Earlier this year, the Girl Scouts of Western Washington received a donation of $100,000. They were thrilled – that amount of money comprises nearly a third of the organization’s financial assistance program, and it makes a huge difference to the girls they serve.
Then, they learned that the donor had made the gift on one condition: It was not to be used to support transgender girls, which the Girl Scouts has been doing for years. So the Scouts returned the gift. Every dollar.
To make up for the huge dent in their finances, they just launched an Indiegogo fundraiser to raise back the $100,000 and use it for every girl who needs them, regardless of whether or not the girl is transgender. In one day, they’ve already far surpassed their goal, raising over $175,000 and counting. And there are still 29 days of their online campaign remaining.
The Seattle Met reports that it’s the second time “in less than five years” that a Girl Scout council [led by chief executive Megan Ferland] “has taken a public stand to support transgender girls.”
From the magazine:
In 2012, when she headed the organization’s Colorado council, a 7-year-old transgender girl in Denver was denied entry to a troop. Although the council had never specifically said that it accepted transgender girls, the national organization had always made inclusivity the foundation of its mission. So after checking with the council’s attorney, Ferland issued a public statement welcoming transgender girls and explaining that the council was working to find a troop for the girl who’d been rejected. “Every girl that is a Girl Scout is a Girl Scout because her parent or guardian brings her to us and says, ‘I want my child to participate,‘” Ferland says. “And I don’t question whether or not they’re a girl.”
Absolutely incredible. I am the best kind of speechless.
could I perhaps have the prompt "I don't know if I want to kiss you right now or shove you off a bridge" "Can I pick?" please? :3
Of course, it is yours!!!
my therapist: how are you doing today?
what i say: i’m doing fine
what i really mean: y’all ever get really angry over the fact that his entire life tony stark was always willing to be the sacrifice to be the one that died bc he didn’t really have much to live for and then he had the avengers and even then he was willing to die but then steve destroyed tony and their whole relationship over bucky and then when tony finally found something to live for his wife, his kid, his alpaca, steve disrupted his whole life bc he wanted bucky back and for the first time in tony’s life he didn’t want to be the selfless sacrificing person he was bc he didn’t want to leave his family beind and then steve dragged him back into a war he didn’t want to fight and then tony died for that and then steve went back in time and disregarded bucky and sam for a woman who had moved in with her life and got married to another guy and had children of her own and tony really died for nothing and his wife and child were left without him and bucky and sam were left without steve bc he fucking sucks
Social media on June 26th 2015
Even if you don’t have a six pack
Even if you don’t have a decent job
Even if you’re under 6’ tall
Even if your penis is less than average (or if you have a vagina)
Even if you cant grow facial hair
Even if Tumblr tells you you are not.
You are.
I LAUGHED OUT LOUD
Hail Hydra
I had CA: TWS playing in the background at work today, and something caught my attention that I have idly wondered about before, but this time, it was like a great big flashing sign. So much so that I had to go back and replay the scene.
Pierce: The timetable has moved. Our window is limited. Two targets, level six. He already cost me Zola. I want confirmed death in ten hours.
I saw that then I watched the scene on the bridge. Watch the Winter Soldier. He comes in for the attack, and the first person he takes out of the equation is Jasper Sitwell. AKA the man who let the Lumerian Star get captured by pirates. AKA the reason Fury got the intel and had his suspicions raised. AKA the reason that the timetable was moved. AKA the reason they lost Zola.
I always assumed it was Steve and Natasha he was coming after, but no. Steve is Level 8.
Just watch the way TWS attacks. He doesn’t go for Steve or Sam directly. He takes out Sitwell, the easy target, first then aims through the roof of the car at Natasha first. And when the car crashes, he doesn’t go after Steve.
Instead, he fires towards Natasha, and only misses because Steve pushes her out of the line of fire. The blast sends Steve hurtling over the ledge. You would think he would be a priority target after that, but TWS ignores him. Instead, he calmly stalks after Natasha like a predator.
The other HYDRA operatives are firing like mad, shooting at everything, but he just watches for Natasha. He doesn’t fire until he has her in his sites. He only fires three times when she’s still on the bridge, and each shot only just misses her. (Speaking of, I love that the only thing that makes him lose his cool and fire as wildly as the other HYDRA agents, is when she manages to land a hit on him. That’s the one time he doesn’t aim)
When he gets given the machinegun, he also doesn’t waste his ammunition once she’s out of range. He hops over the edge of the bridge and goes after her on foot. The only time he actually bothers himself with fighting Steve is when Steve attacks him.
Also, I think this whole scene really demonstrates the difference between the design of the Winter Soldier as a weapon and the way HYDRA have used him. HYDRA tends to be very much smash in and “KILL THEM ALL WITH FIRE!” style, whereas the Winter Soldier is very much carefully aimed and positioned. Just watch the way he moves when he’s hunting. Or even when he’s firing. He is absolute stillness and quiet, compared to the chaos and destruction of the HYDRA boys. He just walks into a scene, lifts his gun, fires, and just like that, is gone.
“Not every trans person has the opportunity to transition. Don’t assume everyone is cis. I was trans even before my transition.”
As seen on the Assigned Male Facebook page
Gal Gadot is Jewish woman from the middle east but go off sis.
Wonder Woman (2017)
Doctor Who (2018)
Captain Marvel (2019)