#safe sanctuary

[namitha]

Love carries me while light shields me from harm's way. In the embrace of love, I find my strength, and within the protective glow of light, I discover my sanctuary. United, they guide my journey through life's rich mosaic, weaving moments of joy and moments of serenity into the intricate pattern of my existence. Just as a ship is guided by the stars, I am steered by the constellations of love and the radiant beams of light that illuminate my path.✨

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[justinspoliticalcorner]

Erin Reed at Erin In The Morning:

On Tuesday, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris announced that her pick for Vice President is Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota. In recent years, as trans and queer people have come under attack from over a thousand proposed bills, Walz is expected to serve as a source of optimism for LGBTQ+ people. The governor’s long track record on LGBTQ+ rights positions him as a strong oppositional force against what has become a national attack on LGBTQ+ people, particularly transgender individuals.

“I am proud to announce that I've asked Tim Walz to be my running mate. As a governor, a coach, a teacher, and a veteran, he's delivered for working families like his. It's great to have him on the team. Now let’s get to work. Join us,” read Harris’ statement on Twitter. Walz has taken decisive action against attacks on transgender people in surrounding states, making Minnesota a refuge for those seeking care. In 2023, he signed an executive order protecting transgender people from out-of-state prosecution if they seek care within Minnesota’s borders. The executive order also issued a bulletin to health insurance companies, mandating coverage and initiating investigations into health insurance denials in the state.

In 2024, Walz signed a bill banning the gay and transgender panic defense. This defense is often used to help individuals avoid murder charges or receive lighter sentences by asserting that they were "deceived" by a romantic partner who was gay or transgender. According to one study, the transgender panic defense has been used at least 351 times. Walz's pro-LGBTQ+ record goes back much further than his time as governor. In 1999, he sponsored the first gay-straight alliance at his high school while working as a teacher. In Congress, he co-sponsored the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act and voted to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D)’s track record on LGBTQ+ issues has been stellar, dating back to his pre-Congress days.

This makes me glad that he is the nominee.

[transmechanicus]

Making my daily 5+ poasts in the sleep token tag for all the ppl with lyric usernames and band pfps to dutifully ignore bc i didn’t mention iv’s womb tattoo

[the-crittercorner]

Critter corner sanctuary bab crew and family photos for the summer 2024!

[bonboony]

She has been a safe haven for him ,, in art ..

[crow-quet]

so for fankids how about SquirrelFlight x Ashfur?? :) lolz just kidding what about Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash?

i dont look at who sends questions until after i read asks and it got cut off after the first part in my notifs so i literally looked at my phone like this when i checked LMFAOOOOO

YA WISE GUY ......

anyways

flutterdash .... my original OTP for the past 13 years ...... god i love them so much. theyre always fun to design hypokids for <333

[an-experienced-gentleman]

I will be your quiet sanctuary.

Six Sexy Words

[randik-86]

Worship my soul as it holds safety,

I will be your refuge from the world,

Taking you deep into our own sanctuary,

Our love is so sacred,

That even the Gods envy it...

©️randik86

[mo-mode]

Okay but quick super random thought: If monsters can still come back from Tartarus after Medusa turns them to stone, but their former stone self is still there…do you think a monster has ever happened upon the emporium a second time, seen themselves, and gotten some crazy deja vu?

Has someone ever come over, seen their friend’s statue and gone “HAH her face looks so dumb in this one, I’m gonna buy it and give it to her as a gag gift” Do some people return immediately after and kick down the door like “hey SNAKE LADY that’s kinda fucked up that you put me in the FRONT for everyone to see!!! Anyway, I forgot my bag-“ Has anyone ever purposefully come over to get a sculpture of themselves, and they just come back a month later for it?

If Medusa can’t kill monsters, she must have made some friends along the way, and I think that’s an adorable idea. I hope she started a book club or something, and that’s why she has such a big dining table.

