QUICK ACTIONS: THANKSGIVING IS A CELEBRATION OF WHITE SUPREMACY & INDIGENOUS GENOCIDE. If you’re already feeling upset, attacked, activated, I want to remind you: Recognizing that Thanksgiving is founded upon genocide of Indigenous peoples and therefore inherently a celebration of white supremacy & colonialism does NOT mean that everyone who Read more…
NOVEMBER 20 IS THE TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE. This day is to we honor all the transgender and gender nonconforming people whose lives were lost due to acts of anti-transgender violence. Every year TDOR, I write the same sentence: This year is the deadliest year on record. This year is Read more…
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Check out the following videos for some suggestions about how to talk to kids about transgender related topics! This can also be found in Instagram Guide form here. Also, if you are reading this and thinking to yourself, “Kids shouldn’t be learning about these things! They are too young!” I Read more…
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Today is the National Day of Remembrance for U.S. residential schools. Unfortunately this day is not officially recognized by government, but it should be. This day is to be an annual commemoration to honor the children who died while attending residential schools and the survivors, families, and communities still affected. Read more…
Let’s start with a definition: BISEXUAL, adj. Describes a person who is attracted (sexually, physically, romantically) to people of two or more genders. MYTH: Bisexual people are actually gay or straight. FACT: Bisexual people aren’t “actually gay” or “actually straight.” They are actually bisexual. MYTH: You’re not actually bisexual if Read more…
DONATE MMIW USA: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/deborahdenton1 Sovereign Bodies: https://www.sovereign-bodies.org/donate Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/RWP4F0KDYQCYS/checkout/PI6RVCUXBBGC5EBNATF3YOON Black and Missing Foundation: https://blackandmissinginc.com/donate/ Sources: [1] https://www.justice.gov/archives/ovw/blog/protecting-native-american-and-alaska-native-women-violence-november-native-american [2] https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/addressing-epidemic-missing-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls [3] https://www.rainn.org/statistics/victims-sexual-violence [4] https://www.wbaltv.com/article/examining-racial-disparities-in-the-search-for-missing-people-in-united-states/37681909# [5] https://blackandmissinginc.com/statistics/ [6] https://www.apa.org/pi/about/newsletter/2020/02/black-women-sexual-assault [7] https://www.cnn.com/videos/media/2021/09/22/gabby-petito-missing-white-woman-syndrome-schiavocampo-newday-vpx.cnn\ [8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_white_woman_syndrome [9] https://www.uihi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Missing-and-Murdered-Indigenous-Women-and-Girls-Report.pdf [10] https://www.instagram.com/p/CUFvArBJfJD/ [11] https://www.cdc.gov/women/lcod/2017/all-races-origins/index.htm [12] https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/mmiw [13] https://iwpr.org/iwpr-issues/race-ethnicity-gender-and-economy/violence-against-black-women-many-types-far-reaching-effects/ TRANS PEOPLE MURDERED THIS Read more…