Inclusivity Thread!!! 💗💗

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HAPPY WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH!! 🤝

 

⚠️Trigger Warning: mentions abuse and human trafficking⚠️

 

 

Lorena Borjas (1960 – 2020) was a Mexican-American transgender and immigrant rights activist, known as the mother of the transgender Latinx community in Queens, New York. Her work on behalf of immigrant and transgender communities garnered recognition throughout New York City and the United States. She lived for many years in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, where she was a community figure and leader.

In 1960, Borjas was born in Veracruz, Mexico. When she was seventeen years old, she ran away from home and lived on the streets of Mexico City. She later studied public accounting in Mexico City. In 1981, Borjas emigrated to the United States at twenty years old, with the goal of obtaining hormone therapy and transitioning to live as a woman. Taking a job in a belt factory, she initially shared an apartment in the New York City neighborhood of Jackson Heights, Queens with 20 transgender women who worked as sex workers. As a young woman, Borjas aided the women she lived with, along with other transgender sex workers. Initially, she primarily provided aid to Mexican transgender women, but she later expanded to help all Latin American trans women. As she explained:

"We were women without families and who had run away from our countries, persecuted for expressing our identity, for being ourselves. Here in New York, we did not have the life and freedom we had been dreaming about. We also endured violence and abuse here. In those days, it was a real crime to be a transgender immigrant of color.”

In 1995, Borjas decided to make activism her life's work. For decades, Borjas worked to protect transgender victims of human trafficking (which she herself had experienced), slavery, and violence. She hosted women who had been ostracized from their families in her own apartment until they were able to support themselves. She walked the streets seeking women who needed her help, providing condoms and food, and connecting these women to social services. She worked without pay to facilitate access to HIV testing and hormone therapy for transgender sex workers, including setting up a weekly HIV testing clinic in her home, and providing syringe exchanges for women taking hormone injections. In 1995, she organized her first march in support of the transgender community.

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Elizabeth J. Magie Phillips (1866 – 1948) was an American game designer, writer, feminist, and Georgist. She invented The Landlord's Game, the precursor to Monopoly, to illustrate teachings of the progressive era economist Henry George.

Magie's game was becoming increasingly popular around the Northeastern United States. College students attending Harvard, Columbia, and University of Pennsylvania, left-leaning middle-class families, and Quakers were all playing her board game. Three decades after The Landlord's Game was invented in 1904, Parker Brothers published a modified version, known as Monopoly. Charles Darrow claimed the idea as his own, stating that he invented the game in his basement. Magie later spoke out against them and reported that she had made a mere $500 from her invention and received none of the credit for Monopoly.

 

In January 1936, an interview with Magie appeared in a Washington, D.C. newspaper, in which she was critical of Parker Brothers. Magie spoke to reporters about the similarities between Monopoly and The Landlord's Game. The article published spoke to the fact that Magie spent more money making her game than she received in earnings, especially with the lack of credit she received after Monopoly was created. After the interviews, Parker Brothers agreed to publish two more of her games but continued to give Darrow the credit for inventing the game itself.

Darrow was known as the inventor of Monopoly until Ralph Anspach, creator of the Anti-Monopoly game, discovered Magie's patents. Subsequently, Magie's invention of The Landlord's Game has been given more attention and research. Despite the fact that Darrow and Parker Brothers capitalized on and were credited with her idea, she has posthumously received credit for one of the most popular board games.

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HAPPY WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH!! 🤝

Let’s talk about white feminism! White or liberal feminism refers to a type of feminism that focuses exclusively on white middle class women and prioritises issues that primarily affect them. It’s also often referred to as "girlboss feminism" as the focus tends to be on equality and empowerment gained through capitalist means, for example, calling for an increase in the number of female billionaires. It’s a feminism that prioritizes achieving equality for white cisgender women, insisting that their equality will open up doors for all other women.

White feminism is also closely related to white fragility and the structure of innocence, where a person may feel a sense of discomfort or defensiveness when confronted with issues around racism. It’s an exclusionary feminism that does not consider the intersectionality of women, ignoring how misogyny intertwines with racism and Islamophobia. It assumes that white women experience misogyny in the same way all women experience misogyny. And that is simply not the case.

