experience a potentially traumatic health event that’s entirely out of their control. 

Myth: It’s easy to get over a miscarriage. 

Fact: It’s a life-changing experience. It’s always emotionally challenging. There’s the aspect of the unexpected (and potentially scary) health event, and of course there’s also the aspect of a loss, of grief. It shouldn’t be surprising that, for most people, it’s not something they can easily shrug off. There are a lot of emotions that can come up - during, right after and also months or years after. There’s no time limit on when someone will be “over it”. In fact, they may never feel “over it”, just learn to live with it as part of their reality. 

Myth: If it was an unplanned pregnancy, the person should be relieved to have a miscarriage. 

Fact: There’s no “Should” in loss. Even if they didn’t want to be pregnant, they may still grieve. Even if they do feel some relief, it may be tinged with emotional pain, frustration, feelings of helplessness or guilt… And all of that is valid. Nobody but the person who experienced the miscarriage has a right to say how they feel about it. 

Myth: If you had a miscarriage, it means you’ll never be able to have biological children. 

Fact: Nearly 90% of people who miscarry will go on to have normal pregnancies and healthy babies! 

With all my love, 

Your Tumblr Dad 

[lapeaudelamemoire]

This may be a controversial opinion but I genuinely find that white people can't be trusted to care about anything outside themselves for the most part as a group.

In the last few months looking for a psych placement in mental health + starting work at this new 2-day/week placement in a community health centre, white folks have consistently shown that they just. Don't seem to actively think about people who are not white, both on a systemic and individual scale. Diversity and marginalisation only matter and exist to white people insofar as white people are or can be affected by them, which really isn't any surprise at all when I say this; we know this about white people.

Like the word 'Pride'. 'Pride' is just automatically assumed to be about LGBTQIA+ pride immediately all the time. And yes this is probably in large part because of context in that this isn't the 'US' (it's 'Aus') and there isn't other movements like Black pride or Indigenous pride but like there's never any consideration of other potentialities, it always just automatically means or refers to LGBTQiA+ people. There's a 'Victorian Pride Centre' and the 'Pride' in it refers to LGBTQIA+ pride because it's a LGBTQIA+-friendly space celebrating LGBTQIA+ folks.

Then there was a suggestion of a professional development and training workshop and the top one that was suggested was something called 'Trauma-Informed Diversity Awareness'. To me, 'Diversity' means cultural diversity. But it's also still a vague title in that - what diversity are you talking about? It doesn't specify or say. That's so vague. So I read the blurb and it turns out it's about fucking transgender and gender-diverse people again and it just gets referred to as 'LGBT+' in discussions again. Which isn't wrong, and it is important, but if it's about trans and gender diversity then just fucking say it's TGD awareness, dear g-d.

Then I chat to my supervisor (who is white) about my case load which is all white folks even though some are not Anglo, but I literally have 1 Chinese client out of 6 current interactive clients, and all of them are older women except again for 1 late 20s dude, and he says 'That sounds like a pretty diverse caseload' and I'm like. No????? Actually absolutely not???

And neurodiversity. White folk love talking about neurodiversity. Suddenly now every white person I'm seeing is talking about neurodiversity. When they say they're inclusive, they mean of neurodiversity and LGBTQIA+.

But you never see the word 'diverse' meaning culturally diverse when a white person fucking uses it, it feels like lately, where I am in the mental health sector. It's driving me insane.

Tldr; white folk really fucking forget nonwhite people exist. And you also see it in how absolutely fucking no one has been talking about Gaza in my daily life in the, again, fucking mental health sector. And you see it in how white folk treated the Ukrainian invasion by Russia vs. Gaza and Palestine. And how yesterday the two white women in front of me in the open office cubicles were talking about the fucking Oscars like everyday life really is just going on like nothing is happening.

There is white life, and then there is just 'all other, less relevant life, only relevant insofar as they can be made use of to aid white life'.

[allen309]

My nighttime meds decided not to work last night, so I spent part of my night revisiting my identity. It’s been about a year since I discovered myself. Dropping out of college and having my mental health being better-ish, I thought it was time to revisit. I found out that Gender Apathetic is also known as Apagender (which I have no idea how to pronounce at the moment).

This is more of a general ranting post (if that’s the right term). There’s only so much that I autistically can talk to myself about, especially when it’s the same conversation over the course of a year. I don’t have answers for everything and there’s only so much Reddit reading that I can do… I promise this isn’t my autistic hobby. I was doing research on the LGBT for my OC’s, and that’s how I discovered myself. Now that my characters are mostly developed, I have no use for all the research that I did except for being more aware of other gender identities and learning more about the LGBT community.

I’m closeted except for online and a few close friends. I don’t feel the need to come out to people that I personally know, since I don’t feel that my identity causes me any issues. I’ve been way more open about my identity with my closest friend (friends for about 8 years) and vice versa. Because my other two friends are straight and my friend of 8 years is still figuring themselves out; not my story to tell. But they’re the only other LGBT member that I know, and we’ve never interacted with members of the LBGT on a large scale, only close friends or family. My friend has a bit more exposure than me; I have no family that I know of who are LGBT.

I live and grew up in a small town that doesn’t have any LGBT groups. There are people from the LGBT community that exist in the small town, but you have to know them to find them.

Yeah, I was excited to finally meet and talk to another member of the LGBT who is from the city. YouTube is great and all, but being autistic it feels better to talk to someone in person or directly to someone in some way. Although, I didn’t initiate the conversation that was my friend because I wasn’t sure how to bring up the conversation without being too… abrasive. Tho I never brought this up with my friend, so I was actually very surprised when they brought up the conversation, but since the conversation it kinda feels like it never happened. It was only a few days ago, almost a week.

This individual is a member of the LGBT, but isn’t as active within the community. They’re just living their life and being openly LGBT when they want others to know. But if asked any questions regarding who they are, they are not afraid to answer and talk about who they are.

Being able to talk and connect with another member of the LGBT in person, especially outside of our small town, felt really nice. Tho I felt like I was being rude, bombarding them with so many questions, especially ones that I felt could be personal, but they were very polite and open and made sure that all of our questions were answered. They also enjoyed talking and asking me questions about what it is like being gender apathetic and what is pan aro/ace.

Like I mentioned above, my friend was also talking and asking questions, but that’s not my side to talk about. Just want to clarify that it was a conversation between three people and me and my friend’s identities are different... I wasn’t just being asked about my identity, my friend was also talking about theirs.

Honestly, I’m not sure why I’m making this post. Kinda just want to talk. Living in a small town can be tough, especially when I’m autistic and have mild social anxiety. I don’t feel like there’s enough people to just rant to.

[kuiperoid]

Obligatory Autism Awareness Month Post;

or,

My Neurodivergent Experience

[previously posted here, as well as other platforms]

[Post I made on previous social media platforms in previous years, so some bits may be a bit outdated]

It’s April so I suppose I need to make some obligatory post about my experiences as a neurodivergent individual, either about how proud I am that it makes me so super special or how awful everyone treats me. I can’t 100% give either of those, so I’ll just go into my experiences more generally.

It’s hard to say when the signs that I was “different” showed up. I had a tendency towards all-encompassing interests very young, but that’s normal even for neurotypical children. I was very particular about food, but once again, I can’t say that I did that more often than neurotypical children of other ages. I suppose the first sign was that whenever adults would ask me questions, they would get frustrated when I didn’t answer, thinking I wasn’t listening, when really I was just thinking about a proper response. The idea of answering right away when I couldn’t provide them with the best possible answer just didn’t make sense to me. As I got a bit older, I suppose I had the opposite problem. I would talk too much, interrupting my friends and giving them an earful about ferrets or spiders or whatever my current big interest was. My mother kindly informed me of what I was doing and how it wasn’t polite. This I actually understood the reasoning behind and I tried then and still try now to avoid doing this. I found an outlet to go on as long as I wanted about my special interests uninterrupted in the form of fiction writing, a hobby I have to this day. I was incredibly uncoordinated and bad at sports, which led to the little boys making fun of me quite a bit during PE. I was advised by well-meaning adults to practice so I would get better or stand up for myself, but my skills did not improve and, whenever I tried to say something in response, I just froze up.

