NOW PLAYING == What's the Plan? with Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin 6/19/26: How to make repression backfire

https://youtu.be/YaAwrr6dyTA?si=3cOVYsEY9MpUjlom

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Celebrate Juneteenth with Acts of Reparation! Our newest film guide is perfect for teaching with on Juneteenth and all year round.

In Acts of Reparation, two friends explore what reparations means to them. Selina who is Black and Macky who is white travel south to reclaim and reckon with their roots. Their journeys lead to unexpected opportunities that transform their friendship, families and communities. 1/n 👇

@histodons

#OTD #Juneteenth #BlackHistory #Allyship #Education #Movies #Documentary #OnThisDay

Maybe Pride shouldn't depend so much on corporate sponsorship. Maybe it should go back to relying on community support.

“We've definitely seen corporate sponsorships shrink a little bit, which has been very telling on who our actual allies were not and who was just doing it for, you know, just some cheap points in the media," Meek said.

Meek said the LGBTQ+ community is joining with people who work in non-profits, businesses and universities to show that support for PRIDE is still strong. He said they don’t need big sponsors to do that.

How do you feel about the shift away from corporate sponsors?

#OhioPride #GrassrootsPride #RainbowCapitalism #Allyship #PrideMonth #LGBTQCommunity

https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2026-06-15/more-ohio-communities-holding-pride-events-this-june-though-corporate-sponsorships-are-down

If you're an ally of LGBTQIA+ people and want to indicate it with pins, flags, etc., I recommend avoiding the special ally flags (such as the one below) and instead using the same flags as LGBTQIA+ people themselves. I agree the ally flags are better than nothing, but for me, a big part of being an ally is making a group appear more common, normalising being open and proud about it, and maybe even drawing hate away from the group at the expense of my own well-being, although I haven't experienced that yet.

However, I would never falsely claim I belonged in a group textually or verbally. That would be lying.

(I'm trans and bi but just an ally of other LGBTQIA+ groups.)

Edit: Some aspects of the flag below (the "straight ally flag") can actually be worse than nothing, such as over half of its area being based on the homophobic black and white "straight pride" flag, and the letter "A" misleading people about the meaning of "A" in "LGBTQIA" (it's "asexual", not "ally").

#allyship #lgbtqia

Sheffield AntiFascist! 🌈❤️✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻

#Sheffield #AntiFascist #AntiRacist #uk #ukpol #protest #StandUpToRacism #antifa #StandUpToFascism #allyship #ChooseLove #march #resistance

Who should attend Ally Is a Verb?
Helping professionals who want practical tools for supporting LGBTQIA+ communities.

June 24 & June 25. Registration open.

#PrideMonth #LGBTQIA #Allyship #TraumaInformed #CulturalHumility #HelpingProfessionals #CommunityEducation #ResilientVoices365

NOW PLAYING == What's the Plan? with Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin 6/12/26: Trump got billions more for his goon squad. How do we make it backfire?

https://youtu.be/LVRqc3QxKII?si=U2-FxHfSEZZsTDws

#news #uspol #commentary #progressive #left #Indivisible #activism #activist #Democrats #vsn #solidarity #radio #lgbtqia #allyship #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #equality #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist

Today is day 10 of the LGBTQ alphabet series: Wrapping up with a number and a letter to represent indigenous people.

2S is for Two-Spirit.

While the term Two-Spirit or 2S is relatively new, Two-Spirit people have always been part of North American Indigenous culture. They are part of the Queer community and deserve acceptance and respect everywhere.

The general understanding is that "Two-Spirit" as a pan-tribal umbrella term came into being at an inter-tribal gathering in Winnipeg in 1990. The term is meant to honor diverse traditional gender roles within Indigenous cultures before European contact.

For Indigenous people and allies, de-colonization is more than history. It is seeing past Western concepts of the male/female binary and embracing one's true self as understood by one's heritage.

As a late blooming white Bi male my knowledge of "Two-Spirit" is minimal, so I used Gemini AI to research and verify accuracy and respect. If you’re interested in learning more, refer to the resources linked in the main Substack article.

Regards ~ Jim

#TwoSpirit #TwoSpiritTraditions #Pride2026 #LGBTQ #Allyship #Intersectionality #History #IndigenousSovereignty #Decolonize

https://open.substack.com/pub/bisasquatch/p/today-is-day-10-of-the-lgbtq-alphabet

𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: “𝑵𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒈𝒊𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 20𝒕𝒉 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒚” -

"The years lay across my eyes,
clay ankle bracelets while Fonda Olivia-Newton-John’ed"

https://waywordsstudio.com/verse/nostalgia-for-the-20th-century/

#poetry #poetrycommunity #originalpoetry #writingcommunity #monologue #dramaticmonologue #nostalgia #allyship #generations #history #politics