And yes, being a TERF (trans exclusionary radical feminist) falls under white feminism too! It’s not just you being racist. And no, you do not have to be white to subscribe to white feminism. White feminism aligns with white supremacy. It’s not just you being racist. If you are homophobic, transphobic, or ableist, that is you aligning yourself with white supremacy. It’s a dynamic where needs of women of color, transgender women, disabled women, or Muslim women conflict with white supremacy and with that their needs are dismissed or subjugated.

White feminism is the type that also closely intertwined with the white savior complex. This is a common trope held by white people with the mindset that people of color, or any group who is considered ‘non-white’, are submissive and helpless. They need white people to come into their world and save them. This is the central feature of the white saviour mentality, and it’s a mentality that has deep roots in colonialism. It is exactly how white colonizers framed their violent invasions of people’s lands, by claiming that these were barbaric and unintelligent peoples that didn’t know any better and needed to be taught how to live a more ‘civilized’ life.

If your feminism isn’t intersectional it’s doomed to fail. Cutting certain groups out does not give you a short cut to equal rights!! It’s imperative for cis women to defend trans woman. For white women to defend women of color. It’s imperative for straight women to defend queer women. It’s imperative for upper-class women to defend lower-class women. And it’s imperative for able-bodied women to defend disabled women. So in other words, no one is free until we are all free!! 

Also all of our oppression is tied together. To think that racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, and classism won’t turn around and fuck you over in some way is stupid!!

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⚠️Trigger Warning: mentions rape⚠️

 

 

Martha "Marty" Goddard (1941 – 2015) was an American crime victims' advocate who was instrumental in developing the rape test kit, used to methodically collect forensic evidence from victims of rape.

In the early 1970s, Goddard worked as a victims' advocate in Chicago, where an estimated 16,000 women were raped each year and police often would not believe victims. Only a tenth of this number were reported, and they rarely resulted in imprisonment of the attacker. She learned from the police that the evidence collected in hospitals from rape victims was often incomplete or poorly gathered. 
 

To improve the chances of offenders being identified and sentenced, she developed the concept and organization of a rape kit, a standardized way of collecting and preserving forensic evidence from victims of rape. She brought this idea to Louis R. Vitullo, who worked in the Chicago police crime lab. At first, he yelled at her and rejected her idea, according to Goddard's colleague Cynthia Gehrie, but then he proceeded to develop a kit similar to Goddard's design, taking personal credit for the invention.

In the mid-1970s, Goddard founded the Citizens Committee for Victim Assistance, which advocated and sought funding for the distribution of rape kits; much of the initial funding came from the Playboy Foundation.

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Margaret Moran Cho is an American stand-up comedian, actress and musician. In her stand-up routines she critiques social and political problems, especially about race and sexuality. She starred in the ABC sitcom All-American Girl.

 

As an actress, she has played such roles as Charlene Lee in It's My Party and John Travolta's FBI colleague in the action film Face/Off. Cho was part of the cast of the TV series Drop Dead Diva on Lifetime Television, in which she appeared as Teri Lee, a paralegal assistant. For her portrayal of Kim Jong Il on 30 Rock, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2012. 

In 2022, Cho co-starred in the film Fire Island, a portrayal of the LGBTQ Asian American experience on Fire Island. Cho has worked in fashion and music and owns her own clothing line. She has frequently supported LGBTQ rights and has won awards for her humanitarian efforts on behalf of women, Asian Americans, and the LGBTQ community.

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Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014) was an American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou's series of seven autobiographies focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim. She had selective mutism, an anxiety disorder she developed as a child resulting from a traumatic event.

She was respected as a spokesperson for African Americans and women, and her works have been considered a defense of African-American culture. Her works are widely used in schools and universities worldwide, although attempts have been made to ban her books from some U.S. libraries. Angelou's most celebrated works have been labeled as autobiographical fiction, but many critics consider them to be autobiographies. She made a deliberate attempt to challenge the common structure of the autobiography by critiquing, changing, and expanding the genre. Her books center on themes that include racism, identity, family, and travel.

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Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865 – 1915) was a Native American medical doctor and reformer and member of the Omaha tribe. She is widely acknowledged as one of the first Indigenous people, and the first Indigenous woman, to earn a medical degree. She campaigned for public health and for the formal, legal allotment of land to members of the Omaha tribe.

