it's just me and my gay fanfics against the world
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gazafunds.com - Donate directly to a Palestinian family in urgent need of evacuation, medical attention, food, rebuilding homes/businesses etc. (Spotlights 1 verified gfm at a time so if you don't know who/where to donate to just go here and donate to the one they show you!)
Help provide tents (urgent):
The Sameer Project: Currently providing tents for displaced families in Gaza (emergency bc tents in Rafah are being burned as we speak) (paypal) (gfm)
Food, cash & essentials:
Care for Gaza: Working on the ground in Gaza to distribute food, cash, medicine & other essentials to displaced families. (paypal) (gfm)
Direct Aid for Gaza: also working on the ground in Gaza to distribute food, cash & other daily essential suppliess to displaced families. (paypal) (gfm)
Water:
Gaza Municipality's water project: The official Municipality of Gaza needs help rebuilding the water infrastructure in Gaza City to restore access to clean water and waste management services for the people of Gaza. (This campaign only has a couple of weeks left but it's still only at 15%!)
eSIMs (urgent):
guide to buy & send esims for gaza
crips for esims for gaza: If you don't know how to buy esims or don't have the capacity to manage them (e.g. topping up regularly), this team of volunteers are collecting funds to buy & manage gaza esims regularly
Medical Aid
Palestine Red Crescent Society: Provides emergency medical and ambulance services and humanitarian relief on the ground in Gaza e.g. rescuing and treating the wounded.
heavily pushing the asexual regulus agenda...
and the trans regulus agenda....
and the autistic and mute regulus agenda....
annnddd the introverted quiet kid regulus agenda
This is me if you even care
the color of forgiveness
1. historical or futuristic
2. opening or closing chapter
3. light+fluffy or dark+gritty
4. animal companion or found family
5. horror or romance
6. hard magic system or soft magic system
7. standalone or series
8. one project at a time or always juggling 2+
9. one award winner or one bestseller
10. fantasy or sci-fi
11. character description or setting description
12. first draft or final draft
13. love triangle in everything or no romance arcs
14. constant sandstorm or rainstorm
When will my husband (Ao3) return from war (is up again)
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So, I donāt normally do this, but something urgent came up, and I really need yāall to read this. Thereās a TL;DR at the bottom of this post, but I strongly advise reading this post all the way through to gain more context on the situation at hand.
I donāt know all the details, but thereās this act floating around in the US called the āKidās Online Safety Actā - or KOSA , if you will. Hereās a description of it:
In summary, this law, if put in place, would aim to wipe out sites that could provide youth with life-saving resources, or even mention topics related to the LGBTQIA+ community and suicide prevention.
Now, obviously this is only a thing in America, so youād think it wouldnāt affect the rest of the world, right?
Well, not exactly.
So you know how fandom sites such as Tumblr, AO3 and Wattpad provide an escape for many people across the world who are going through hard times (to put it simply)? I donāt mean to scare anyone, but if this law passes, these sites may be negatively affected globally.
Hereās a TikTok I found by a creator known as omarsbigsister that explains it better. Itās mainly about AO3 but Tumblr and Wattpad are mentioned too:
We all know why fandom is so important. Many people, as Iāve mentioned, use sites such as the ones previously listed to escape the troubles of their everyday life. In addition, fanfiction sites in particular provide creative outlets for writers across the globe. This law could possibly destroy this form of escapism and a creative outlet.
Iāve linked a link tree found in the above TikTok creatorās link tree at the bottom of this post. Please sign them regardless of where youāre from.
Also, yāall know I usually donāt ask for clicks, but interacting with this post in some way or even making a post of your own like this to spread the word would also be of great help!
Thanks in advance!
- hpnewgen
TL;DR: KOSA is putting the lives of American youth and the future of fandom as a whole at risk and we need to act now.