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So I guess we aren't talking. Can you at least have the decency to tell me you're not gonna talk to me? I've made so many attempts to befriend you non-anonymously and none of them have panned out. I'm involuntarily friendless and have been for at least a year or more. Please just say I'm unwanted. The not knowing is eating away at me.
Anonymous
TW: suicide, emotional abuse, harassment
Okay, anon. I know who you are now. I just got off from work to get this message and two others within the past 24 hours.
First off, I told you that I work nights from 4pm-2am. This means I do not have my phone or a computer during that time. Four-five days a week. When I get off from working in a hot warehouse for ten hours, I am tired. I am hungry. I need sleep. I sleep until around noon or later and then have to start getting ready to do all of that all over again. During the week, I am hard to reach, because of this. I feel like I should not need to explain this to a stranger - and justify my inactivity, but I have been so triggered from our past conversations, that I guess I have to.
Now that that is aside, I need to tell you that I DID block you in the past because you were harassing me. That is why I have not been getting your messages. Before I blocked you, I told you that I was going through a hard time and felt that I was not stable enough to help you. Regardless, I gave you resources and suggestions on who to contact about your issue. I asked you to stop contacting me. You did not. If I did not respond to your messages fast enough, you would contact different blogs of mine. In one day, I received messages from you at three different blogs AND my personal e-mail.
You guilted me for not helping you. You made me feel like an asshole. You threatened suicide. I asked you to please stop contacting me again, and again offered helplines. I was suicidal at the time. I repeatedly told you this, and that I could not help you how you wanted me to.
Please. I love helping people, but you did not respect my wishes or my personal space. I am so triggered from these past experiences with you that I am shaking and near tears right now. I am sorry, but I cannot deal with this. What you are doing is emotional abuse.
Please, for the last time, stop contacting me. I do not even want an apology.
TW: suicide, emotional abuse, harassment^
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This is the second of four recommended reading lists of queer and queer-ish books, organized by Hogwarts houses! Gryffindor can be found here. ENJOY.
Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity edited by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
This collection of short works on identity, community and authenticity covers a lot of territory - “passing” as related to gender, race, disability, work, nationality, sexuality, and more. Pick it up if you’re itching for more complex perspectives on social justice.
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Besides being an absolute masterpiece of the comics format, Bechdel’s memoir about her cold and inscrutable father earns major Ravenclaw appeal with its highbrow literary allusions. If psychology is more your thing, try her other memoir, Are You My Mother?
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
This book tells the story of two Mexican-American teens - Ari, an angry loner, and Dante, a quirky intellectual - who form a transformative bond and ponder over poetry, philosophy and life’s many mysteries. I haven’t gotten my hands on this one yet, but I’ve been told it’s one of those rare transcendent young adult books, emotionally resonant and masterfully crafted.
Israel/Palestine and the Queer International by Sarah Schulman
This latest work from the prolific author and longtime activist chronicles her travels through Tel Aviv and the West Bank and her growing consciousness of the occupation of Palestine. Read it for a knowledgeable queer perspective on a divisive topic.
Adaptation by Malinda Lo
There’s not much on this list for science aficionados, but hopefully some science fiction will suit you. Did you know Malinda Lo did graduate work on The X-Files? This novel, the first in a forthcoming series, has flavors of the 90s TV show and should delight fans of Mulder and Scully, creepy conspiracies, and queer representation in sci-fi lit.
Transgender History by Susan Stryker
For the history buffs - this concise text on transgender people in America between the mid twentieth century and early twenty-first puts trans communities and movements in historical context and offers a compact but comprehensive chronicle of our stories. -
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“Together we can end HIV stigma, but we need to be able to TALK ABOUT IT. Share this graphic to continue the conversation and encourage your network of friends to speak up!” :D
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May Day 2013 - Asuncion, Paraguay
Lesbian workers march on May 1, 2013.
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The radically simple Uniject™ injection system Rethinking the needle to extend the reach of lifesaving vaccines and medications
What if syringes were so easy to use that even untrained health workers could give injections without the risk of error?
What if vaccines for developing countries could be prepackaged in low-cost prefilled syringes, vastly reducing the amount of vaccine wasted?
What if syringes could not be reused—and we knew for certain that gateway to HIV transmission was closed?
The Uniject™ autodisable injection system (Uniject), born in PATH’s Seattle shop, is little more than a small bubble of plastic attached to a needle, but it answers all these needs. It is so simple that health workers can learn to use it after less than two hours of training. It cannot be reused, which eliminates one route of disease transmission. And it is precisely prefilled by the pharmaceutical producers with a single dose, which ensures that the correct amount of drug is delivered and that none is discarded unnecessarily.
PATH developed Uniject with funding from the US Agency for International Development and then licensed the system to BD, the largest syringe manufacturer in the world. As part of the licensing agreement, BD supplies the Uniject system to pharmaceutical producers at preferential prices for use in developing-country programs. Developing Uniject and bringing it to market has been a 20-year endeavor.
Originally developed for use with vaccines, Uniject now promises to extend the reach of other lifesaving drugs as well as contraception.
Uniject is a trademark of BD.
(From PATH)
This is wonderful.
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transawareness reblogged gaywritesSt. Pius X Catholic High School in Albuquerque color-codes graduation attire for its students based on gender: white caps and gowns for girls, black robes for boys.
Damien Garcia’s friends, family and teachers recognize him as a man. But because he’s transgender, his school says he must wear the graduation uniform designated for women or he won’t walk with his class.
The school superintendent told KRQE the school determines graduation dress code by the gender listed on the student’s birth certificate. Although Garcia’s birth certificate now contains his legal male name, his gender is still listed as female, since New Mexico requires a medical affidavit and proof of legal name change before amending gender on a birth certificate.
A pair of young Quaker brothers in Albuquerque heard about Garcia’s story and launched a petition on Change.org calling for St. Pius to let Garcia walk in men’s regalia for graduation. The petition, addressed to St. Pius principal Barbara Rothweiler, currently has more than 24,000 signatures.
Garcia’s family, who supports his male identity, said they don’t expect the parochial school to make an exception before graduation, but hope the school will consider doing away with gendered graduation gowns altogether in the future.
First off, what’s the benefit of having different graduation attire for men and women anyway? But more importantly, this is outrageous and hurtful in a lot of ways. Sign the petition and maybe the school will take note and wake up.
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LGBTQ* News We’re Paying Attention To:
(following from NOLA)
Louisiana State University students Tuesday celebrated their first-ever Lavender Graduation, honoring accomplishments of LSU’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender, queer and questioning population and their supporters. About 20 students walked across the stage in the Cotillion Ballroom at the Student Union in front of family and friends.
The ceremony, which is not a separate graduation but rather a presentation of a lavender stole, let students celebrate with peers as a member or supporter of the LGBTQ community…
The students will wear the lavender sashes when they accept their diplomas in the university’s official graduation ceremonies.
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