#damn that was quick

[endusviolence]

Rowling isn't denying holocaust. She just pointed out that burning of transgender health books is a lie as that form of cosmetic surgery didn't exist. But of course you knew that already, didn't you?

I was thinking I'd probably see one of you! You're wrong :) Let's review the history a bit, shall we?

In this case, what we're talking about is the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, or in English, The Institute of Sexology. This Institute was founded and headed by a gay Jewish sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld. It was founded in July of 1919 as the first sexology research clinic in the world, and was run as a private, non-profit clinic. Hirschfeld and the researchers who worked there would give out consultations, medical advice, and even treatments for free to their poorer clientele, as well as give thousands of lectures and build a unique library full of books on gender, sexuality, and eroticism. Of course, being a gay man, Hirschfeld focused a lot on the gay community and proving that homosexuality was natural and could not be "cured".

Hirschfeld was unique in his time because he believed that nobody's gender was either one or the other. Rather, he contended that everyone is a mixture of both male and female, with every individual having their own unique mix of traits.

This leads into the Institute's work with transgender patients. Hirschfeld was actually the one to coin the term "transsexual" in 1923, though this word didn't become popular phrasing until 30 years later when Harry Benjamin began expanding his research (I'll just be shortening it to trans for this brief overview.) For the Institute, their revolutionary work with gay men eventually began to attract other members of the LGBTA+, including of course trans people.

Contrary to what Anon says, sex reassignment surgery was first tested in 1912. It'd already being used on humans throughout Europe during the 1920's by the time a doctor at the Institute named Ludwig Levy-Lenz began performing it on patients in 1931. Hirschfeld was at first opposed, but he came around quickly because it lowered the rate of suicide among their trans patients. Not only was reassignment performed at the Institute, but both facial feminization and facial masculization surgery were also done.

The Institute employed some of these patients, gave them therapy to help with other issues, even gave some of the mentioned surgeries for free to this who could not afford it! They spoke out on their behalf to the public, even getting Berlin police to help them create "transvestite passes" to allow people to dress however they wanted without the threat of being arrested. They worked together to fight the law, including trying to strike down Paragraph 175, which made it illegal to be homosexual. The picture below is from their holiday party, Magnus Hirschfeld being the gentleman on the right with the fabulous mustache. Many of the other people in this photo are transgender.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of a group of people. Some are smiling at the camera, others have serious expressions. Either way, they all seem to be happy. On the right side, an older gentleman in glasses- Magnus Hirschfeld- is sitting. He has short hair and a bushy mustache. He is resting one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him. His other hand is being held by a person to his left. Another person to his right is holding his shoulder.]

There was always push back against the Institute, especially from conservatives who saw all of this as a bad thing. But conservatism can't stop progress without destroying it. They weren't willing to go that far for a good while. It all ended in March of 1933, when a new Chancellor was elected. The Nazis did not like homosexuals for several reasons. Chief among them, we break the boundaries of "normal" society. Shortly after the election, on May 6th, the book burnings began. The Jewish, gay, and obviously liberal Magnus Hirschfeld and his library of boundary-breaking literature was one of the very first targets. Thankfully, Hirschfeld was spared by virtue of being in Paris at the time (he would die in 1935, before the Nazis were able to invade France). His library wasn't so lucky.

This famous picture of the book burnings was taken after the Institute of Sexology had been raided. That's their books. Literature on so much about sexuality, eroticism, and gender, yes including their new work on trans people. This is the trans community's Alexandria. We're incredibly lucky that enough of it survived for Harry Benjamin and everyone who came after him was able to build on the Institute's work.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of the May Nazi book burning of the Institute of Sexology's library. A soldier, back facing the camera, is throwing a stack of books into the fire. In the background of the right side, a crowd is watching.]

As the Holocaust went on, the homosexuals of Germany became a targeted group. This did include transgender people, no matter what you say. To deny this reality is Holocaust denial. JK Rowling and everyone else who tries to pretend like this isn't reality is participating in that evil. You're agreeing with the Nazis.

But of course, you knew that already, didn't you?

Edit: Added image IDs. I apologize to those using screen readers for forgetting them. Please reblog this version instead.

