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dansup

I'm eligible to apply for an Indian Status card due to my first nation heritage, but tbh there is a whole stigma around that and also "I'm not native looking enough"

I rarely mention this or my sexuality because I know I have a lot of privilege and while these labels don't define me, I struggle to balance them in the context of using them as status symbols.

I'm not ashamed of who I am anymore, I don't need a card to validate it, and I will learn to be comfortable sharing more about my culture

16 Aug 2023 at 9:53 | Open on mastodon.social
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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

@dansup

I am part indigenous, too — from my father's mother's side of the family.

I also don't look it.

16 Aug 2023 at 11:49 | Open on mastodon.social
Nick Trussell

@dansup
Honestly, you are my favourite thing about pixelfed.

It has been inspiring to read the parts of your story that you have shared and to see this small part of your expression of all of that in pixelfed. Thank you for that.

I know there are lots of reasons for and against the status card.

All I want to say is your Nation needs your voice and as one who stands on the settler side of Treaty, we need accountability.

Status is not the onlyway to achieve that.

@dansup
Honestly, you are my favourite thing about pixelfed.

It has been inspiring to read the parts of your story that you have shared and to see this small part of your expression of all of that in pixelfed. Thank you for that.

I know there are lots of reasons for and against the status card.

All I want to say is your Nation needs your voice and as one who stands on the settler side of Treaty, we need accountability.

16 Aug 2023 at 14:01 | Open on mastodon.social
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