wetwareproblem:

chibipika:

Every time a post on queerplatonic relationships makes its way around tumblr, the comments are inevitably filled with a flood of “IT’S CALLED FRIENDSHIP” or “WHY DO YOU NEED A WORD FOR THIS.”

Do you honestly think society regards friendship as an acceptable substitute for romance and marriage?  The thing is, most aros would LOVE if it could just be called friendship.

Because that would mean a world where:

• Friendships are considered equal to or sometimes *SHOCK HORROR* more important than romantic relationships.  This is not an exceptional occurrence.
• Romantic partners know that they might not be their datemate’s Most Important Person and are not bothered by this.
• People commonly plan major life events around their friends up to and including housing, finances, employment, ect.
• It is common for people to be in their 30s, 40s, 50s, hell even old age having lived with friends that entire time and no one has ever asked them why they’re not married.
• It is common for people to have a committed lifelong partnership with their friend and no one bats an eye.
• Having a life friend is considered something that can be regarded as equally close to marriage.  It is also taken just as seriously.

Until the day that those are true, friendship is unfortunately not an accurate word to convey the types of relationships we’re talking about. 

gennesaret:

stainedglassruneycorn:

weavemama:

weavemama:

weavemama:

it really should scare anyone with human decency how #DACA is being put to an end by trump. over 28,000 immigrants are going to lose their jobs over this xenophobic and racist decision… and before anyone whines about how these immigrants don’t deserve jobs because they’re not “real Americans”,, dreamers have been in America since they were children. DACA literally stands for 

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. imagine being a child who comes into a country where you have to immediately adapt to learning a new language, get used to a new culture, and get to work a few years later right at the legal working age. these children have went through hell and back just to make a living in america, and it’s very disgusting how the trump administration wants to take that all away just because he wants to make america white again. 

there is no valid reason why trump wants to take away DACA other than blatant xenophobia because immigrants are not “stealing” your fucking jobs. that bullshit claim has been debunked a million times by professional economists. the #Dreamers caused no harm to this country, they’re just young immigrants who want to make a living for themselves and their future families. DACA has helped over 800,000 immigrants achieve their goals and dream of becoming successful in a different country. only racists who want to “purify” this country with whiteness would be against such a helpful program. anyone else who knows how to sympathize with other humans would know that this program is well needed. 

there is a way to help. simply text RESIST to the number 50409 and the resistbot will fax a custom made letter to your local senator(s). It doesn’t have to be super long, just to a short explanation on why you think DACA deserves to be saved. after that it will automatically send a fax to your senator. and that’s it! It’s free, it’s easy, and you can also do it more than once. congress has 6 months to make sure this doesn’t become a nightmare for immigrations so let’s make the most of it!! we can fight this!

here’s another piece of vital information specifically for the DACA Dreamers. you guys still have rights and it’s very important you know that.

Boosting.

I translated the poster into Spanish (since I haven’t seen it in Spanish yet), and added a note that their website includes Red Cards in Spanish, Chinese, and Hmong so far–if someone could translate to Arabic, Urdu, and Nepali (at least from my experiences with the refugee populations at my school), that would be super helpful!

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CONOZCA SUS DERECHOS: LO QUE BENEFICIARIOS DE DACA NECESITAN SABER AHORA MISMO

-Se espera que los permisos de trabajo permanezcan válidos, pero están sujetos a revocación.

-Su jefe no puede despedirlo, suspenderlo, ni preguntarle acerca de su estatus de DACA.

-Si usted tiene un número de seguro social, ese número es válido por toda su vida. 

-Verifique las leyes de su estado sobre identificaciones y licencias de conducir. 

-Si usted está viajando bajo los auspicios de libertad condicional (advanced parole), considere regresar a los E.E.U.U. lo antes posible. 

-Verifique con un(a) abogado posibles opciones para adquirir un permiso de trabajo o hasta la residencia permanente (green card). 

**De paso: el sitio web del Centro de Recursos Legales para los Inmigrantes (ILRC por sus siglas en inglés) también incluye unas tarjetas rojas que pueden ser impresas e utilizadas para comunicarse con agentes de la migra sin hablar y renunciar a ninguno de sus derechos. Puede encontrarlas en este enlace.