Rainbow Cafe LGBTQ Center is a nonprofit based in Carbondale, Illinois that has served the Southern Illinois queer community for over 20 years!
Our mission is to create safe environments for LGBTQ people and their friends through building community, offering resources, creating support, and more.
A serious moment right now. Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day,We should take a moment to remember those who lost their lives and honor their memory. My moms boss was a holocaust survivor and I remember the first time I saw the numbers on his arm and being young not really understanding the magnitude of what that meant. As an adult I fully understand it now and honor him and the family he lost.
Photos during the Civil Rights movement were in Black and White because they were cheaper and because News Papers were in black and white (most of the people taking pictures were taking them to publish them).
So here’s some color photos of Martin Luther King to remind everyone that this was recent. This is recent history. This is recent memory for a lot of people. People are alive today that got to witness MLK’s speeches.
Testosterone is the cornerstone of testosterone-based gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), which uses synthetic testosterone. No singular gender identity is required for testosterone-based GAHT. But generally speaking, it is commonly prescribed to trans men, and trans masculine, non-binary, and intersex folks.
World Braille Day is an international observance that celebrates awareness of how important braille is as a means of communication in order to ensure human rights for blind and visually impaired people.
Take a moment to consider all of the items and places that don’t have braille - establishments like restaurants, banks, hospitals don’t offer braille versions of their print materials like menus, statements, and bills. This means that everyone with blindness or visual impairments won’t have the freedom to choose a meal on their own or to keep their finances private. And that’s just one example - consider ALL of the print material you come across and how you benefit from it, and how those with visual impairments are restricted.
Establishments are generally only required to have fire exits, bathrooms, and the very bare minimum in braille BUT the bare minimum isn’t equality.
Today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities!
For the 1 billion people in the world with #disabilities, bodily autonomy is a right but not always a reality.
One in five women will experience a #disability in her lifetime. Yet women with disabilities are up to 10 times more likely to experience gender-based violence, and are often prevented from accessing sexual and reproductive health care.
An inclusive and equitable world is possible, but only if we respect and protect the rights of people with disabilities
[Digital illustration of three people. From left to right is a Black fem with a leg prosthetic wearing an oversized blue hoodie, a nonbinary asian person in a wheelchair holding a sign that reads, ‘people with disabilities have a right to make their own decisions about their bodies and lives.’ and a Latina woman with an amputated arm wearing a purple dress and corset.]
We at Rainbow Cafe wanted to wish everyone a very merry Christmas - please stay inside, be safe, and enjoy the winter holidays with your chosen family!
❄️✨❄️ Happy winter solstice // Feliz Solsticio de Invierno ❄️✨❄️
Get a warm beverage and a cozy blanket and enjoy the longest night of the year 💕 // Tómate una bebida caliente y búscate una manta cómoda y disfruta de la noche mas larga del año 💕
Just me experimenting with radial symmetry on procreate 👉👈