Unfortunately, as I moved on to middle school, the fact that something about me was unmistakably “off” was still quite obvious, which led to me being pretty severely bullied, albeit by my neighbors in the classroom rather than sports field. I acted weird, I talked weird, I dressed weird on free dress days, I listened to music that the other kids hadn’t heard of while finding theirs unbearable. I wouldn’t learn until much later the extent of my issues with auditory processing, which have played a big role in my taste in music. One of my long-term friends, whose taste in music I have long shared, also has issues with auditory processing. I find it very interesting that many figures of the new wave scene, one of the few music genres I like - Danny Elfman, Gary Numan, the guy from Tears for Fears, and more - are neurodivergent, as are many members of the music scenes that I have become involved in. Writing and music were a big escape for the unpleasantness of my adolescence, between bullying, the fact that my other mental health problems were starting to become more apparent (namely, my OCD, which maybe I’ll write a big spiel about during OCD Awareness Week in October if I’m in the mood), as well as some other puberty-induced self-realizations.

I suppose that brings me to the statistic about the prevalence of LGBT+ identities in the neurodivergent community. People have tried to present all sorts of hypotheses about this, usually in a way that derides at least one of those, but I will provide a few of my own: first off, aside from the fact that the numbers are not that much higher, these statistics refer to out-LGBT and diagnosed neurodivergent people, neither of which represents the entirety of either community. Secondly, consider that someone in therapy for one of those things is likely to uncover other things. Lastly, and this is the one that I think is the most significant to me personally, it is harder for neurodivergent people to hide parts of who we are. While it is a myth that neurodivergent people cannot lie (my apologies to any neurodivergent people who have been using this myth to their advantage with their parents, bosses, et al), fact is, when you don’t internalize social norms the same way, you don’t see a need to pretend or, in some cases, you just can’t. My mom noticed pretty early on that I seemed “obsessed with gay people.” I was always talking about LGBT-related things in the news or celebrities. I got incredibly excited whenever I met adults that were in some way LGBT, flapping my hands and giggling like a maniac. I wonder if some of them thought I was laughing at them. She likely also noticed a pattern among the pictures I chose to decorate the wall by my bed with. Unfortunately, I underestimated the bigotry that still existed and I may have come out a bit too young. Between my social awkwardness and initially referring to myself as “pansexuelle” (I still don’t know what that was supposed to mean), it is no wonder that so many people in high school wrongly thought I had crushes on them. I always struggled making and maintaining friendships, so sometimes the ways I would attempt to pursue friendships came off as overly enthusiastic. I see now why people thought that, but at the time, it genuinely hurt my feelings when people thought that I was trying to romantically pursue them when I just wanted friendship and “people who thought I had crushes on them” became a whole new genre of villains in my adolescent writings. It was very hard for me to make friends and my strangeness pushed people away further. I won’t say that I or anyone is entitled to friendship, but it was hard. Some people complimented me for “not caring what other people thought,” but that didn’t feel right either. I acted the way I did because I literally did not know how to act differently, but I still cared a great deal about how people thought about me.

As a result of the various issues I was dealing with, I struggled academically. I always had trouble asking for help until it was way too late. I started to pick up on the whole concept of “don’t be yourself, people don’t like that person,” but rather than doing the whole social-blending thing that neurotypical people can, I invented entire new personas. I had a massive inferiority complex and felt that I was just bad at everything. A lot of the people who I became naturally attracted to just so happened to be much more academically inclined and often had some special talent and I joked that I had a “genius fetish.” Though people were attracted to me, no one seemed to want me on an emotional level and I understood why. I honestly became convinced that no one even wanted me as a friend. I went into a spiral of self-isolation.

One of my early relationships was with a status-obsessed narcissist who simultaneously told me how cute and interesting I was, but also fed into my inferiority complex. They would deride me about my awkward social behavior around their friends or if I dressed in a way they didn’t deem acceptable. I hear it is a common thing among neurodivergent people deemed “cute,” people like you because you’re adorably “quirky,” but don’t understand that your “quirkiness” comes at a cost. They were among the first people that I liked who I didn’t put on a pedestal and yet they seemed disappointed by that. On the other hand, I remember asking them if they’d had crushes on a few people who they seemed to talk about in a way that was, well, reminiscent of the way that I spoke about my crushes. Rather than saying, “no, they aren’t my type,” or even “yes,” they often said something along the lines of, “no, I couldn’t, they’re too wonderful and amazing.” This both confused me, as someone who had been attracted to many people who I had considered too wonderful and amazing for me, but also didn’t do much for my self esteem, for being attracted to someone seemed to be a form of debasement in this person’s opinion. I sort of let it slide because I had similar admiring feelings towards one of these people - they were smart, nice, and accomplished, but I wasn’t attracted to them, though that had more to do with them not being my type then them being too wonderful for me to allow myself to feel attraction to. Had they been more of a dark-eyed waif, perhaps I would have felt that way (maybe the fact that they were the only one of these people that my then-significant other would gush about this way that I never felt jealous of is telling). This was perhaps a preview of some more unfortunate things that would happen as that relationship continued that I won’t detail here. The most confusing thing, however, was the aforementioned status obsession. For all the concern about how I behaved around their friends, they didn’t even seem to like some of these friends. Whenever they talked about these friends to me privately, they always seemed to be complaining about them or even making fun of them. I didn’t understand why someone would be friends with people for any reason other than simply enjoying their company. This partner of mine was very into the idea of gaining some sort of status from these people, an abstract concept that my neurodiverse brain simply could not grasp. I won’t go much further into this particular relationship, which could be another several pages on its own, but I will say that that story has a happy ending and that, after we broke up, that person went to therapy, uncovered the Freudian source of all of their problems, and the world has one less unkind person as a result. Of course, the PTSD I developed as a result of that relationship was not a fun thing to add on to my existing problems, especially considering that I decided to move to another part of the state and go to “real college” after that.

For the many emotional struggles that I had during college, I am glad that I finally had a therapist that I was honest with (as opposed to the one I had as a teenager who I simply told I was “stressed about homework”) and received formal diagnoses. Now as an adult in the real world, diagnoses and all, I can’t say if things are better or worse. I remember being told that all the issues I had in high school, with people thinking I had crushes on them and telling a significant other of mine (people I barely knew, mind you) not to date me because I was “weird” would end once I was out of high school. Come college years, people still found my enthusiastic attempts to befriend them odd and someone else was warned to avoid me because of my “weirdness.”

Now, being twice as old, I still have to deal with some of those things, but I think I have navigated it. I don’t like the taste of coffee or alcohol, but that’s alright because my brain wiring means caffeine and alcohol don’t affect me the way they do other people anyways. I don’t like most pop music, but the genres that I do like have close-knit subcultures of interesting people. I still sometimes have to deal with grown adults acting like they don’t want me sitting at their cool kid table. At this point, when I hear that some family-adjacent person thinks I have some especial dislike for them, somehow different from the rest of the family, when I’m the one who probably defends them the most when they aren’t around and the person they think is their True Ally is the person I’m usually doing the defending against, I just laugh. What else can you do? My life isn’t perfect and, in the society we live in, it would probably be a lot easier for me if I were neurotypical, but why would I want that? If neurotypical society means answering questions quickly instead of meaningfully, bullying people who aren’t like you, listening to music you don’t actually like, hiding your excitement, basing friendship off of abstract concepts rather than mutual enjoyment of each other’s company, and a lot of buying into each other’s lies, I don’t see the appeal.

[newwwwprompts]

FULL LIST OF CHALLENGES AND RULES

ANNUAL CHALLENGES - @marchofpain : A hurt/comfort prompt challenge for March - Autism Acceptance Month : 15 prompts every April focused on Autism - Mental Health Awareness Month : 15 prompts every May focused on mental health - Tourette's Syndrome Awareness Month : 15 prompts between May 15th and June 15th every year focused on Tourette's and other tic disorders - Pride Month : 30 prompts every June focused on the LGBT+ community - Cleft Awareness Month : 15 (though it was previously 31) prompts every July focused on cleft lip and/or palate - Chronic Pain Awareness Month : 15 prompts every September focused on chronic pain - @hurtcember : A hurt/comfort prompt challenge for December

MISCELLANEOUS/ONE-OFF CHALLENGES - Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2024 : 7 prompts based around neurodiverse disorders

RULES - If a challenge is specifically connected to an AO3 prompt meme, all works must be added to the appropriate AO3 collections under the appropriate prompts by the work's creator - All types of works are welcome, though keep in mind that the prompts are typically oriented more towards fanfiction - Be respectful to your fellow participants - To get your submissions reblogged here on Tumblr, just @ this account in your post - You may only participate after the month has begun, though you are also always welcome to go back to previous challenges and work on them, as they do not close after they are opened - All fandoms, pairings, ratings, etc. are welcome so long as they fulfill the prompt - You do not have to fulfill every prompt, nor do you have to fulfill them in order

[bengiyo]

The Warp Effect Ep 1 Stray Thoughts

I'm here because I want to support Jojo, and I want to see what he does with a sci-fi story. I'm actually not that keen on Newwie, so I almost skipped this show. No promises I'll stick around.

Well, I'll give Jojo points for starting with oral sex. We rarely acknowledge that act.

Smash cut to a Christian church where a promise ring and curse are inflicted upon him. Okay, Jojo. I see you.

Kind of excited about the cast for this show.

Oh boy. If I watch this I'll be seeing Phuwin twice a week. I'll have to keep his characters separate in my head.

He goes to a Catholic school?? The Jesuits are everywhere, I swear.

I do love Sing Harit, so I will stay around for him.

Already feeling Jojo exploring the shame used to keep people from having sex alongside all the social pressure to have sex.

Jan is here. Everything is better. Her character, Nim, has a girlfriend named Molly.

I like the teacher putting them through consent roleplay in sex Ed.

Gigie!! I think she's with Clize and Best. I watch so much BL that I don't see many of the women at GMMTV, but they're so talented.

Fluke as a bully is entertaining so far.

Very tasteful of the teacher-dad to sidestep sexuality and stress the universality of consent.

Okay, go off!!! It is absolutely rude to ask who tops and who bottoms. We should all stop asking that.

Something LGBT just happened to Army, but the teacher did a great job trying to save everyone from embarrassment.

Yes, kids, wrap it up! I like Alex's dad.

I think this is my first time seeing Fah in a main role. Also glad this show is focusing on women's health as well.

I wonder why they chose English language songs for this show.

I feel like I recognize this water tower they're sitting on from War of Y.

Yes! Girls talk about sex, too! It's not weird or embarrassing to be a virgin!

My grandfather passed before I was born, but everyone in the family says he would have spoiled us like this.

I am so excited about Molly and Nim.

Sing is always so charming. Has been since Lovesick.

Aww, my boy Ew didn't deserve that. At least he took it in stride.

Look at them waving around a dildo in this show. I bet they got that cleared for the feminist messaging.

Okay, Jean. Shoot your shot!

Oh good, we remembered condoms after all the consent and safe sex talk.

If Alex throws up on Jean I will be deeply repulsed.

The drunk sequence was well executed. We're aware of memorable things occurring, but can't tell what they are.

And we transitioned to the future on that moment in the trunk? Talk about a hangover.

Okay! I'm feeling it after that first episode! I guess I'll stick around.

[history-obssesed-boy-over-here]

Hey people!

ITS PRIDE MONTH

I’ve been researching the history of pride month for a while now, so today, I present to you…

THE HISTORY OF PRIDE MONTH

Although it has been celebrated for more than 50 years, President Bill Clinton officially declared June as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month in 2000.

Pride month started as a riot against police brutality at a small dive bar in New York City called the Stonewall Inn. Just after midnight on June 28, 1969, the police raided the Stonewall Inn like they had many times before. Only, this time, something unusual happened: people started to fight back. The events of that next six days changed history.

The first Gay Pride Liberation March took place in Manhattan in 1970 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.

Since then, June has been a very special month in the LGBTQ+ community, giving a moment for people to be proud of who they are, and share that pride with the word. But this month is only part of the many commemorations, and celebrations during the year.

Here are some of the important dates to remember:

FEBRUARY

Week after february 14: Aromantic Awareness Week

MARCH

Bisexual Health Awareness Month

March 31: International Transgender Day of Visibility

APRIL

April 26: Lesbian Visibility Day

MAY

May 16: Honor our LGBT Elders Day

May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia

May 24: Pansexual and Panromantic Visibility Day

JUNE

LGBTQA+ Pride Month

June 26: LGBT Equality Day

June 26: Anniversary of the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in the U.S

June 28: Stonewall Riots Anniversary

JULY

Disability Pride Month

July 14: International Non-Binary People’s Day

SEPTEMBER

Starting the Sunday before September 23: Bisexual Awareness Week

September 23: Celebrate Bisexuality Day

Last week in September: Ally Week

OCTOBER

LGBTQA+ History Month

October 11: National Coming Out Day

October 19: LGBT Center Awareness Day

October 26: Intersex Awareness Day

Last full week in October: Asexual Awareness Week

NOVEMBER

First two full weeks in November: Transgender Awareness Week

November 8: Intersex Day of Remembrance

November 20: International Transgender Day of Remembrance

DECEMBER

December 8: Pansexual/Panromantic Pride Day

This are only a few important dates, and I hope this was informative.

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!

[farewllyouth]

I haven't seen anything about it on tumblr yet but last week a UK based group called the Lesbian Project announced themselves on Twitter.

[image description: a screenshot of a tweet by The Lesbian Project that reads, "Today we are absolutely delighted to announce the launch of our new organisation for lesbians - The Lesbian Project. Find out more about who we are, what we stand for, and what we plan to do, on our website here:" below the tweet is a link to their website. /end ID]

It's run by TERFS. Namely, self-proclaimed radical feminist Julie Bindel, and Kathleen Stock (as well as "members who prefer to retain anonymity at this time," which may be a tactic known as astroturfing.)

I took a quick glance at the website's landing page. I didn't do too much digging, but I really didn't have to. Here's some highlights from just the home page with screenshots (tw transphobia)

[image description: a screenshot of a website with a pale blue background. the section heading reads "Why The Lesbian Project is Needed" in red text. Below that in a smaller black text reads "The consequences for lesbians of at least 20 years of institutional neglect are clear.

We have little reliable knowledge about the lives of same-sex-attracted females in the UK today (or internationally). We lack detailed information in such crucial areas as: the specific health needs of lesbians; lesbian parenting; lesbians and the housing crisis; young lesbians in the education system; lesbians in minoritised communities; lesbians and ageing; and more." /End ID]

They go on for a bit like this, claiming that lesbians specifically have been failed at an institutional level and that their struggles are somehow unique and separate from other LGBT people, and that other mainstream organizations aren't helping them.

Other than the "females" comment, (which is a terf dog whistle, if you weren't aware) they manage to save the transphobia for the very bottom of the page:

[image description: a screenshot of the same website as above that reads "There is an urgent need for the reinvigoration of single-sex lesbian social spaces and networks, to reconnect members of this disparate and beleaguered community, both nationally and internationally." /end ID]

They are straight up excluding trans women from their organization and painting themselves as the victims! Like idk gang, from the sounds of it one might think trans women already aren't allowed in your groups!

Also, they've been endorsed by LGB Alliance, a notorious anti-trans hate group:

[image description: a screenshot of a quote retweet by LGB Alliance that reads "We are pleased to see the launch of The Lesbian Project, a very welcome new initiative in the fightback against lesbian erasure. Please follow and show your support 👇" included is the original tweet from the Lesbian Project. /End ID]

[snowbazzledestielshipper]

LGBTQIA DAYS

January Gay Sloth Month

February Gay Lust Month

February 20-26 Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week

March Bisexual Health Awareness Month

March 1 Zero Discrimination Day

March 31 International Transgender Day Of Visibility

April Gay Envy Month

April 6 Asexuality Day (the first was celebrated in 2021!)

April 22 Day of Silence

April 26 International Lesbian Visibility Day

May 17 International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia

May 19 Agender Pride Day

May 22 Harvey Milk Day

May 24 Pansexual & Panromantic Visibility Day

June Gay Pride Month

June 5 HIV Long-Term Survivor’s Awareness Day

June 12 Pulse Remembrance Day

June 28 Stonewall Riots Anniversary

July Gay Greed Month

July 6 Omnisexual Visibility Day

July 11 -17 Non-Binary Awareness Week

July 14 International Non-Binary Day

July 16 International Drag Day

August 14 Gay Uncle Day

September 16-22 Bisexual Awareness Week

September 23 Bisexual Visibility Day

October LGBT History Month

October Gay Gluttony Month

October 11 National Coming Out Day

October 20 International Pronoun Day

October 21 Spirit Day

October 24 Asexual Awareness Week

October 26 Intersex Awareness Day

November Trans Awareness Month

November Gay Wrath Month

November 5 Destiel Putin Election

November 6 Transgender Parent Day

November 8 Intersex Day Of Remembrance

November 13-19 Trans Awareness Week

November 20 Transgender Day Of Remembrance

December 1 World AIDS Day

December 8 Pansexual Pride Day

December 10 Human Rights Day

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Holidays 9.15

Holidays

Aglaia Asteroid Day

Battle of Britain Day (UK)

Bocage Day (Portugal)

Born to Be Wild Day

Cantabria Day (Spain)

Capitol Hill Day

Carbon Day

Chestnut Day (French Republic)

Echo Asteroid Day

Eleven Days of Global Unity, Day 5: Health

Engineer's Day (India)

Felt Hat Day

Free Money Day

German American Heritage Month begins [until 10.15]

Google Awareness Day

Grand Magal de Touba (Senegal)

Greenpeace Day

Grito de Dolores (a.k.a. Cry of Dolores; Mexico)

Hunger Action Day

International Day of Democracy (UN)

International Dot Day

International Gotcha Day

International Hypothalamic Hamartoma Awareness Day

International Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day

International Sing Out Day

International Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome Awareness Day

Knowledge Day (Azerbaijan)

LGBT Center Awareness Day

Libraries Day (Belarus)

Make A Hat Day

Moonpie Day (Republic of Molossia)

National Africa Civility Day

National Brain Health Day

National Caregivers Day

National Cozy Mystery Day

National Custom Framing Day

National Day of the Cowgirl

National 8-Track Tape Day [also 4.11]

National Felt Hat Day

National Hispanic Heritage Month begins [until 10.15]

National Hug Your Boss (UK)

National Malcolm Day

National Muslim Voter Registration Day

National Neonatal Nurses Day

National Online Learning Day

National Ruben Day

National Tackle Kids Cancer Day

National Thank You Day

915 Day

Nuestra Señora de la Bien Aparecida (Cantabria, Spain)

Oriana Fallaci Day

Pension Awareness Day (UK)

Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day (Slovenia)

Roberto Clemente Day

Silpa Buirasri Day (Thailand)

Social Workers’ Day (Moldova)

Someday

Tackle Kids Cancer Day

Thimphu Tshechu (Bhutan)

World Afro Day

World Chimamanda Day

World Engineers Day

World Lymphoma Awareness Day

Zombie in the Machine Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Butterscotch Cinnamon Pie Day

Chicken Lovers' Day

National Cheese Toast Day

National Creme de Menthe Day

National Day of Pozole (Mexico)

National Double Cheeseburger Day

National Linguine Day

Independence & Related Days

Costa Rica (from Spain, 1821)

Cry of Dolores (Mexico)

El Salvador (from Spain, 1821)

Guatemala (from Spain, 1821)

Honduras (from Spain, 1821)

Lutherania (Declared; 2006) [unrecognized]

Nicaragua (from Spain, 1821)

Occitania (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]

Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day (Slovenia)

Russian Republic (Proclaimed; 1917)

3rd Sunday in September

Day of Wallonia (Belgium) [3rd Sunday]

Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer (Switzerland) [3rd Sunday]

Forestry and Timber Industry Worker’s Day [3rd Sunday]

International Day of Prayer & Action for Human Habitat [3rd Sunday]

Kaua’i Mokihana Festival begins (Hawaii) [3rd Sunday]

Mother’s Day (Kazakhstan) [3rd Sunday]

National ALS Awareness Day (Italy) [3rd Sunday]

National Back to Church Sunday [3rd Sunday]

National Neighborhood Day [3rd Sunday]

National Women's Friendship Day [3rd Sunday]

Open Farm Day (Prince Edward Island, Canada) [3rd Sunday]

PEI Open Farm Day (Canada) [3rd Sunday]

Pig Face Sunday (Avening, UK) [3rd Sunday]

Serene Sunday [3rd Sunday of Each Month]

Seven For Sunday [Every Sunday]

Smörgåsbord Sunday [3rd Sunday of Each Month]

Story Sunday [3rd Sunday of Each Month]

Sundae Sunday [Every Sunday]

Sunday Funday [Every Sunday]

Swiss Federal Fast (Switzerland) [3rd Sunday]

Tolkein Week begins [Sunday in Week that includes 9.22]

Wife Appreciation Day [3rd Sunday]

World Peace Day [3rd Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 15 (3rd Full Week of September)

Adopt a Less Adoptable Pet Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Week]

Balance Awareness Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

Build a Better Image Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

International Clean Hands Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

International Women’s E-Commerce Days (thru 9.21)

Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Adult Services Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Construction Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Week]

National Eczema Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Week]

National Farm Animals Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Week]

National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Go-Kart Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Hispanic Heritage Weeks (thru 10.15)

National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week (thru 9.21)

National Indoor Plant Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Keep Kids Creative Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Rehabilitation Awareness Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Security Officer Appreciation Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Singles Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Surgical Technologists Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

Prostate Cancer Awareness Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Week]

Reye’s Syndrome Awareness Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Week]

Festivals Beginning September 15, 2024

Boston Local Food Festival (Boston, Massachusetts)

Dinner in the Meadow (Louisburg, North Carolina)

Farmington Fair (Farmington, Maine)

Little Flower Parade (Wommelgem, Belgium) [thru 9.21]

Peñafrancia Festival (Naga, Philippines)

Purple Foot Festival (Fairport, New York)

Sussex County Day (Augusta, New Jersey)

