lexi
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@lexicon91
she/they. Brooklyn. Abolitionist, Black feminist, communist. Comms @theCCR. Formerly @democracynow. Photographer, writer, reader. IG: @lexiwebsterphoto
Award-winning filmmaker Nina Lee has revealed that studios are closely watching the box office results of ‘YOU, ME & TUSCANY’ before deciding to support more Black rom-coms. “A film that has nothing to do with me could quite literally change my life. Plus, I've heard it's really great so I'm looking forward to supporting.”
The minimum wage in Pennsylvania is $7.25 an hour. A regular Auntie Anne’s soft pretzel at the mall is $7.29. Imagine telling someone an hour of their time is worth less than a pretzel.
NEW: A Senate report estimates it costs the U.S. $413,000 to send a deportee to Eswatini, a small African country participating in third-country deportations. A detainee released today said they were flown in a private jet to a prison with few resources. apnews.com/article/immigr…
Delegates on the Nuestra America Convoy plane that just landed in Miami are being stopped at customs for questioning and having devices taken including @Shut_downAmazon @kthalps. When we returned Monday several of our group like @4noura were stopped too. Blatant gov intimidation.
The NYPD is not required to protect New Yorkers, city lawyers argue in court filing gothamist.com/news/the-nypd-…
The entire United States of America is a prison. And the state is surveilling us at unprecedented levels. ICE and police is at airports, on buses, at hospitals, in schools disappearing people. Flock cameras are watching the streets, RING cameras are watching private property
The Transgender Rights Amendment Bill 2026 was passed in the Lok Sabha despite opposition demand to send the Bill to a select committee for further scrutiny.
🏳️⚧️ a new amendment to the transgender persons act has been introduced in india. if passed, it would reverse existing protections by removing their right to self-perceived gender identity. meaning, identifying as transgender alone may no longer ensure legal recognition. +
queer gender and sexual identity + expression is absent throughout the film generally—it’s pretty ahistorical, me thinks.
Like I said, Christian evangelicals from the West are sponsoring anti-LGBTIA laws across Africa.
When 22-year-old Wendy Faith shared a Valentine’s Day kiss with 21-year-old Alesi Diana Denise in Uganda — a country infamous for enforcing some of the world’s strictest anti-LGBTQ laws — the lives of both women were about to take a complicated turn. The case is a stark example of the environment that many people accused of being LGBTQ in Africa face. While attitudes vary, the majority of African nations criminalize same-sex relations. On top of that, a host are tightening rules further. The reasons why are complex. But activists and analysts say one factor is attitudes in the United States, something that has only worsened during the second term of Donald Trump’s presidency. cnn.it/4sJUQZH
BREAKING: Lebanon says over one million displaced by Israeli war 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/s2q1rc?update=…
