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The UK government denies 90% of building permits on land that Travellers and Romani own, and still has signs that say "No Gypsies or Travellers"

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:08:20 +0100

*sigh*

I don’t understand people who say there’s no racism in Britain…

voguefemme: jellyfish-dance: gracelizabetty: theoldscholar: I...

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:01:58 +0100

jellyfish-dance:

gracelizabetty:

theoldscholar:

Introducing Jean Paul Paula a stylist, androgynous, model extraordinaire who seems to have a Grace Jones fetish.. (and who doesn’t) Forever in heels and rocking those Martin Margiela sunglasses.. style icon for being so bold with his fashion.. imitation is the sincerest form of flattery Miss Jones

Love Love

too much fierce to handle

Style icon, absolutely.

Wow. Flawless!

World Refugee Day 2012

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:42:55 +0100

World Refugee Day 2012:

aj-rromale:

June 20th is the day designated by the UN as World Refugee Day. We wish to acknowledge the work of one person this year who has been recognized for her service to Roma refugees in Canada: this is Gina Csanyi-Robah, Executive Director of the Roma Community Centre in Toronto. Look out for a more in depth article on Gina soon.

Gina Csanyi-Robah has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of her service to Canada’s Roma community. Csanyi-Robah is the executive director of the Toronto-based Roma Community Centre and is a passionate advocate on behalf of Canada’s Roma population. When she learned of her award Csanyi-Robah said, “While I am very grateful to be recognized for the work I have done, I would be happier if … the Harper government recognized that countries such as Hungary and the Czech Republic are not ‘safe countries’ for the persecuted Roma minority, and to stop inadvertently condoning these human rights abuses that are taking place in parts of Central and Eastern Europe.”

She wants to use the award as a means of drawing attention to revisions to the process of refugee determination in Canada. “There are reforms that need to be made to our refugee system, but this Bill represents a major setback to the Canadian human/ refugee rights struggle,” says Csanyi-Robah.

Photo courtesy of Gina Csanyi-Robah

The Roma Community Centre is a not-for-profit organization created in September 1997 following the arrival in Canada of over 3,000 Czech-Roma refugees. Its goals are to help newly arrived and Canadian Roma; and “to raise awareness through public education about the ongoing abuse of human rights of the Roma people and the rapidly growing nationalist and neo-Nazi movements that promote anti-Roma racism and hate” in countries where Roma continue to face persecution and systemic discrimination.

The Centre relies on volunteer support which Csanyi-Robah deeply appreciates. “It has been wonderful seeing so much of a positive outpouring from Canadians. We thank everyone that has supported our cause, and the many volunteers that have dedicated their time to helping the Roma Community Centre.”

Gina Csanyi-Robah received her award at a June 13 ceremony in Toronto.

For more on the Roma Community Centre, click HERE.

The Hungarian Presence in Canada

Prague Pride to focus on LGBT members of Romani community

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:42:06 +0100

Prague Pride to focus on LGBT members of Romani community:

aj-rromale:

The “Rainbow Parade” or “Pride Parade” which will take place on 18 August at the end of this year’s Prague Pride festival will start on Wenceslas Square and end on Shooter’s Island (Střelecký ostrov). Organizers decided to change the route after last year’s success. It is expected that more people will join the parade this year than last, when 8 000 people came to town for it. Czeslaw Walek, director of the festival, informed journalists of the plans today.

The second annual Prague Pride festival will take place from 13 - 19 August in the Czech capital. It will feature 80 separate events - concerts, discussions, exhibitions, and parties.

“After last year’s experience we wanted to change the parade route to make it more interesting. The change will also make it possible to use more cars (with sound systems) from the very start of the parade,” Walek said. Organizers believe that more participants will attend this year. Last year was proof that the parade is not a political action or demonstration, but an event open to all.

Marchers will start assembling at noon at the statue of Saint Václav on Wenceslas Square. At 13:00 the parade will set off for Můstek and will then proceed down 28. října street along Národní to Střelecký ostrov (Shooter’s Island), where a free concert will take place featuring Dara Rolins, Toxique, The Tap Tap, Bitumen Beat and the Israeli band The Young Professionals.

Organizers of this year’s Prague Pride have chosen the slogan “Let’s put colors together” (“Dáme barvy dohromady”). They primarily intend to present groups that remain hidden, such as the lives of gay, lesbian and transsexual people living with disabilities, as well as the lives of LGBT members of the Romani community.

One evening of the festival will be devoted to a fashion show featuring clothing by a Romani designer, Romani music, comics, and a debate. A lesbian couple living with disabilities will talk about their situation. The debate on transsexuality will feature Polish MP Anna Grodzká, who has undergone a sex change operation. An exhibition of paintings and photographs at the DOX center will also explore the topic. The festival program will also touch on gay and lesbian parenting.

The fashion show and parade are intended to support diversity and contribute to respect for difference. “Our long-term aim is to create one of the best, most interesting Pride festivals in Central and Eastern Europe,” Walek said.

Walek said the first year of the festival featuring the first-ever pride march in Prague was “highly successful”. A total of 25 000 people visited 70 events. Thousands more came to the parade and the closing event on Shooter’s Island (Střelecký ostrov).

Last year the festival and the first-ever “Rainbow Parade” in Prague prompted resistance in conservative circles. Presidential staffer Petr Hájek labeled LGBT people as “deviant fellow-citizens”. Czech President Václav Klaus then said the term “deviation” was “value-neutral”. He also said the Prague parade was not an expression of “homosexuality”, but of “homosexualism”.

Many leading personalities responded by supporting the organizers and the entire LGBT community. Mayor of Prague Bohuslav Svoboda (Civic Democrats - ODS) has provided his auspices to the event, as he did last year. Organizers want to reach out to political parties to participate in the march as well.

Romea

fuck yeah sex education: Repeat after me, fellow straight, cis people:

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:12:35 +0100

fuck yeah sex education: Repeat after me, fellow straight, cis people: :

teehee, open our moths.

raging-liberal-hard-on:

It is not our place to tell LGBT and GSM people how to better their movement. Our input is not only unnecessary, but largely unwanted. We do no good when we try to talk over the voices of the people we’re trying to support, and all it does is show that we, straight…

a. bayani: A cis woman sexually assaulted me a couple of weeks ago.

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:14:53 +0100

a. bayani: A cis woman sexually assaulted me a couple of weeks ago.:

Something like this happened to me at the only club I liked (the only goth club) in the last city I lived. A member of staff, who was a cis het friend of mine, saw it happen, and didn’t do anything about it. Despite it being the only club where I could have fun, I never went back. Every time I think back I wish I’d broken her wrist or something. But her boyfriend was right there, so I thought I’d come off worse if I resisted, so I just left in shock.

gcvsa:

This just came to mind during a conversation on Facebook, and I realised I need to tell people about it.

A couple of weeks ago, during the Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, I was in a lesbian bar (Sisters, of course) with a couple of girlfriends, and we got involved in a…

homesteadilee: huzzahactuallygoodporn: Never seen a domme...

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:49:18 +0100

homesteadilee:

huzzahactuallygoodporn:

Never seen a domme dressed up so fancy before. I likes.

Slap some gear shapes on his butt and call it Steampunk?

…I’m going to hell for that, aren’t I. Joking aside, though… hell yes domme in poofy mid-Victorian dress. ♥_♥

Black Girl Dangerous: Desirability: Or, Why That White Ally Who Dates All the Brown Queers Needs To Stop It

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:42:31 +0100

Black Girl Dangerous: Desirability: Or, Why That White Ally Who Dates All the Brown Queers Needs To Stop It:

I would like to … talk more about this as a clueless white person, but not in this space and only with those who consider themselves educators and could deal with my cluelessness. In other words, not intruding into your space. If any queer poc would be willing to do so please hit me up.

blackgirldangerous:

by Mia McKenzie

I have been thinking and talking a lot lately about the politics of desirability. In particular, the way that some white queer allies move through QPOC spaces, dating every brown queer they can get their hands on, almost always going unchecked, and never really understanding or…

Sweetest thing!

