AIDS IS NOT HISTORY.
In October 2013, ACT UP New York staged a die-in on the first day of the New York Public Library’s exhibition “Why We Fight: Remembering AIDS Activism,” to counter the myth that AIDS and AIDS activism are over.
ACT UPer Benjamin Heim Shepard wrote at the time;
There are few more powerful symbols of this than the ACT UP die-in, designed to bring the casualties of the AIDS war home with images of bodies in streets and corridors of power. It is ACT UP’s most telling of performances. As long as there is an AIDS epidemic, there will be an ACT UP, even as the group ebbs with the currents of the epidemic. People, come and go; participants die; communities are decimated and ACT UP meetings continue. Despite this people have been writing premature autopsies for ACT UP for as long as I have been involved with the group, two decades now. Yet, in between the ebb and flow of countless movements, from Global Justice to Occupy, ACT UP has remained, raging forward to fight this cruel epidemic.
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Institutionalizing activism has way of taming it. It put a period mark on the Civil Rights movement, years too soon. That is why ACT UP was at the museum, to remind everyone that the imperative of AIDS activism remains. The AIDS crisis continues. ACT UP is still here.
Join the fight. ACT UP still meets every Monday at 7pm at the LGBT Center in NYC.
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Give Us Roses While We’re Still Here
Transgender Day of Remembrance // Nov. 20thThis is just a poster I made the other day. I love all of my trans family, and I hope you take the day for remembrance & self care.
the road to el dorado when in the context of a d&d game is the most astounding and hellish streak of 1′s and 20′s
me watching any movie with kids just on their fucking bikes doing god knows what: god i wish that were me
From Reina Gossett’s Instagram:
reinaxgossett: #deepshare #realtruth this week while I’m borrowing money to pay rent, david france is releasing his multimillion dollar netflix deal on marsha p johnson. i’m still lost in the music trying to #pay_it_no_mind and reeling on how this movie came to be and make so much $ off of our lives and ideas. david got inspired to make this film from a grant application video that sasha & I made and sent to Kalamazoo/Arcus Foundation social justice center while he was visiting. He told the people who worked there -i shit you not- that he should be the one to do this film, got a grant from Sundance/Arcus using my language and research about STAR, got Vimeo to remove my video of Sylvia’s critical “y'all better quiet down” speech, ripped off decades of my archival research that i experienced so much violence to get, had his staff call Sasha up at work to get our contacts then hired my and Sasha’s *ADVISOR* to our Marsha film Kimberly Reed to be his producer. And that’s just the shit I have the spoons to name. TRUST🥄THERE'S🥄SO🥄MUCH 🥄MORE🥄. This kind of extraction/excavation of black life, disabled life, poor life, trans life is so old and so deeply connected to the violence Marsha had to deal with throughout her life. So I feel so much rage and grief over all of this & STAR must have some serious level plan on moving through many—and clearly by any means necessary—to get the message out… So tonight I’m channeling high priestess energy to show me the honey throne cuz this storm queen is 😖😫😱
[ or, toxic masculinity from the perspective of a trans guy ]
when i came out as trans my warm and loving family supported me
but they treated me differently
when i came out as trans my dad asked if he should start slapping me on the back and socking me in the arm instead of hugging me.
when i came out as trans my mom wanted to know if i would still got with her on fun trips to the mall to buy clothes and home decor items.
when i came out as trans my grandfather looked positively startled and overjoyed when i kissed his cheek and told him to drive safe.
when i came out as trans my grandmother asked if it was okay if she hugged me in public or if it would embarrass me.
when i came out as trans my dad told me that he had a lot to teach me— he said this because i told him i thought make up was fun.
when i came out as trans my aunt apologized for kissing me on the forehead.
when i came out as trans my uncle gave me a handshake rather than a hug.
when i came out as trans my cousins hesitated to hug me at the door.
when i came out as trans my family hesitated to show me the casual affection and platonic love they had previously felt free to give.
end toxic masculinity.
show your sons as much affection as you would show your daughters.
let your sons indulge in beauty when they want to and always support them.
do not think for one second that the societal expectation of masculinity is more important than the individual feelings and needs of someone you love.
07/28/17
JESSICA CHOU Has A YouTube Channel Teaching Women About Basic Vehicle Maintenance
This is quite an interesting YouTube channel concept, and it shows that … Asian chicks kick ass! JESSICA CHOU is a young Asian American woman who has a YouTube channel which basically teaches other girls and women about how to fix their car.
“I think we don’t see as many female mechanics because the industry is still so heavily dominated by men. When we think of a mechanic, we think of men. When we see ads or posters of mechanics, we see men. When we see shows about cars, we see men. It will take a long time to change all of this, but in the 10 short months that I’ve been on this journey, I’ve met so many incredible people who are out to change the game.”
male mechanics are known to overprice and add on unnecessary services to female patrons because they assume they dont know shit about cars. go jessica!!!
guys: fight each other all the time
girls: support each other and share hand cream
Lol no. Girls are bitches to each other more often than not. If it isn’t to your face it’s behind your back.
maybe they are mean to you only. everybody in my group is supportive and we share hand cream.
My world changed forever when I stopped looking at other women through the lenses that society had given me.
I learned how easy it is to ask a stranger for a pad.
I learned to share my lotion.
I learned how quick women are to compliment.
I learned how easy it is to make a girl smile.
I learned how to find good sales - hint: compliment an item and you learn where it was purchased and if it was on sale.
I learned how to see fear on a face across a bar.
I learned how to step in.
I learned how to ask for help with my eyes.
I learned about bathroom friendships and how deep they can feel for their short lived lives.
I learned how to signal complex thoughts and ideas through straw placement and head tilting.
I learned how to feel safe and make others feel safe.
Girls are so good.
The world is seriously a better place now that I enjoy the presence of other women. I haven’t had a single catty incident since I stopped hanging out with exclusively dudes and not-like-other-girls.
I am like other girls and other girls are wonderful. You can never have too many sisters.
I’m so glad I learned to love women.
Same. It changed my life. It saved me.
Funny thing that it’s only men who tried to perpetuate the myth that women are bitchy and would claw each other’s eye out (usually for men). The women in my life have been always supportive in my life and my work.
