JediHippiePickle

Really cute picrew image maker!! It has harry potter customisations, She ra customisations, and little gill ears like from Luca.
          	Also includes: 11 skin tones, quite good hair choices, cool clothing range, wheelchair option, and nice backgrounds. Definitely give it a try :)
          	https://picrew.me/image_maker/420013

MegaraEvans

@JediHippiePickle oooh that’s so cool
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JediHippiePickle

Really cute picrew image maker!! It has harry potter customisations, She ra customisations, and little gill ears like from Luca.
          Also includes: 11 skin tones, quite good hair choices, cool clothing range, wheelchair option, and nice backgrounds. Definitely give it a try :)
          https://picrew.me/image_maker/420013

MegaraEvans

@JediHippiePickle oooh that’s so cool
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hehguessiforgot

Your bio is...is fan-freakin-tastic!!! I mean you take the words pur of my mouth!! Hey so thanks for that.

hehguessiforgot

@JediHippiePickle Of course. Thats not bad.
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JediHippiePickle

JediHippiePickle

@RavenSong564 Oh noo, you should definitely read the first one. And welcome to the fandom, I think you'll like it here :)
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JediHippiePickle

@RavenSong564 Wait until you meet Perry. How many of the books have you read?
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JediHippiePickle

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Pride Month writing challenge - Day 20 (last day)
          
          Chella Man (1998- )
          
          Chella Man is an American YouTuber, actor, model, artist, and LGBTQ activist. He is known for sharing his experiences as a transgender, deaf, genderqueer, and Jewish person of color. He is also commonly known for portraying Jericho, a mute superhero from the second season of the DC Universe series ‘Titans’.
          
          In March 2017, Chella Man created his YouTube channel where he posted videos about his personal experiences with gender dysphoria, his identity, his love life, and American sign language translation videos to popular songs. He stated in an interview with Teen Vogue, "There is an extreme lack of representation for young, Deaf, queer, Jewish, Asian, transgender artists...So, I decided to be my own representation." 
          
          In September of 2018, he signed to IMG as their first deaf Jewish-Asian model. He has since modelled for magazines such as The Advocate, Bad Hombre, Time Out, and Mission, and for brands including Calvin Klein, Gap, and American Eagle.
          
          In March 2019, Chella announced that he would be portraying the mute crime-fighter Jericho in DC Universe’s series ‘Titans’. He said that he connected to the character, who uses sign language to communicate and discussed the importance of disabled actors playing disabled characters to support proper representation, stating, "Casting disabled actors/actresses for disabled roles will aid to authentically represent and deconstruct stereotypes built around our identities".
           
          In May of 2018, Man presented his TedX Talk entitled "Becoming Him" in which he talks about his transition journey and gender issues for LGBTQ youth and people with disabilities.
           
          You can find Chella Man on Instagram @chellaman
           
          
          Link to Chella Man’s ted talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6vgidU8S3E 
          
          
          Happy Pride everyone,
          
          JediHippiePickle.
          
          "I hate the word homophobia. It's not a phobia. You're not scared. You're an asshole." -   Morgan Freeman

JediHippiePickle

Pride Month writing challenge - Day 19
          
          Marsha P. Johnson (1945-1992)
          
          Marsha P. Johnson was an African-American LGBTQ+ rights activist. She participated in the Stonewall Riots and was one of the most central people in the American LGBTQ+ rights movement during the 60s and 70s.
          
          Marsha was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and experienced a difficult childhood due to her Christian upbringing. After graduating college she struggled with poverty and worked on the streets as a prostitute to make ends meet. Despite this harsh lifestyle, she found joy as a drag queen in the nightlife of Christopher Street (the hub of the NYC Gay Community in the 1960s). She quickly became known as the “drag mother” as she helped homeless LGBTQ+ youth and travelled the world as a successful drag queen.
          
          She is known for being fearless and bold. To anyone who asked what the ‘P’ in her name stood for or pried about her gender or sexuality she would simply reply with “pay it no mind”. Her forthright nature and enduring strength led her to speak out against injustices.
          
          On June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street, things turned violent after a few LGBTQ people were arrested on questionable charges, handcuffed, and very publicly forced into police cars on the streets of NYC. Many eyewitnesses have identified Marsha as one of the main instigators of the following uprising that marked this night as a turning point for LGBTQ+ rights. For this as well as her other work she is recognised as one of the main vanguards of the gay liberation movement in the United States.
          
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JediHippiePickle

Shortly after what came to be known as The Stonewall Riots, Marsha co-founded the organisation STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) with Sylvia Rivera (whom I wrote about on the 13th of June). This organisation provided services and shelter for homeless and struggling LGBTQ+ people in New York City, Chicago, California and England.
            
            As an African American trans woman, Johnson has consistently been overlooked both as a participant in the Stonewall uprising and more general LGBTQ+ activism. As the broader gay and lesbian movement shifted toward leadership from white cisgender men and women, trans people of colour were swept to the outskirts of the movement. Marsha P. Johnson was an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and a prominent figure in the American movement and she must be remembered as such.
            
            
            Happy Pride Everyone, I hope you are having a wonderful day,
            
            JediHippiePickle.
            
            
            “Darling I want my gay right now” - Marsha P. Johnson
            
            "History isn't something you look back at and say it was inevitable, it happens because people make decisions that are sometimes very impulsive and of the moment, but those moments are cumulative realities." - Marsha P. Johnson
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Pride Month writing challenge - Day 17
          
          Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942- )
          
          Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir served as Prime Minister of Iceland from 2009 to 2013 and during that time made history as the first openly LGBTQ+ leader of a nation.
          
          Sigurðardóttir worked as a flight attendant for Loftleiðir Icelandic Airlines from 1962 to 1971, and she was an active labour union member. She took an office job in Reykjavík (the capital of Iceland) in 1971. Sigurðardóttir was elected to the Althing (parliament) as a member of the Social Democratic Party, representing Reykjavík in 1978. She quickly gained a reputation as an advocate for social justice, calling for the strengthening of Iceland’s welfare system. She was named minister of social affairs in 1987, a position she held until 1994. 
          
          Over the years Sigurðardóttir established herself as one of the leading personalities in Icelandic politics. She emerged as a voice of calm in the wake of Iceland’s financial collapse in 2008. On February 1, 2009, she was formally sworn in as Iceland’s prime minister. During her tenure as prime minister, she got Iceland’s economy back on sound footing after being rocked by the financial crisis.
          In 2013, after establishing an entirely new constitution during her time as Prime Minister, she chose not to run for another term.
          
          Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is Iceland’s longest-serving member of Parliament and has been listed among Forbes’ 100 most powerful women in the world. 
          
          Today (June 17th) is Iceland’s National Independence. The country gained independence from Denmark in 1944.
          
          
          Happy pride everybody, 
          
          JediHippiePickle.
          
          “It is absolutely imperative that every human being’s freedom and human rights are respected, all over the world.”– Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir