Ask Lemmy
What physical features do you find attractive on a person that would be considered unattractive by your culture's beauty standards?
indigojasper
8 months ago
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monobrows and big ears
indigojasper
8 months ago
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I admit I was once one of these.
www.lgbtqnation.com
Trans teenage boys are just as likely to get pregnant as cisgender girls, but sex-ed programs don't speak to them...
www.advocate.com
“That’s what ballroom is about, being yourself, even if it’s just for a few hours,” one participant said.
Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ
The New Yorker paywall.
indigojasper
9 months ago
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www.them.us
Filmmaker Lío Mehiel speaks to five young trans creators about their artistry, community, and life in Mexico City.
www.scientificamerican.com
New research on asexuality shows why it’s so important for doctors and therapists to distinguish between episodes of low libido and a consistent lack of sexual attraction
indigojasper
9 months ago
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at a school named after W.E.B. Du Bois of all things. He would be ashamed.
News and discussions about technology
Websites Using AI to 'Undress' Women Receive Unprecedented Traction, Study Finds
indigojasper
9 months ago
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if i wanna see a dick i'll look it up because google exists... but tell that to the people in this article using AI to picture random people naked.
News and discussions about technology
Websites Using AI to 'Undress' Women Receive Unprecedented Traction, Study Finds
indigojasper
9 months ago
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yeah, that's a bit click-baity...
News and discussions about technology
Websites Using AI to 'Undress' Women Receive Unprecedented Traction, Study Finds
indigojasper
9 months ago
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let's do the men now, it's only fair
Today I Learned
TIL if you live in Pennsylvania and make minimum wage you'd have to work 105 hours a week to afford a "modest" one bedroom rental.
indigojasper
9 months ago
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damn, and that's just the rent, not even factoring in food and clothing. wow.
indigojasper
10 months ago
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Damn, I see what you're saying now. I'm almost 30 and I'd say I'm jaded lol but being on the autism spectrum/general brainweirdness means I don't interpret the world the way most people do and need some help understanding what normal people see. What I would think is common sense or logical or even easy to understand is just not most people's experience, and vice versa-- what others think are obvious (in social situations especially) don't even occur to me until someone points it out. I find things out the hard way most of the time. Thanks for clearing things up.
indigojasper
10 months ago
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I'd been thinking the title meant trans people are more likely to be poor. And because I'd recently seen a meme about right-wingers blaming LGBTQ people for things, thought this was a good article some of those right-wingers might need to see. Like, look, you can't blame trans people for your problems because they're also likely to be poor. But I might be assuming a lot about how things might be interpreted here, because I did not expect all this, lol.
indigojasper
10 months ago
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damn i wanna get my weed from yall now
indigojasper
10 months ago
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i wouldn't say it's entirely unhelpful at this broad of an analysis, because it is important to point out that this is a thing for people who might find it surprising. but i do see what you mean by "the title implies causation when all the study is is a correlation."
www.thepinknews.com
New research has revealed trans people are more likely to come from poorer backgrounds and have worse mental health.
www.abc.net.au
www.thepinknews.com
New data shows a record-breaking number of businesses are displaying true LGBTQ+ allyship to their employees.
www.lgbtqnation.com
Conservatives went from blocking "critical race theory" to supporting "Don't Say Gay" laws, but it's not going so well for them...
No Stupid Questions
on youtube how do I downvote an ad? or how do i tell youtube that "hey this ad is not something I want to see?" I know ad blockers don't work on youtube anymore but how do I tweek what ads i do see?
indigojasper
10 months ago
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ublock origin still works
Leftism
indigojasper
10 months ago
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this has been posted a few times now but honestly it can't be posted enough. will always upvote.
Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ
Bringing the power of books to the fediverse
indigojasper
10 months ago
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I like OP's idea but I wonder about the legality of it and how it might be used against BookWyrm by private entities. Interoperability/plugins that act as middle-men + open library seems like the way.
Students described the recent confrontation at a Kansas school as a hate crime, but they said it was only the latest in a long line of racist acts that went unpunished by Shawnee Mission East High School officials.
