#Rights

A reminder, if you've been affected by the outted abusers in SF/F, you have legal rights.Please do not trust the legal advice of bystanders, or the legal threats of your
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‘Human rights don’t have a best-before date’: #COVID19 lays bare rampant ageism, by ⁦@picardonhealth⁩ via ⁦@GlobeDebate⁩https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-human-rights-dont-have-a-best-before-date-covid-19-lays-bare/ B.C. Tory MP @MarcDal
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Pride “parades” were born from protest. They’re political, a fight for rights and in many parts of the world remain violent from the abuse they have to endure.Saint Patrick’s Day
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People who are actually “cancelled” don’t get their thoughts published and amplified in major outlets.This has been a public service announcement. The term “cancel culture” comes from entitlement - as
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Marsy's Law overwhelmingly passed in Wisconsin - via @nytimes Here is the exact wording on the ballot. The Kentucky Supreme Court struck down Marsy's Law in 2019 because of this
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.@luigidimaio said he talked to Wang Yi about Hong Kong as part of their discussion on “several heated international issues”. “We had a very fruitful bilateral meeting. We talked about
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“Do something!” is the statement we keep hearing. As an elected official with a vote in Austin, let me tell you what I am NOT going to do. 1/6 I
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2 weeks ago, Justice Alito wrote the following in his dissent to the Court's landmark decision on LGBTQ workplace rights & protections:"Our duty is to interpret statutory terms to mean
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dan and phil supporting lesbians/saying lesbian rights: a thread happy lesbian visibility day lesbian rights found the other half of the picture with dan the full
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On 11/9/2016 a young woman I considered a friend, told me she had voted for Jill Stein, because “she couldn’t vote for the lesser of two evils”. I hung up
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Some recent Uber drives and conversations (so long ago I was in an Uber!) about the vaccines make me think about misinformation and how important epistemic rights are. Many of
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To celebrate World IP Day, here is a nerdy thread about the theories behind IP that I think explain most (if not all) of the fights over IP we see
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The idea that Zionists are right-wing rich xenophobes is laughableI’m trans, I’m bi, I’m an immigrant, I’m HoH, I’m working class & exist below the poverty line, I was an
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1/ In 2020, we learned that some people don't understand what democracy is; don't know that it takes work; don't know that it's fallible; don't accept that the USA can
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I see a lot of trans people criticising stonewall's new Chief Exec Nancy Kelley.I've got a few points of my own:https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2020/jun/27/stonewall-new-boss-gender-transgender-rights-nancy-kelley Kelley talks a
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Before "therapist", I am a queer Black person who has lived through involuntary hospitalization. One's perception of institutionalized power dynamics is forever changed by it. Regardless of "patients' rights", au
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