Picotte was an active social reformer as well as a physician. She worked to discourage the consumption of alcohol on the reservation where she worked as the physician, as part of the temperance movement. Picotte also campaigned for the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis, which then had no cure, as part of a public health campaign. She also worked to help other Omaha navigate the bureaucracy of the Office of Indian Affairs and receive the money owed to them for the sale of their land.

As a child, La Flesche witnessed a sick Native American woman die after a white doctor refused to treat her. She later credited this tragedy as her inspiration to train as a physician, so she could provide care for the people with whom she lived on the Omaha Reservation.

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Iman Mohamad Jodeh is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate from the 29th district. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2020, she is the first Muslim elected to the legislature and assumed office on January 13, 2021. She became a Colorado State Senator on January 9, 2025.

 

Jodeh was born in Denver, the daughter of Palestinian parents who immigrated to the United States in 1974. She grew up in neighboring Aurora, and graduated from Overland High School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and history in 2004 and Master of Public Policy from University of Colorado Denver in 2006.

 

Jodeh has worked as a community liaison for the Interfaith Alliance of Colorado. In 2008, she founded Meet the Middle East, a non-profit whose mission is to bridge understanding between Americans and what she says is the "most misunderstood region of the world."

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Andrea Jenkins is an American politician, writer, performance artist, poet, and transgender activist. She is known for being the first Black openly transgender woman elected to public office in the United States, serving from January 2018 to January 2026 on the Minneapolis City Council and as the council's president from 2022 to 2024.

 

Jenkins moved to Minnesota to attend the University of Minnesota in 1979 and was hired by the Hennepin County government, where she worked for a decade. Jenkins worked as a staff member on the Minneapolis City Council for 12 years before beginning work as curator of the Transgender Oral History Project at the University of Minnesota's Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.

 

Jenkins also identifies as bisexual and queer. She is a grandmother and has a partner of eight years. Jenkins was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2017. She has participated in the Trans Lives Matter movement and chaired the board of Intermedia Arts. In June 2020, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first LGBTQ pride parade, Queerty named her among the fifty heroes "leading the nation toward equality, acceptance, and dignity for all people". She was included in the 2022 Fast Company Queer 50 list.

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Kayleigh Rose Amstutz known professionally as Chappell Roan, is an American singer and songwriter. She is known for her camp and drag queen-influenced style. She identifies as a lesbian, has bipolar II disorder, and following her rapid commercial breakthrough, Roan publicly addressed the pressures of her newfound fame and criticized behavior from some fans and paparazzi that she considered "creepy" and "invasive".

 

Her debut extended play, School Nights in 2017. After years without success, she was dropped from the label in 2020. Roan released her debut studio album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess in 2023, garnering a cult following. 

The next year, Roan achieved global recognition with the single "Good Luck, Babe!", which reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became an international top-five single. It led to a resurgence of her debut album peaking at number two on the US Billboard 200 and yielding the multi-platinum singles "Hot to Go!" and "Pink Pony Club". In 2025, Roan won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and released the US top-five singles "The Giver" and "The Subway".

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Michelle Buteau is an American stand-up comedian, actress, television host, producer, and podcast host.

 

In 2017, Buteau was listed as one of ten comedians to watch by Esquire. In 2018, Buteau started hosting the Late Night Whenever! podcast, which was labeled as "one of the best podcasts of 2018 so far" by Time. Buteau was also part of The Comedy Lineup on Netflix where up-and-coming comedians have 15-minute standup sets.

 

In 2019, Buteau appeared in the movies Someone Great, Isn't It Romantic, Sell By, and Always Be My Maybe. She also began hosting the WNYC podcast Adulting with co-host Jordan Carlos. That same year, Buteau appeared in two television series: First Wives Club and Tales of the City. In 2020, Buteau started hosting The Circle, a reality TV show on Netflix.

In 2020, Buteau published her first book, a collection of personal essays titled Survival of the Thickest, with Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. A TV adaptation of the memoir premiered in 2023 on Netflix.

 

15 Minutes of Michelle Buteau | Netflix is a Joke - Netflix Is A Joke

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Noor Tagouri is an American journalist, activist, motivational speaker and producer of the documentary series on the mistreatment of people with mental disabilities titled The Trouble They've Seen: The Forest Haven Story, and of a podcast series on sex trafficking in the U.S. titled Sold in America: Inside Our Nation's Sex Trade. In 2016, she became the first hijab-wearing Muslim woman to appear, fully clothed, in an issue of Playboy magazine. 

