I Want More People To Know That While The Palestine Olympic Team Consists Of Only 8 Athletes, At Least

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今週ガチアクタ センターカラーです @KEI_URANA via twitter

As pride month begins, let us not forget our Palestinian brothers and sisters.

This is me whenever I have to practice

this is not normal. Palestinian students the same age as me or in many cases even YOUNGER shouldn’t have to be online 24/7 advocating for their families just so they have some money to buy food and buy a tent after their old one was destroyed by a drone strike. please don’t be desensitized by this. there is an onslaught of atrocities being committed by israel every single day but we have to keep standing up for Palestinians.

the students on my dash… they’re all so young they have aspirations they have hopes. but now they need to wake up at the crack of dawn to line up at the food distribution center not knowing if there’s a sniper somewhere watching them. this is horrific

Help Ameer and His Family Escape the Gaza War Zone

My name is Ameer Al-Hindawi, and I am a 21-year-old third-year engineering student at Al-Azhar University in Gaza. My family and I have been severely affected by the ongoing conflict. We have completely lost our home, and I have personally endured torture for nine days after the IDF soldiers arrested me for no reason as thousands of other civilians. The current situation in Gaza has not only disrupted my education but has also placed my family and me in constant danger.

Our Struggle:

Since October 7, 2023, the relentless bombings have made Gaza incredibly unsafe. We have moved multiple times in search of safety, but it seems there is no safe place left in the Gaza Strip. This war is unlike any other we have experienced, and the devastation is overwhelming. I am deeply concerned about my education and the well-being of my family.

Our Need:

To escape this dire situation, we need to leave Gaza through the Rafah crossing, the border between Gaza and Egypt. However, crossing this border requires a paid permit, and the coordinators in Egypt demand 5,000 USD per person to add our names to the transit list. We are a family of seven, which means we need a total of 35,000 USD.

Fundraising Goal:

We hope to raise 65,000 CAD. Your generous contributions will be allocated as follows:

35,000 USD (approx. 49,000 CAD) for the permits to cross the Rafah border for seven family members.

7,000 CAD for temporary housing, resettlement expenses, clothes, urgent healthcare, and other humanitarian needs in Egypt.

And 7,000 CAD for my continued education.

How You Can Help:

Your support can make a significant difference in our lives. Even small contributions will greatly alleviate our suffering and help us find safety. Please consider sharing our campaign with your network to help us reach our goal as quickly as possible. Every moment in Gaza is fraught with danger, and your assistance can provide us with the hope and opportunity to rebuild our lives.

Conclusion:

Thank you for standing in solidarity with us and making a positive impact on our lives after being affected by this devastating conflict. Your compassion and generosity are greatly appreciated during this difficult time.

Thank you for your support,

Ameer Al-Hindawi

if you genuinely believe that trans men and cis men are enemies and need to be pitted against each other: you drank the terf juice.

if you believe that pre transition or never transition transfems "look too threatening" or "too cishet" or "unsafe for other queers to be around": you drank the terf juice.

if you misgender butch trans women and multigender transfem lesbians and remove them from lesbian spaces: you drank the terf juice.

if you police transfems and call them "loud," "aggressive," "mean," or "rude," just because they have deep voices or high testosterone bodies: you drank the terf juice.

if you genuinely believe that all men and mascs need to be barred from entry into non binary, lesbian, and other queer spaces: you drank the terf juice.

if you genuinely believe all cishet men are inherently queerphobic, evil, and dangerous to be around: you drank the terf juice.

if you genuinely believe trans and cis men are inherently violent and dangerous because they're men: you drank the terf juice.

if you genuinely believe that cis-passing trans men aren't queer and/or don't belong in queer spaces because they look and sound "too cis" or 'threatening': you drank the terf juice.

if you genuinely believe that anyone who is AMAB and/or has a penis is inherently violent: you drank the terf juice.

if you genuinely believe it's okay to profile strangers to assume they're cis or het (or ANYTHING): you drank the terf juice.

literally ALL of these things are terf ideologies and actions. in order to accept ourselves and be accepted, we must accept that just like how our identities are not inherently violent- neither are cis and het folks'.

blaming cis mens' gender instead of their actions and behaviors for their dangerous and queerphobic actions removes the responsibility from the individual man. that was one man who did something wrong.

hold that individual person accountable for their actions and leave their gender and/or birth sex out of it- they're irrelevant to the situation.

making trans women, intersex trans women, transfems, nonbinary people, genderqueer people, etc. uncomfortable by policing how they look and sound is not the way to go. policing transfems and preventing them from queer spaces is not the way to go. policing trans men and mascs and preventing them from entering spaces they belong in is not the way to go.

excluding queer men and mascs from the communities they rightfully belong in isn't helping anyone. cis gay men need community. cis asexual men need community. cis aromantic men need community. cis polyamorous men need community. genderqueer, non binary, and gnc cis men need community. cis bisexual/mspec men need community. trans women who are also men need community. trans men need community. intersex men need community. the list goes on.

community means working together, not fragmenting ourselves off into the tiniest micro pockets imaginable for the sake of "Safety". running afraid from every. single. man and masc you encounter will not keep you safe- femmes and women are capable of abuse. we cannot fall into this "woman good man bad" trap. being afraid of a group of people wholesale doesn't help you heal from whatever trauma you have. it's going to keep you scared for the rest of your life. it's best to move on and stop judging strangers for features they can't help or didn't ask for.

caffein gettin me thru it rn 💪