#lgbtqa alliance

[thestartome]

We are not what other people say we are. We are brave, we are bruised, we are strong, and we are all glorious! We are each a candle, a star burning bright.

Keep shining your lights!

Each voice matters, each our own song, together we make a symphony. Happy Pride!

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Poses: @thestartome The wonderful custom content creators featured: Hair: @clumsyalienn and @sheabuttyr Skin: @remussirion Earrings: @oydis Pride Flag FacePaint: @faeriesimss and bakalia Eyes: @sugarowl and Y0Yoru

[roselandsrl]

Welcome to my home the closet

[lookninjas]

Anyway, while we're talking Super Bowl ad conspiracy theories, it's probably worth noting that the "He Gets Us" ads have changed ownership to a brand-new organization, Come Near, after news broke last year that the founders of the ad campaign, The Signatry/The Servant Foundation, had donated fifty million dollars to the Alliance Defending Freedom, a legal organization that works to block abortion access and trans health care, reduce/eliminate LGBTQA+ rights, and expand the influence of Christianity in schools. I can't find much more information about Come Near apart from that its CEO is Ken Calwell and the ads might very well still be funded by Hobby Lobby CEO David Green.

[qnewsau]

Community welcomes new law banning conversion practices in SA

New Post has been published on https://qnews.com.au/community-welcomes-new-law-banning-conversion-practices-in-sa/

Community welcomes new law banning conversion practices in SA

Survivors and community organisations have welcomed the passing of a law banning LGBTQA+ conversion practices in South Australia.

The SA government bill passed 13 votes to 8 on Tuesday night.

“This new law confirms we are not broken, disordered or in need of fixing,” Equality Australia CEO Anna Brown said.

“The legislation is not perfect but it’s an important step forward, and it will protect thousands of vulnerable South Australians into the future.”

Ms Brown thanked SA survivors and advocates for their tireless work over many years.

“I hope this is a moment of great pride and healing for those brave people who have made South Australia a better place for generations to come,” she said.

“This law will save countless people from a lifetime of pain and in some cases save lives.”

The new law criminalises conversion practices that seek to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

Importantly, the law provides redress to survivors through a civil pathway and makes it illegal to take someone out of SA to undergo a conversion practice. The SA Commissioner for Equal Opportunity can also disseminate information and conduct research and education about conversion practices.

Government responds to community concerns

In response to community concerns, the government confirmed that conversion practices could be reported outside the 12-month time limit set under the Equal Opportunity Act.

Third-party reporting will also be considered as part of a broader overhaul in the near future.

Amendments to outlaw single instances of conversion practices were voted down but Equality Australia will continue advocating to strengthen the laws.

“Practices that were experienced by every one of the local survivors we worked with are illegal under this law and we will continue advocating to ensure the scheme is strengthened,” Ms Brown said.

Legislation has already been passed in Victoria, the ACT, and most recently in NSW. Queensland has a ban on conversion practices in health settings, while Tasmania and Western Australia have committed to reforms.

SA Rainbow Advocacy Alliance (SARAA) Chair Leeann Friday said SARAA would continue putting pressure on the government to ensure family or friends who witness conversion practices can report it.

“Survivors should not be made to bear the burden of enforcing this ban alone,” she said.

This survivor went undercover to expose conversion therapy churches

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India’s first openly gay prince on his conversion therapy experience

Advocates seek election commitment for conversion therapy ban

If you need someone to talk to, help is available from QLife on 1800 184 527 or at QLife.org.au.

Lifeline 13 11 14

Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800

beyondblue 1300 22 4636.

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[werewolfmack]

I love Cheryl Blossom's complete lack of queer solidarity. She makes a LGBTQA+ alliance to make others bow down to her when she comes out. As head of this alliance she publicly outs another gay student over the school intercom, on purpose. And she intentionally prohibits two gay guys from running for prom king & king because she wants to be prom queen & queen with her girlfriend and her fantasy of winning "must include everyone wanting me to win" so she just stopped everyone else from entering. When she does win prom queen she specifically only invites two other m/f couples to dance with her and her girlfriend and not the m/m couple who "always thought it would be cute to be the first gay prom king/king couple".

She's so evil in such a high school way. I love her so much.

[5typesoftrash]

My GSA is making tye-dye masks to sell (proceeds go to the Rainbow Foundation). Would any of you be interested in buying those?

[goodluxbabe]

Oh hey! I’m here and I just hit three months on T!

[thisdamnedwierdinternet]

Better late then never I guess.

Twitch removes the transphobic LGB Alliance from its list of approved charities

Good news! The gaming live-streaming service Twitch has removed the anti-transgender organization LBG Alliance from its list of accepted charities.

In response to a request on their web site, Twitch admins responded:

Thank you for sharing your concerns with us. Following a thorough review, we have removed the LGB Alliance from our list of approved charities. Twitch does not allow charities that violate our hateful conduct policies on Twitch, or whose organization or leadership engage in or promote behaviors that violate our Off-Service policy. You can find our response on Autism Speaks here.