 

Tagouri's podcast Sold in America gave a window into the sex trade industry in the United States. It was released on Facebook Watch, Amazon, and Hulu. The podcast had been downloaded more than 1.5 million times as of early 2021.

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HAPPY TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY!! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

 

Rachel Crandall Crocker is an American psychotherapist and transgender activist. She founded the community organization Transgender Michigan to improve the lives of transgender people in Michigan in 1997. In 2009, she founded the International Transgender Day of Visibility in response to the only other holiday for transgender people being Transgender Day of Remembrance.

 

After coming out in 1997, she co-founded the community organization Transgender Michigan with her now-wife, Susan Crocker; she serves as executive director. The organization provides advocacy, support, and education for the transgender community in Michigan. 

 

In 2009, Crandall Crocker founded International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31 as a "day to focus on the living," a counterpoint to Transgender Day of Remembrance. Since the founding of it, it has been recognized in countries around the world, including by then-President of the United States Joe Biden.

 

A WORLD WITHOUT TRANS PEOPLE HAS NEVER EXISTED AND NEVER WILL!! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

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Happy Women's History Month!

 

I just finished reading The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzie Lee, as was recommended by several folks here on AVEN. It was a great pick for Women's History Month! While the book itself is fiction, it does an excellent job at portraying the very real barriers to society that women faced in the 1700s. My heart ached for the main protagonist, who was so brilliant and would have been a great doctor, yet kept getting doors slammed in her face because no one thought a woman like her capable of such work- and how she was constantly pressured by so many people in her life to just give it up, marry up, and shut up, essentially. And the author's note explained that her character was based on the real experience of real women at the time- like Laura Bassi, who the author cites as being the first woman to have a doctorate in science and earn a university chair in a scientific field at the University of Bologna. I won't say how things end up for Felicity (the main character) because I don't want to spoil the book, but I do recommend giving it a read if you like stories about cool women defying gender expectations.  (And bonus points for her being heavily aroace-coded!)

 

Edit: Another thought I had about this book, that I didn't think about while I was typing that (^) earlier, is that I really appreciate Johanna's character. I feel like a lot of feminists (both past & present) tend to be dismissive of women who act traditionally "feminine" and like "feminine" things, out of fear that acting "feminine" will be seen as a weakness- essentially, it's the idea that you have to act "manly" in order to be taken seriously by men. But women can still act feminine and be strong, and I love that the author included a character who is emblematic of that! And the fact that Felicity and Johanna kinda butted heads over that very point in the book made me happy, because I feel like that's something that doesn't get talked about often enough.

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Happy (one day late) Women's History Month + Trans Day of Visibility!

 

I saw this cool web comic on NPR's website this morning. It's about an ancient (AFAB) Egyptian pharaoh, Hatshepsut, who is believed to have taken on a male persona to project an image of "strength" to her people. She used both "he" and "she" pronouns and was a very successful ruler, but much of her legacy was destroyed and almost forgotten by history, because nobody wanted to honor & remember a drag king, I guess.

 

You can read the full web comic here:

https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/03/31/g-s1-115791/hatshepsut-one-of-egypts-greatest-pharaohs

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HAPPY WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY!! 🧩 

 

World Autism Awareness Day is an internationally recognized day observed every year on 2 April. The day is important because many autistic people still face barriers in education, healthcare, employment, and social participation. This day reminds you that awareness alone is not enough. Real change comes when awareness leads to acceptance, inclusion, and action.

Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is a neurodevelopmental condition. It affects how a person communicates, interacts socially, behaves, and processes the world around them. It is called a spectrum because autism can look very different from one person to another. Some autistic people may need a high level of support in daily life. Others may need very little support. Each person has their own strengths, challenges, personality, and way of communicating. It is important to know that autism is not an illness. It is not something that needs a cure. Autistic people can live full, meaningful lives, especially when they are supported, respected, and understood.

Common Misconceptions About Autism Debunked

Myth 1: Autism Is A Disease That Needs A Cure

Autism is not a disease. It is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition. Support should focus on communication, daily functioning, emotional well-being, and inclusion, not on trying to “fix” the person.

