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nausicaea<p>Would some people be willing reply with artist profiles or links that they like or would like to support?</p><p>I would like to commission profile art and likely other things down the road. I am looking for work from marginalised groups, and I like to be open to all kinds of styles (not necessarily digital). However, I don't enjoy anime/manga art or sexualised content.</p><p>P.S. I tried deviant art, but it's giving me choice paralysis. Responses with links to other sites / good search pages are also appreciated.</p><p>Non-exclusive: <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Queer</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disabled</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minority</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BIPOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BIPOC</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Critics say the proposals would put <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> at greater risk of harm, with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> &amp; members of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a> groups bearing a disproportionate impact.</p><p>“People are at very great risk of dying on the job already,” Rebecca Reindel, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AFLCIO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AFLCIO</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a>’s occupational <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> director, said. “This is something that is only going to make the problem worse.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
FID Nahost<p><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/CatchOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatchOfTheDay</span></a><br><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> on<br><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/MENAdoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MENAdoc</span></a>:<br> <br>"A quest for belonging: Anatolia beyond empire and nation (19th - 21st centuries)" by Hans-Lukas Kieser</p><p>[Istanbul: Isis Press, 2007]</p><p><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/118219" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">dx.doi.org/10.25673/118219</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turkey</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/anatolia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anatolia</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nationalism</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>identity</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Conflicts<p>What the violence in Syria means for domestic, regional politics</p><p>An eruption of violence i…<br><a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conflict</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conflicts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Al" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Al</span></a>-Qaïda <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Bedouintribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bedouintribes</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Druzeminority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Druzeminority</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/israelbombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>israelbombs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IsraelSyriarelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelSyriarelations</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Kurdishforces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kurdishforces</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ldnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ldnd</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Post" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Post</span></a>-AssadSyria <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/regionalalliances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regionalalliances</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/regionalpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regionalpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sectariantensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sectariantensions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sectarianviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sectarianviolence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SecurityCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityCouncil</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Sweidaconflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sweidaconflict</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SyriaUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SyriaUS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SyrianDemocraticForces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SyrianDemocraticForces</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SyrianGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SyrianGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a>-Syriaties <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/un" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>un</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USAmbassador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAmbassador</span></a><br><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2260623/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2260623/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Minority Rights<p>For context on the Ainu in modern Japan, Dubreuil offers a timely reassessment. Despite retaining citizenship post-1945 and being recognized as Indigenous in 2019 with consultation rights under UNDRIP Art. 19, the Ainu face systemic marginalization.</p><p>Read more:</p><p>📖 <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/asia-pacific-journal/article/ainu-and-their-culture-a-critical-twentyfirst-century-assessment/A35F88909B2BED0A9F7772FA79A780CD#:~:text=https%3A//doi.org,a%20new%20window%5D" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cambridge.org/core/journals/as</span><span class="invisible">ia-pacific-journal/article/ainu-and-their-culture-a-critical-twentyfirst-century-assessment/A35F88909B2BED0A9F7772FA79A780CD#:~:text=https%3A//doi.org,a%20new%20window%5D</span></a></p><p>📷 BBC</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Modern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Modern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minority</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Colonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Change</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Article</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a></p>
Minority Rights<p>As Japan revives nuclear energy, Ainu in Hokkaido face exclusion from waste site decisions, despite UNDRIP Art. 29(2) affirming Indigenous Peoples' right to refuse hazardous disposal on their land. Oki Kano, musician, urges resistance via <br>Deutsche Welle's Living Planet:</p><p>🎙️ <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/targeting-indigenous-land-for-nuclear-waste/audio-73226293" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dw.com/en/targeting-indigenous</span><span class="invisible">-land-for-nuclear-waste/audio-73226293</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Podcast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minority</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Change</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a></p>
