I’ve been seeing it happen to a handful of people, but apparently if you try to delete your sideblog you will end up deleting your MAIN tumblr account entirely as well
I don’t know if this is a bug or something, but I’ve seen it happen to ~4 people now, so until this possible bug gets worked out do NOT delete any of your sideblogs unless you want to risk deleting your account entirelyOH MY GOD THIS IS THE SHIT THAT HAPPENED TO ME IN JANUARY
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If you are interested in a very practical, hands-on job that does a lot of good for a lot of people, no matter what age you are, whether you’re looking for your first career or a new one, please consider becoming a city code official.
Code officials are the folks that work with governments to keep an eye on new and existing construction and make sure that it stays safe and accessible.
It’s a good job making good money, and there are a number of places that you can get your certifications. It’s also one of those practical Building Trades that always needs people, and if you’re a little bit flexible about where you’re going to work there are literally hundreds of job openings out there right now.
And from a long-term perspective, once you are a code official you can volunteer with / work with some of the national and International organizations that put together model codes. Model codes are books published by non-governmental organizations so that smaller cities and municipalities and really any government organization that doesn’t have the budget to write its own building code from scratch can simply adopt a version of the model codes. The companies that put out model codes generally speaking have open processes that let anyone in the industry come in and help change the codes.
I work at one of those companies. We have trans activists coming in making sure that gendered bathrooms don’t become law in a bunch of places. We have disability rights activists coming into push our codes past the what is required for the ADA, and into more modern, more complete accessibility rules. In both cases, these folks are minority and have to work with all the other code officials to show them why they’re suggested changes are the right way to go. Anyone can submit changes and come in and speak, but if you are a professional code official currently working for a city or state that uses our codes, you get a vote on how we change things. Three to four hundred individuals vote on many of these suggested changes to the codes. That means the small number of determined people can likely genuinely move the needle in terms of what we discuss and what we implement.
It is construction, so not every work site is going to be welcoming, but I have been pleasantly surprised by how many folks in the industry are genuinely don’t give a damn about anything but whether or not you can get the job done.
I would be really interested in this (I’m kind of looking for a career change and I’m already in/still devoted to the idea of public service), but I think “hands-on” disqualifies me, given my physical limitations. Alas.
There are a lot of different roles for code officials! Some of them, especially in the private sector, don’t have to go out to work sites. It usually requires a little more education, but some folks just do plan review or permit approval, which is essentially a paperwork job. Especially in larger cities, permit approval and actual code inspection are two totally different jobs. Everything is different jurisdiction to jurisdiction, so I highly recommend you Google code enforcement or how to become a code official and the name of your city or state, and take a look!
The EU is doing a big survey for LGBTQ people who live in the EU about how it is for them right now. That’s the kind of survey that’s used for official reports and for laws so it’s super important that it has as many people taking it as possible. You can take it in every EU language. (You can change the language in the top right corner) Share it with your friends!
https://www.lgbtiqsurvey.eu/lgbtiq
Its a good survey that uses respectful language. I just took it. It should be said that the survey is also open to people in Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia.
reblog to send your mutuals a hug. maybe just the thought is enough to cheer them up 🥺
Please take your days off, these jobs don’t care about you.
(Source: thoughtcascades)
Just so like… it’s clear… anyone who censors words that contain “man” or “men” to anything like “xxn” that’s TERF shit.
Any reference to women/womanhood that solely revolves around having a uterus or “womb” is TERF shit.
Any sentence where the OP says they support people being “trans identified” with quotes around “"transwomen”“ or ”“transmen”“ is TERF shit.
I’m seeing a lot of you baby Tumblr gays out there not knowing what these specific TERF dogwhistles look like.
"Wombxxn” is an incredibly dumb way of spelling “woman” that treats the word “man” like a slur and also reduces women to their ability to give birth.
“Trans identified” is their way of saying “this person calls themselves trans, but I don’t believe they are.”
Saying “People should be allowed to identify however they wish, but we still need to protect women/children” IS TERF SHIT.
Learn to identify this garbage, because not all TERFs are going to spell out their intolerance for you. Some of them are going to try and seem reasonable and polite and normal, and it’s fucking dangerous to our community.
Also unpack any internalized transphobia and your transmedicalism, because both those things will have you quickly siding with TERFs and bigots.
not caring if people think you’re stupid is a life hack. recognising that you are kind of stupid is an even bigger life hack. we build entire societies to take care of each other bc we’re all kind of stupid. it’s fine.
Everyone should be able to express their small and mean opinions to someone who won’t clutch their pearls about it. Being a bitch is a human right