Triangle VegFest (Durham, North Carolina)

Feast Days

Agatha Christie (Writerism)

Aicard (a.k.a. Achart; Christian; Saint)

Alpinus (a.k.a. Albinus) of Lyon (Christian; Saint)

Aprus (a.k.a. Èvre or Aper) of Toul (Christian; Saint)

Aunt Melba's Guernsey Cotillion (Muppetism)

Cantlos (Celtic Book of Days)

Catherine of Genoa (Christian; Saint)

The Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian)

François de La Rochefoucauld (Writerism)

Gilles de Rais Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Goethe (Positivist; Saint)

Irish Coffee Day (Pastafarian)

James Chisholm (Episcopal Church)

Jesse Andrews (Writerism)

John the Dwarf (Christian; Saint)

Joseph Abibos (Christian; Saint)

Ksenia Milicevic (Artology)

Kshamavani (Forgiveness Day; Jainism)

Lucebert (Artology)

Saint Dominic in Soriano painting (Christian; Saint)

Mamilian of Palermo (Christian; Saint)

Martina Krupičková (Artology)

Media Aestas IX (Pagan)

Mirin (Christian; Saint)

Nicetas the Goth (Christian; Saint)

Nicomedes (Christian; Saint)

Our Lady of Aparecida Day (Cantabria, Spain)

Our Lady of Sorrows (Christian)

Really Bad Ideas Exhibition (Gremlins; Shamanism)

Roland de Medici (Christian; Saint)

Virgin Mary of the Seven Sorrows Day (Slovakia)

Islamic Lunar Holidays

The Prophet’s Birthday [Islam] (a.k.a. ... 

Baravfat (India)

Birthday of Prophet Muhammed (Cameroon, Kuwait, Lebanon, Maldives, Palestine, Sierra Leone, UAE)

Eid Al-Maulid Anebi (Eritea)

Eid-El-Maulud (Nigeria)

Eid-e-Milad-un Nabi (Bangladesh)

Gamo (Gambia)

Gamou (Senegal)

Hari Maulad Nabi (Cocos or Keeling Islands)

Le Mouled (Tunisia)

Maoulida (Mayotte)

Maouloud (Guinea, Senegal)

Maouloud-Al-Nebi (Chad)

Maulid (Tanzania)

Maulid Nabi Muhammad SAW 1444 H (Indonesia)

Maulidur Rasul (Brunei)

Mawleed al-Nabi (Afghanistan)

Mawlid (Ethiopia)

Mawlid al-Nabi (Jordan)

Mawlid An Nabi (Syria)

Mawlid En Nabaoui Echarif (Algeria)

Mawlid Nabi (Somalia)

Mawloud (Mali)

Mawlud Nabi (Gambia)

Mavlid Al Nabi (Cyprus)

Milad Al Nabi (Oman)

Miladunnabi (Bahrain)

Milad-un-Nabi (India, Sri Lanka)

Moulad (Iraq)

Mouled Al Nabee (Libya)

Moulid Al Nabi (Sudan)

Moulid El Nabi (Egypt)

Mouloud (Comoros, Djibouti, Niger)

Rabi' al-Awwal (Yemen)

Youman Nabi (Guyana)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Alice the Jail Bird (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1925)

Almost Famous (Film; 2000)

American Beauty (Film; 1999)

Beer League (Film; 2006)

Be Without You, by Mary J. Blige (Song; 2005)

The Big Picture (Film; 1989)

The Black Dahlia (Film; 2006)

Blood & Chocolate, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1986)

Blue Train, by John Coltrane (Album recorded; 1957)

The Book of Merlyn, by T.H. White (Novel; 1977) [Once and Future King #5]

Bugsy Malone (Film; 1976)

Calliou (Children’s Animated TV Series; 1997)

CHiPs (TV Series; 1977)

Davy Crockett Goes to Congress (Disney TV Film; 1963)

Escape from Freedom, by Erich Fromm (Philosophy Book; 1941)

Everyone’s Hero (Animated Film; 2006)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High, by Cameron Crowe (Novel; 1981)

The Fighting Kentuckian (Film; 1949)

The Green Hat, by Michael Arlen (Play; 1925)

Hackers (Film; 1995)

Hammerklavier, a.k.a. Piano Sonata No. 29 in Bb Major, by Ludwig Van Beethoven (Piano Sonata; 1819)

A Haunting in Venice (Film; 2023)

Hit Me with Your Best Shot, by Pat Benatar (Song; 1980)

How to Play Football (Disney Cartoon; 1944)

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, by Dale Carnegie (Self-Help Book; 1948)

The Invention of Morel, by Adolfo Bioy Casares (Novella; 1940)

I Spy (TV Series; 1965)

It, by Stephen King (Novel; 1986)

L.A. Law (TV Series; 1986)

The Lone Ranger (TV Series; 1949)

Lost in Space (TV Series; 1967)

Love Story, by Taylor Swift (Song; 2008)

The Malady Lingers On (George of the Jungle Cartoon; 1967) [#2]

Mechanical Animals, by Marilyn Manson (Album; 1998)

A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing (Grammar Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1973)

One, Two, Three...Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science, by George Gamow (Science Book; 1947)

The Pink Flea (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1971)

Pink Panzer (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1965)

Psst Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1971)

Requiem in D Minor, by Anton Bruckner (Requiem; 1849)

The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, by Michael Moorcock (Novel; 1976) [Elric #2]

Saved by the Bell (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1950)

The Shadow Rising, by Robert Jordan (Novel; 1992) [Wheel of Time #4]

The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien (Novel; 1977)

The Singing Sap (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1930)

Some Time in New York City, by John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Album; 1972)

Sports, by Huey Lewis and the News (Album; 1983)

A Star is Bored (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

The Sulli-Gully, by Ed Sullivan (Song; 1969)

The Sword in the Stone, by T.H. White (Novel; 1938) [Once and Future King #1]

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (WB Animated Film; 2006)

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by C.S. Lewis (Novel; 1952) [The Chronicles of Narnia #3]

Today’s Name Days

Dolores, Melissa, Melitta (Austria)

Dolores, Marija, Tugomil (Croatia)

Jolana (Czech Republic)

Eskild (Denmark)

Kulmo, Kulno, Kurmo, Kuulo (Estonia)

Sirpa (Finland)

Dolores, Roland (France)

Dolores, Melissa, Melitta (Germany)

Nikitas, Visarion (Greece)

Enikő, Melitta (Hungary)

Mamiliano, Maria (Italy)

Gunvaldis, Nikodems, Sandra (Latvia)

Eugenija, Nikodemas, Rimgailė, Vismantas (Lithuania)

Aslak, Eskil (Norway)

Albin, Budzigniew, Maria, Nikodem (Poland)

Jolana (Slovakia)

Angustias, Dolores (Spain)

Sigrid, Siri (Sweden)

Mykyta (Ukraine)

Delora, Delores, Dolores, Lola, Lolita (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 259 of 2024; 107 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of Week 37 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 15 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 13 (Ren-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 12 Elul 5784

Islamic: 11 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 19 Gold; Fryday [19 of 30]

Julian: 2 September 2024

Moon: 92%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 7 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Calderon]

Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 9 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 88 of 94)

Week: 3rd Full Week of September

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 25 of 32)

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Holidays 9.15

Holidays

Aglaia Asteroid Day

Battle of Britain Day (UK)

Bocage Day (Portugal)

Born to Be Wild Day

Cantabria Day (Spain)

Capitol Hill Day

Carbon Day

Chestnut Day (French Republic)

Echo Asteroid Day

Eleven Days of Global Unity, Day 5: Health

Engineer's Day (India)

