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support lgbtq BIPOC.
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[ID: A set of 9 square images with gradient backgrounds that relate to the respective L.G.B.T. flag colors. All of them have phrases written in identical italic white letters in all caps. The first image says "Support lesbians of color" with a soft red, orange, and purple background. The second says "Support gay men of color" with a bright, soft gradient of green, cyan, blue, and deep purple. The third says "Support bisexual people of color" with a pink, purple, and blue background. The fourth says "Support trans people of color" with a bright blue, pink and white gradient background. The fifth says "Support asexual people of color" with a gradient of a soft dark purple, lighter purple, and pinkish purple. The sixth says "Support aromantic people of color" with a dark and light green background. The seventh says "Support nonbinary people of color" with a yellow, purple, and black gradient. The eighth says "Support intersex people of color" with a yellow and purple gradient. The ninth and final image says "Support queer people of color" with a gradient rainbow background. End ID.]
[ID: one long, rectangular image with a caption written in lowercase white letters and a bright, colorful gradient background. it says, "this post is for LGBTQ people of color. please reblog but do not derail. end ID.]
just some reminders for people who are writing IDs:
do not put judgements in your ids. do not say "it needs to be noted the character looks extra adorable here" do not say "an ugly person" or "a hilarious meme" or anything like that. we don't need you to tell us how to feel about something.
do put descriptive words and adjectives. "a crudely drawn image" or "a painting of a scarlet colored apple" or "a person with large hands". we do need you to tell us descriptors so we have context.
do not type words incorrectly. do write words exactly as they appear in the image.
let me say that again: EXACTLY as they appear. is the word capitalized? capitalize it. is the word "yes" written with 3 s's? write it in the description as "yesss" not as "yesssss" or "yes". are the words in all caps? write them in all caps, or write "text in all caps says" and then include a lowercase version. is a word misspelled? spell it exactly the same way. if the image says "washning mashing" it should not be written as "washing machine"*
*you can definitely say "the words 'washing machine' are misspelled as 'washning mashing'," just make sure that you do include the exact transcription in your description
disabled people, people with screen readers, and ANYONE else who uses IDs to interpret images deserves to interpret the image as accurately as possible, and its important to transcribe and describe things properly and without judgements added.
This is a PSA...
[pt: this is a PSA... end PT]
Please for the love of god, if you have a DNI banner on your posts, make a fucking ID for it. It's an accessibility issue; I have trouble reading certain fonts, so do other people, and there are individuals who can't access your content at all due to visual impairment!
I get it, you want to have that fancy font cuz it adds to the aesthetic. My banners use a hard to read font, too. But you can't just have that without having a plain text ID! It's so incredibly rude and inconsiderate.
Just... put IDs on your posts. It isn't hard: all you really have to do is write out the text on the thing if you're feeling too lazy to describe every detail of it!!
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[Banner ID: There's no DNI for this post. However, there's nothing stopping me from blocking you if you're a weirdo or an asshole. End ID]
Speaking of blind things, today I saw someone write “no alt text” in their image description and that is just about the most insulting thing I’ve seen it used for. Just leave it blank if you don’t wanna describe, asshole! Unnecessary alt text blocks a screen reader from being able to try and interpret an image, so either describe it or don’t!
If you put a link in the alt text I will come to your house and throw my white cane through your window like a javelin. Don’t do that shit. Sighted people won’t see it and I literally can’t make use of it.
In good news, AccessiBe is finally getting the shit surd out of them for lying to customers and making the web worse with their shitty overlays and I am ecstatic. :D
Are there any people here who read through my posts that are visually impaired and want me to include image descriptions? I'm sorry if I haven't before. Even though I am visually impaired, I never really use the descriptions or my immersive reader like I should. I'm still learning how to fully advocate for myself, but I don't know how to really get it into my current mindset yet. Sorry if I'm rambling and turning this post more personal than it needs to be.