By M. F. Espinoza, Carlos García León, Mikail Khan, Fioletowa Ksenyak, Parker McMullen Bushman, and Chris Talbot
What does allyship and accompliceship look like in the year 2026 when the queer community is under fire? That’s the question we posed to a half dozen queer folks in our community. And these incredible individuals provided answers.
In 1969, a law required private foundations to distribute 5% of their hoard. This means that a foundation hoarding $1 million only has to pay out a max of $50k. Most foundations do this – the absolute minimum – regardless of the condition of the world and how much funding is actually needed.
In 1969, a law required private foundations to distribute 5% of their hoard. This means that a foundation hoarding $1 million only has to pay out a max of $50k. Most foundations do this – the absolute minimum – regardless of the condition of the world and how much funding is actually needed.
This year, I don’t want to see a single “ally” say “love is love,” or “love wins,” or “all you need is love,” or any other trite, pointless, platitude. (I never want to see these, but especially not this year.)
…we’re letting far too many people and entities off the hook when we desperately need them to examine their behavior, beliefs, and actions that contribute to the oppression that those of us who are minoritized have always experienced and led to this fascist regime we’re sliding toward now.
Trying to remove us from the public eye isn’t going to change the fact that we exist. And it’ll be nearly impossible to scrub us from history this time around… But it will make it so that not all of us survive until this onslaught of attacks end.
Trying to remove us from the public eye isn’t going to change the fact that we exist. And it’ll be nearly impossible to scrub us from history this time around… But it will make it so that not all of us survive until this onslaught of attacks end.
White women, we need to talk. Specifically about Chappell Roan. Before y’all get big mad, I have to say that I am a fan. (I have to be. I’m a queer. It’s required.) I’m also a fan of how outspoken she’s been for Palestinian liberation.
White women, we need to talk. Specifically about Chappell Roan. Before y’all get big mad, I have to say that I am a fan. (I have to be. I’m a queer. It’s required.) I’m also a fan of how outspoken she’s been for Palestinian liberation.
Pinkwashing has become even more despicable and insidious because an ethnostate is using it to justify the genocide of Palestinians. And every member of the 2TLGBIQA+ community must band together to say unequivocally, Not in our name!