Felt Hat Day

Free Money Day

German American Heritage Month begins [until 10.15]

Google Awareness Day

Grand Magal de Touba (Senegal)

Greenpeace Day

Grito de Dolores (a.k.a. Cry of Dolores; Mexico)

Hunger Action Day

International Day of Democracy (UN)

International Dot Day

International Gotcha Day

International Hypothalamic Hamartoma Awareness Day

International Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day

International Sing Out Day

International Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome Awareness Day

Knowledge Day (Azerbaijan)

LGBT Center Awareness Day

Libraries Day (Belarus)

Make A Hat Day

Moonpie Day (Republic of Molossia)

National Africa Civility Day

National Brain Health Day

National Caregivers Day

National Cozy Mystery Day

National Custom Framing Day

National Day of the Cowgirl

National 8-Track Tape Day [also 4.11]

National Felt Hat Day

National Hispanic Heritage Month begins [until 10.15]

National Hug Your Boss (UK)

National Malcolm Day

National Muslim Voter Registration Day

National Neonatal Nurses Day

National Online Learning Day

National Ruben Day

National Tackle Kids Cancer Day

National Thank You Day

915 Day

Nuestra Señora de la Bien Aparecida (Cantabria, Spain)

Oriana Fallaci Day

Pension Awareness Day (UK)

Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day (Slovenia)

Roberto Clemente Day

Silpa Buirasri Day (Thailand)

Social Workers’ Day (Moldova)

Someday

Tackle Kids Cancer Day

Thimphu Tshechu (Bhutan)

World Afro Day

World Chimamanda Day

World Engineers Day

World Lymphoma Awareness Day

Zombie in the Machine Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Butterscotch Cinnamon Pie Day

Chicken Lovers' Day

National Cheese Toast Day

National Creme de Menthe Day

National Day of Pozole (Mexico)

National Double Cheeseburger Day

National Linguine Day

Independence & Related Days

Costa Rica (from Spain, 1821)

Cry of Dolores (Mexico)

El Salvador (from Spain, 1821)

Guatemala (from Spain, 1821)

Honduras (from Spain, 1821)

Lutherania (Declared; 2006) [unrecognized]

Nicaragua (from Spain, 1821)

Occitania (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]

Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day (Slovenia)

Russian Republic (Proclaimed; 1917)

3rd Sunday in September

Day of Wallonia (Belgium) [3rd Sunday]

Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer (Switzerland) [3rd Sunday]

Forestry and Timber Industry Worker’s Day [3rd Sunday]

International Day of Prayer & Action for Human Habitat [3rd Sunday]

Kaua’i Mokihana Festival begins (Hawaii) [3rd Sunday]

Mother’s Day (Kazakhstan) [3rd Sunday]

National ALS Awareness Day (Italy) [3rd Sunday]

National Back to Church Sunday [3rd Sunday]

National Neighborhood Day [3rd Sunday]

National Women's Friendship Day [3rd Sunday]

Open Farm Day (Prince Edward Island, Canada) [3rd Sunday]

PEI Open Farm Day (Canada) [3rd Sunday]

Pig Face Sunday (Avening, UK) [3rd Sunday]

Serene Sunday [3rd Sunday of Each Month]

Seven For Sunday [Every Sunday]

Smörgåsbord Sunday [3rd Sunday of Each Month]

Story Sunday [3rd Sunday of Each Month]

Sundae Sunday [Every Sunday]

Sunday Funday [Every Sunday]

Swiss Federal Fast (Switzerland) [3rd Sunday]

Tolkein Week begins [Sunday in Week that includes 9.22]

Wife Appreciation Day [3rd Sunday]

World Peace Day [3rd Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 15 (3rd Full Week of September)

Adopt a Less Adoptable Pet Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Week]

Balance Awareness Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

Build a Better Image Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

International Clean Hands Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

International Women’s E-Commerce Days (thru 9.21)

Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Adult Services Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Construction Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Week]

National Eczema Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Week]

National Farm Animals Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Week]

National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Go-Kart Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Hispanic Heritage Weeks (thru 10.15)

National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week (thru 9.21)

National Indoor Plant Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Keep Kids Creative Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Rehabilitation Awareness Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Security Officer Appreciation Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Singles Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Surgical Technologists Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Full Week]

Prostate Cancer Awareness Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Week]

Reye’s Syndrome Awareness Week (thru 9.21) [3rd Week]

Festivals Beginning September 15, 2024

Boston Local Food Festival (Boston, Massachusetts)

Dinner in the Meadow (Louisburg, North Carolina)

Farmington Fair (Farmington, Maine)

Little Flower Parade (Wommelgem, Belgium) [thru 9.21]

Peñafrancia Festival (Naga, Philippines)

Purple Foot Festival (Fairport, New York)

Sussex County Day (Augusta, New Jersey)

Triangle VegFest (Durham, North Carolina)

Feast Days

Agatha Christie (Writerism)

Aicard (a.k.a. Achart; Christian; Saint)

Alpinus (a.k.a. Albinus) of Lyon (Christian; Saint)

Aprus (a.k.a. Èvre or Aper) of Toul (Christian; Saint)

Aunt Melba's Guernsey Cotillion (Muppetism)

Cantlos (Celtic Book of Days)

Catherine of Genoa (Christian; Saint)

The Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian)

François de La Rochefoucauld (Writerism)

Gilles de Rais Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Goethe (Positivist; Saint)

Irish Coffee Day (Pastafarian)

James Chisholm (Episcopal Church)

Jesse Andrews (Writerism)

John the Dwarf (Christian; Saint)

Joseph Abibos (Christian; Saint)

Ksenia Milicevic (Artology)

Kshamavani (Forgiveness Day; Jainism)

Lucebert (Artology)

Rosh Hashanah (began yesterday at Sundown)

Saint Dominic in Soriano painting (Christian; Saint)

Mamilian of Palermo (Christian; Saint)

Martina Krupičková (Artology)

Media Aestas IX (Pagan)

Mirin (Christian; Saint)

Nicetas the Goth (Christian; Saint)

Nicomedes (Christian; Saint)

Our Lady of Aparecida Day (Cantabria, Spain)

Our Lady of Sorrows (Christian)

Really Bad Ideas Exhibition (Gremlins; Shamanism)

Roland de Medici (Christian; Saint)

Virgin Mary of the Seven Sorrows Day (Slovakia)

Islamic Lunar Holidays

The Prophet’s Birthday [Islam] (a.k.a. ... 

Baravfat (India)

Birthday of Prophet Muhammed (Cameroon, Kuwait, Lebanon, Maldives, Palestine, Sierra Leone, UAE)

Eid Al-Maulid Anebi (Eritea)

Eid-El-Maulud (Nigeria)

Eid-e-Milad-un Nabi (Bangladesh)

Gamo (Gambia)

Gamou (Senegal)

Hari Maulad Nabi (Cocos or Keeling Islands)

Le Mouled (Tunisia)

Maoulida (Mayotte)

Maouloud (Guinea, Senegal)

Maouloud-Al-Nebi (Chad)

Maulid (Tanzania)

Maulid Nabi Muhammad SAW 1444 H (Indonesia)

Maulidur Rasul (Brunei)

Mawleed al-Nabi (Afghanistan)

Mawlid (Ethiopia)

Mawlid al-Nabi (Jordan)

Mawlid An Nabi (Syria)

Mawlid En Nabaoui Echarif (Algeria)

Mawlid Nabi (Somalia)

Mawloud (Mali)

Mawlud Nabi (Gambia)

Mavlid Al Nabi (Cyprus)

Milad Al Nabi (Oman)

Miladunnabi (Bahrain)

Milad-un-Nabi (India, Sri Lanka)