#transgender #trans history #transsexual #transphobia #Magnus Hirschfeld #holocaust #holocaust denial #book burning #j.k. rowling #jk rowling #just in case you missed what i mean by all this: go fuck yourself anon :) #trans people have always existed #and we will always exist #if you really wanna pick a fight with me over well-documented history then you better bring in some sources to back your shit #queer history #queer #lgbt+ #lgbta+ #lgbt #lgbt history #edit: i finally got around to those damn image IDs. i am so very sorry for totally forgetting that's my bimbo moment of the month #also real quick i thought about adding an image of the actual building but the only one i can find has a Nazi parade in front of it #it was taken the day of the book burning raid and honestly if i were to include it then i'd add it to the first few paragraphs #and i think the story's better told when you uphold the hope Magnus Hirschfeld and all the researchers he worked with had #also keeps being brought up: yes Hirschfeld was a eugenicist. it was a popular belief set that was only discredited after WW2 #Hirschfeld died in 1935. he literally didn't live long enough to see science turn against those beliefs and practices #considering how he changed his mind on transitions i like to think he would've changed his mind on eugenics too if he'd lived

[fuzziiwuzzii]

💥NIMONA💥 I sobbed SO hard at this movie oh my god as a trans genderfluid person this hit me straight in the GUT 😭❤️

#Quick messy thing to get this emotion out of my system #WATCH THIS DAMN MOVIE. NOW #Nimona #nimona fanart #nimona netflix #nimona movie #ballister boldheart #ballister blackheart #ambrosius goldenloin #ballister x ambrosius #goldenheart

[humhowellujah]

"the only thing i haven't done yet is die" is a fuckin insane lyric to write at 27 years old + hits so different looking back on all that fob achieved post-from under the cork tree. and in the OPENING song on the album???????? i need to lay down.

#quick i need to time travel 17 years into the past so i can gently hold his face in my hands #infinity on high hits SO damn hard dude... #fall out boy #fob #pete wentz

[biceratops7]

I’m gonna SCREAM-

We’ve already established as a fandom that Metatron could teach a masterclass on gas lighting, but I wanna talk about how he specifically validates the things Aziraphale cares for while simultaneously devaluing them under the surface.

First off, this moment?

Tells us everything we need to know. It sets the scene for exactly the games Metatron is playing. He makes Muriel feel important while openly insulting them (flat out calling them stupid), aka seamlessly reinforcing the idea that they’re less than to both them and anyone else in the room. He knows he can get away with this easily, he knows that Muriel, lonely, overlooked little Muriel, will be completely distracted by the fact that someone so important is taking an interest in them.

This is already horribly clever, but then later on you realize it’s doing even MORE heavy lifting when he appoints Muriel to run the bookshop. “See? What’s important to you is what’s important to me! I’ve graciously taken the time to ensure your beloved shop is looked after by Muriel. You know, the dim one!” …let’s suffice it to say he’s ensnared too birds with one net for this one, and that a pattern is already starting to arise.

So when Metatron says Gabriel came to Aziraphale because he’s a “natural leader” and “doesn’t just tell people what they wanna hear”? Yah he’s full of shit. Aziraphale struggles with his sense of purpose when he doesn’t have someone or something guiding him, and for thousands of years he’s been terrified of sharing his true feelings and opinions to 90% of people he’s known. Completely just trying to butter him up. Wanna know the real reason Gabriel seeks asylum with Aziraphale?

Exactly this. Gabriel just says so point blank. It’s not because Aziraphale is this person for him, it’s because despite knowing nothing, he has this instinct that Aziraphale is the only one who can possibly understand why Gabriel did what he did. He is, I mean as far as we know, the only other angel who has fallen in love. (In general, let alone with a demon.)

But nope, can’t have that. We can throw the promise of restoring Crowley in the mix to sweeten the pot, but we can’t acknowledge why he’d want that so badly in the first place. So now it’s cause they work so well together. We can praise the angel for the fallen archangel Gabriel himself coming to him protection and guidance, give him a gold star. But we couldn’t DARE imply that it was by virtue of Aziraphale’s courage to choose earthly love over heavenly. How Gabriel didn’t need a leader, but a friend who’s truly known the joys of adoring that “particular person” and the pain of needing to hide it.

