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thistle-and-bee-press · 4 months

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From the LGBTQ Iowa Archives and Library, a Queer archives, library and community center, located in Iowa!

Help support the work of the LGBTQ Iowa Archives & Library by becoming a Friend of LIAL. With an annual or monthly donation, you will help support our free programming, archival endeavors, and our library full of trans and queer books that cannot be banned by the state legislature. As a trans and queer volunteer-run organization, LIAL depends on community support to continue our mission of preserving and sharing Iowa's LGBTQ history.

If you become a Friend of LIAL before February 15th, you will also receive a handmade notebook by India Johnson!

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#lgbtq #queer #iowa #midwest #hand binding #book binding #book banning #fight book banning #trans pride #support queer artists #archives #library #queer organization #volunteer organization #read queer all year #gay #lesbian #gay pride

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gender-sexuality-happiness-rage · 1 year

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🏳️‍🌈SPREAD THIS LIKE ✨ GLITTER ✨MY FRIENDS TO SAVE QUEER LIVES!!!! 🏳️‍🌈 ******* DEADLY TRAVEL WARNING FOR LGBT+ GOING TO FLORIDA!!!🏳️‍🌈 ********************* ****** ⚧️ QUEER WARNING FOR THOSE IN FLORIDA!!!! ⚧️**********************************************************************

“Hide your books to avoid felony charges Florida schools tell teachers “ - The Washington Post Jan. 31st 2023

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Relocation programs can help you start a new adventure within your budget.

7 Countries That Pay You To Move There [Updated April 2023]Relocation / By Samantha North / April 14, 2023

https://digitalemigre.com/relocation/countries-that-pay-you-to-move-there/

7 Countries That Pay You To Move There

Before you go…

#1. Spain

#2. Italy

#3. Greece

#4. Ireland

#5. Chile

#6. New Zealand

#7. Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey (UK)

Come One, Come All to a Tropical Paradise

A visit to the Caribbean islands will make you feel like you have gone to heaven on Earth. Pinch yourself if you think you’re dreaming, but you’ll probably be excited to know that several Caribbean islands welcome the LGBTQ community with open arms.

Don’t just stop at finding the right island, though. You are also going to need to identify the right accommodations, like the exclusive, secluded beach resort you’ve been dreaming of or that all-inclusive gay-friendly resort your neighbors visited.

Keep some of the following thoughts in mind to help you decide on the absolute best gay-friendly islands in the Caribbean.

Turks and Caicos: Pure Paradise

https://sailrocksouthcaicos.com/what-are-the-most-welcoming-and-gay-friendly-caribbean-islands/

“ Barbados, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, and the Cayman Islands offer some of the best healthcare in the English-speaking regions. Furthermore, these islands offer state of the art facilities. “

We can't just vote fascism away, the time has come to DISOBEY! (be brave!)

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theartofangirling · 4 months

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fuck around

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and find out

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#well well well!#also I DO NOT want any notes saying it's what they deserve in Florida!!! nobody deserves to live under an authoritarian regime!!!#obviously there are people who voted for this but there are ALSO people fighting back against it and kids who don't have any say!!!#in conclusion all book bans are bad (yes even bans of books by idiots like bill o'reilly)#mp

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thatwritererinoriordan · 2 years

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Friendly reminder that if your local library puts out a Pride Month display, please take a moment to send the staff, management, and/or the library board an appreciative email. Let them know you support the fight against bigotry and censorship.

#pride month 2022 #lgbtq+ books #books and libraries #libraries #anti censorship #fight book bans

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bunkernine · 1 year

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society if hoo had them at uni age and the lost trio went to chb and chiron is like "how tf are ANY of u alive and unclaimed". wilderness was just community college.