Games
indigojasper
10 months ago
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this is what i was wondering, if there's any way to download it then separate it from their app
www.thepinknews.com
And now for some good news... Middle schoolers have written to their local Moms for Liberty chapter to tell them to ‘stop bullying’ LGBTQ+ youth and their families.
truthout.org
The bill would ban the use of federal funds for enforcing policies on federal workers using coworkers' preferred pronouns.
politics
indigojasper
10 months ago
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lmao good looking out
indigojasper
10 months ago
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I don't member the exact model but I had an LG Voyager that i held onto for a long time... I did NOT want to give up my physical keyboard for the touchscreen keyboard so I held out as long as I could. If Samsung came out with a slide-out keyboard for smartphones I'd be on that shit right away.
www.lgbtqnation.com
A flight attendant was celebrating his 32nd birthday in a Qatari hotel. Then the police came...
indigojasper
10 months ago
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very sketchy source, would not trust
indigojasper
10 months ago
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i found some symbols that represent the real domestic terrorists
- https://www.complex.com/life/a/stephen-ruiz/dictionary-of-white-supermacist-slang-symbols
- https://www.indy100.com/news/symbols-white-supremacy-swastika-facism
- https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/extremism-disinformation/2023/06/13/directory-of-300-hate-symbols-a-new-tool-for-identifying-extremism/
Linux
indigojasper
10 months ago
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i came because of microsoft paranoia, then stayed for the customization
Television
What character leaving a show made it less interesting or entertaining?
indigojasper
10 months ago
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there's just nothing like the original cast of Misfits.
Asklemmy
indigojasper
10 months ago
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good to know, i'll have to check it out
indigojasper
10 months ago
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i'm almost full fedi, even left instagram. it's just discord and youtube that are gonna be hardest to replace for me. been looking at peertube for uploading video game streams but the upload limit...
> > > Dwyane Wade has high praise for Marlon Wayans after the comedian opened up about supporting his transgender child. > > > > Wade is also the parent of a transgender child – something he has been very outspoken about since his daughter Zaya began her transition. > > > > The NBA legend and his wife Gabrielle Union are among the many celebrity parents who have used their platform to promote transgender rights after being inspired by their children. > > > > Now, Wade would like to welcome Wayans to the club, after the White Chicks actor spoke publicly about his son’s transition, and how he has dealt with that transition as a parent. > > > > Speaking to Variety during last week’s GQ Men of the Year party, Wade “saluted” Wayans, and any other father who can openly support their child, no matter what their gender identity may be. > > > > “I think unconditional love allows us to step in and listen and learn of what we do not know and what we were not taught, especially in the Black community,” he told the publication. > > > > “I salute Marlon for speaking out and speaking up about this experience with his child just the same way as I’ve done. > > > > “We’re just the voices that are speaking for our kids right now before they get an opportunity to grab that microphone and speak for themselves. I salute him.” > > > > The basketball star added: “This is his experience and what he’s dealing with. He’s coming out selling it from his point of view. It’s great for fathers especially to speak on them from their point of view and how they had to handle it and deal with it.” > > > > Dwyane Wade’s daughter Zaya was 12 when she came out to him as a transgender. > > > > Since then, he and Union have gone to great lengths to protect the now-16-year-old from anti-trans rhetoric, moving out of Florida and publicly speaking out against “hateful” political figures like Ron DeSantis. > > > > Thanks to their love and support, Zaya has been thriving, making her runway debut at Paris Fashion Week and working with brands like Tiffany & Co. and Puma. > > > > Meanwhile, Wayans is a little bit newer to the journey, admitting during a recent interview with The Breakfast Club that he’s still getting used to his son Kai’s transition. > > > > The Scary Movie actor explained that his next comedy special will centre around the transition. > > > > “Not his… their transition, but my transition as a parent, going from ignorance and denial to complete unconditional love and acceptance,” he clarified. > > > > “I think there’s a lot of parents out there that need that message and I know I’m dealing with it. It was a very painful situation for me but, man, it’s one of the best hours I could ever imagine.” > > > > Making it crystal clear that he’s doing everything in his power to support Kai on his journey, Wayans added: “I gotta respect their wishes and as a parent I just want my kids to be free – free in spirit, free in thought, free to be themselves. > > > > “The more you know yourself, the more you live your truth, the happier your existence. So if they can’t get that in a household with their father and their mother, how the f\*\*\* do I send them out into the world with that kind of confidence? > > > > “I’m just so proud of them for being them – but that don’t mean that I ain’t got jokes.” > >
www.lgbtqnation.com
The kids are alright when they're treated like themselves...