We include a wide range of organizations in Twitch’s charity tool through our partnership with the PayPal Giving Fund so that streamers can choose which charities they align with and wish to support. Inclusion on this list is not an endorsement from Twitch. However, we regularly review the list and remove organizations that violate our policies. Please continue to share your feedback to help us improve charity on Twitch.

[just-a-black-boy]

GSA

Hey so, I want to help my school's GSA (Gender - Sexuality Alliance) out by making a list of things we could discuss with the school to become more inclusive/ talk about / organise or do things with. I'd really appreciate it if y'all could dm me some suggestions as well or reply to this post with some suggestions. Thank you! (Maybe also like rb to spread it around, I want as many opinions as possible)

[journey-forth]

It’s a mess but I made my volunteer shirt for pride! ~

I’m incredibly proud to say that me & two of my friends gave organized the first EVER Pride festival in our small Louisiana city. It’s a huge breakthrough for the LGBTQA community here and I’m so so proud and excited!

We’ve received so much love and support, I can’t wait for tomorrow! 💙💚💛🧡💜❤️

[ambassador-dude]

My highschool sells t-shirts for the GSA club! I'm just posting a possible design for it. It's the GSAs version of the Middletown raider that I made just today using autodesk sketchbook

[furfunsfurrynsfw]

The LGBT Problem...

Before I go any further, before you start typing some slur, let me explain that I am bisexual. That I'm a guy who likes dicks sometimes, and other times likes a pair of tits. So understand this is coming from someone who is a part of the community itself, and as a furry too, who is speaking like this.

Society is hitting this... "Peak"... I guess... Where everyone wants to be who they want to be. Everyone wants to be different, and I fully believe in everyone's rights to be free with what they want to be. Transgenders shouldnt be made fun of if they feel like they arent what they were born as, and I totally support a trans female making the bodily change of chopping off that penis and making themselves... Well, them! I have many, many problems with the community itself, however. A community I once loved until I started seeing the unnecessary movements, the whining, the complaining (seriously, hold off your typing, I'm not done).

I have a friend who is a trans-male, three, actually. I have two friends who are trans-female. But all of them differ in personalities. I want to start with a guy who I am just going to name as friend "Z" for privacy reasons. Z loves to play jazz music, and he enjoys hanging out with all his friends. While I'm not super close friends with him, I knew quite a bit about Z. First off, Z was born a female (seriously... Keep your fingers off the comments and the keyboard or touch screen or whatever you're using to read this) but believed that he was male throughout his entire life. Z has a more... *time to piss off some LGBT people* "feminine" body, even as my senior year ended. Well, whenever I would talk to Z, I would accidentally use the wrong pronouns. On occasion, I would accidentally say "she/her." But Z understood that, he didnt make a big deal out of it. Instead, he let it go because I was a friend who sometimes said the wrong thing. I was thankful because Ive seen how hateful this gender movement has become. Why do people point and laugh at us these days? ... Because the movement is just a fucking joke.

Look at it, people cant even decide who is supposed to be in the LGBT community anymore. Everything feels to be in shambles, torn apart by ourselves and our lack of awareness. I don't believe in very many genders, and its not because it isnt possible. All it creates in the long run is a complicated legal system that many wont understand. Change takes time, and some people refuse to change. A gay friend of mine - whom I will name as "Chap" - has tried to argue so many times that I'm wrong. Her arguments are rarely backed however. It reminds me of the "Black Lives Matter" movement, and I completely understood why the movement was created. But as soon as anyone tried to say that any other lives matter, it was deemed offensive.

I'm white. I'm Caucasian. I'm born from Germans. I have a Nazi ancestor. Yet I believe everyone should be treated equal. These movements aren't about being equal with the top dog anymore. They're about being above the top dog, making the top dog their slaves. Real talk here, I'm an author who wants to get scholarships and grant money for college. Do you know how much money I can get? Not much, just because I'm white and just because I dont play football. Why? Thats it. I dont know. I looked for scholarships but the only ones offered that I could take were for maybe $25. Whats that going to do for me? Buy me some ramen? Thats about all that money is good for. I hate sitting in the back lines with no fair shot at grants of $5000 and $10000. I come from a low-mid class family. We don't have the money for college, unless I go forty years in to debt. Probably sixty.

Someone in my town had to watch a dilemma in his workplace unfold recently. One of his coworkers, a guy, is very very productive. Like, top of the line productive at the workplace. He is always doing his job and is always working hard every shift. But a few months ago, a woman in the workplace noticed that her pay wasnt equal to his. Many in the workplace environment had to watch as this top worker quit his job because the CEO was too afraid to be sued by the girl who wanted equal pay as a guy who did twice as much work as she did.

Ask yourself this...

Is that fair?

