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these are all from within the last 2 days
information about this horrific shooting
what happened?
-Omar Mateen acted alone in shooting over 100 people at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida at 2am Sunday morning
-Omar had a 3 hour standoff with police, and was eventually shot dead
-50 were killed, 53 were injured
-this is the worst mass shooting America has seen
-this is the worst act of terrorism since 9/11
-police say Omar was organized and well prepared
-he was armed with an assault rifle, a handgun and an unspecified “device”
-this was an act of terror and hate
things to remember.
-it was latin night last night at Pulse
-the night was being hosted by trans women of color
-do not erase the fact that this was a hate crime against people in the lgbt+ community
-be respectful to the families affected by this tragedy
-some people could have been outed if they were killed or injured
-Omar’s father has stated that Omar was indeed homophobic and became angry after seeing two men kissing
-this shooting had nothing to do with religion
-here are some tweets about this tragedy from various people
-support everyone in this time of need. please
-there have been threats on other places such as the LA pride parade. please be careful.
what can i do to help?
-blood banks in Orlando are at capacity - if you wish to donate, schedule an appointment for later this week
-when the blood banks are no longer full, they will need O-, O+, and AB plasma
-donors must be over the age of 16, healthy, and weigh over 100 pounds
-oneblood has not lifted its ban on lgbt+ men giving blood
-oneblood is in need of water, juice, snacks, and fruit for those donating (drop them off here)
-here is a check-in page to help people locate friends and family
-family hotline: 407-246-4357
-for emergency blood donations:
Orlando West Michigan Donor Center
345 W Michigan Street, Ste. 106, Orlando, FL 32806
Orlando Main Donor Center
8669 Commodity Circle, Orlando, FL 32819
Oviedo Donor Center
1954 W. State Road 426, Oviedo, FL 32765
-bloodmobile locations:
Asbury United Methodist Church
220 West Horatio Ave.
Maitland, FL 32751
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church
4851 S. Apopka Vineland Rd.
Orlando, FL 32819
Metro Church
1491 East State Rd. 434
Winter Springs, FL 32708
-there is a gofundme now set up for the victims and their families
-you can donate to Orlando hospitals here
-The Center is an lgbt+ organization and is accepting donations here
-Orlando Youth Alliance is and lgbt+ organization and is accepting donations here
-how to contact representatives about gun control
if you need to talk.
-The Trevor Project: always open, for lgbt+ youth. call them at 1-866-488-7386.
-Trans Lifeline: for transgender people. call them at US: (877) 565-8860 or Canada: (877) 330-6366
-Scarleteen: text them at (206) 866-2279
to the lgbt+ community: i love you so much. i am here for you. you deserve to live. stay strong. stay safe.
The media is not talking about it.
Yesterday, in Rio de Janeiro, a seventeen year-old was drugged and raped by 30 men. Yes, that number is right. Thirty men raped a girl. They also filmed her while she was unconscious, hurt and bleeding, and posted it to twitter. They took selfies next to her inert body, posted them, laughed and made crude jokes about it.
If you try to find any reports on it, you’ll find ONE website reported it but treats the case as an ‘alleged’ rape. There are videos and pictures. Alleged rape.
I am yet to see ANY of the men I have on Facebook say something about it. So far, the only ones showing any kind of response to it are women. We are all disgusted, sad, angry, and feeling utterly powerless because we know that in our country, rape culture is still widely accepted and propagated. We feel defeated, but we will not stop fighting. We can’t.
mrslovelyribs
CNN has reported on this.
CNN.com - www.cnn.com
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/27/americas/brazil-rape-social-media/index.html
This is outrageous. PLEASE REBLOG THIS BECAUSE TUMBLR FILTERS THESE POSTS IF YOU’RE ON SAFE SEARCH. The only way to get it out is to REBLOG.
Yes! Thanks to the huge repercussion this case got on social media, it got the attention it deserves from the actual mainstream media.
princessoforlais
a new law is about to be passed in Saudi Arabia that will allow the government to execute people for coming out or being openly gay online.
ignoring the fact that this is literally something out of some kind of dystopian novel, in the interests of safety i’ve emptied out my face tag and may temporarily deactivate or password protect this blog.
please reblog this and get the word out, and if you pray, please pray for me and my fellow Saudi LGBTQ+/MOGAI family.
Yesterday a terrorist killed 41 people in a stadium in Al-Asriya, a few miles from Baghdad. It was a football tournament. Seventeen aged between 10 and 16 died. Had it happened in Europe, the entire world would be weeping; our politicians would spend hours saying how Islam hates the West and how we should ‘close the borders’ to refugees. But these boys died in Iraq, and some bombs are not as loud as others. May they rest in peace.
If you’re voting for Bernie Sanders
please remember:
not many are aware, but a president is extremely, extremely, extremelyyyy limited without a supporting senate and congress.
for example, if the majority of the party is republican, as it is with Obama, most of the bills and “promises” brought up will be vetoed and denied by the congress without us knowing, thus resulting in us blaming the president when in reality, the president needs OUR help even after being selected.
voting does NOT stop after the presidential election. the president of your choice winning does NOT mean the fight is over.
if you support and want all the things Bernie Sanders is in favor of, and want to see change, please vote for a senate and congress that will support and pass these ideas as well.
so if you’re “feeling the Bern”, don’t be upset if you dont get free college tuition. so please, please, please, PLEASE… vote for a respectful, progressive, open minded senate & congress (:
Do not skip out on midterm elections. Do NOT skip out on midterms. DO NOT SKIP OUT ON MIDTERMS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
i don’t mean to be political, but what if everyone had basic human rights
letsdraxxthemsklounst
And what if Donald Trump is an idiot
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people speak of countries, continents and even Earth with she/her pronouns because land is something you can own, and the belief that you can own a woman is still something that exists