You Know... It's Quite Funny How An Ultra Common Thing Among Leftism Is Basic Empathy. Like, I've Seen

You know... It's quite funny how an ultra common thing among leftism is basic empathy. Like, I've seen some people get pointed at and called communist for simply saying “everyone should get free housing, education and healthcare”, or some shit like that...

"Transgender people, drag queens, blacks and Hispanics played outsized roles during many of the earliest milestones of the gay rights movement. Today, however, these same groups have been denied many of the benefits of the revolution they sparked."

The raid led to six days of protests, largely led by Black LGBTQ+ women. It was reported that Storme’ DeLarverie—a gay rights activist and “male impersonator”—threw the first punch at the riot. Marsha P. Johnson was an activist and self-identified drag queen who advocated for trans people, homeless people, sex workers, people living with HIV/AIDS, and incarcerated people; she led protests and riots demanding civil rights for gay people in the days following the raid on Stonewall. Together with Sylvia Rivera—who, at only 17 years old, was already a seasoned activist with the Black liberation movement—Johnson founded Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) in 1970 to provide safety and shelter to homeless LGBTQ+ youth. Another leader in the Stonewall riot, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy—went on to direct the Transgender Gender-Variant & Intersex Justice Project, a San Francisco-based nonprofit.

Marsha P. Johnson — who would cheekily tell people the "P" stood for "pay it no mind" — was an outspoken transgender rights activist and is reported to be one of the central figures of the historic Stonewall uprising of 1969. Along with fellow trans activist Sylvia Rivera, Johnson helped form Street Transgender Action Revolutionaries (STAR), a radical political organization that provided housing and other forms of support to homeless queer youth and sex workers in Manhattan. She also performed with the drag performance troupe Hot Peaches from 1972 through the ‘90s and was an AIDS activist with AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP).

Miss Major is Black transgender woman and activist at the forefront of the fight for trans rights. She faced many hurdles during her life — including homelessness and incarceration — and it's these challenges that fueled her activism. In 2005, Miss Major joined San Francisco-based Trans Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) as a staff organizer, and later as executive director, to lead the group's efforts advocating for incarcerated trans women. She has often spoken out against the prison system, which she says contributes to the incarceration of transgender individuals, particularly trans people of color and those with low incomes. Now 79, Miss Major, known to many simply as “Mama,” resides in Little Rock, Arkansas, where she continues to be a vocal activist.

Jenkins made history in November 2017 by becoming the first openly transgender Black woman elected to public office in the U.S., according to LGBTQ advocacy groups and researchers. Jenkins, a Democrat, was one of two openly trans people to win a seat on the Minneapolis City Council in 2017. She is also a published poet and an oral historian at the University of Minnesota. Jenkins made history again in January 2022, when she was elected as the first transgender official in the U.S. to lead a city council.

Hijras in IndiaHijras participate in a religious procession in India.Sam Panthaky—AFP/Getty ImagesHindu society features the gender hijra, the most common nonbinary identity recognized in India today. Hijras are found in Hindu religious texts and throughout South Asian history. Many hijras are born with male sexual characteristics, though the hijra community also includes intersex people. A unique culture underlies the hijra identity: hijras often leave home to join groups that educate new initiates in spirituality. Hijras assume a religious role in Hindu culture, celebrating rituals like weddings and births. Many believe hijras possess the power to bless or curse others. In recent centuries a stigma arose against hijras, prompted by British colonialism; in fact, an 1871 British law categorized all hijras as criminals. Anti-hijra sentiment continued to build after that, despite Bangladesh, India, and Nepal all having recognized the rights of nonbinary people by 2014.

Calalai, Calabai, and BissuThe Bugis ethnic group of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, recognizes three genders beyond the binary. Calalai refers to people who have female sexual characteristics but present in traditionally masculine ways, often cutting their hair short and dressing in men’s fashions. They also take on a social position similar to men’s, transcending some restrictions placed on women. Calabai are people who have male sexual characteristics but occupy a role like that traditionally occupied by women. Yet calabai don’t identify as women, reject the restrictions that women experience, and do not have their sexual characteristics altered. Calabai often oversee weddings and manage each aspect of the ceremonies. Bissu, another gender, embodies the totality of masculinity and femininity. Bugis people believe that bissu surpasses other genders, encapsulating a spiritual role. Bissu people often wear flowers and carry sacred daggers to symbolize their expansive identity. They perform spiritual rites and are thought to bridge the worldly and the divine.