Thu, 31 May 2012 16:36:29 +0100

Sweetest thing!

flawedpirate: (via Facebook)

Mon, 28 May 2012 16:07:43 +0100

flawedpirate:

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Photo

Sat, 26 May 2012 17:51:32 +0100

fuck yeah sex education: 6 Things Sex and Body Positive Lists Could Be More Positive On

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:44:23 +0100

fuck yeah sex education: 6 Things Sex and Body Positive Lists Could Be More Positive On:

But they’re not saying it SHOULD be all about the orgasm, but that for some people they don’t get a lot of pleasure out of things besides orgasming. And people saying “it’s about all this other stuff” ALL THE TIME makes people for whom it is the most important thing feel very shallow and like they’re performing sex in a not a sufficiently sex positive/queer/feminist manner.

fuckyeahtheten:

There are plenty of sex positive and body positive lists and posts around on tumblr that try to combat the poisonous things especially people commonly identified as women get taught by mainstream society every day.
Unfortunately, in their enthusiasm to counter these things,…

Fuck I feel like shit today...

Thu, 24 May 2012 22:28:25 +0100

*hugs*

so true

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:50:06 +0100

so true

lacigreen: rebloggable by request

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:58:04 +0100

lacigreen:

rebloggable by request

argodraws: I fell asleep looking at cute overload, and I had a...

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:31:32 +0100

argodraws:

I fell asleep looking at cute overload, and I had a dream in which I convinced a mom to accept her trans daughter because of bunnies. It was a very good argument apparently.

džulory ladžala: Drunk, Dirty, and Defiant

Fri, 18 May 2012 16:37:34 +0100

džulory ladžala: Drunk, Dirty, and Defiant:

You would hope. But it’s not. It’s about making the rich feel good. For example, note the pre-emptive arrests on made up laws of anyone taking photos of the olympic park, and of the possible placement of anti-aircraft missiles on apartment blocks of the poor.

golden-zephyr:

This is a headline from a Romanian newspaper website, reporting on the “dozens of homeless Romanian Gypsies” that have “invaded” parts of London, but especially the prestigious Park Lane area.

The problem with this? It isn’t that these people are forced to sleep on the street, beg for money, or live in horrific conditions… it isn’t that they fled their own country because of persecution, discrimination, and abject poverty.

No, the worst thing is that, as the Romanian article stated, “Există, de asemenea, temerea că prezenţa taberei ar putea umbri desfășurarea Jocurilor Olimpice, în contextul în care unor demnitari străini le-au fost rezervate camere în hoteluri din apropiere” — translated this says that “there is also some concern their presence could overshadow the development of the Olympic camp, since some foreign dignitaries have been reserved rooms in hotels nearby”….

Once again it is not concern for Roma people that is driving this, but rather concern for a certain “White image”. The cleanliness of the city does not just deal with actual trash of the streets—but apparently too with the figurative trashalso.

Trebuie să ridicăm tot gunoiul - e oribil. - We must pick up all the garbage -it’s horrible.

This has been a common theme with regard to the Olympics. The thought of people as garbage—poor people, homeless people, immigrants, whole neighbourhoods. It’s not the first time—but isn’t this also a form of racism? Why is it OK to call people trash simply because swanky foreign dignitaries are arriving? Surely it would be better to aid these people, give them some shelter, food, warmth, and prospects? I thought the idea behind the Olympics was somewhat… bigger… than this.

The Olympics are founded on principles such as ethics, participation, and equality (it is not between nations, but between athletes and all athletes are treated equally)…

So, how is it that we can treat the citizens of the participating countries as trash??? How can we say these people are invading anywhere?? Scaremongering and discriminating because of who these people are and where they came from…

fuck yeah sex education: Does Intercourse Hurt? A Guide to Women’s Sexual Pain

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:05:21 +0100

fuck yeah sex education: Does Intercourse Hurt? A Guide to Women’s Sexual Pain:

I’d appreciate it if anyone knows anything about sex hurting for trans women, particularly for those with their birth genitals.

sexreeducated:

Sexual pain is common, but can usually be cured.
Published on May 15, 2012 by Michael Castleman, M.A. in All About Sex

Many women suffer sexual pain, chronic genital pain independent of lovemaking, and/or pain during sex. The landmark “Sex In America” survey…

"I hate the world. Except Argentina."

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:03:38 +0100

“I hate the world. Except Argentina.”

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Caitlyn epic win!

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:34:29 +0100

Caitlyn epic win!