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joosyratgod · 11 months
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i brought percy to dillsboro, north carolina on our trek through the appalachias.
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monmorgandy · 1 year
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Golden Sunset Glow over Blue Ridge - 1783 by J & W Photography Via Flickr: Facebook | FAA | 500px Captured in a cloudy late October afternoon from an overlook in Blue Bridge Parkway. Although it has been quite dry this October in the area and the distant Blue ridges often looked hazy, it was quite a surprise that the clouds that evening were lit on fire by the setting Sun, which helped the epic golden glow over the ridges. Quite a pleasant experience to be on the spot.
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intheholler · 3 months
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Donations for Appalachian/Southeast USA Queer Organizations
Here lies the sister post to my resource list.
Under the cut, you'll find a list of regional, primarily queer-focused groups to donate to, if you have the means.
If you've ever accused us of being beyond help, or have ever said we should be sawed off into the ocean, here's your chance to help the many helpers trying to make the southeast a better place--those that always go conveniently ignored in such conversations.
General Regional Links
Appalachian Outreach
STAY (Central Appalachia)
Help suspected transgender John and Jane Does regain their identities
Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project (STYEP)
Southerners on New Ground (SONG)
Campaign for Southern Equality
Trans Health Project
Alabama
AIDS Alabama
The Knights & Orchids Society
Magic City Acceptance Center
Medical Advocacy and Outreach
Prism United
Shoals Diversity Center
T.A.K.E.
Thrive Alabama
Georgia
Carrollton Rainbow Inc.
Emmaus House
Feminist Women’s Health Center
First City Network
Georgia Equality
Kentucky
AIDS Volunteers of Lexington
Arbor Youth Services
Lexington Pride Center
Louisville Queer Youth
Louisville Youth Group
Kentucky Fairness
Kentucky Health Justice Network
Kentucky Youth Law Project
Sweet Evening Breeze
Louisiana
AcadianaCares
Louisiana Trans Advocates
OUTnorthla
PACE Louisiana
Shrevepride
Mississippi
Capital City Pride
Gulf Coast Equality
LGBTQ Fund of Mississippi
The Spectrum Center in Hattiesburg
Violet Valley Bookstore
North Carolina
Charlotte Transgender Healthcare Group (CTHCG)
Down Home NC
Guilford Green Foundation & LGBTQ Center
Pitt County Aids Service Organization
Tranzmission
Triad Health Project
Triangle Empowerment Center
South Carolina
Alliance for Full Acceptance
Charleston Black Pride
Harriet Hancock Center
Palmetto Community Care
T-Time
Uplift Outreach
We are Family
We are Family Trans Love Fund
Tennessee
CHOICES
Launch Pad
Metamorphosis
Mountain Access Brigade
My Sistah’s House
Pride Community of the Tri-Cities
Trans Empowerment Project
Youth Villages
Virginia
Justice 4 All
Nationz
Side by Side VA
Virginia Home for Boys and Girls
West Virginia
Harmony House West Virginia
Fairness West Virginia
Holler Health Justice
WVFREE
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amberwilso · 12 days
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What do you love about trans?
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my-ancient-home · 6 months
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Appalachia in its entirety
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Map of Appalachian subranges (I consider Appalachia to be anything in the Appalachian Mountains so; Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama)
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Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (Spanish, 1815-1894) Elizabeth Wethered Barringer, 1852 Ackland Art Museum, North Carolina
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televangelist666 · 8 months
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Gods country, shot on 8mm ♱♡
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lonestarbattleship · 7 months
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USS North Carolina (BB-55) off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington.
Date: September 24, 1944
US Navy Photo: 3110-44
Battleship North Carolina Archives: 2014.008.015
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louis--wifey · 1 year
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I would draw these but I can't draw so I'll do this instead
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tssarah001 · 18 days
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Trans is beautiful 😍🏳️‍🌈❤️💯
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lothken · 5 months
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“Oh Appalachia”
Oh, Appalachia, your dirty hands carved just as much by stone as they carve. While those above the mine eat in a world lit by those below that starve.