#on a serious note this changes a lot actually. annabeth and percy would not be in chb anymore so when percy goes missing #its like. a genuine possibility and fear because demigods don't make it that old. there is also some added time between tlo and tlh as well #further adding to jasons isolation as being even WEIRDER than everyone else. he also would've been praetor for longer so maybe the romans #wouldve cared more. this also does away with the plot hole of ppl not giving a shit that jason piper and leo (and dylan) straight up #dipped. introducing piper especially to a summer camp makes chb less appealing because they're too old for that and thus makes their #departure from chb make more sense in toa. yet also it opens up the possibility of new rome uni.... which i cannot see any reason as to why #leo would not go there!!!!! outside of being banned cuz he bombed new rome lol. but pipers sexuality arc works for college too!!! ur never #too old to find urself. but also this is the question of if you are able to relatively function in society (this is more for piper leo fran #and i guess percy) then why would you even fight this prophecy??? anyway lol them being college aged is perfect cuz percy is literally #going to a new place and having a new transition with new ppl... like u do in college LOL. now the question is would hazel still be 13. nic #is a lot older at this point and perhaps has the same age gap as bianca and him did 🤔 cant remember. but also don't know why hazel was 13 #in the first place lol. idk. in my college hoo she is just a senior in hs about to graduate from spqr and thinking about staying there or #possibly going to newru after seeing frank make the decision the previous year! SAD!#anyway in hoo. percy and annabeth are sophomores. frank and the lost trio are freshman.#but then in toa. percy annie frank and the lost trio are all graduating cuz percy got held back and Annabeth failed after tartarus fr.#but then also know that piper never went to newru and is adamant about going to mortal uni. and leo kills in newru but is bored. nvm i #forgot he died 🧍‍♂️ ummmmmm ok. ignore leo. and jason actually. so um. ok that really threw me off but are u getting it. that's when apollo #is like 'heeyyyyy i need help pwease 🥺' and they're all like 'dude.'#OK!#but also i ackowedge that this is a children's book and i am not its demographic so god be with you.

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tomorrowusa · 7 months

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It's banned book week, an annual event to examine which books are being challenged by anti-freedom Nazis in the US.

Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read and spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. For more than 40 years, the annual event has brought together the entire book community — librarians, teachers, booksellers, publishers, writers, journalists, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular. The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted for removal or restriction in libraries and schools. By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship. In a time of intense political polarization, library staff in every state are facing an unprecedented number of attempts to ban books. ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom ALA documented 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, the highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling data about censorship in libraries more than 20 years ago. The unparalleled number of reported book challenges in 2022 nearly doubles the 729 book challenges reported in 2021. Of the record 2,571 unique titles targeted for censorship, most were by or about LGBTQIA+ persons and Black, Indigenous, and people of color. The theme for Banned Books Week 2023 is "Let Freedom Read." When we ban books, we're closing off readers to people, places, and perspectives. But when we stand up for stories, we unleash the power that lies inside every book. We liberate the array of voices that need to be heard and the scenes that need to be seen. Let freedom read!

One bright spot this year is Illinois – the first state to ban book bannings.

Illinois becomes the first state in the U.S. to ban book bans

But some states, Texas and Florida in particular, have ramped up book bannings and censorship.

A reminder that people aged 13 to 21 anywhere in the US can obtain access to the Brooklyn Public Library's Books Unbanned program.

Books Unbanned | Brooklyn Public Library

Read books that Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbott, and local MAGA bigots don't want you to see.

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aquitainequeen · 11 months

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Read more from Book Riot!

#us politics #book bans #fight book bans #libraries #signal boost

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gayseyjones · 10 months

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why is everyone so hellbent on blaming the AO3 ddos attack on Sudanese Terrorists or Russian Psy-Ops or 4Channers or The Evil Antis guys I don't think it's that big of a deal. You know when the transformers wiki got a ddos attack we just waited for it to end calmly we didn't cook up info-wars-level conspiracy theories about it

#💖#idk how to explain that ddos attacks are... common...#and a03 is not a bastion for lgbt rights or whatever the fuck you've convinced yourself it is #its literally just a fanfic website #it doesnt have even half the worth you think it does #there are genuinely next to no stakes in ddos-ing it from a ''right wing'' pov #they are much more concerned with actual important shit. like idk. books about lgbt expression. books about the holocaust.#books about racism and civil rights. etc. you know. the shit they've BEEN banning #the libraries theyve BEEN cleaning out #and you think theyre worried about your fanfiction... okay! whatever you say!#and this is all fucking disregarding that sudan and russia are both um FIGHTING WARS?#AND YOU THINK THEY CARE ABOUT FANFICTIOOOOOON 😭😭😭

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jomiddlemarch · 2 months

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#rupaul #fighting book bans #with grace and kindness

