Ok

This rings true in so many ways

Holy shit. I just realized something and I need to share it with the rest of the disabled community.

If you're a disabled American who can't get married because you'd lose your medical coverage, I have an option for you

Handfasting Ceremonies. These are ancient pagan marriage ceremonies (but you don't have to necessarily be a pagan to do them) that are still practiced today where a couple’s hands are bound together to represent the binding of their souls. It's an official marriage ceremony and people need to be ordained to perform them and everything, BUT they’re not considered legally binding in the United States. You can still do them, but they won’t have any legal repercussions. So, if I ever want to get married, I could just do a handfasting ceremony and be married, but not have to legally lose my health coverage. AND handfasting ceremonies are open to same sex couples too!

I've cracked the code. PLEASE SHARE THIS AROUND, THIS COULD BE A GREAT OPTION FOR A LOT OF DISABLED FOLK WHO WANT TO GET MARRIED BUT CAN'T BECAUSE OF BULLSHIT MARRIAGE LAWS!!!

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- ask me things you want to know about me

- why you follow me

- what’s on your mind/what you’re thinking about

- a compliment

- make me choose between two things

- ask for advice

- tell me a secret

- things you associate me with

- anything!!!!

Housing is a privilege.

“Fewer than 5 percent of units have the features needed to accommodate a person with moderate mobility difficulties. The percentage of wheelchair-accessible units is even smaller; less than 1 percent of all units are equipped with features that would allow a wheelchair user to live independently.”

Marriage is a privilege.

“The [SSI] monthly maximum Federal amounts for 2023 are $914 for an eligible individual, $1,371 for an eligible individual with an eligible spouse.”

Minimum wage is a privilege.

“Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act authorizes employers, after receiving a certificate from the Wage and Hour Division, to pay special minimum wages — wages less than the Federal minimum wage — to workers who have disabilities for the work being performed.”

We still need to fight for accessibility and equity for all disabled people.

Despite the ADA, equity is still out of reach.

Oklahoma is attempting to pass a bill that would ban explicit romance novels. Authors, narrators, and sellers could all face fines of up to $100,000 and up to 10 years in jail for each instance.

If you live in OK, call your representative and tell them this bill should not be allowed to pass.

This is likely a test case. Republicans will try to pass it in OK and if it passes other states will likely try to pass similar laws.

In the meantime, get physical copies of books you like. Download those pdfs. Archive your AO3 stories and keep them on a physical hard drive. (Storing those files in the cloud could be problematic in the future as the company managing the cloud service can see what your files are)

The Oklahoman

Oklahoma Sen. Dusty Deevers proposes bill to ban all pornography: What to know about SB593

A bill proposed by Oklahoma Sen. Dusty Deevers, R-Elgin, seeks to raise punishment for child pornography but also aims to ban pornography al

sorry but cancelling a genuinely good show about overcoming grief starring a girl of color played by an actress who's actually around the character's age, two queer characters (one of whom is of color) whose relationship kind of drives the show, and honestly just in general a show which goes out of it's way to do justice to its characters and actors is... certainly a move

onion not even doing satire at this point

Reposting mostly so I can find it easily for a later date….

Yes!

Thank some one who helped you get where you are.

I’d like to thank Thomas Sanders for providing the queer content my repressed soul needed throughout middle school and beyond.

Thank you Thomas Sanders @thatsthat24

Howdy from your local demi boy, enby, he/they. I am your parent and you are safe here.

since the old version of this post was flagged for 'adult content'...

reblog this post if your account is a trans safe space or owned by a trans person!

along with that, reblog if your account is a trans non-binary spectrum safe space or owned by someone on the trans enby spectrum!