Oh, Appalachia, the simplest of lives there guarantee no safety. You're still home to me.
Oh, Appalachia, revival tent pitched for the Gifted to gather. Those whose fervor never has waned make those that have shatter.
Oh, Appalachia, elder mountains shield us from the rising sea. You're still home to me.
Oh, Appalachia, where our roots have grown deep and never give way. Here longer than most, not by Ellis but Chesapeake Bay.
Oh, Appalachia, lands that have been scoured forcing us to flee. You're still home to me.
Oh, Appalachia, home of the intricate labyrinthine holler. They keep us close and yet leave our infrastructure to wallow.
Oh, Appalachia, a mountainous embrace you can never truly flee. You're still home to me.
Oh, Appalachia, whose world is made worse. Here not man and wife but miner and nurse.
Oh, Appalachia, whose mountains are blue and smoky. You're still home to me.
Oh, Appalachia, everybody finds them some pride on Friday night. Appalachian resolve tested with each push, hit, and bite.
Oh, Appalachia, whose world has been tainted by poppy. You're still home to me.
Oh, Appalachia, those who live there may not on Sunday pray. Yet Tradition's grasp will hurt Appalachians, brave and gay.
Oh, Appalachia, whose mountaineers are sometimes Free. You're still home to me.
In the heart of Appalachia, where echoes of hardship linger. Resilience runs through the rivers, flows from every finger.
Oh, Appalachia, where the echoes of coal linger in the street. You're still home to me.
Oh, Appalachia, you are a home not a house. Your Ancient Summits are both loved and renounced.
Oh, Appalachia, with a desire to be there and happy. You'll always be home to me.
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xkaiteki · 5 months
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St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, West Jefferson, North Carolina.
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monmorgandy · 1 year
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Dreamy Setting Sunrays - 1461
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Dreamy Setting Sunrays - 1461 by J & W Photography Via Flickr: Facebook | FAA It has been being extremely dry since late September in the Smoky Mountains and southern Blur Ridge Parkway areas. We drove up to an overlook near the Waterrock Knob in later afternoon early last week. To our surprise, the Blue Ridge was covered with clouds. The setting sun pierced through the clouds and created these beautiful orange rays casting onto the distant mountain ridges. What a beautiful scene and moment!
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intheholler · 3 months
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Appalachia & Southeastern USA LGBTQ+ Resource Masterpost
Under the cut, you'll find queer-focused resources sorted by state.
I have a sister post with donation links for those outside of the region who'd like to help us grow.
If you aren't from the region, I encourage you to find the organization that speaks to you the most, put your money where your mouth is and help us be better.
If you are from the region, I sincerely hope this can help you or someone you know in some way.
This list is inexhaustive as Tumblr is only permitting 100 links (which is also what necessitates the sister post and is why you may not see your contribution unfortunately).
Disclaimer: I do not (necessarily) personally endorse these organizations, nor have I vetted them thoroughly. If I have included anything you know to be detrimental or harmful in any way, please DM immediately me so I can rectify it.
General Regional Resources
Appalachian Outreach organizes events and provides access to resources for the queer community all across Appalachia.
STAY (Central Appalachia) is a youth-led activist organization in central Appalachia.
Trans in the South is a directory for gender-affirming healthcare in the south.
Southerners on New Ground (SONG) is a queer liberation group funding projects, protests, and campaigns to build a queer-friendly south.
Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project (STYEP) connects trans youth affected by anti-trans legislation with gender-affirming healthcare providers in the southeast; they offer grants up to $500 to individuals for emergency support.
Trans Health Project helps trans folks understand, access and utilize their medical insurance. They provide grants for gender-affirming surgeries.
Campaign for Southern Equality provides funding, training and resources for/to queer individuals and activists.
Not region specific, but important all the same: Help suspected transgender John and Jane Does regain their identities.
Resources by State
Alabama
AIDS Alabama helps provide housing to vulnerable individual and families, including helping queer youth find housing.