Moulad (Iraq)

Mouled Al Nabee (Libya)

Moulid Al Nabi (Sudan)

Moulid El Nabi (Egypt)

Mouloud (Comoros, Djibouti, Niger)

Rabi' al-Awwal (Yemen)

Youman Nabi (Guyana)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Alice the Jail Bird (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1925)

Almost Famous (Film; 2000)

American Beauty (Film; 1999)

Beer League (Film; 2006)

Be Without You, by Mary J. Blige (Song; 2005)

The Big Picture (Film; 1989)

The Black Dahlia (Film; 2006)

Blood & Chocolate, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1986)

Blue Train, by John Coltrane (Album recorded; 1957)

The Book of Merlyn, by T.H. White (Novel; 1977) [Once and Future King #5]

Bugsy Malone (Film; 1976)

Calliou (Children’s Animated TV Series; 1997)

CHiPs (TV Series; 1977)

Davy Crockett Goes to Congress (Disney TV Film; 1963)

Escape from Freedom, by Erich Fromm (Philosophy Book; 1941)

Everyone’s Hero (Animated Film; 2006)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High, by Cameron Crowe (Novel; 1981)

The Fighting Kentuckian (Film; 1949)

The Green Hat, by Michael Arlen (Play; 1925)

Hackers (Film; 1995)

Hammerklavier, a.k.a. Piano Sonata No. 29 in Bb Major, by Ludwig Van Beethoven (Piano Sonata; 1819)

A Haunting in Venice (Film; 2023)

Hit Me with Your Best Shot, by Pat Benatar (Song; 1980)

How to Play Football (Disney Cartoon; 1944)

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, by Dale Carnegie (Self-Help Book; 1948)

The Invention of Morel, by Adolfo Bioy Casares (Novella; 1940)

I Spy (TV Series; 1965)

It, by Stephen King (Novel; 1986)

L.A. Law (TV Series; 1986)

The Lone Ranger (TV Series; 1949)

Lost in Space (TV Series; 1967)

Love Story, by Taylor Swift (Song; 2008)

The Malady Lingers On (George of the Jungle Cartoon; 1967) [#2]

Mechanical Animals, by Marilyn Manson (Album; 1998)

A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing (Grammar Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1973)

One, Two, Three...Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science, by George Gamow (Science Book; 1947)

The Pink Flea (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1971)

Pink Panzer (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1965)

Psst Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1971)

Requiem in D Minor, by Anton Bruckner (Requiem; 1849)

The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, by Michael Moorcock (Novel; 1976) [Elric #2]

Saved by the Bell (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1950)

The Shadow Rising, by Robert Jordan (Novel; 1992) [Wheel of Time #4]

The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien (Novel; 1977)

The Singing Sap (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1930)

Some Time in New York City, by John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Album; 1972)

Sports, by Huey Lewis and the News (Album; 1983)

A Star is Bored (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

The Sulli-Gully, by Ed Sullivan (Song; 1969)

The Sword in the Stone, by T.H. White (Novel; 1938) [Once and Future King #1]

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (WB Animated Film; 2006)

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by C.S. Lewis (Novel; 1952) [The Chronicles of Narnia #3]

Today’s Name Days

Dolores, Melissa, Melitta (Austria)

Dolores, Marija, Tugomil (Croatia)

Jolana (Czech Republic)

Eskild (Denmark)

Kulmo, Kulno, Kurmo, Kuulo (Estonia)

Sirpa (Finland)

Dolores, Roland (France)

Dolores, Melissa, Melitta (Germany)

Nikitas, Visarion (Greece)

Enikő, Melitta (Hungary)

Mamiliano, Maria (Italy)

Gunvaldis, Nikodems, Sandra (Latvia)

Eugenija, Nikodemas, Rimgailė, Vismantas (Lithuania)

Aslak, Eskil (Norway)

Albin, Budzigniew, Maria, Nikodem (Poland)

Jolana (Slovakia)

Angustias, Dolores (Spain)

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Week 7: Digital Citizenship and Health Education: Body Modification on Visual Social Media

Body modification refers to the deliberate alteration of one's physical appearance or body structure, typically for aesthetic, cultural, or personal reasons. This practice can involve a variety of procedures, ranging from more permanent modifications like scarification or plastic surgery to more transient ones like tattoos and piercings. In the Reading of this week: Understand Body Modification: A Process-based-Framework by David C. Lane, Body modification can be a way to express oneself, follow a cultural custom, or match one's appearance to one's gender identity or set of personal values (David, 2016).

Body modifications must serve non-medical objectives, several entirely deliberate, aesthetic, and voluntary procedures (such as cosmetic surgery and laser hair removal) may qualify as body modification. The aesthetic pleasure that comes with being able to exercise control over one's own body in order to create a more authentic image of oneself or identity (plastic surgery, ceramic teeth, laser). 

Social media has become a double-edged sword for body image. While it increases awareness, it also amplifies unrealistic beauty standards and fuels body dissatisfaction. This, in turn, can lead to an increase in body modification decisions, but the picture is more nuanced than just individual choices. Social media platforms have become ubiquitous spaces where individuals engage in self-presentation and consumption of visual content. As a result, people are increasingly exposed to a wide range of body images, including those that adhere to conventional beauty standards as well as those that challenge them. In fact, a growing body of correlational research has shown that social media use, especially engaging in photo-based activities, is associated with body image concerns and disordered eating (Fardouly & Vartanian, 2016; Holland & Tiggemann, 2016). 

This negative effect has generally been attributed to the process of social comparison, in line with general sociocultural models that position social comparison as the major mechanism by which media exposure leads to body dissatisfaction (e.g., the Tripartite Influence Model, Thompson, Heinberg, Altabe, & Tantleff-Dunn, 1999). Internalization occurs when a person has accepted society’s beauty ideals and engages in behaviors to achieve those ideals.  It is proposed that if a person internalizes beauty ideals about appearances (i.e. those depicted by the media or reinforced by parents) that s/he cannot live up to and/or habitually engages in appearance comparison (e.g. with peers), this can create problems with body image such as body dissatisfaction (Thompson et al. 1999).

TikTok Case:

In response to the often unrealistic beauty standards perpetuated by mainstream media, there has been a surge in body-positive movements on social media platforms. Body-positive messages have gained traction and garnered widespread support across various social media platforms. I'll take a very simple case about the algorithmic platform governance of TikTok, a moderation document details the physical and environmental features considered unattractive, which could lead to videos being excluded from the "For You" section on TikTok. The document suggests that uploads by unattractive, poor, or undesirable users may decrease new user retention rates. It emphasizes the importance of the user's appearance and shooting environment in making videos attractive for recommendation to new users. TikTok moderators were instructed to suppress uploads from users with physical flaws such as abnormal body shape, ugly facial looks, dwarfism, obvious beer belly, too many wrinkles, and eye disorders.

The justification for these actions was to maintain an aspirational air to attract and retain new users. TikTok was reported to have excluded videos created by disabled, overweight, LGBT, poor, old, and "ugly" users in an effort to prevent bullying, but these policies were no longer in place when The Intercept obtained them. 

I do some, if brace and eyelash extensions have been counted.

Reference: 

David C. Lane, 'Understanding body modification: A process-based framework' Sociology Compass Volume10, Issue9 September 2016 https://go.openathens.net/redirector/swin.edu.au?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1111%2Fsoc4.12495

Fardouly, J & Vartanian, LR 2016, ‘Social Media and Body Image Concerns: Current Research and Future Directions’, Current Opinion in Psychology, vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 1–5.

Holland, G & Tiggeman, M 2016, ‘A systematic review of the impact of the use of social networking sites on body image and disordered eating outcomes’, Body Image, vol. 17, no. 17, pp. 100–110, viewed <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1740144516300912>.