Technology
Scientists 3D print a robotic hand with human-like bones and tendons
indigojasper
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next: the robots 3d printing their own limbs
www.latimes.com
Inspired by Octavia Butler's Afrofuturist fiction, a Sonoma County farmer helps Black Californians connect with nature and learn lessons in climate resilience.
www.thepinknews.com
Because we all need some more trans joy in our life. Trans and non-binary people share how getting top surgery helped them enjoy life, "feel happy" and affirm their identity.
Privacy
indigojasper
10 months ago
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my bet is one of their bots made this and they don't even know this ad is out in the wild until someone brings it up
Entertainment
‘The Marvels’ Meltdown: Disney MCU Posts Lowest B.O. Opening Ever At $47M — What Went Wrong
indigojasper
10 months ago
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more marvel failures please
indigojasper
10 months ago
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i use a vpn
indigojasper
10 months ago
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sometimes the feed aggregator will bypass the paywall for ya 👀
i also like that reading the articles in my feed reader doesn't give away any tracking information. can get the same info without visiting the source website at all. and when i do open links there's no source to show where i opened it from.
ultimately it's so much easier having most news sources in one place instead of subscribing to hella newsletters.
indigojasper
10 months ago
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This has been working for me. Sometimes it's just the country I randomly connected to and need to pick another random one.
An erosion of Black voters, a crucial part of Biden’s coalition that won him the White House in 2020, could spell disaster.
indigojasper
11 months ago
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true, I hadn't thought about the density
indigojasper
11 months ago
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I hope they make it smaller, it's too big to be appealing to me right now. But if they made it more PSP-size, then maybe...
No Stupid Questions
why do some people really dislike google??
indigojasper
11 months ago
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they will give incredibly private information to the highest bidder
www.pointofpride.org
The annual applications for Point of Pride’s Trans Surgery Fund are now open. If you’ve been struggling to afford a gender-affirming surgery of any kind, check out the link below to apply for direct financial assistance. Point of Pride’s Annual Transgender Surgery Fund is a scholarship-like program that provides direct financial assistance to trans folks who cannot afford their gender-affirming surgery.
indigojasper
11 months ago
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Technology
Congress is ready to get to work on AI legislation to protect Black Americans
indigojasper
11 months ago
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as someone who has noticed far too many articles mentioning police having killed people who look like me and my family members, this is what us black folks like to see.
“It is vital that Congress ensures there are guardrails in place that protect American workers, especially workers of color,” Senator Chuck Schumer tells theGrio.
www.lgbtqnation.com
Bye bye, hater...
www.latimes.com
A staggering 81% of Latinos in the U.S. consider addressing climate change to be a priority compared to 61% of non-Latinos, according to Pew Research.
www.them.us
“Weapons can never give us total safety, because they will never give us peace.”
www.lgbtqnation.com
France's legislature is considering the ban...
www.them.us
In the petition, families say they deserve clarity on the laws that destabilize and disrupt their lives.
indigojasper
11 months ago
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indigojasper
11 months ago
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It helps to have a meaty subscription list to switch to for when All goes through a meme-y period, but overall I agree and was just thinking of this yesterday actually. Except I was thinking about art and how I used to see more art on the frontpage at Reddit. Would love to see more OC art get hot over here too (in addition to hot topics of course).
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
Linguist Marina Yaguello traces the myths, legends, and religious narratives that have shaped humanity's understanding of the origins of language.
A place for the LGBTQ+ community
Only one in six asexuals have ‘universally positive experience’ of being out
indigojasper
11 months ago
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lol Spongebob, I gotta remember that.
L and Light... now that's food for thought.
Technology
Mastodon’s latest update makes it easier to follow the news
indigojasper
11 months ago
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we already have this feature on the Tusky app but I'm glad Mastodon is adding it to the native app
www.thepinknews.com
Billionaire Joseph Edelman has been accused of donating huge sums to anti-trans groups which have affected US laws.
A place for the LGBTQ+ community
Only one in six asexuals have ‘universally positive experience’ of being out
indigojasper
11 months ago
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There is a little bit of stigma, like aces being "prudes," but yeah it's nothing super jarring with loads of popular slurs for it.
And yeah it would pretty much only come up when people talk about sex in ways that assume everyone enjoys it or automatically wants it from their romantic partner. Basically just challenging relationship norms hammered in since those wild high school days...
