this community has been practically dead for months it seems, and suddenly in the past few hours a bunch of new posts are being made?

sus 👀

Thought this was an insightful take, makes me want to read more bell hooks 😁

It's fairly well established that feminism is broadly the movement to bring about the equality of the sexes (i.e. the movement against sexism).

Why does it feel like "anti-sexism" as a term might be born from a misunderstanding of feminism as being misandrist? I don't see any articles on "anti-sexism", anyone have clarity?

When something great happens in your life how do you celebrate?

Here are a few things I do:

• buy a bouquet of flowers for my partner
• go to a nice restaurant
• bake or cook something special, esp. a sweet treat like cake, cookies, etc.

From a UN Development Programme statement:

In 62 countries, consensual same-sex sexual relations between adults in private are criminalized, with 12 of these countries even imposing the death penalty for such relations.

The 2025 edition of the Rainbow Map has been released:

https://rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/

Here were some key findings:

• Conversion practices are only banned in 10 countries.
• 6 is the number of countries where LGBTI people do not have any protection from discrimination.
• Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Montenegro, Serbia and Spain are the only countries that have full coverage of SOGIESC in their anti-discrimination legislations.
• Hate crime and hate speech on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics are prohibited in Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Malta, and some regions in Spain and the UK.
• Marriage equality for same-sex couples is only available in 22 countries.
• 18 is the number of countries without any legal protection of same-sex partnerships.
• Trans parenthood is fully recognised only in 8 countries.
• Only Germany, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Portugal and Spain prohibit unnecessary surgical or medical interventions on intersex children.
• 11 countries still don’t have any legal or administrative procedure for legal gender recognition.
• In addition, Bulgaria, Hungary and Russia have laws that make legal gender recognition completely impossible.
• Only in 12 countries, trans people can have legal gender recognition based on self-determination.
• Freedom of assembly and association for LGBTI communities are restricted or under attack in at least 14 countries.
• Sexual orientation and gender identity are qualification criteria for seeking asylum in 27 countries. Intersex asylum seekers are protected in the law only in 6 countries.

EDIT:

wanted to boost this comment by this community's founder and lead moderator:

WomensStuff is 100% committed to LGBT inclusion. We are women only, and trans+ women and non binary are totally welcome here. Homophobia, transphobia, biphobia and gender critical is not. 🏳️‍🌈🌈🏳️‍🌈