Myth 2: Autistic People Do Not Feel Emotions

This is not true. Autistic people feel emotions deeply. They may simply express feelings in ways that look different from what others expect. Many autistic people form strong relationships and show care in meaningful ways.

Myth 3: Autism Only Affects Children

Autism is lifelong. Children with autism grow into autistic adults. Awareness should not stop at childhood. Support and acceptance are important at every stage of life.

Myth 4: All Autistic People Are The Same

No two autistic people are the same. Autism is a spectrum. One person may be highly verbal and independent, while another may communicate differently and need more support.

Myth 5: Parenting Causes Autism

Poor parenting does not cause autism. This is an outdated and harmful idea. Autism is linked to brain development and is influenced by multiple factors, including genetics.

Myth 6: Vaccines Cause Autism

Vaccines do not cause autism. This myth has been repeatedly disproven. Following routine vaccination schedules remains important for protecting children’s health.

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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL ASEXUAL DAY!! 💜🤍🖤

 

 

Giovanna Ewbank Baldacconi Gagliasso 🇧🇷🇧🇷 is a Brazilian actress, model, and television presenter. She began acting in theater at the age of twelve. Next, she started modeling and later joined the university of Fashion. In 2008, she debuted In the soap opera A Favorita, by Rede Globo, where she played Sharon, a call girl. Currently, she has a YouTube channel with over four million subscribers. In September 2022, Giovanna declared being demisexual in her videocast "Quem pode, pod".

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HAPPY EMANCIPATION DAY!! ✊🏾

 

 

Emancipation vs. Juneteenth ❤️💛💚

Emancipation Day is an annual holiday celebrated on April 16 in Washington, D.C. The holiday commemorates the signing of the Compensated Emancipation Act by President Abraham Lincoln on April 16, 1862, which officially ended slavery in Washington, D.C.

The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act allowed around 3,000 enslaved people to be freed, provided payments of up to $100 to those wishing to emigrate from the United States, and reimbursed up to $300 in compensation to Union former slave owners. However, this only applied in Washington, D.C. Lincoln would sign his famous Emancipation Proclamation eight and a half months later, on Jan. 1, 1863.

June 19, 1865, was the day that the Union army arrived in Galveston, TX, and issued General Order No. 3, declaring that all enslaved people were free. Though the tradition of celebrating on June 19 originated from this day in Texas, Juneteenth is now celebrated in tribute to liberation from slavery across the nation.

As the Civil War drew to a close, many enslavers had moved west in an attempt to evade the Union army and its emancipation efforts; as such, Texas was the westernmost slave state outside of Union military control at this point in time. Most enslaved people lived in scattered, rural areas, and many were illiterate, meaning that the news about emancipation often would not reach them until the Union army physically arrived as well. As such, though emancipation had been made official, often it was only enacted with the threat or use of military force, as was the case in Texas, Richmond, Virginia, and Florida.

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HAPPY LESBIAN VISIBILITY WEEK!! 🧡🤍🩷

 

Deison Afualo is a TikTok influencer and podcaster. Co-hosting her Two Idiot Girls podcast with her sister. Fans highlight the significance of her platform, particularly as she represents the intersection of being both queer and Samoan. Her Polynesian roots are a huge deal to her with her showing off her tribal tattoos to show how she’s grounded in her culture. She’s also been open about her coming out story. She even opened up about struggling with internalized homophobia before fully embracing her sexuality. Even though her parents and sister had her back, not everyone got the memo and still don’t. But that doesn’t stop her from being unapologetically sapphic both online and in real life!

 

Deison Afualo “I Become the Representation I Never Saw” - She Comes With Baggage • Kirstie Pike

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Kehlani is an American singer, songwriter and dancer who signed with Atlantic Records to release their debut studio album, SweetSexySavage (2017), which peaked at number three on the Billboard 200, while their second, It Was Good Until It Wasn't (2020), peaked at number two. Their third album, Blue Water Road (2022), peaked at number 13 on the chart and was met with critical acclaim, while their fourth, Crash (2024), peaked at number 25. Their 2025 single, "Folded", peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and won Best R&B Performance and won Best R&B Song at the 69th Grammy Awards.

