Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
- Desmond Tutu
EDUCATION - What is happening? Why is war happening?
- Gain an understanding of the crisis going on in Gaza and all of Palestine with the All The Walls Will Fall: 2023 Palestine Liberation Resource List, created by the Popular University of the Palestinian Youth Movement.
- Read non-biased journalism on the conflict through Al Jazeera media's page on the topic. This is on-the-ground reporting from Gaza direct, no lies or Westernized lens to be seen through.
- There is nothing anti-Semitic about opposing genocide in Palestine. Find out why first-hand from Jewish activists for Palestine on Al Jazeera.
- Symbols of Palestine introductory lesson including the keffiyeh, watermelon, and olive branch / trees. Why do we use them, what do they mean?
- Watch the Black Feminist Writers & Palestine free access panel
- Listen to Against Genocide: A Palestinian Solidarity Panel from The Final Straw, an anarchist podcast.
- Listen to Reflections of a Jewish Anti-Zionist in Palestine + Antifascists Repressed in Budapest from The Final Straw
- Listen to Joey Ayoub on the War in Palestine from The Final Straw
- Take action immediately to urge congress to enact a PERMANENT #CeaseFireNOW via the Stop Gaza Genocide Action Toolkit.
- Wear a traditionally handmade keffiyeh from the last Palestinian factory making them as of current, Hirbawi USA to show your support of Palestinian resistance and the fight for liberation.
- Create and submit your comic to Cartoonists For Palestine.
- Find where you are needed via the Operation Olive Branch spreadsheet, connecting donors and volunteers to opportunities and families in need! Verified and frequently updated.
- Find a family to directly help via the Funds For Gaza LinkTree page that rotates families in the spotlight based on need. Do you know a family in need? Submit info for them through the form attached on the page. Verified and frequently updated.
- Find a family's fund being spotlighted currently on Gaza Funds.com which are verified and frequently updated.
- Donate to World Central Kitchen's operations in the Middle East, feeding countless Gazan lives that are forced to starve due to Israeli blockades on food shipments.
- Donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians to aid in crisis recovery.
- Donate to Palestinian Children's Relief Fund to help children survive.
- Donate to the UNRWA to help feed millions of starving Palestinians.
- Sign this petition to Demand NYU Protect Palestinian Speech and Divest from Israeli violence.
- Sign the Artists Against Apartheid Letter
- Sign the Writers In Solidarity with Palestine Letter
- Sign the Queer Artists for Palestine Letter
Texas:
- In response to the declarations of "child abuse" against trans accepting families from Greg Abbott, Trans Pride Initiative has a letter writing campaign, resources for family assistance including moving help for Texas families of transgender youth.
- The Campaign for Southern Equality has a fantastic resource page with how you can help Southern LGBTQ youth facing unjust anti-trans legislation (SB14 in particular), and how you can receive help if you are impacted by this hateful legislation
- The Texas DPS is no longer changing gender markers on IDs or birth certificates, except for in cases of errors. This is anti-trans and a hateful form of legislative action.
- The Drag Ban (SB12) was deemed unconstitutional by a federal judge
- SB14 the gender affirming care ban for trans youth was allowed to go into effect despite legal battle from providers and trans folks who testified in defense of gender affirming care and the need for it. This is cruel and inhumane and will destroy the lives of countless trans youth.
- The next regular legislative session starts January 14th, 2025. Trans people are STILL primary targets as are all LGBTQ+ people at this point seeing 2023's legislative session outcome.
- Prepare and submit your spoken or written testimony for use the next session in 2025.
- Equality Texas is always asking for volunteers to help fight back against anti-trans legislation in the most deadly state for trans people. You can also take the pledge to fight back by joining their newsletter here.
- Host a Postcard Party using the tools provided by Amber Briggle to contact the TX legislature about protecting trans youth.
- Find out how you are protected as an LGBT person through Lambda Legal's state search function. Their tool shows you all current protections or lack thereof.
- Chris Mosier's site, TransAthlete.com has entire kits ready to use for getting involved in any state and speaking up against anti-trans legislation. Get in touch with your reps!
- Try seeing if there is an 'Equality...[state]' for your home state and get involved with them to fight back against anti-trans legislation everywhere!
- Track Anti-Trans Legislation for all states using the Freedom For All Americans' Legislative Tracker.
- Read my friend Ben Valen's article: "TERFs Are Always White Supremacists, Here's How to Identify Them" to keep yourself and your loved ones safe.
- Learn about Save Northeast Denton and find out how you can help preserve what little rural nature and land is left in Denton, TX. Once the open, ecologically sensitive, natural spaces are gone, they are lost forever. It is up to us to save it for future generations.
- Connect with The PETAL Project to get active against the climate crisis through art, learning, and community care in the Denton County area. They have many resources that anyone can use though. And you can even host similar projects to theirs in your area too! They'd probably love to help you facilitate that!
- Check out this Guide to Starting A Native Plant Garden from wildflower.org and start your own native plant garden to combat the loss of pollinators and nature itself.
- Read what people are saying about the recently launched American Climate Corps by the Biden-Harris administration. You can also sign up here to join the American Climate Corps and lend your voice and skills to the task.
- Get inspired by the eco inspired projects of The Earth Issue
- Read the 'Eco Poetry Anthology' from 2013 available via the Internet Archive.
- Read and experience the Wild Connection; an art exhibit inspired by nature from October 2023.
- Check out the DIY for Feminist Cyber Security for yourself!
- Download and use Tor browser for encrypted internet use!
- Get ProtonVPN if you are in need of a VPN that's trustworthy!
- Get informed with the Safety During Protest guide.
- Remove personal info from the internet with Delete Me's services, recommended by Tuck Woodstock of Gender Reveal podcast.
As a queer person who has dealt with homelessness before it matters to me to try to support the local homeless community in my city. You should try to find a small org or volunteer group, or start one yourself for the homeless community in your town too.
- Volunteer with The Denton Water Project and help distribute bottled water into public coolers for the homeless community & travelers of Denton, TX
- Contact City Council of Denton TX and voice your support of their water fountain installation project, and explain how this is needed for the community in your message. Read about the installation project here
- Connect to Friends With Frida to help support the Denton, TX homeless community directly.
- Born from the original 'Homeless Black Trans Women Fund', the Trans Housing Coalition is a trans-led and founded organization helping chronically homeless Black trans women off the street.
- Take a look at True Colors United, an org that helps fight LGBTQIA+ homelessness.
- Write a letter and sign a petition with The Last Prisoner Project, aiming to help people incarcerated on marijuana charges get out of jail.
- Donate to send a book with LGBT Books To Prisoners and brighten the life of an incarcerated LGBT person today.
- Become a pen pal to an LGBT incarcerated person!
- Did you miss your vaccine booster at Fall 2024? Still available, get your shot at your nearest pharmacy. Receive it for free via the COVID Bridge Access Program or use your health insurance card today!
- My most recent FREE COVID ZINE is from August 2024, with great information that stretches beyond a specific timeframe.
- Why has our government abandoned us? Why did the pandemic emergency end? What can we do about government abandonment?
- Learn about COVID news and updates from Dr. Ruth Ann Crystal's newsletter.
- Learn about Long Covid and what we know - and don't know - about the mysterious disability.
- Can you catch COVID outdoors ? Find out about outdoor COVID transmission here
- Keep up to date with the latest information by checking out the COVID Aware Linktree Resource List
- Access a community and resources and the Covid Isnt Over Newsletter at their website. The newsletter is crucial information and bi-weekly.
- Never Catch a Cold Again - Learning from the Pandemic with Dr. Yan Yu
- Learn about tips for mask fitting from Dr. Yan Yu.
- Share your Covid-19 Fall 2023 Vaccine Story with The Covid Data Dispatch.
- Voice your support and concerns for Keeping Masks in Healthcare by phone banking using the resource guide from The People's CDC.
LEARNING / EDUCATION -
- Practice how to better use your friend or family member's pronouns on PracticeWithPronouns.com, a free resource! Includes neopronouns.
- Keep up to date with the Trans Language Primer and the List of LGBTQIA+ Flags.
- Read "Affirmations For Eggs" by Ben Valen. It was made in honour of those who might be thinking about transness and are struggling to find themselves.
- Find community and support as a trans creator through Phoenix Collective.
- Learn about cool LGBTQIA+ folk with HFE's interview series on faer site.
- Read about how Queer Joy Is Resistance with experiences from the 2023 legislative session at Equality Texas' site
- Listen to the Criminally Indicted Ken Paxton's Impeachment Vibes playlist by Amber Briggle to get hyped up!
- Find a new LGBTQ+ and all other marginalized types of authors at A Room of One's Own, a trans-ecstatic bookstore.
- Dig into an endless amount of LGBTQ Reading recommendations!
- Check out the Queer Archive of Work for cool zines
- See more zines at The Queer Zine Archive!
- For parents of trans and/or non-binary youth, please consider downloading the Mental Health Toolkit from Equality Texas to know how to see the signs and help LGBTQ youth survive mental health challenges in the face of this onslaught against them.
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- Connect with AbortionFunds.org to find resources for abortion healthcare or to donate and support their work.
- Check out my article about 'Fighting The Heartbeat Bill: A Resource Guide' to point you in the right direction for what to do next now that SB8 is law.
- Pick up a copy of my 'Trans Masc & Nonbinary Inclusion in Reproductive Rights Activism' Zine to get informed from back in July 2021. A new volume will be available in Winter 2022.
- Volunteer with Texas Equal Access Fund or donate to them to help people get access to the abortion services and healthcare they need.
- Donate to The Lilith Fund to further support Texans in need of abortion help and resources.
- Volunteer or donate to Avow Texas to help people in need of abortion healthcare.
- Take action with The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) and see how you can fight for autistic rights and acceptance in society.
- Listen to the official Chiptunes 4 Autism playlist & directly help ASAN and You Are Rad. It includes a variety of chiptunes in all kinds of styles, on the topic of being autistic!
- Purchase any of the Chiptunes 4 Autism albums, and all proceeds go to the same two autistic-led organizations.
- Find multiple resources for ways you can help at the Black Lives Matter Carrd. It includes where to donate, call, text, volunteer, and how to put your activism to use. Updated last April 2021.
- Check out the Black Lives Matter, Policing & Protest Guides section of the Sherwood Virtual Zine Library.
- Fight Voter Suppression, which greatly targets Black communities, with the ACLU.
- Celebrate and support Black creators. Meet 18 Black Queer Streamers recommended by my friend HFE.
- Check out the Black Film Archive and learn about Black made media