Started #BlackHistoryMonth
w a boxing legend, Jack Johnson, so it was fitting to end it w a modern
boxing champion. Claressa is the 1st American woman to win an Olympic
gold medal in boxing & the 1st American boxer female or male to win
consecutive Olympic medals. #Day28
When I went a few years ago, they were located in what was presumably supposed to be space for a parking lot security office. The rooms’ walls were made of fiberboard and the lights were dimmed for what I can only assume was to save on power. There are just short of a million people on this island, and despite being one of the most consistently progressive states with a repeatedly pro-queer attitude, many of us depend on the Lavender Clinic because we have nowhere else to go. Please consider throwing a few bucks their way – it’s not like we can just drive somewhere else to get care.
this is an immediate need, as well, in case anyone doesn’t click through to the link. they share that they’re at risk of closing within weeks/months without adequate funding. it’s all well and good to decry transphobes, but we need to do what we can to defend and improve the lives of trans people. if you can send anything, please do.
Drag has a history of favoring white, European features. House balls were the BIPOC queer safe space where much of drag culture as we know it had its birthplace.
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