Is it illegal for ICE to wear them? What about people experiencing medical symptoms or people with immunodeficiencies? Or was it aimed at protesters trying to protect their identity?
I don't like that ICE or people pretending to be them wear masks, but this seems like a dangerous precedent.
Okay, well I'm not sure what language you speak but that's interesting. I'd be curious to know what your native tongue is.
LGB refers to orientation. In English, the word "sex" does not mean this and I would recommend you do not use it in that context when trying to get your questions across. Orientation refers to the same thing as attraction, and neither of these terms exclusively have to do with sex (neither the act of sex or what gender someone was assigned at birth).
People use these terms and share them so they can find other people like them. At its base, it's important to know if someone might be attracted to people of the same gender for the sake of finding a partner, but it can also help for finding community and like-minded individuals and people will share it for those, among many other reasons.
People who are trans may choose to share this fact either for community building as mentioned above, or if they're finding a partner, it might be important for the partner to understand that the person may not have been assigned the same gender at birth than they are currently presenting as.
People share their pronouns so that others know how to refer to them. For example, for some people, it's very hurtful to be referred to as "she" instead of "he", so they will tell you that straight up. This doesn't necessarily have to do with being trans either - a cis woman who dresses masculine and might be perceived as a man might make it a point to tell you her pronouns.
Other people share their pronouns because they believe nobody should assume. If we all share our pronouns immediately, nobody has to make any assumptions.
I believe the amazonification refers to forcing employees into the same shitty type of treatment pushed onto Amazon delivery drivers and external couriers, with unreasonable expectations on delivery, low pay, and generally treating their staff as extremely disposable.
I'm not sure where you live, so you may approach it differently.
I've been donating for probably 15 years to various charities via regular donations to registered charities. I usually check donation websites to ensure that the charities I've picked are spending my money in a way I deem appropriate. This will depend on your country but I use charityintelligence.ca in Canada. Registered charities in Canada are great for donations, because you can claim them in your taxes and get back a significant amount of money on your tax refund. For example, I donate about $1000/year this way and including my donations on my taxes usually increases my tax refund by about $600-700, or at the very least it takes my taxes from owing to even. I can feel more comfortable about spending money on a good cause rather than having to pay money in taxes at the end of the year.
Additionally, I donate to more local causes occasionally (like your artist here) and to artists I enjoy. This doesn't come with any tax refund usually, but sometimes artists will provide perks for it and at the very least I just know I am supporting someone I enjoy to continue creating things I enjoy.
I know you weren't fully asking about this, but there are also non-monetary ways to donate that are excellent choices if you find yourself in a more difficult financial situation. You can donate your time (volunteer) as little as a couple of hours per month at local nonprofits/charities/whatever you want to support. You can donate blood or plasma. These are all nice ways to meet people and contribute to big changes in your community.
Good luck on your journey if you decide to continue donating! Don't feel discouraged, even if others aren't as generous as you, you're still making a change in someone's life.
I'm a bit confused here. Sex and gender, in any language, refer to the equipment a person has (sex) and the way they present/identify (gender). It's possible that in your language or culture, these two are conflated as they often are.
Sexual orientation, in any part of the world, refers to who someone is attracted to. It has nothing to do with their equipment or what the person's gender is.
For example, a cis man (someone assigned male at birth who identifies as a man) can be attracted to men or he can be attracted to women (or both or any or none). The fact that that person likely has a penis and looks like a man doesn't affect who he likes.
While there are cultures that might make assumptions about how men should like women and women should like men, you do seem to understand that that's not how humans work, so therefore, you understand that someone identifying as a man or woman has nothing to do with who they like. You understand that gender =/= sexual attraction.
I guess I'm just unclear as to why you're saying that in your culture/language they're the same things, does your language assume that gay people do not exist? Do you use the exact same word for a man who likes women (eg a straight man) as you would for a woman who likes women (eg a lesbian)?
Yes, I'm saying it would be totally okay to hold a space for Lemmy that was explicitly for men, as long as it (like the community you're referring to) explicitly banned hate speech. Because it's okay to hold spaces for certain groups sometimes, especially when it's in order to hold safe positive spaces to connect.
If we had more positive men-only spaces, men would overall be happier and healthier, which would be a win for everyone. Unfortunately, since a lot of spaces online often don't ban negative or extreme takes, they often just lead to worsening mental health for their members. This isn't exclusive to men, I've seen women's spaces do the same, which is why I mention they need to be well moderated and ban hate speech, again, like the community you mention here does.
If Carney gave a fuck about standing up to America he wouldn't be trying so hard to push through the border bill literally (and admittedly) designed to kiss Trump's ass. It's like a month in and I'm already fucking done with this guy.
I don't know about the mechanics, but a lot of activism is more aimed at making a point rather than causing extensive damage. They made their point here and made headlines, which sounds pretty effective as far as activism goes.
Probably because they made a comment saying "as a man" or something to that effect, especially considering they hadn't previously realized it was a woman only space
Is it illegal for ICE to wear them? What about people experiencing medical symptoms or people with immunodeficiencies? Or was it aimed at protesters trying to protect their identity?
I don't like that ICE or people pretending to be them wear masks, but this seems like a dangerous precedent.