vivi<p><a href="https://defenestration.cc/@fif" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fif@defenestration.cc</a> hello fif welcome to <a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/tags/Mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> , my name is vivi and it is nice to meet you! i am a 21 yo <a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/tags/lesbian" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lesbian</a> <a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/tags/neurodivergent" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurodivergent</a> <a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/tags/poc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poc</a> and am one of the <a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/tags/oldschool" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldschool</a> users of this platform (joined back in 2022!). i hope you can keep it on the <a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/tags/dl" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dl</a> and i am sure things will be fine. non of us are perfect but there are a lot of <a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/tags/problematic" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#problematic</a> people out here <a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/tags/doubting" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#doubting</a> and <a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/tags/hating" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hating</a> at-risk <a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/tags/minority" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#minority</a> users such as myself. anyway lmk if you meet any <a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/tags/US" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> users looking to bestow me with a <a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/tags/greencard" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#greencard</a> , i locked myself out of my own country <a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/tags/onaccident" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onaccident</a><span> <br><br></span><a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/tags/reintroductions" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reintroductions</a> <a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/tags/germanysurvivors" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#germanysurvivors</a> <a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/tags/firsttoot" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#firsttoot</a></p>
Bi Sasquatch<p>The Crimson - July 10, 2025<br>"The dismantling of Harvard’s diversity offices arrived at Harvard College on Wednesday as websites for centers serving minority students, LGBTQ students, and women disappeared suddenly and without fanfare.</p><p>"The quiet removals came as the Faculty of Arts and Sciences — which houses the College, Harvard’s undergraduate school — announced internally on Wednesday afternoon that it would shutter its diversity office and replace it with an Office for Academic Culture and Community.</p><p>"The same afternoon, web pages belonging to the Harvard College Women’s Center, Office for BGLTQ Student Life, and Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations were taken down. Links to the centers’ sites now redirect to a nearly empty web page for an Office of Culture and Community within the College’s Dean of Students Office."</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minority</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Students</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> <br><a href="https://api.thecrimson.com/article/2025/7/10/college-fas-end-diversity-offices/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">api.thecrimson.com/article/202</span><span class="invisible">5/7/10/college-fas-end-diversity-offices/</span></a></p>
Aaron<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://milliways.social/@transworldexpress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>transworldexpress</span></a></span> This is a useful resource for disabled people and people of other minorities, as well. There is a big opportunity here for cooperation</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>
Minority Rights<p>Building on how hidden language barriers shape access, this new study shows how Nepali migrants in Finland rely on informal networks to navigate healthcare, deepening structural inequalities. </p><p>Read more: </p><p>📖 <a href="https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-025-12757-y" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bmchealthservres.biomedcentral</span><span class="invisible">.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-025-12757-y</span></a> </p><p>📷 Finnish Nepalese Society</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Equity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Migrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Migrant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minority</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Access</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Equality</span></a></p>
Minority Rights<p>Budapest Pride attracted a larger crowd than ever before, defying a government-imposed ban, and reclaiming streets and freedoms. Dozens of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://respublicae.eu/@europarl_en" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>europarl_en</span></a></span> members joined in solidarity.</p><p>Read the Deutsche Welle's report on this act of protest and pride:</p><p>📖 <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/budapest-pride-thousands-of-marchers-defy-police-ban/a-73074461" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dw.com/en/budapest-pride-thous</span><span class="invisible">ands-of-marchers-defy-police-ban/a-73074461</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pride</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minority</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a></p>
Bipo the Clown<p>Title: Pride for those activists in Budapest.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Queer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>activists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pencil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pencil</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drawing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equality</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bipolar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bipolar</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UniversityOfCalifornia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfCalifornia</span></a> is committed to fair &amp; lawful processes in all of our programs &amp; activities, consistent with federal &amp; state anti-discrimination laws," the spox said in a statement. "The University also aims to foster a campus environment where everyone is welcomed &amp; supported."</p><p>The investigation focuses on the university's strategic plan, which identifies increasing underrepresented *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a>* &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/female" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>female</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/faculty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>faculty</span></a> as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> goal.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a></p>