[rad-hound]

Omg, I thought I may have accidentally scrapped MacCready's wooden soldier toy by accident, and I got sooo upset. 😭😭😭

[isatoru]

blue lock men get a little too excited and creative and also serious if you ask them the silly question "would you still love me if i was a worm?" btw

[the-crittercorner]

☆plush related rambles☆

I tell ppl who don't really understand my connection to my plushies that I "collect them" but for ppl who do get it I am NOT a collector my plushies are my friends and family in some cases! They all have personalities, and they have lives outside of my interactions with them. They are friends with each other and some of them have pretty extensive family trees. They have jobs, drama and pasts they got there own little lives going on! I like to imagine that my room/home is just a sanctuary for plush to live in a community setting so no I don't have a "large plushie collection" I have a plushie TOWN a plushie CITY and im friends with the whole town. >:]

[molluskzone]

haircut

i didnt forget her glasses, shes just leaning really close to the mirror because wearing glasses while cutting your hair makes it really hard to tell length

also shes looking to the side of the mirror to see what she's doing. but to make this clearer i should have made her eyes directed towards the audience OR towards her irl hands... ugh... but its too late to change it i deleted the file i used to make the edits and i dont feel like making them again

[organicsaturdaychurch]

Ametrine Plinko got sick of hearing Dmitrius and Whitenoise say their pretentious philosophical stuff to eachother and went on a silly walk

It climbed many a tree for shade

And went under many a rock for also shade

But in the end.. Ur only getting consistent shade if ur in the house 😔😔😔😔

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Erin Reed at Erin In The Morning:

On Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills of Maine signed LD 227, a sanctuary bill that protects transgender and abortion providers and patients from out-of-state prosecution, into law. With this action, Maine becomes the 16th state to explicitly protect transgender and abortion care in state law from prosecution. This follows several bomb threats targeting state legislators after social media attacks from far-right anti-trans influencers such as Riley Gaines and Chaya Raichik of Libs of TikTok. An earlier version of the bill failed in committee after similar attacks in January. Undeterred, Democrats reconvened and added additional protections to the bill before it was passed into law.

The law is extensive. It asserts that gender-affirming care and reproductive health care are "legal rights" in Maine. It states that criminal and civil actions against providers and patients are not enforceable if the provision or access to that care occurred within Maine’s borders, asserting jurisdiction over those matters. It bars cooperation with out-of-state subpoenas and arrest warrants for gender-affirming care and abortion that happen within the state. It even protects doctors who provide gender-affirming care and abortion from certain adverse actions by medical boards, malpractice insurance, and other regulating entities, shielding those providers from attempts to economically harm them through out-of-state legislation designed to dissuade them from providing care.

The bill also explicitly enshrines the World Professional Association of Transgender Health’s Standards of Care, which have been the target of right-wing disinformation campaigns, into state law for the coverage of transgender healthcare.

The bill is said to be necessary due to attempts to prosecute doctors and seek information from patients across state lines. In recent months, attorneys general in other states have attempted to obtain health care data on transgender patients who traveled to obtain care. According to the United States Senate Finance Committee, attorneys general in Tennessee, Indiana, Missouri, and Texas attempted to obtain detailed medical records "to terrorize transgender teens in their states… opening the door to criminalizing women’s private reproductive health care choices." The most blatant of these attempts was from the Attorney General of Texas, who, according to the Senate Finance Committee, "sent demands to at least two non-Texas entities." 

[...] Despite these threats, legislators strengthened both the abortion and gender-affirming care provisions and pressed forward, passing the bill into law. Provisions found in the new bill include protecting people who "aid and assist" gender-affirming care and abortion, protections against court orders from other states for care obtained in Maine, and even protections against adverse actions by health insurance and malpractice insurance providers, which have been recent targets of out-of-state legislation aimed at financially discouraging doctors from providing gender-affirming care and abortion care even in states where it is legal.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) signs gender-affirming care and abortion sanctuary state bill LD227 into law despite the best efforts of right-wing anti-trans extremists such as Riley Gaines, Courage Is A Habit, and Libs of TikTok who sought to thwart its passage and signature into law.

[eywaseclipse]

If anyone wants to get allegorical with me I wouldn’t hate that. Because right now all I can think about are the parallels between Neytiri and Lucifer becoming fallen angels….

Defeat, acceptance, then rage. (My favorite song!) lol (also read the tags too)