Thompson, JK, Heinberg, LJ, Altabe, M & Tantleff-Dunn, S 1999, Exacting beauty: Theory, assessment, and treatment of body image disturbance., American Psychological Association, Washington, viewed <https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1999-02140-000>.

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AstraZeneca under fire after LGBT+ staff group issue training saying 'sex is not binary'

British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins photographed at his home in Oxford

AstraZeneca under fire after LGBT+ staff group issue training saying ‘sex is not binary’

Documents claiming ‘biology has a spectrum’ are condemned by Lord Winston and Richard Dawkins as ‘scientifically ignorant’

Patrick Sawer,

SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and

Hayley Dixon,

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

1 March 2024 • 4:21pm

The material states that “biology has a spectrum” and that classifying a person’s sex as either male or female “fails to capture even the biological aspect of gender.”

It was distributed by managers and employees on AstraZeneca’s intranet system, as part of gender diversity awareness promotion by the company’s independent LGBT+ staff group.

The Telegraph understands that the training was sent by a manager to at least one employee who raised questions about the use of pronouns and the term “queer”.

One former employee told The Telegraph: “AstraZeneca has been the most extreme company I have worked at in terms of gender identity ideology.”

Lord Robert Winston and Richard Dawkins, two of the country’s most pre-eminent scientists, have criticised the material as “scientifically ignorant” and running counter to the basis of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology firm’s work.

AstraZeneca had denied the material is part of the company’s official training or that it represents the firm’s official policy on gender issues, stating that it was produced and distributed only by AZPride, the staff group for LGBT+ employees.

The biologist Richard Dawkins referred to the AstraZeneca material as a 'ridiculous document'

One of the most controversial documents, titled Sex Spectrum, states: “Many societies view a person’s sex as either male or female, but this binary view fails to capture even the biological aspect of gender.

“While we are often taught that we inherit either XX or XY sex chromosomes, in fact, biology has a spectrum too!”

It adds: “People might have XXY, XYY, X, XXX or other combinations of chromosomes – all of which can result in a variety of sex characteristics.”

That claim appears to contradict established biological science. Having XXY or XYY chromosomes can lead to rare genetic conditions for men, but does not alter a man’s biological sex, while triple X syndrome is a genetic condition found in females only.

Staff at AstraZeneca are encouraged by AZPride to state their pronouns in work-related correspondence and at work events in order to make everyone feel included.

But this is understood to have angered some employees on the basis that it assumes support for the belief that someone’s sex can change from the one they were born with.

Apparent support for chest binding

Another AZPride document appears to support the controversial practice of chest binding, used by biological girls or women who want to present as men.

During a health awareness week run by AZPride, in 2020, staff were given material that stated: “Chest binding can be a vital practice to improve self-esteem and body positivity for many LGBT+ people.

“The material used can sometimes place pressure on the airways and so amid growing concerns around Covid-19 some organisations have provided some tips to looking after your respiratory health for trans and non-binary people.”

Breast binding can restrict breathing, irritate the skin, cause overheating and even bruise or fracture ribs, and its use by children and young women whose bodies are still developing has raised concerns.

Much of the material distributed among AZ staff has been criticised as unscientific by scientists and critics of transgender theory.

Lord Robert Winston, known for his pioneering work in the study of fertility, said: “It’s very disappointing. This sort of material is confused and doesn’t take into account the difference between sex and gender.

“It’s completely unscientific.You inherit your X or Y chromosomes from the moment of conception. You can’t change your sex. Your sex is permanent genetically. They have confused sex with gender and sexuality.”

Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist and award-winning author, said: “As a biologist, I shall comment only on the scientifically ignorant statement that ‘this binary view fails to capture even the biological aspect of gender’. The only definition of sex that works universally is based on gamete size. It’s the one used by biologists, and it leads to the conclusion that the male-female divide is purely binary. Males produce numerous small gametes, females fewer large ones. No other definition works coherently and universally.

“Even sticking to human sex chromosomes, the statement that there’s ‘a spectrum too’ misuses – abuses – the useful word ‘spectrum’. Those much-vaunted ‘intersexes’ are extremely rare. If we represent the number of unequivocal males and unequivocal females by the heights of New York’s twin towers, the number of intersexes would approximate the height of a molehill planted between them. Some spectrum!”

He added: “I don’t know who, in AstraZeneca, dreamed up this ridiculous document. Evidently not a scientist. Let’s hope that AstraZeneca’s research staff are better educated. And capable of at least a modicum of logical thought.”

An AstraZeneca spokesman said: “At AstraZeneca our aim is to cultivate inclusion and belonging by fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and respected.”

AstraZeneca supposedly SCIENTIFIC BASED CORPORATION has been allowing an Aithoritative push of false Gender Ideology within their company.

"Astrazeneca is a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with its headquarters at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in Cambridge, England..."

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October Annual Awareness:

Month long Themes:

National Depression Education and Awareness Month

National Disability Employment Month

National Bullying Prevention Month

ADHD Awareness Month

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Select Mutism Awareness Month

Days:

10-World Mental Health Day

11-National Coming out Day

13-Treat Yo Self Day

15-LGBT+ and Youth Spirit Day Depression Awareness and National Depression Screening day, first Thurs of full week

Weeks:

Mental Health Awareness week, 1st week (1st-7th)

BPD Awareness Week, (1st-7th)

OCD Awareness Week, 2nd week (8th-14th)

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It was a shitshow of a day. I went to the pool with my family, which was mainly fine. But i kept getting in trouble for having headphones on in the car. Like, mind you, i am blocking you and shit out so i don't fucking die! ...Anyway, I literally got yelled at for taking more than five minutes to stack the dishwasher. I am partway through the fanfic 'I looked into myself like a case with you.' by @bandteeshirts (ihavetoomuchfreetime). It dives further into Nick's past trauma and stuff, and it made me realize how much i relate to him, and how shit his past experience is. Like, he has divorced parents, a dad who barely tries and overdoes it when he makes an effort, only referencing the things from younger childhood; He has an asshole of a brother who is homophobic as fuck, his buttons are easy to push and all generally lead to the same result😭💔. he is protective of people he loves, he is quite an anxious person, and he gets made fun of for being queer in an environment that doesn't generally accept LGBT+ people🏳‍🌈😭💔����, but he has found his people that accept him in that group.❤

Yes, i am aware that this is just the circumstances in this particular fanfic, but it is pretty dang similar to my life, mine just has Charlie's mental health issues and his mother. I love this fanfic and strongly advise reading it, and the fanfic that leads up to it 'i bent at the waist and bawled for you', on Archive of our own. all credits go to @bandteeshirts (ihavetoomuchfreetime) (Ao3) @yesterdaysteeshirts (tumblr). ❤❤

I was feeling depresso espresso💔, so i put on sad music and have just sat in an anxiety bubble for the last 4 hours. LMAO pretty much my life story anyway😭. I'm singing at this tomorrow, and Tuesday, and Wednesday, and my voice us gradually leaving my throat 😬. Oh Well, can't always be amazing to the outside world. Also, I broke up with my girlfriend because she was about as crazy as they come, like double darcy, but she can be annoyingly snidey about academics and you can never be good enough for her 🙄, so ...I broke up with her, but i made sure she didn't feel too bad about herself 🙃, just basically told her i didn't like her like that (we are only in year 8 btw). Oh well, i guess she just isn't who i thought she was. 😔💔

Love you all, enjoy your week/month/year/life, i guess. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ You're all worth everything!! believe in yourselves and put effort into things you love.

bye👋💗