The Chaotic Good 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🖖<p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/HotTake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotTake</span></a></p><p>If the massive army of *mainly* priveledged, Cis-Het, White 'experts' currently wringing their hands over the "Death of Democracy" had put in as much fucking effort into fighting authoritarianism and punching nazis as they have hand-wringing, maybe we wouldn't be in this shit hole. Or perhaps they could have just listented to those of us in <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a> groups who have been sounding the alarm and fightning fo fucking centuries. </p><p>I am not <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a>. I am not <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Latina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Latina</span></a>. But I am a <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Queer</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a> Immigrant, and I've not be quiet about the bullshit coming our way. That massive army (mostly) told us we were being hysterical and we should look on the bright side and shut up, waving flags with us because it made them look good. If all of this convenient allyship doesn't show the need for minority stories to be told on days like <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Juneteenth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Juneteenth</span></a>, I fucking don't know what does.</p>
Minority Rights<p>Sámi artist Máret Ánne Sara, known for bold reindeer-themed works challenging Nordic colonialism, will take over Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall this fall. Her art reflects global ecological issues through her Sámi heritage.</p><p>Read more below:</p><p>📖 <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/press/press-releases/hyundai-commission-maret-anne-sara" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tate.org.uk/press/press-releas</span><span class="invisible">es/hyundai-commission-maret-anne-sara</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Minority Rights<p>Speaking the majority language is key to accessing essential services such as healthcare. This post explores how language identity and disability intersect in Spain’s Basque community.</p><p>📖 <a href="https://www.ecmi.de/infochannel/detail/ecmi-minorities-blog-towards-equitable-treatment-of-speech-language-impairments-in-minority-language-speakers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ecmi.de/infochannel/detail/ecm</span><span class="invisible">i-minorities-blog-towards-equitable-treatment-of-speech-language-impairments-in-minority-language-speakers</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minorityrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minorityrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/basque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basque</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minorities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minorities</span></a></p>
Le Viêt Nam, aujourd’hui.<p>Study shows Vietnam’s ethnic communities’ grapple with hydropower plant impacts</p><p><a href="https://vietnam-aujourdhui.info/2025/06/06/study-shows-vietnams-ethnic-communities-grapple-with-hydropower-plant-impacts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vietnam-aujourdhui.info/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">6/06/study-shows-vietnams-ethnic-communities-grapple-with-hydropower-plant-impacts/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/VietnamNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VietnamNews</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Electricity</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minority</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnam</span></a></p>
Minority Rights<p>Sacred Indigenous artifacts taken during colonial missions remain in the Vatican, despite Pope Francis’s 2022 pledge to return them. As calls for repatriation grow, attention turns to Pope Leo. <br> <br>Read more via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@CNN" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CNN</span></a></span> :<br> 📖 <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/29/europe/pope-francis-indigenous-artifacts-canada-intl-hnk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">edition.cnn.com/2025/05/29/eur</span><span class="invisible">ope/pope-francis-indigenous-artifacts-canada-intl-hnk</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>church</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a></p>
Minority Rights<p>Nicușor Dan wins the Romanian presidential election, defeating George Simion, who made strong anti-minority statements. <br>📖 <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/romanias-pro-eu-president-elect-known-calm-methodical-approach-2025-05-19/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/romanias-pro</span><span class="invisible">-eu-president-elect-known-calm-methodical-approach-2025-05-19/</span></a> </p><p>See earlier analysis of Romanian electoral data, including the role of votes in Transylvania, indicating no easy right-wing victory. <br>📖 <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2022.2152441" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2022.</span><span class="invisible">2152441</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minorityrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minorityrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>romania</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> </p><p>📷 REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu</p>
WINGS_radio<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> Minute Radio <br>We’re still <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/litigating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>litigating</span></a> racially <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gerrymandered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandered</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> maps. Today, we’re looking at a principle called the “Gingles Test” that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> use when determining whether a gerrymandered redistricting map is a violation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. How that test is interpreted can determine if <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a> can elect the candidate of their choice, or their vote is diluted by an anti-voter <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legislature</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/05/25/courts-use-the-gingles-test-to-determine-whether-redistricting-violates-the-voting-rights-act/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">americandemocracyminute.org/we</span><span class="invisible">thepeople/2025/05/25/courts-use-the-gingles-test-to-determine-whether-redistricting-violates-the-voting-rights-act/</span></a></p>