Emily the knitter

Transgender and nonbinary youth whose pronouns are respected attempt suicide less: report "It's about effort, and just attempting to be respectful and kind to people," lead author Steven Hobaica tells The Advocate.

“Transgender and nonbinary youth (ages 13 to 24) whose pronouns are respected were 31 percent less likely to attempt suicide in the past year than those whose pronouns are not respected, according to a new report from The Trevor Project”

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Oh HELL no. Someone posted on an autism subreddit about how one of these triggered a huge panic attack. All kinds of issues with accessibility and safety here. Do the local fire marshals know about these?

Ever think about the sheer enormity of how much global racism costs and for what? The UK for example can barely maintain the same economic standard as a third tier US state and this is what they’re choosing to do?

Because the big issue is managing us not stopping fascism

A whole movement of abuse and possible fascism was built on our harm and they don’t want to fix it

If we die they will remember but for twenty seconds

And it’s not just the white women at this point

I have done this my whole life. It’s not voluntary, it just happens. I am told it is common for autistic people. Entry number 473 in the “But there were never any signs that Emily was autistic!” ledger.

EXCLUSIVE: Forced Detransitions ‘Nearly Toppled’ Medical Unit in Georgia Prison During Care Ban — Assigned In the midst of a lawsuit, a Georgia prison resumes gender affirming care for trans inmates.

In August, we got a bit of extra money from a generous donor, and I used it to expand into coverage of trans life in American prisons.

This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.

For comparison, every robotic mission NASA has ever sent in its history, from the dawn of the Space Age 65 years ago to today, from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, has cost less than $40B.

I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.

Back to the island today to drain the water system and close up the house. Yeah the Uniqlo Heattech Ultra clothes are toasty warm but even they can’t help enough in that place when outside is -12C. Resigned to winter in the city. Alas.

This is one of my favourite things on the internet

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

It’s never ok to use the R slur.

It’s never ok to discriminate against and berate disabled people.

It’s not an acceptable term to describe anyone, for any reason.

He’s emboldening his base.

They’re going to use it more often.

Please speak out. Help protect disabled lives.

It's not a love of the status quo.

It's a combination of terror at the idea of a new reality to navigate, and an inability to imagine something new (better or otherwise).

It speaks to how part of the work of liberatory organizing is visionary. We have to help people see a possible better future.

This explains SO MUCH

Once when I was writing for Cracked I was doing a piece about “changelings,” which I thought would be lighthearted Ye Olde Timey silliness, but as I researched it I could only conclude “changelings” were a fig leaf to kill neuroatypical children.

It went on in the US until the 20th century.

This is a hell of a read. I have a lot of family in Texas. My father wanted to move us there when I was about 13, and backed down only when I quit speaking to him. Not even my mother’s threats to leave him were enough. Thanks, past me! You knew what was up!

Once when I was there with no car, four different people (including the mailman) got in touch to make sure that someone was supposed to be in the house.

I like island life.

A few years ago we didn’t get to the island for a few weeks, and discovered when we did arrive with a friend for Thanksgiving that someone had been living in our house. (A story for a different thread.) So now we are The People Who Had the Squatter and hoo boy do our neighbours watch our place. +

Jill Andrew - Wikipedia

Beautiful, inspiring evening at the ceremony for the Urban Alliance on Race Relations’ annual racial justice awards. I was deeply honoured to present the award for racial justice in government to Dr. Jill Andrew. Just an incredible woman.

YouTube video by Röyksopp Röyksopp - 'Speed King' (Official Visualiser)

Area Woman Cannot Stop Listening To This Song On Infinite Repeat

The Doctor is right and correct

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:

Puffins
Moose
Beavers
Foxes
Bald eagles

I was surprised to learn that Maslow’s pyramid is based on his plagiarized understanding of Blackfoot cosmology.

Racism aside, the problem with "it's not stolen, it's conquered" is that attitude is nothing but "killing you is an acceptable way to take your stuff" and I'm pretty sure that's bad. "I didn't steal your car, I conquered it" would, uh, not hold up at trial.

I'm not interested in "I told you so."

A lot of people voted Liberal because they were terrified of Poilievre and his gang. I get that.

But Carney's who we got, he's being a weak leader, pushing policies that are harming the vast majority of us and it's time to just admit he sucks and push back.

I will pay for a show that is Planet of the Apes with dolphins. Paul Gross is in the Charlton Heston role, and all the dolphins have Newfoundland accents for some reason.

I love this SO MUCH.

Now that the long-range forecast has been issued, it’s time for my annual thread of Advice on Making Mittens that Will Actually Keep You Warm. 1/...🧶

Letter by letter.

Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.

1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.

It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.

Transgender care saves lives.