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whump-queen · 1 year

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idk if you’ve seen The News but i’m proposing to @hurtthemgently with a plastic halloween spider ring and —

do u like him babe :<

#invitations to the wedding should hit soon!!#rsvp with how many eldritch horrors you’re able to bring #it’s sort of a monster potluck situation so you’re not getting in unless you’ve got at LEAST one otherworldly creature #sorry guys but you know #I didn’t spend 2 hours on the phone tryna book this sickass sky castle as a venue just to NOT have any monsters know what i’m saying #monster fight ring time babeyy we will be accepting bets #and yes I know we’re technically eloping but IM NOT ABT TO MISS OUT ON A CHANCE TO RAGE #I know SOME PEOPLE are BANNED from themed events held in the sky so in the interest of not getting SWATTED were streaming it on twitch too #akias art #shoutout to zizi who has inspired me to try drawing chibis #tiny aki?!!#river #❤️❤️💖🥰#chibi #anime chibi #akias avatar demon

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vcrnons · 10 months

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this has to be some kind of cosmic joke. i put myself on a svt buying ban LAST WEEK and now my regular music store has all their old albums in stock.

#shut up j #i dont wanna be a grownup with my own money anymore this shit is too hard #THE WAY THESE WERE ALL IN MY BASKET SOMEWHERE ELSE BUT I DIDNT WANNA PAY EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS SHIPPING #AND NOW I CAN JUST. GET THEM.#BUT I CAN'T GET THEM I JUST BOOKED A HOLIDAY FOR SEPTEMBER I NEED TO NOT SPEND MONEY #i'm gonna kick off rn #i am literally gonna fight someone (and it'll probably be MYSELF when i cave and break the ban because I HAVE NO IMPULSE CONTROL)#i hate it here WHY HAVE THEY DONE THIS #i was fine not having them all the while they were not available in hmv THIS ISN'T FAIR

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anthrofreshtodeath · 1 year

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Jodi Picoult’s books are not for me but shout out to her for speaking out against this fascist wave of book bans and informing people on what they can do about it 🫡

#I know it’s not the right response but I just want to fist fight every knuckle dragging white woman who tries to get books banned #I will travel school district to school district just to brawl

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whatthehelloh · 1 year

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#roe v. wade #sanctioned child abuse #child labor in usa #death penalty #death penalty for abortion #banning books #white christofascism #republican christofacism #anti lgbtq #anti protest #fascism is alive in America #fascism in america #< nationalism is fascism #fight #fight against fascism #wake the fuck up #anonymous #anon ops

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art-for-a-reason · 7 months

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Can't afford this personally, but it's a hell of a shirt and maybe some of y'all might like to get it for yourselves. Gotta love LeVar.

#levar burton #t-shirt #reading #banned books #reading rainbow #fight back against the fascist right wing book burners #wish list

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friendofthecrows · 2 years

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People can block me for talking about this too much, whatever. But here's the thing: I'm anti-censorship so I don't care and will continue talking about it. Don't want to see it? Block me. Block the tags. You know, just like you can do with things you don't want to see on ao3.

#ao3 #censorship #hal rambles #yes it might not seem like an important issue but it is important to me #i am very strict about the preservation of information #you cannot remove works from an archive on a censorship basis #how do people not understand that is BAD #it doesn't matter if it's a small archive or a big archive #a fanfic archive or one of historical records and literature #i will pick a fight with you if you mess with ANY archive #i am against any form of book banning #and this extends to amateur works as well #in fact #it ESPECIALLY applies to the works of random people #look what has happened to social media #look what has happened to livejournal and ff.net #and now you want ao3 to have the same fate?#eventually where will we be able to discuss ANYTHING remotely disturbing or not approved of by mainstream society #queer issues will be targeted #trauma survivors will be silenced #academic and education discussions will be supressed #this has happened time and time again #look at actual Liturature TM. the books that are most often banned in schools and libraries are not the awful ones #they're the ones that ask questions about our society and biases. they're the ones that discuss the challenges marginalized people face #in all it's ugliness #those are the ones that get banned

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morebedsidebooks · 10 years

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This Banned Books Week some ways to fight censorship and for freedom.

(Image from the Books Challenged or Banned in 2013-2014, by Robert P. Doyle)

#banned books week #anti censorship #freedom of expression #fight book challenges and bans

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