Also, for people outside the US, try https://www.imalive.org/. It’s web-based, so people in the US can use it, too. Just go to the website, click on ‘chat now’, and you’ll be connected to an actual person who’s trained to help you find solutions and/or coping strategies.

Yay! Here’s another one for you:

This is the article I was born for. Links. So many links.

This is the best news I’ve had all month. I really needed this. Congratulations, Australia!

Feature trans actors in trans roles.

And Jesus said unto them:

So, my partner and I have been living in Colombia (Medellín, to be more specific) for a little over a year now, and today I was browsing online during my lunch hour to see if Exito (one of the biggest local chain stores) had attractive novelty socks, as you do. I found this: https://www.exito.com/

We got a bigger one of these for our dog, who has the same problem:

I never thought I’d have a chance to link this:

Hi, House Republicans!

Missed the edit window, but I just wanted to clarify that the section where I said “You walk on. You take Krav Maga at the gym...[etc.]” was what I did, not what I feel everyone should do. There is no one path forward. I wish I’d been clearer with the wording.

Is there anyone here who has NOT been raped?

Thanks for doing the work on this, Rich. I’ve had so many questions about all of this since Reina’s post first came across my feed, and it feels like you’ve answered as many of them as possible. I’d love to read some updates if any of those requested calls and interviews ever get back to you. 

I’d tell myself, “Baby, no matter how guilty and isolated and cowardly you feel, you’re making the right decision to wait. The people around you now aren’t safe—they don’t deserve you, not a one of them—but so much love is waiting just outside your grasp. It’s right there, 4 years, 3 years, 2 years, 1 year beyond your…

I feel like they’re all worth watching when you’re in a place where you’re emotionally up for it, but San Junipero is the only happy episode in the bunch. The others range from mildly terrifying to oh-my-god-i’m-going-to-screamcry-for-the-rest-of-my-short-life.

To be fair, I get where they’re coming from. When my partner and I get married, we’re not going to be doing it for the enormous financial benefits, legal benefits or out of sheer love. We’ve decided we’re going to get married specifically so we can oppress the freedoms of Christian bakers. That’s just how we roll.

So it is still considered a slur by many older members of the community, but not so much for younger people, though that can vary by region and individual experiences, like anything else.

Ohmygod, yes!!! This is why I read over 100 wlw romance novels last year, why I have a bookmarks folder just for femslash I enjoyed on Ao3, why I watch almost every wlw web series, short film, girlfriend tag and coming out video available on YouTube and Vimeo, why I cried when Ellen Page came out, why I cried again…

I voted for menopause because I’m queer, and there’s no universe in which my brain would ever see Jake Tapper and think, “Yes!”

I didn’t even fully understand how terrible US healthcare was until my partner and I started volunteering for an NGO in Colombia. I have type-1 diabetes and recently caught the flu here, which required me to spend a week in the hospital (two days of that in a special care unit). My total cost: $0.00. We’re both…