ALTGO’s list of local resources for gender-affirming care, legal services and generally queer-friendly physical/mental healthcare.
The Knights & Orchids Society provides housing, healthcare, and general support to the Black queer community.
Based in Birmingham, Magic City Acceptance Center offers supportive safe spaces and direct support to 52 counties in Alabama.
Medical Advocacy and Outreach in southern Alabama provides HIV+ care, as well as HIV & hepatitis C testing.
Prism United funds free therapy and hosts gatherings for queer individuals along the Gulf Coast.
Shoals Diversity Center is a Florence-based group that offers mental health services, support groups and other resources for the queer community in the Shoals area.
T.A.K.E. Resource Center provides direct support, grants, housing advocacy and other services for trans women of color in Alabama.
Thrive Alabama facilitates access to queer-focused healthcare services in North Alabama.
Georgia
Carollton Rainbow organizes queer-focused social events in West Georgia and provides tools for advocacy in the community.
Emmaus House is a soup kitchen in Savannah also providing laundry and shower facilities.
Emory is an Atlanta-based, queer-focused law firm.
Feminist Women’s Health Center (I know the name isn’t necessarily ideal, sorry) in Atlanta offers trans-inclusive, affordable medical care. They also provide access to abortions.
First City Network in Savannah provides referral services for healthcare, advocacy, education and mutual aid for queer Georgians.
List of housing assistance in the Savannah area
Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia serves the queer community’s legal needs in Georgia.
Kentucky
AIDS Volunteers of Lexington (AVOL) provides housing and assistance to low-income people living with HIV/AIDS.
Arbor Youth Services provides emergency shelter to queer youth in Louisville, up to age 24.
Berea Human Rights Commission offers free investigations into claims of housing or employment discrimination with a focus on queer folks.
Kentucky Health Justice Network provides referrals to gender-affirming providers, as well as financial assistance for trans healthcare and abortions.
Kentucky Youth Law Project provides free representation to queer youth.
Massive Kentuckian LGBTQ resource list provided by Lexington Pride Center, broken down into easy-to-browse categories.
Louisville Youth Group strives to give queer youth the tools and skills they need to grow personally and facilitate positive change in their communities.
Sweet Evening Breeze helps queer young adults in Kentucky between the ages of 18-24 obtain emergency housing.
Trans Kentucky’s list of gender-affirming healthcare providers across the state
Guide on changing your name following gender-affirming surgeries in Kentucky, and a tool to help you do so.
Louisiana
AcadianaCares supports folks living with HIV/AIDS while providing support to houseless and impoverished individuals.
ACLU Louisiana website.
Community resources in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette (much of it only provides addresses and emails, so it’s hard to link individually here).
Directory of trans-focused healthcare providers
List of in-person and online queer support groups. In-person groups are based in Monroe, Lafayette and Baton Rouge.
Mutual aid in Shreveport
Out of the Closet provides clothing for the queer community with multiple locations throughout the state.
OUTnorthla is a queer film-festival hosted by PACE Louisiana.
Queer-forward healthcare in Louisiana.
QUEERPORT is a grassroots org offering a platform for queer creatives.
Tulane Drop-In Clinic provides free medical and social services to runaway and otherwise houseless youth.
Guides for legal name changes in Louisiana.
Mississippi
Capital City Pride hosts pride events, meet-ups and book clubs for the queer community around Jackson.
Gulf Coast Equality hosts drag shows, food drives and other events for the Gulf Coast area.
The Spectrum Center in Hattiesburg offers a community closet, short-term emergency housing, free HIV testing and scheduled support groups/events for the queer community in Hattiesburg.
Violet Valley Bookstore is a queer feminist bookshop owned by a published lesbian author in Water Valley.
Guide for name changes in Mississippi.
North Carolina
Charlotte Transgender Healthcare Group (CTHCG) connects trans folks with gender-affirming care.
Down Home NC helps rural working class communities organize to advocate for their rights.
Guilford Green Foundation & LGBTQ Center provides financial support to queer nonprofits and activist groups in NC to fight anti-queer legislation.