In April 2018, they spoke about their sexuality on Twitter, stating, "I'm queer. Not bi, not straight. I'm attracted to women, men, REALLY attracted to queer men, non-binary people, intersex people, trans people. Lil polypansexual people." After that, during a livestream in early 2021, Kehlani announced that they are a lesbian, after having publicly identified as queer and pansexual in the past. They prefer polyamorous relationships. They have stated that it is important for them to include female pronouns in their music.

In an April 2019 interview with Diva, Kehlani stated they are "definitely on the non-binary scale" despite preferring "she" pronouns. In December 2020, Kehlani updated their pronouns on Twitter to "she/they". In an interview with Byrdie Magazine in 2021, they stated their preference for "they" over "she", because "something feels really affirming when people say they", and that "it feels like you really see me". Kehlani also has a daughter who was born in 2019.

Kehlani - YouTube Music

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HAPPY ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH!! 🤲

 

Antoinette (Toni) Marie Breidinger is an American professional stock car racing driver and model. She competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 27 Chevrolet Silverado RST for Rackley W.A.R.. Breidinger is the first female Arab-American driver to compete in NASCAR, being of Lebanese and German descent.

Raised in Hillsborough, California, Breidinger started competing in go-kartsat the age of nine. After five years of go-kart racing, she moved to the USAC Western US Asphalt Midget Series at age 15 in 2014, winning the series championship two years later. Moving to North Carolina after graduating high school in 2017, she switched from open-wheel racing to stock car racing, racing primarily in late models for four years. Starting in 2021, she moved her focus towards the ARCA Racing Series, racing with Venturini Motorsports for most of her ARCA career. In her four seasons in ARCA, she amassed four top-fives and 27 top-tens. In 2025, she moved up full-time to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with Tricon Garage.

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Hey, guys! April is Arab American Heritage Month. I haven’t been posting about only because I wanted to take a break from posting as I was doing it for two months straight. Plus, school’s picking up again with finals so even when I wanted to post, I couldn’t as things got so busy. Still are. 😅 If you guys start seeing late posts on here that’s why.

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Elijah or Not So Average Fangirl is an American YouTuber who reacts to popular TV shows and movies. She loves to watch and support indie animated shows as well as anything that represents anything queer. She is known for her joyful, authentic personality. She is very proud of her Puerto Rican heritage and open about her ADHD struggles. She is an out and proud demisexual lesbian with a girlfriend who is also a YouTuber named WeeLassReacts.

The two of them are currently producing their own 2D indie animation project called The Elves of Amaranth. A show meant centered around fantasy and mythical creatures including an entire realm of non binary elves. 

Elijah had dabble in the arts of music and acting. Her songs you can find on her channel. As well as some gaming episodes too. She loves to help support her LGBTQIA+ community and every June she livestreams with her friends to raise money for the Trevor Project.

Not-So-Average-Fangirl YouTube Channel

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HAPPY EARTH DAY!! 🌎 

 

 

Emperor penguins are now endangered animals and facing growing threats as climate conditions continue to change in their Antarctic habitat. According to the IUCN, the main reason behind the drop in emperor penguin populations is the early melting and instability of sea ice. You see, rather than miles and miles of sea ice being connected to the coastline where they can safely live and raise their family, penguins are now being met with unstable ice shards and breaking ice.

According to World Wildlife, ever since 2016, sea ice levels have dramatically declined. In fact, in 2022 alone, it was reported that four out of five known breeding sites in the Bellingshausen Sea collapsed, with thousands of penguin chicks sadly freezing or drowning as a result.

So, what's causing the ice to melt at such a fast rate? The IUCN claims its a result of climate change. “After careful consideration of different possible threats, we concluded that human-induced climate change poses the most significant threat to emperor penguins," explains Dr Philip Trathan, member of the IUCN SSC Penguin Specialist Group. "Early sea-ice break-up in spring is already affecting colonies around the Antarctic, and further changes in sea-ice will continue to affect their breeding, feeding and moulting habitat."

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HAPPY ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH!! 🤲

 

 

Mona Hanna formerly known as Mona Hanna-Attisha, is a pediatrician, professor, and public health advocate whose research exposed the Flint water crisis. She is the author of the 2018 book What the Eyes Don't See, which The New York Times named as one of the 100 most notable books of the year.

 

Hanna is a first-generation Iraqi-American immigrant who has two daughters. Hanna received her Bachelor of Science from University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, her Master of Public Health degree in Health Management and Policy from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and her medical degree from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

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HAPPY LESBIAN VISIBILITY WEEK!! 🧡🤍🩷

 

Old Lesbians: reclaiming old age and queerness through storytelling - The Guardian

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HAPPY ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH!! 🤲

 

 

Noor Tagouri is an American journalist, activist, motivational speaker and producer of the documentary series on the mistreatment of people with mental disabilities titled The Trouble They've Seen: The Forest Haven Story, and of a podcast-series on sex trafficking in the U.S. titled Sold in America: Inside Our Nation's Sex Trade. In 2016, she became the first hijab-wearing Muslim woman to appear, fully clothed, in an issue of Playboy magazine.

In 2019, Tagouri partnered with Pulse Films to create a new documentary show, :In America With Noor that will explore "a wide range of controversial subjects and how they affect daily American life and culture." Her experiences led her to launch her own production company called At Your Service. 

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HAPPY FREEDOM DAY (SOUTH AFRICA)!! 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

I know, it has nothing to do with America, but FUCK ELON MUSK right? 🙂

 

Freedom Day is a public holiday in South Africa celebrated on 27 April. It commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on that day in 1994 and the day on which the new constitution was introduced. The elections were the first national elections where every one of voting age of over 18 from any race group, was allowed to vote.

Freedom Day is an annual celebration held on 27 April in South Africa. The day reminds South Africans of the immeasurable sacrifices made by individuals and nations to break them away from the chains of unjust segregation by a select few. It reminds them of the efforts of their national heroes, particularly Nelson Mandela. He is regarded as a champion of freedom, not only in South Africa but the entire world. It is a day that not only marks the emancipation of South Africans from apartheid but also returned their essential human rights in 1994.

YEAH, I KNOW THAT’S FUCKING RIGHT!!

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HAPPY ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH!! 🌸

 

There’s Nothing Hawaiian About Hawaii Anymore (Native Hawaiian Interview) - Matt Cullen

Kumu Hina is a Native Hawaiian who has dedicated her life to preserving and teaching traditional Hawaiian culture, language, and values. As a respected kumu, or teacher, she empowers students through hula and storytelling while advocating for LGBTQIA+ rights and Indigenous visibility. Her work bridges ancient Hawaiian traditions with contemporary social justice, challenging colonial binaries and celebrating cultural authenticity. Kumu Hina's story was widely recognized in the acclaimed documentary Kumu Hina, which highlights her journey of identity, resilience, and community leadership.

Kuma Hina speaks not just for native Hawaiians but many indigenous peoples across the world from  Canada across Pacifica to Australia and New Zealand  who have endured colonialism where language and custom have been eradicated and they have been made to feel as she stated a minority in their homeland.
 

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May is National Military Appreciation Month in the U.S. However, I won't propagandize on behalf of that institution. Instead, I'll highlight some incredible trans American military service members and veterans. These people that have given everything for their country have been betrayed by it.

 

 

Monica F. Helms (born March 8, 1951) is an American transgender activist, author, and veteran of the United States Navy, who created the best-known transgender flag. Helms left the Navy in 1978, and joined her hometown's chapter of the United States Submarine Veterans, Inc. in 1996. Helms eventually prevailed after a few months and is the first trans woman to ever join the organization.

 

In June 2025, Helms announced that she and her wife Darlene Wagner plan to move to Costa Rica, as they are both trans women and fear that anti-trans laws will come to affect them in Georgia.

 

 

Laila and Logan Ireland are two married current and former trans members of the U.S. military. Logan Ireland is a a decorated Air Force special agent working in intelligence and (as of this post) current military service member. He's also the lead plaintiff of the case Logan Ireland et al. v. United States, a case that concerns the denial of the retirement benefits of trans service members. Laila Ireland is a former Army sergeant and trans woman of color who was forced out for being trans in 2015.

 

Laila Ireland said in early 2026:

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"Right now, because we are experiencing these really dark moments, remembering the moments that we can celebrate is going to be important, because that's what's going to carry us through. If we forget those moments, then we cease to exist as a community. My uniform has come off, but my commitment to serve is still going to stay with me."