Calling all One Day at a Time fans and pro-LGBTQIA+ and Latinx representation folks - this is not a drill!

This message is from a co-showrunner of One Day at a Time on Netflix.

They need viewers over the next few days to watch four or more shows to help keep it on the air! LET’S DO THIS!!!

The show has an out teen lesbian main character!

Who now has a non-binary sweetheart!

A single Latinx mom who is out of the military and working on her PTSD.

RITA MORENO!!!

WE CAN’T LET THIS GIFT TO THE WORLD GO AWAY. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WATCH 4 OR MORE EPISODES THIS WEEK IF YOU CAN, AND PLEASE SHARE!!!

*plays it on my laptop, tablet, phone, firestick, and work computer*

So like please don’t buy nautilus shells they’re actually going extinct, largely because we kill them for their shells. They’re really cool little dudes but they’re not recognized as endangered because we “don’t know enough about them”, despite it being pretty clear to anyone who works with them, scientist or fisherman. Near nobody knows about this, so please be kind to these little guys and maybe spread the word?

Congress voting on HR 620 aka Seriously Fuck Up the ADA bill

This is about HR 620, aka The Ruin Disabled Peoples Lives Bill. Do Not Assume That Your Politicians Will Vote Against This, I don’t care how “liberal” they are or whatever.

From Lindsay B, who works at a national disability advocacy org (& she’s disabled & supports our local ADAPT & I know her from a local support group):

The House is voting on H.R. 620 THIS THURSDAY [February 15th 2018]. This is scary, people. H.R. 620 is a dangerous bill that would weaken the Americans with Disabilities Act and strip away disabled peoples’ civil rights. It would undermine the KEY intent of the ADA, which is to ensure that disabled people have access to public places! PLEASE TAKE ACTION!

Contact your Representatives and tell them to OPPOSE H.R. 620:

Monday (TODAY!) - Participate in the ‘Save The ADA CALL IN DAY’ and tell your representative to VOTE NO on H.R. 620! All Representatives can be reached at the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 or (202) 224-3091 (TTY). Tuesday - Post your opposition on social media! Tag your Representative and use the hashtags #HandsOffMyADA and #StopHR620. You can find your Representative’s Twitter handle and FB information at [link next] www.ContactingCongress.org 

Every day until the vote - use Resistbot (link: https://resist.bot) to turn texts into faxes, mail, or hand-delivered letters; fax your members of Congress (use link faxzero.com to find their fax number); or contact your Representative with contact information from link www.ContactingCongress.com.

Thursday (the day of the vote) - CALL and TWEET all day and tell members of the House to VOTE NO!

Additional info: See NCIL’s alert with more info about the bill and links to additional resources: [link next]  http://www.advocacymonitor.com/action-alert-save-the-ada-h…/ DREDF’s HR 620 page with tons of links to resources and articles: [link next] https://dredf.org/hr620/

more info from Lindsay:

“Some businesses care about accessibility, but some definitely don’t (and/or don’t prioritize it). It’s not conjecture to say that a lot of businesses will fail to provide accessible facilities- there are a lot of businesses that are still not in compliance 28 years post-ADA. This bill takes away any incentive to remove barriers until they’ve received the specific notice required. I would like to believe businesses will do the right thing, but the reality is even without this bill many have already shown us they won’t.” “They claim the bill is to protect small businesses from lawyers who are abusing the ADA by filing frivolous lawsuits. (But the reality is this is not a widespread problem (not nearly as widespread as inaccessibility!), and where this has been an issue at all is in the small number states that have laws going beyond the ADA and allowing damages, which are not allowed under Title III of the ADA.)”

PLEASE share! Call your reps! Stop #HR620 from passing and setting disability rights 28 years back!  Its expected to hit the floor on THURSDAY. Start calling now and don’t stop! 

Let bi boys date girls

Who isn’t letting them……

Gay boys who see me with a girl and say I shouldn’t be allowed in lgbt spaces because I’m actually really straight

Straight girls who see me as their “gay friend” or who say they don’t care about sexuality but wouldn’t date a boy who’s had sex with a boy

Straight people in general who say “isn’t he really just gay” or telling girls that I’m actually gay and faking it with them

Gay people who say that because I have the option of dating a girl I’m the same as the straight people who oppress our community

Gay people who say I’ll never understand oppression or what it’s like to “actually” be gay

So there’s quite a few people not letting them!!

