Pride history posts on here seem almost exclusively to revolve around Stonewall which can leave the impression that America is the only place where anything important ever happened and obviously is not true so I have compiled a few links where you can learn about LGBTQ history in other countries! Feel free to add
This is a grassroots bundle by indie devs who want to help Palestinians.
All profit from this bundle will be donated to the United Nations
Relief and Works Agency. The UNRWA has provided food assistance for over
one million Palestinians, and continues to do so in the territories
with heavy destruction. They also provide emergency mental and physical
health protection for those in the region. https://www.unrwa.org/gaza-emergency
Indie games are unique in that they can tell stories not seen in AAA
or other games. We pour our life experiences into our games and share a
piece of ourselves with the world. Palestinian game developers are no
different in this aspect, but have the added challenges of limited
access to basic services, like clean water, electricity, medical care,
and food security. They live under Israeli authority that discriminates
and subjugates Palestinians to the point of persecution and apartheid,
simply for being Palestinian. Furthermore, they develop games without
all the resources that come with being in a western hub for game
development.
Palestinian game developer Rasheed Abueideh did exactly that when he
made Liyla and the Shadows of War, which tells a story of a little girl
who lives in Gaza during the 2014 war, in which 30% of civilian
casualties were children. Liyla and the Shadows of War was showcased at
IndieCade and A MAZE and earned numerous award nominations, including a
win in Excellence in Storytelling at the International Mobile Gaming
Awards Middle East/North Africa.
This bundle is pay-what-you-want (above $5 U.S. dollars) for Liyla
and the Shadows of War, and you will receive hundreds of additional
games, assets, and soundtracks graciously donated by game developers and
media creators around the world for free. The bundle will run through
Friday, June 11th. Together, we can raise funds for UNRWA for food and
medical assistance for Palestinians AND highlight a game developer who
is directly affected by the cause we are rallying behind.
i have gotten this tiktok on my fyp three times now and its happened only after a depressive episode and immediately forced me to clean my room so if theres any evidence of a loving but cruel god i think its this
