Days after #milton came ashore on #florida's #gulf coast, people are increasingly #frustrated waiting in long lines for #gas. #Armed #guards are now posted while tanker trucks replenish fuel at filling stations.

Late-night #sex #assaults. #Invasive #searches. The 700+ #women alleging #abuse at #Rikers.

Jeny remembers trying to #hide under the rough, jail-issued #sheets when the #RikersIsland #guards would come for her in the middle of the night.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Police #Incarceration #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #SexualAssault #Rape #NoPoliceAtPride

https://gothamist.com/news/late-night-sex-assaults-invasive-searches-the-700-women-alleging-abuse-at-rikers?sfmc_id=54291798&nypr_member=Unknown

#Rightwing #press in the #UK stirs up #antiLGBTQ+ #anger over #borderforce #agents and #Pride #badges.

Both #TheTelegraph and #GBNews ran #articles this week about #internal #documents which #discuss #permitting #BorderForce #guards to wear #LGBTQ+ #symbols while at work.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Conservatives #Extremism #Media #Tories #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #TERFIsland

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/11/border-force-pride-badges/

#Police and #Prison #Guards in #Maine Are Committing #Abuses With Terrifying #Impunity

#Maine’s #attorneygeneral’s office hasn’t acknowledged an #unjustified #use of #deadly #police #force since 1990.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Maine #Police #Incarceration #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #NoPoliceAtPride

https://truthout.org/articles/police-and-prison-guards-in-maine-are-committing-abuses-with-terrifying-impunity/

#Haiku

still, my broken heart,
like Earth in Winter the seed,
guards oodles of love.

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#575prompt 187 - #guards, #vss365 - #oodles
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