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irinaschmitt.bsky.social
@irinaschmitt.bsky.social
Queer trans femme feminist solidarity
Pronoun irina
Meanwhile German government wants to ignore court ruling on push backs and attacks NGO: taz.de/Diffamierung...
Diffamierungskampagne gegen Pro Asyl: Frontalangriff auf die Gewaltenteilung
Innenminister Dobrindt will sich nicht an die Gerichtsentscheidung halten. Gleichzeitig steht Pro Asyl unter Beschuss.
taz.de
June 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The new german government aims for push-backs at the borders, even against people seeking asylum, with the exception of children and pregnant women. Trying to sound humane, while undermining the right to asylum. Brutal biopolitics.
taz.de/Neuer-Innenm...
Neuer Innenminister will Pushbacks: Dobrindt lässt Asylsuchende zurückweisen
Die Bundespolizei soll ab sofort fast alle Geflüchteten an den Grenzen abweisen. Das dürfte gegen Europarecht verstoßen – und die Nachbarländer düpieren.
taz.de
May 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Reposted
Det här kanske har drunknat i allt käbbel om Trumps möte med Zelenskyj.

I fredags lanserade Trumpgänget en hemsida där man uppmuntrar medborgare, PATRIOTER, att anmäla lärare som ens nämner mångfald, jämställdhet eller något som är inkluderande i utbildningen.
Trump administration launches portal for reporting DEI in public schools
Website arrives before government’s two-week ultimatum to schools and universities to dismantle program
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"European Civil Society condemns the European Commission’s announcement to withdraw the proposed Directive on anti-discrimination as a betrayal of fundamental rights at a critical moment for democracy and equality in the EU.
www.oiieurope.equality-betrayed-commission-gives-up-anti-discrimination-law
Equality betrayed: Commission unilaterally gives up on anti-discrimination law
European Civil Society condemns the European Commission’s announcement to withdraw the proposed Directive on anti-discrimination...
www.oiieurope.org
March 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
While ongoing geopolitical shifts deserve our attention, don't loose sight of the attacks on trans people, as one of the groups directly targeted by the US administration.
www.advocate.com/news/marco-r...
Marco Rubio may have just banned trans foreigners seeking visas from U.S. entry
A new state department cable, meant to target transgender athletes, indicates a potential broader application to all transgender visas, which it states must contain "sex at birth."
www.advocate.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Perhaps it is time to stand apart from these passions to see how they work, but also to find passions of our own: the desire for a freedom equally shared; ..."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler
Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
bsky.app/profile/elen...

"There’s nothing abstract about transgender policies, by contrast. ... That disruption began with Trump’s inauguration and continues to this day, due in part to the capitulation of healthcare institutions to his fact-free and possibly illegal policymaking."
"Trump’s attacks on transgender individuals and their care are part of his drive to portray himself as a political strongman. But they’re just the opposite: They’re expressions of cowardice, bc he well knows that his targets have little political power."
Ditto re GCs.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Column: Trump's all-out assault on transgender rights isn't a sign of strength, but cowardice
Trump's talent for attacking the most vulnerable targets has brought him to attack transgender rights, because he knows his victims are the most powerless Americans
www.latimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
As part of the halt in global health funding, No47 will also halt funding for HIV/AIDS prevention. Making HIV a death sentence again for many people.
bsky.app/profile/matt...
Trump has introduced an immediate halt to all work on PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, set up by George W Bush).
This includes the HIV treatment provided to 20 million people through PEPFAR, people who will die without treatment.
And many more will acquire HIV as a result.
January 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Over the next few days, I'll be posting clips from an animated movie I made a few years back with Ciro Carillo about mutual aid. You can watch the whole thing here on my YouTube page.

This clip introduces us to mutual aid: what it is and why we need it.
January 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
January 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM