I am not sure if it will appear, but my first response was to dismiss you with a “Girl, bye.”

OK, let’s clear this up real quick. Black Americans are the only population that never wanted to go to America. Africa betrayed them and we should rightfully feel a deep sense of shame. Secondly, black Americans have a valid claim to African heritage since they elaborated on “our” culture in the New World and in turn…

Actually no need to imagine it.

What is it with the West and secularism? Not every state has to follow the mould of the Eurocentric democracies of the world. Sometimes, it is possible for other people, who might not like secularism, to shift to a more comfortable region between religiousity and secularism. This secularism is the most important thing…

She IS first generation. She learnt english proper after coming to London. I don’t really get the relation between the Sri Lankan civil war (which is based on linguistic and xenophobic tensions) and the Somalian Civil War - even if there is, which class of Somalian immigrants are you talking about particularly?

Queer police officers can be there, they don’t want The Police there. There is a difference. And I really feel like the multiple deaths of black men at the hands of the police in the past few days speaks to exactly why BLM doesn’t want the police celebrated and included at Pride.

Honestly? It’s because the type of people who wanted children are usually the type of people who want grandchildren. They’re family people. This is what life is about for them, and you not wanting the same thing is a rejection of them, their ideals, and everything they tried to raise you to be. So you not having kids…

Queer history shows us that disruption and other direct action is how shit got done. It’s how Pride started. Stonewall was direct action. It’s not childish, it’s effective. And it’s a fundamental tool of social justice movements.

But BLM’s point was that tonnes of black and non-black queer and trans people DON’T feel safe in a parade with uniformed officers and tonnes of police cars.

Disruption is not supposed to be polite or a popularity contest. It is supposed to cause discomfort. It is supposed to make it more uncomfortable to be anti-black than whatever sense of superiority white people get from being anti-black. If someone that benefits from the status quo loves what they do, they have…

I had to make a difficult medical choice once and the doctor told me that it’s okay to feel regret—it’s normal to wish the world was different and you could have what you want and things would just magically work out. But feeling that way doesn’t mean you made the wrong choice and please don’t ever think you did. It…

I 100% support the actions of BLM at Toronto Pride. Their demands are that (among other things) LGBTQ police officers don’t march in uniform because police are not safe—and in fact oppressive and dangerous—for lots of people of colour, especially black people and especially for black LGBTQ folks. LGBTQ police officers…

It’s a pity she had to mix the respectability politics in there. That kind of ruined it for me. We shouldn’t have to be perfect examples of citizenry to expect good/fair treatment.

As a teacher, I am here to tell you that not only will no one sue on her behalf but no one will get her any mental health help. Ugh! I have seen so many students who have been through extreme trauma and they just come to school totally ill equipped to do anything, let alone learn. And when I do my part to start the…

He was one of the good ones? Even if he had a record as long as my arm he STILL shouldn’t have been shot!

This is what really killed me...from Lavish’s video.

A lot of commenters are really missing the point that the mothers of Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin*, Eric Garner, Mike Brown, and on and on and on managed not to attack any reporters even when they began flocking to report on their children’s deaths. There is another factor besides grief here, and it’s called whiteness.…

Even if it *was* “fine, then off yourself” - apparently the cops had been out there for suicide attempts three times in the past. Have you ever had a loved one who used repeated threats of suicide against you as a weapon? And whom you tried to help, but they wouldn’t let you, and repeatedly lashed out at you? I have.…

Do you have ANY idea what a ridiculous statement that is? It is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to have someone “committed”these days, (and has been since the 1960s.) Unless they’re walking around with their head spinning 24/7 & routinely threatening people’s lives *in the presence of police* - GOOD LUCK with that!!

Yeah, fuck the guy whose wife murdered his children just to spite him. He’s probably an asshole and not deserving at all of any sympathy.