i see a lot of my black mutuals in pain and struggling mentally lately so if any of you need it here's a post of mental health resources made by a black woman specifically for black people struggling right now... i love you all so much please take care of yourselves

In the wake of JK once more being a total jk, here’s a (non-exhaustive) thread of works by Black trans writers.

Consider ordering these, where possible, from independent Black owned bookstores.

You can also financially support Black trans people through donating to organisations such as this and these.

Important addendum: I tried incredibly hard to find published works by Black trans women, because trans women are the focus of JK Rowling’s tweets and indeed an overwhelming amount of violence and bigotry in general, but I’m sure it’s no surprise to anyone that Black trans women are enormously discriminated against by the publishing industry, and are routinely denied a platform for their work and their voices. Literally, when you Google ‘black trans woman author’, you just get Janet Mock’s author page. I think all of the books by Black trans women in the list above, with the exception of Janet Mock, are self/indie pub.

I have trawled through online indie and radical publishing magazines, message boards, and nearly 100 lists of ‘trans authors you must read now!’ and I would charitably say that about 1% of people featured in such lists are Black trans women. Obviously, Black trans women are writing, but the lack of available platform for their work is a huge barrier to their voices being heard. If anyone else has recommendations for work by Black trans women, whether it’s a physical book, an online chapbook, an Insta account of poetry, or anything else, please add it, because there must be so much more than I’ve managed to find.

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Black Lives Matter Liam Booysen

Washington, D.C., officials painted ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’ in 35-ft tall letters on the street just blocks from the White House

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Resource is from victoriaalxndr on Twitter!

The google doc has loads more information than just these books, so definitely check it out, and HERE is a list of black-owned bookstores, and HERE is another list of anti-racist readings from bookshop.org, which is a small-business-owner alternative to amazon. buy your lit local, my friends. 

65 LGBT Books by Black Authors

In honor of Pride Month obviously, here’s my next list! Please continue to add authors and books to this list! 

**I could not find links to buy both of these books, so if anyone is able to please add them to the post!

Let’s act together to fight racism, injustice, and police brutality. People are dying because of the color of their skin, and we can’t stay silent and ignore it. Black Lives Matter.

Please don’t comment that “all lives matter” - saying black lives matter in no way means other lives don’t matter. It means black people are dying at higher rates from police violence due to racism and police brutality, and saying all lives matter is completely dismissive and insensitive of that fact.

I’ve already listed funds to donate to in my IG stories, but Campaign Zero and NAACP Legal Defense Fund are ones I’m donating to outside of Minnesota. There are many resources online to educate yourself and those around you with facts like blacklivesmatters.carrd.co and mappingpoliceviolence.org.

Insensitive, inflammatory comments will be deleted. Racists, please unfollow.

Ducklings on some lily pads

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Hey folks, this is not your typical post about incorrect quotes.

I want to address a serious issue today, and most of you probably know what’s been going on in the US.

The killing of George Floyd started another serious and necessary debate on Police brutality in the states. (And I think not just there. Every country is affected in some way or another.)

My heart doesn’t ache, no. My heart is bleeding and crying out of pain about what has been going on for days now. What people have been going through for years and years. This is not the first case of police brutality against POC, nor the second, and it probably isn’t the last one.

It happened so many times already that I can’t count them all. Our world has lost so many beautiful souls to this never-ending issue. Additionally to this, we lost so many brothers and sisters of color who were part of the LGBTQ+ community too. Even though it is pride month, I can’t enjoy and celebrate it as much as I want to.

But now is the time to act. Now more than ever! We all have a voice, and I’m sure as hell using mine. And I want you to do the same.

40 Ways you can help right now shows you different techniques and approaches to support the #blacklivesmatter movement in various forms.

Everyone’s able to do something. Even if you don’t have the money to donate, or you’re not from the US, share articles, draw attention to it in some way. Being silent about this puts you on the side of the offenders.

I understand that I will never understand. However, I stand with all of you!!! Credit goes to @sfbucketlist on instagram for these 40 ways you can help right now.

I’ve written a fully sourced post on Medium which should help you to debunk the most common bad faith arguments against Black Lives Matter and the current protests, using data and citations. It also includes an anti-racist reading list and donation links.

Rainbow smoke from this thread. Based on the comments, it’s a prism in the sun out of frame

Friends, follow me on instagram as I’ll be posting more on there: instagram.com/sixpenceee

releasing the gay into the atmosphere 

Gives me life

Source: @ mireillecharper on Instagram

White people:

Don’t be an “optical ally” and don’t let what you are sharing or doing right now be about you or your voice. We need to amplify black voices. We need to be a partner. We need to be out of the spotlight. We need to show support beyond just posting a black square.

Educate yourself. Read. Listen. Do the work.