It's cool aces are getting more representation in mainstream media though. Not many ace characters out there for people to name off the top of their head. Todd from Bojack Horseman is the only one that comes to mind for me.
www.thepinknews.com
Only one in six asexual people have had a universally positive experience of being out, new research has shown.
www.thepinknews.com
A politician has introduced bills aimed at beginning the process of creating a national museum dedicated to queer history and culture.
www.them.us
Intersex Awareness Day is October 26. Here's how to show up for the intersex rights movement.
truthout.org
The new policies go beyond even the state-level protections that Vermont offers trans students in the state.
www.dallasnews.com
A new podcast is providing a safe space for Latinx LGBTQ voices to be heard.
jacobin.com
Weapons and tech contractors are skirting Washington Metro advertising rules to hawk war machinery directly to policymakers.
thegrio.com
A survey from Goldman Sachs’ One Million Black Women initiative reveals Black women earn less than the general U.S. population and owe more in student and medical debt.
www.lgbtqnation.com
Over 200,000 people showed up for Orlando Pride over the weekend, as an 11-year-old transgender girl led the parade as Grand Marshal. The event was seen as a way to push back against Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ (R) ongoing campaign of discrimination and persecution of the LGBTQ+ community.
www.lgbtqnation.com
Murfeesboro tried to ban drag queens from a local Pride festival. A federal judge put a halt to it...
jacobin.com
Charles Littlejohn, a former IRS contractor, leaked the tax returns of the rich to show the public how the uber-wealthy game our tax code. Now he’s facing potential prison time. They’ve nabbed the wrong criminal.
www.lgbtqnation.com
The judge called the policy unconstitutional. But Republicans want to make it a statewide policy...
www.lgbtqnation.com
In June, Arkansas became the first state to see its ban on gender-affirming care for minors blocked by the courts. In September, a district court judge temporarily blocked Montana’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, which was set to take effect on October 1. Those two victories have inspired plaintiffs in North Carolina and Montana to challenge anti-LGBTQ+ laws passed by Republican-led legislatures. In North Carolina last week, the family of a trans boy and a medical doctor filed suit with PFLAG and Lambda Legal against officials in the state, arguing the state’s law banning gender-affirming health care for transgender minors discriminates on the basis of gender identity and infringes on parental rights to make medical decisions on behalf of their own children. The next day, a group of intersex, Two-spirit, and trans plaintiffs filed suit in Montana, challenging a law that went into effect in May that amends the state code to declare “male” and “female” are the only two sexes. They assert the law is unconstitutional and amounts to sex-based discrimination. Plaintiffs in North Carolina say that House Bill 808, which Republicans passed with a super-majority after Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the legislation in August, violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The law prohibits doctors from prescribing hormone therapy or puberty blockers to minors and outlaws gender-affirming surgery for anyone under 18 (though such surgeries are rarely, if ever, performed on minors). “Gender-affirming medical care is safe and effective, it is evidence-based, and it is widely accepted,” said Lambda Legal counsel and health care strategist Omar Gonzalez-Pagan at a press conference announcing the suit. He called the plaintiffs “courageous” for taking their fight public. The challenge to Montana’s Senate Bill 458 is notable for including intersex people among the plaintiffs, with three trans people, two intersex people, and the Montana Two-Spirit Society named in the suit. The Montana plaintiffs challenge the idea that there are only two biological sexes, arguing that the gender binary classification is a form of “colonization” meant to “eradicate Two-Spirit culture.” The gender binary also perpetuates the mutilation of intersex children. Laws prohibiting gender-affirming care for minors in Texas and Florida carve out exceptions to their surgery bans that permit procedures on infants born with “ambiguous genitalia.” Those procedures are conducted more often in pursuit of “normalizing” children’s genitals than for any medically necessary reason. Intersex activists seek to make such surgeries illegal, preferring to wait until intersex individuals can provide informed consent before receiving any surgical procedures. “S.B. 458 is motivated by animus and a bare desire to harm,” the Montana lawsuit states, while it violates the 14th Amendment and the plaintiffs’ right to privacy and free speech. The plaintiffs also claim the law violates the Montana constitution’s “dignity clause,” an article that outlaws “treatment which deliberately reduces the value of persons.” That clause was cited in the decision blocking the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth in September.
www.thepinknews.com
A new report has found that over 100,000 transgender minors aged 13 to 17 are living in states that have passed anti-trans legislation.
www.thepinknews.com
Comedian Sophie Duker delivered a powerful message against the haters after landing Entertainer of the Year at PinkNews Awards 2023. In an exclusive interview with PinkNews after picking up her award, Duker had a clear message to comedians such as Ricky Gervais and Dave Chappelle who have used their platform to mock and belittle vulnerable minority groups such as the trans community.