r/IntersectionalWomen

Under new government legislation, lots of study visas for international student have been placed on hold or are being revoked.

This petition calls for an exemption for women and girls from Afghanistan.

I don’t think the visa stoppages are good for any potential or current international students, regardless of where they hail from, but I think we can all agree it is especially vital for Afghan women and girls who are prohibited from receiving an education under Taliban rule.

If you can find a few minutes to sign the petition, I urge you to do so.

Thank you x

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/763127?utm\_id=97760\_v0\_s00\_e0\_tv4&fbclid=PAVERFWAS0yIBwZG9mAmV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzEyNDAyNDU3NDI4NzQxNAABp-buQRcmB1PEhIr9SysLFfLj5ME68TaMNeg2k2tUqL3LZ4LnWsOwY0JG6mEG\_aem\_fIQqQyN8IDEgNNorhlD3mw

👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽 Hey everyone, came across this short form video of few trans people from Australia (both FtM & MtF), sharing some of their lived experiences. It is actually a part of a longer video titled "The reality of being transgender in Australia" with this link:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRYwAvk4D88&t=657s

Please have a look at the longer video, as it provides a nuanced and thoughtful insight of their lives.

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PS- Please feel free to remove/delete it or ask me to do so, if it doesn't fit here or violets any policy 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽...

Also, I don't own the content, the copyrights belong to the respective owners...

Marian Siljeholm (u/marian_siljeholm_photography)

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZtTFg9DRuy/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8znD-ul792w

Women only fought en masse for voting rights because when they lobbied every single state legislature in the country demanding to raise the age of sexual consent that MEN set as young as 7 years old, the all male legislatures refused and mocked the women of the Christian Temperance movement for daring to challenge their sexual entitlements.

And YES it was Christian women who fought men for the political power to protect childr*n.

The program, Children’s Special Services, funds low-income families who have exhausted all other options to cover costs for their sick children — helping pay for ventilators, wheelchairs or feeding tubes, for example, or for expensive drugs and emergency treatments. Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill this spring that requires state and local agencies to verify whether anyone receiving a public benefit is in the country legally. If not, the government must report them to the Centralized Immigration Enforcement Division, a state agency created in 2025 that oversees collaboration with federal immigration authorities. The legislation was one of several immigration bills crafted and passed in Tennessee with support from the White House with the aim of discouraging undocumented immigrants from living there.

The news was shared by a government official this week. In February this year, Marhamah Rosli, the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs), said that replacing “LGBT” with something else will influence online algorithms from showing LGBTQ+ content in the country, and therefore prevent the “normalisation” of queer culture. Speaking during a Parliament session, she said: “The more we utter, write, or state [‘LGBT’], the more ‘pop-out’ content related to it will appear. Without realizing it, we are promoting the culture unknowingly.” Malaysia has a Muslim-majority population, but the country is not as strict as others in its approach to Islamic laws. However, Malaysian LGBTQ+ people have long faced harsh persecution. Male-male and male-female *nal s*x is criminalised by federal law, and can result in 20 years imprisonment with caning, fines and deportation. In State Shariah law, both gay and lesbian s*x are illegal for Muslims in all states and federal territories, except Pahang. The country holds no protections, such as anti-discrimination laws or the right to change one’s legal gender, for LGBTQ+ people. Malaysian LGBTQ+ advocacy organisation Justice for Sisters reported that 307 queer people were arrested in the country under both federal and state laws in 2025 alone. Justice for Sisters responded to the recent term change in a statement. “The term ‘budaya songsang’ dehumanizes LGBT people, fuels misinformation, and reinforces the dangerous belief that LGBT people should be ‘corrected,’” the statement reads. “It contributes directly to violence, discrimination, and violations of dignity and equality under Articles 5 and 8 of the Federal Constitution.”