The Sakalava people, indigenous to Madagascar, recognize the gender, sekrata. Sekrata people have male sexual characteristics, but after displaying behavior viewed as feminine during childhood, they are raised as girls by their families. Sekrata adopt a feminine appearance in styling their hair and wearing jewelry. As adults, they inhabit a unique niche: they do not occupy traditionally male roles, like soldiering; instead, they undertake other responsibilities, like performing in ceremonies. The sekrata are widely accepted within Sakalava society. They are viewed as both sacred and protected by supernatural powers.

Two-Spirit peopleKristina Padilla, a transgender, two-spirit, Apache/Cherokee person posing as part of National Trans Visibility March Day, Sacramento, California, October 2021. In the gender binary system, all people fit into one of two genders: man or woman. Critics often refute the purported universal nature of the gender binary system by pointing to the many non-Western cultures that have embraced multigender systems.Chris Allan/AlamyTwo-spirit is a term some Indigenous North Americans have adopted to refer to people in their communities who are believed to embody both a male spirit and a female spirit. Two-spirits are seen as being uniquely able to see life from both male and female perspectives and to bridge the differences between them. While the term two-spirit was coined in 1990, the ways of life it encompasses stretch back through the histories of many Indigenous cultures, though varying in name, expression, and status from one culture to another. Two-spirits have held specialized roles in their communities, earning respect as basket weavers and potters and as healers, matchmakers, and ceremonial leaders. European and European American colonization involved the suppression of Indigenous cultures, including attempts to erase two-spirit “ways of walking.” However, two-spirits are regaining acceptance in some Indigenous communities.

In the Philippines the term bakla refers to people who possess male sexual characteristics but identify with femininity and often express their gender through feminine dress and behavior. Bakla, while primarily a gender presentation, can overlap with sexual orientation, and many bakla people are part of the LGBTQIA+ community as well. Historically, bakla were considered to encompass aspects of both masculinity and femininity, and they often served as leaders of their communities. After Western colonization, acceptance of bakla plummeted, but a bakla community still exists in the Philippines and elsewhere.

Sorry; the majority of trans people are what, again?

Radfems when u tell them that a movement spearheaded by white women who dont want to share a bathroom with a minority might not actually be a "radical" movement meant to think against the grain :

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wow so shocking, amirite ladies ??? 😱😱😱

Brazilian shiftok be like:

Nondualist shifters: “You or your ego?” *Annoying the shit out of people who use methods.* “You do not need methods to shift! (As if this isn't basic shifting information)” *Trying to shove non dualism at others people's throats, but abandoning baby shifters who actually want explanations about it.*

Childish crust ass shifters: “OH MY GOD SHIFTING GOT OUT OF THE BUBBLE!!😭😭😭😭” *Talking about shifting nonstop in non shifting spaces, specially the ones with the mfs who used to bully the weird kids.”

Baby shifters:

I love the sappho lesbian flag I absolutely adore this flag I love it's meaning and how it was created I love the fact that it was made by a lesbian of colour as a lesbian of colour myself I love the sappho flag and I wish it was more commonly used and I breath the sappho lesbian flag and I always gay scream over it I love the sappho flag and it should be more appreciated and OMG I LOVE THIS FLAG SO MUCH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA– *Lesbian explosion.*

for those who, like myself, were confused, this is the sappho lesbian flag

So cool! sucks that more people don't know about it

Lana Del Zionist Racist Rey

Gender: w a t e r

Sexuality: No sex: Only Brazil.

Romantic attraction: Who?

@ziggyreturns @michaelsfavgirl

Gender, Sexuality, Romantic Attraction Tagging Game

How do: You put your gender, sexuality, and romantic attraction down with a line break between them—but, here's the catch, don't use any labels! So, for example, this, "Gender? Agender Sexuality? Lesbian Romantic Attraction? Demiromantic" would be this: "Gender? I hardly know 'er! Sexuality? Girl-kisser Romantic Attraction? My friends, I think"

So, here's mine!

Gender? Yours, fool Sexuality? Yes Romantic Attraction? Only if I know you well enough

TAGS (under the cut, and don't feel obligated to do it!) (and obviously those who I have not tagged can participate too)

@bassguitarinablackt-shirt @gloriousvermin @midnight-thedyke @littlebookworm69 @runwiththerain @cybercerealkiller @ishouldsleepbut @ssavinggrace @i-love-your-father @us-costco-official @scifikode @i-am-an-arson-enthusiast