backwards - warsan shire
I filed my restraining order today. I am so afraid of the decision. I won’t find out til early next week so I need to find a way to keep my brain busy
This was a year ago. After a 5 months court case I wasn’t given the restraining order due to logistics.
So I wrote a bill and next Wednesday my bill eliminating the logistics issue is being signed into law.
We’ve come a long way my friends. There is further to go, but we’ve come a long way.
Takane to Hana (2019)
“I’m becoming who I am and it’s the scariest thing I’ve ever done.” Posted from the PostSecret website.
TW: sexual assault
One year ago today, I was sexually assaulted. In the months following, I was denied both a police report and restraining order due to residency status. Today I’m rewriting our laws - and I’m asking for your support.
Sign the petition urging lawmakers to introduce and pass the bill granting 25 million survivors the civil right to a restraining order and police report regardless of the state they live in. When laws protecting survivors are weak, laws protecting perpetrators are strong.
Let’s make protection borderless.
Note: you don’t have the donate! If you choose to, the money goes to change.org to help promote the petition.
TW: sexual assault
One year ago today, I was sexually assaulted. In the months following, I was denied both a police report and restraining order due to residency status. Today I’m rewriting our laws - and I’m asking for your support.
Sign the petition urging lawmakers to introduce and pass the bill granting 25 million survivors the civil right to a restraining order and police report regardless of the state they live in. When laws protecting survivors are weak, laws protecting perpetrators are strong.
Let’s make protection borderless.
Note: you don’t have the donate! If you choose to, the money goes to change.org to help promote the petition.
The Sehzade Mosque in Laleli, Istanbul (detail), c. 1915. Ludwig Hans Fischer