Here is today's shameless #selfpromotion post because I'm #disabled and groceries are fuckin' #expensive. 

Do you like stickers? Do you like supporting marginalized creators? Great! For $5 a month you can get a fresh batch of stickers in your mailbox!

These stickers are just a few examples, but you'll definitely love them if you're #queer #chronicallyill #polyamorous #nerdy and/or #kinky!

Patreon Link is in my Bio. 💙🤙🌈 #mastoart

Hey #Fediverse, I know y'all are sharing the utterly horrendous & #transphobic things as to draw attention to them, but also, please do think of the harm that the constant barrage of posts must be doing to the trans people you know.

Posts about US #transphobia are really starting to be overwhelming, and it'd be very helpful & kind to have them behind a content warning, or at least a hashtag that can be blocked or muted.

See the follow up below 👇🏻

what to talk about in 1:1s

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ive got a few blog posts bookmarked, but can anyone recommend me writing on how for-profit companies abuse open source? specifically thinking about how they treat it like outsourced labor- relying on public labor for private profits, but other criticisms like patterns of EEE relevant too.

boosts welcome, want to make sure I cite the ppl who are writing abt this.

Small plea: please stop bringing-up heavy-bottomed fonts whenever accessibility for dyslexic people is being discussed, especially if you are not dyslexic, because it is limiting discussion.

These heavy-bottomed fonts get a lot of attention paid to them, but there is no peer reviewed evidence for them being helpful for dyslexic people of any age or reading ability.

They are preferred by some dyslexic people, but for others they actively hinder readability.

#dyslexic #a11y #accessibility

Tech conferences in 2024, probably:

“We held our con in a state that bans women’s emergency health care and where being #transgender in public is basically criminalized - but they have cheap margaritas and a nice pool there, and Snuffy the organizer likes to golf there.

On a completely unrelated note, you can’t call us out for having all straight white men speakers, because for some reason they’re just the only ones who apply to our CFP. We guess minorities just don’t really want to be in tech 🤷🏼‍♂️”

H/t @hexadecim8 https://infosec.exchange/@hexadecim8/109920442107254056

I am begging more people to understand that legal bans on drag are just an easier way to pass laws make being trans/GNC* in public illegal.

The claim that these laws are meant to "ban drag to protect children" is intended to hide the fact that they actually make "cross dressing" in public (aka "anywhere people under 18 could be") illegal.

That means if your ID says M and you are in a dress doing your grocery shopping you can be arrested. If your ID says F and you are wearing men's pants and a button down at your doctor's office you can be arrested.

This is not careless wording, it is a very pointed and purposeful way to get these laws passed before most people understanding their true intent and how they will be used.

They know people are less likely to oppose or work to stop a law that is "banning drag to protect children" from passing than a law "banning trans people from existing anywhere in public". They know that LGBTQIA+ people and our allies will not give as much time/energy to fighting what they think is a "ban on drag" than a "ban on trans people" because the level of importance and impact will seem lower.

They also want to stop drag and will use it to limit drag performances too, but the main targets/intent once these laws are passed is to use it against trans/GNC people so we literally cannot legally exist in any public space.

Their goal is to terrorize trans people out of existence, push us back into (or keep us from coming out of) the closet, and throw any of us who try to continue to exist in jail. Tennessee is now the first to pass one of these laws, but MANY states in the US have laws already being advanced that move them towards this goal.

It. Is. Not. About. Drag.

*GNC people like cis butches are also not the main target of these laws but will most likely be impacted more than drag performances will

#Transphobia #TransRights #Queerphobia