TIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicide

Backlo@lemmy.today · 10 months ago

TIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicide

Exocrinous · edit-2 10 months ago

You started by talking about women’s “fair representation” in the draft. Since we haven’t had many big news controversies about the draft lately, I’d like to go on a tangent into what I know about, and inform you that one person has recently fought to ensure equal opportunity to join the military in the name of feminism, and his name is Joe Biden

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-reverse-trump-s-transgender-military-ban-n1255522

“President Biden believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service, and that America’s strength is found in its diversity,” the White House said.

TIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicide

TIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicide

Earl Silverman - Wikipedia