This man - who worked 8 to 10 hour shifts - quit because a woman threatened to sue the bosses for giving him more pay for what seems like the same job? Yet he doesnt just do the bare minimum. Half the time, he is like a manager. He worked there for two years. This girl worked there for maybe six months. Why should she have equal pay to someone else if she doesnt go above and beyond?

She shouldn't.

Thats just one reason why this cause is a fucking joke. The laughing stock of the entire world. CEO's are afraid to fire female workers for not doing their job, male workers are quitting nice environments because the trans-somethingorother wants equal pay for less work, people think they should be paid more for little work at all. The average person thinks two years should always yield a raise. False. If youre doing the minimum of work required, you shouldnt get a raise at all.

I get that trans people are more likely to be brutally killed, but those facts aren't even supported by large amounts. Research teams twist facts and spin them just a little bit so that they can be used differently. I once read an article that said 48% of the gaming community was female. No, its not. Do you know how to get a number that high for female gamers? You start adding things that arent really "games" at all. I'm not saying female gamers don't exist, I know plenty. But I also know that it isnt anywhere near 50%, especially not that close. How does one manipulate these facts then? They redefine something, they tell this thing that it is something else. Tell me, is your mother who plays Words With Friends on Facebook a "gamer" by "gamer" definition? Most of you probably would say no, but is WWF not a game? It is, but it isnt anything big. When I think of gamer, I think of casual players who actually play console and pc games that have real content to them. Games like Skyrim, Overwatch, Red Dead, Super Mario, Sonic... All kinds if games, violent, puzzle, rpg, you name it. But is the mobile gamer a true-to-heart gamer? Maybe PUBG or Fortnite players... But beyond that, not very many games can truly be called games. Theyre just little addicting apps.

So when you tell me that "trans people are 25% more likely to be killed", did you only take your news off articles? Because few places report a white man's death anymore. I wouldn't trust the "fact" I gave. I'm sure aggression and hostility towards trans people is increased, and I'm sure they are targeted for assault and murder. But maybe only an extra 5% to 10%. Maybe.

I also understand that trans people are more likely to have their family and friends turn their backs on them. Chap tried telling me that if she told her parents, they would flip (this argument was five or six years ago). Well, Chap's parents learned she was gay... And they still accepted her. In fact, theyre helping her through all her actual mental problems like Depression, which she actually has. They told her what they always did, she wasnt allowed to date until she was 16. She started dating when she was 16, met a really nice girl and her parents loved the girl and made her a part of the family. I know this isnt true for everyone, some people do have those parents who hate their kids for being gay, bi, trans and all that but many will still love their children no matter what.

What makes this gender movement a joke is that misgendering someone should now be "terms for assault/misdemeanor". But why? So that these movement people can get more funds because they could legally sue others? I make mistakes, but because of my mistake, I should be tossed in jail or forced to pay $100K in "emotional damages" and a therapist because I made a mistake? Ive made the mistake of misgendering others several times, yet never before has any of them cared except for one. I'm no longer friends with that person, not because they're trans, but because they were being an asshole about my mistake.

You tell people like me to think before we speak? Go get some facts, real facts. Back up and support claims with evidence, not emotions. Using emotions will only lead to more trouble and abuse of a legal system. God knows Canada's legal system has been abused ever since the laws were put in place about the whole "misgendering" thing... And I actually like Canada.

Think. God dammit, think. I hate movements, theyre always causing more problems than theyre solving, and they rarely ever solve the problem intended to solve anyways!

I dont believe in more than 3 genders for legal reasons, not biological. How about we stop throwing science out the window? Whatever happened to the "stop labelling" movement... Eh...?

[chekhovspigstampede]

fun fact for US high school students

if you go to a public school that allows students to form any non curricular clubs at school, all students have to right to form a club. you could form a gsa if you want.

[razzleberryjam]

Pictured left to right:

Gay man sitting at doctors office, Lesbian sitting anywhere, trans/nb man who is trying to figure out the most natural way to appear as a cisman, asexual sitting on the couch at a movie night when the couple starts making out, the bisexual.

why do they sit like every gay person ive ever met

[justanoreotryingtohelpout]

Noa and their friends wanted to start a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) club at their school — a place to come together and find support. But the head of the school won’t allow a GSA in the school “because he doesn’t want controversy.” Noa knows that a club for LGBTQ+ students and allies isn’t controversial. Instead, it can provide a safe space for many. Add your name now to help Noa fight homophobia and get a GSA at their school.

http://chng.it/2g9psbjNyk

[justthecaffeine]

🏳️‍🌈Just An Update🏳️‍🌈

⚢I am not out at all irl

⚢I did join my school's GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance)...as an extremely passionate ally 😉🏳️‍🌈😜

⚢I am trying to get my mom to watch One Day At A Time with me (I've binge watched the series twice already) in hopes of opening up the conversation

⚢I talk about so many gay things I'm surprised no one has (lately) asked or said anything

2-27-18