(1/3) For a time now, the idea of telling the story of my relationship to my grandfather has been bouncing around in my head. Only recently did I realize that knowing his house across the street, which was a constant for my whole life, was no longer a part of my life, and seeing his empty studio, its bare windows looking like the empty sockets of a ghost, is what has kept part of my mind in perpetual mourning mode.
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Modern society leaves so little room for grieving. I move we bring back mourning clothes, to create a visual space for the bereaved.
https://deborah.makarios.nz/2025/03/01/in-praise-of-old-custom-mourning-clothes/
#clothing #mourning #grief #MourningClothes #bereavement
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#HolocaustMemorialDay: How the #Nazi #pinktriangle became a #defiant #symbol of #LGBTQ+ #rights.
Each year, Holocaust Memorial Day allows the world to come together in #mourning for the millions of #people who #losttheirlives at the hands of the #Nazis.
— This is even more important as #America faces it's own #Nazi #infestation.
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/27/auschwitz-anniversary-pink-triangle-lgbtq/
PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news · Holocaust Memorial Day: How the Nazi pink triangle became a defiant symbol of LGBTQ+ rights
January 25th, 2025
The day after. The news was waiting.
In times such as these, more flowers are needed.
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Munija Haydar, Muzefer Mihemed, and Abdulkadir Ibrahim all worked in politics, the former the co-chair of the Democratic Union Party Qamishlo branch, and the latter two working within the Qamishlo city council.
Akrem Rakhoul was a volunteer with Qamishlo's civilian protection teams (HPC).
To learn more about the work of HPC, read RIC's explainer:
https://rojavainformationcenter.org/2024/01/when-we-say-defense-most-people-think-of-weapons-but-this-is-not-all-hpc-north-and-east-syrias-civil-defense-forces/
SDF fighter Shaheen Ibrahim was also buried today during the same ceremony
rojavainformationcenter.org“When we say defense, most people think of weapons, but this is not all” – HPC, North and East Syria’s Civil Defense Forces – Rojava Information Center
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Israel kills 21 children in Gaza following ceasefire announcement
As well as 25 women.
Cui Bono? 
What if there were places people could go and hang out where everyone wore masks and the air quality was great? Like movie theatres, concerts, museums, and art galleries? Wouldn't it be nice to have safe, accessible places to go? I miss going places. I used to be able to do things at night other than just watch tv.
I'm still bitter about the so-called accessible and inclusive disabled artists show at Centre in the Square tomorrow night which refuses to ask the audience to wear masks.
A woman mourns as she sits beside a grave of her family member who died in Israeli strikes in Tyre [Adnan Abidi/Reuters]
“With his passing, Canada has lost a giant — a brilliant legal mind, a champion of #Indigenous rights, and a trusted leader on our journey of #reconciliation.”
Murray Sinclair, who served as the chair of Canada's #Truth and Reconciliation Commission, died on Nov. 4.
Windspeaker.comMurray Sinclair, former Canadian senator and head of Truth and Reconciliation Commission, dies at 73Former senator Murray Sinclair, who served as the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, died Nov. 4. He was 73. Sinclair’s family announced his early-morning death via a statement on social media. “Peacefully and surrounded by love, The Honorable Murray Sinclair passed away early this morning, Monday, November 4, 2024,” the statement said. Sinclair, who was a member of Peguis First Nation in Manitoba, had the Indigenous name Mazina Giizhik (the One Who Speaks of Pictures in the Sky).
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"Dr. Feroze Sidhwa has volunteered as a trauma surgeon in Ukraine, Haiti, Burkina Faso, and Ghana. But when he went to Gaza in March and April of this year, it changed him. Sidhwa had never seen so much horror in his life."
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/feroze-sidhwa-new-york-times-children-gaza-shot-in-head-israel-palestine-doctor/
Mother JonesThe doctor who saw children shot in the head in Gaza—and tried to tell the worldDr. Feroze Sidhwa has spent six months talking about what he saw as an emergency physician in Gaza. Why don't people believe him?
A woman mourns as she holds the shrouded body of her child who was killed during an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza City’s Zaytoun neighbourhood on September 21, 2024, [Omar al-Qatta/AFP]
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Wounded child with no surviving family: "Everybody i love is now in heaven".
Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan testifies of health care in Gaza during a panel at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago (via BBC).
#Friends and #family are #mourning 20-year-old trans woman #DylanGurley, who was murdered last month.
Gurley is one of at least four #transgender #women who were #killed across the U.S. in July.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Transphobia #SayHerName #Hatecrimes #Homelessness #HousingInsecurity
LGBTQ Nation · Friends and family are mourning 20-year-old trans woman Dylan Gurley, killed last month - LGBTQ Nation
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#Kentuckians #mourning yet another #massshooting met by #GOP #lawmakers’ unfathomable #cowardice
Over #FourthofJuly #weekend, there was a #massshooting at a 21st #birthdayparty in #Florence (northern #Kentucky, #BooneCounty); four #people were #shottodeath; three are recovering, including a 19-year-old #girl.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kentucky #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #GunViolence #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
Kentucky Lantern · Kentuckians mourning another mass shooting met by GOP lawmakers' unfathomable cowardice • Kentucky LanternAs Kentucky mourns another mass shooting - this one at a 21st birthday party - Republican lawmakers' cowardice blocks action to prevent gun violence.