Ladies of the T is provides resources and support to trans and gender non-conforming women of color in the Tri-City area. .
North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Attorneys (NCPMB) provides attorney referrals, visibility, and support for the queer community.
Pitt County Aids Service Organization (PICASO) provides HIV prevention and testing services in Eastern NC, as well as support for individuals living with HIV/AIDS.
Asheville-based Tranzmission’s compilation of trans-focused medical, social and legal resources in WNC.
Triad Health Project provides free HIV testing, contraceptives, prevention outreach, daycare and access to their food pantry in Guilford County.
Durham-based Triangle Empowerment Center provides the queer community with emergency housing, access to PrEP, as well as support groups and other events.
South Carolina
Harriet Hancock Center is a community center offering social support for queer individuals in the Midlands area.
Free gender-affirming gear to South Carolinians!!!
Alliance for Full Acceptance (AFFA), a queer-focused social justice group
List of queer-friendly medical providers across the state
Uplift Outreach provides safe spaces for queer youth in Spartanburg.
Charleston Black Pride serves the queer POC community in the low country area.
We are Family Charleston’s community center hosts support groups and provides direct support to the queer community around Charleston. They offer microgrants to trans individuals in the state as well as in-person support groups and aforementioned free stuff for trans folks.
Closet Case is a thrift store by and for queer individuals, operated by We Are family, offering safe and affordable clothes shopping.
T-Time holds support groups for trans individuals, based in Myrtle Beach.
Palmetto Community Care provides confidential HIV testing and support as well as free contraceptives.
South Carolina based community support network for the trans community
Legal assistance in Columbia, SC/Midlands area
Guide on changing your name in South Carolina
List of queer-safe, gender-affirming care providers in Columbia, SC
Tennessee
CHOICES provides low-cost LGBTQ healthcare, among other services, such as abortions.
Emergency housing in Tennessee for those living with AIDS
Launch Pad helps queer youth among others obtain emergency shelter in the Nashville area.
Metamorphosis provides transitional housing and other emergency support for queer youth between 18 - 24.
Mountain Access Brigade provides abortion funding across the state.
My Sistah’s House in Memphis provides emergency housing and support for queer people of color, as well as access to health services for sex workers.
The Seed Theatre in Chattanooga provides free resources such as binders for the trans community and hosts safe, social spaces.
Tennessee HIV Prevention & Care
Trans Empowerment Project provides support to trans and gender-nonconforming folks around Knoxville.
Youth Villages provides emergency housing for youth under 18.
List of trans-focused healthcare providers across the state.
Virginia
Counseling, free hygiene products, temporary housing and more provided by Side by Side VA
Virginia Home for Boys and Girls partners with Pride Place to provide temporary housing for queer young adults (18-25).
Side by Side VA provides temporary housing for queer youth for up to 6 months.
Nationz, based in Henrico, provides free STI/HIV testing, food pantry, PrEP, and notary services for the queer community.
Justice 4 All provides legal aid for low-income Virginians.
Virginia Rural health Association’s list of gender-affirming healthcare providers
General rural healthcare resources in Virginia
West Virginia
Dr. Rainbow connects folks with queer-friendly care in the state.
Fairness West Virginia’s list of gender-affirming care providers.
Harmony House West Virginia provides queer-friendly shelter for houseless people.
Holler Health Justice is a queer- and POC-led mutual aid organization based in WV, though they seem open to serving all Appalachians.
Holler Health Justice also provides financial/logistic support to West Virginians seeking abortions.
WVFREE connects West Virginians with birth control providers.
Nearby gender-affirming care for trans youth at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Transgender Health Center.
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amberwilso · 16 days
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bfpnola · 1 year
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On the bills across the country which are aiming to essentially eradicate marginalized communities through eliminating our rights. Would suggest watching if you are: queer, trans, capable of becoming pregnant, Black, disabled, or under the age of 18.
Video dated March 10, 2023. Original TikTok linked in the source.
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