{"id":96548,"date":"2016-06-16T19:14:12","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T19:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/16\/edgarsucks-a-lot-of-you-have-reached-out-to-me\/"},"modified":"2018-09-02T00:32:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T00:32:05","slug":"edgarsucks-a-lot-of-you-have-reached-out-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/16\/edgarsucks-a-lot-of-you-have-reached-out-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-96548 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/16\/edgarsucks-a-lot-of-you-have-reached-out-to-me\/attachment\/96549\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tumblr_o8vi5luIY61qcozuho1_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tumblr_o8vi5luIY61qcozuho1_640-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tumblr_o8vi5luIY61qcozuho1_640-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/edgarsucks.tumblr.com\/post\/146016980584\" target=\"_blank\">edgarsucks<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A lot of you have reached out to me to ask what you can do to help Orlando right now. It seems like something on the bottom of everyone\u2019s list, but dozens of Pulse employees who survived the shooting lost their jobs. I can\u2019t imagine grieving my friends and on top of that having to worry about paying rent, phone bills, electricity, etc. between attending funerals and looking for another gig. Please remember that gay bars are places where so many people turn to when they can\u2019t find employment elsewhere. Pulse hired transgender, genderqueer, gay, lesbian, and bisexual people who are going to have a really difficult time finding somewhere else that will accept them. Separate funding campaigns have raised a ton of money to support families of the victims and the injured that are still recovering in the hospital, but Pulse employees still need your help.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you truly meant it when you asked me what you can do, please give these beautiful, hurt people money:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pulseorlandoclub.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.pulseorlandoclub.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your condolences and kind words are really encouraging and a crucial part of the recovery process, but this is a way you can help in a concrete, practical way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>edgarsucks: A lot of you have reached out to me to ask what you can do to help Orlando right now. It seems like something on the bottom of everyone\u2019s list, but dozens of Pulse employees who survived the shooting lost their jobs. I can\u2019t imagine grieving my friends and on top of that having &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/16\/edgarsucks-a-lot-of-you-have-reached-out-to-me\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[12043,12126],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96550,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96548\/revisions\/96550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}