Keep reblogging this post all the comments are people showing how much they hate bisexual people

Biphobes unfollow me, you’re not welcome here. LET👏PEOPLE👏LOVE👏WHO👏THEY👏WANT👏

I haven’t seen a post like this for bi boys, only for bi girls. let’s fix that.

Reblog this post to cleanse your follower count of biphobes 💖💜💙

I am not a straight people.

Reblog if you are also not a straight people.

Sportscaster Dale Hansen defends student wrestler Mack Beggs and takes a stand against transphobia

Reblog if you've ever been told that your sexual or romantic orientation isn't valid

YOU ARE VALID AND LOVED

strech marks, freckles, spots, and scars are all what make you human. your body is beautiful.

Okay, but seriously on the topic of straight people being so overly concerned about their children being exposed to homosexuality…

As some of you know, I am a makeup artist in a holistic beauty boutique in a very wealthy area of eastern New York. The week before Halloween I was offering simple costume makeup designs for both adults and children. So my last client of the evening was a 15 year old girl who came in to get her makeup done for the Halloween dance at her school. I was enjoying a conversation with both the girl and her mother when suddenly the topic of transgender came up. I got a little nervous because I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut when I hear people speaking negatively about these sorts of topics and as I mentioned, my store is in a very upscale, white, conservative area…

Anyway, the girl starts telling us that her friend prefers to be a boy now. She says it very simply and comfortably and it made me happy to see her talk about it as if it was really no big deal.

Her mother says

“How does she even know what transgender is though? She’s a little young to be making a decision like that. I really think the media is taking things too far with all this gay stuff. I’m not against it or anything, but didn’t you just tell me two boys in your class are dating too?”

The girl said that yes, two boys she knew were dating and another boy she knew was gay also. (And she also corrected the pronouns her mother used for her friend)

“I don’t mind that she knows that homosexuality is,” the mother said. “But I don’t think it should be taught at such a young age. Did you know it’s on Disney channel now?”

It took me a moment to respond, I just kept painting the girl’s face until I could figure out what I wanted to say.

“Well,” I said. “We tend to teach heterosexuality literally from the time a child is born. Most children’s books and movies are even centered around a romance of some kind like a Prince and a Princess for example. There’s rarely a children’s movie that comes out where the main male and female character don’t end up marrying each other in the end. If we don’t have a problem flooding our children’s minds with heterosexuality from the time they are able to sit up and watch a movie on their own, what is so wrong with showing them two boys or two girls being in love? We aren’t showing them sex. We aren’t showing them anything inappropriate. Since when is love inappropriate? If we show them love in all it’s forms (be it gay or straight) from an early age, they will see that it’s all perfectly normal and natural and maybe we can finally put homophobic the past…”

The woman considered this for a second and then said “I just feel like they see it and then they start to think that they might be too.”

“And maybe they are. But isn’t it better for them to know that it’s okay? They aren’t hurting anyone.”

Then the girl said. “No ones going around just thinking they are gay because they know what gay is, mom. I know what a chicken is, that doesn’t mean I’m going to wake up tomorrow and start clucking.”

I loved this kid. I hope she does well in all of her endeavors

I’m not going to wake up tomorrow and start clucking

How History Books Will Remember The Government Shut Down: A Masterpost

Bringing this back in light of another american govt shutdown

My dear lgbt+ kids, 

If someone’s “I support all lgbt+ people!” has a silent “.. as long as they are white” added to it, they can take their support and shove it somewhere the sun never shines, I don’t want it. 

In other words: Someone can ‘support’ you and still be a racist pig, and you’re allowed to call them out for it (and if it’s safe for you, even encouraged to). 

With all my love, 

Your Tumblr Mom 

Like, Slurs aren’t just “mean names” you know? Slurs are slurs for a reason. Slurs are words with long painful histories. Slurs are words weighed down with death, pain, sadness, loss. You can’t just throw them around to show how edgy you are, how much you don’t care. If you feel like you’ve just gotta toss out a slur to make your point then tbh you’re argument obviously isn’t strong enough to stand on its own. There is never an appropriate time to use a slur that doesn’t belong to you. If you’ve got no claim to a word then keep it out of your damn mouth

a lesson on nonbinary individuals and why we feel the way we do about numerous basic things, such as the mere fact of our existence and our pronouns.

As a nonbinary bisexual I relate to this on multiple levels.

oof yeah

first day of 2018: some ugly youtuber with bad hair films, exploits, and makes a mockery of a suicide victim

second day of 2018: the president has a big dick contest with kim jong un and threatens nuclear war