Cause then Aziraphale would start getting crazy ideas, like that his silly little human feelings have a great deal of worth. That they have the power to inspire, form cracks in the institution, fundamentally weaken what has controlled and harmed him. We wouldn’t want him to know the true value of the cards he holds when he has the ace in a match against you, now would we? After all…

Metatron uses this ingeniously sinister tactic of taking away Aziraphale’s choice while giving the illusion that he’s actually opening up doors. Notice how he tells Aziraphale he would have the authority to do something as extraordinary as turn a demon into an angel, yet he never once puts the much simpler alternative of just working with a demon on the table? The sleight of hand here is that he’s being offered the opportunity to freely be with Crowley… but he’s already freely with him as is, no bargain to be made. In fact he fought to be. Metatron disappears this accomplishment right before our eyes, while seamlessly maintaining the illusion to Aziraphale that he (Zira) is in control.

He sets Aziraphale up for failure by only providing the option he knows Crowley will not only decline but be deeply hurt by. It’s all so cleverly planned. Once this plays out exactly how he wants, he delivers the finishing blow by diminishing Crowley and his “damned fool questions”. Suddenly doing a complete 180 and emphasizing how foolish and troublesome he is. Metatron was offering Crowley by Aziraphale’s side as The Carrot. Now he’s telling Aziraphale it was stupid of him to want The Carrot, un-heavenly.

Aziraphale’s life, love, happiness, it’s all not only a massive inconvenience for Metatron but a liability. He has successfully taken a weapon from Aziraphale’s hands he didn’t even know he had. Metatron sees the writing on the wall, and he wants it contained.

#THE southern pansy doesn’t even realize he’s about to start a jod damn revolution #quick! annihilate his self esteem so he doesn’t start making people sniff out the bullshit on PURPOSE #good omens #ineffable husbands #season 2 #2x06 #meta #analysis #aziraphale #crowley #Muriel #metatron #Renew good omens #biceratops #Gabriel #ineffable bureaucracy

[yuzuuu4]

the post credits scene we never got

#i think kazuki should've patched him up on camera #this was a quick doodle i had to make after making my three posts about ep 8 #im never gonna get over the fact that #kazuki picked out his damn furniture #made his apartment into a home.... wow............... #kazurei #kurusu kazuki #suwa rei #buddy daddies

[gonky-kong]

Crosshair, TBB S3 E1:

I wouldn't think twice about leaving you behind.

Crosshair, TBB S3 E7:

You okay sweetie? Got your bow? Is your backpack too heavy? Want me to carry it? Please let me do something for you. Don't get lost. Be careful. Stay behind me. Let me parent you

#those mando genes activated damn quick #👀 foundling?? #what a clown i love him #the bad batch #tbb #tbb season 3 spoilers #star wars #tbb crosshair #tbb omega #bad batch

[hellspawnmotel]

noelle sweep

#first two are from a while ago but the others are from the last few days #cuz like. god damn #deltarune #noelle holiday #chara dreemurr #spamton #gaster #pipis #spamton sweepstakes #religion / #ftr i know 'noelle is spamtons mother' was debunked real quick. didnt rly believe it in the first place either #but i made a joke about uh. That. on twitter and like 200 people asked me to draw it anyway #and who am i to refuse #art tag

[fumble-art]

I dunno man I just missed his dumb lil face

#miraculous ladybug #chat noir #miraculous ladybug fanart #I did this really quick from memory so there's probably goofs but i missed the boi terribly #i haven't caught up with s5 in any capacity #and honestly will probably take my damn time with it for “reasons” #but i love himb t #thats my son

[dyinghomoerotically]

One of the (many) things I love about Xie Lian is how artfully he combines old man and babygirl. I would give examples, but I don’t think I need to. We all know

#tgcf #tian guan ci fu #xie lian #in modern era #he would have a Nokia #use ‘the’ before social media names #and post cringy quotes on Facebook #but it would take absolutely forever for Hua Cheng to explain to him how Facebook works #and at the same time. #he’s so 🥰✨💞🌸🥺💅 #you know? #also the fact that he’s soooo nice #but could snap your spine so quick and easy #truly the man ever #and damn I said I wouldn’t elaborate and did anyway

[dirtytransmasc]

hey, friendly reminder, spider's iconic bow shot:

was his almost instantaneous reaction to one of the recom's putting their hands on Tuk. He then has to be convinced by both his siblings to put the bow down and keeps it trained on the recom holding Tuk.

when Quaritch approaches Spider, Tuk hisses at him (hard to see in photo cause they were little baby hisses)

when Jake tells spider to get "them" out of there, spider immediatly calls for Tuk (and grabs Kiri)

now for some cuter snippets

and when Tuk goes to egg on and tease Lo'ak, she hides behind her big brother, and Spider looks amused in the way a big brother is equally amused and tired of their little sisters antics (he's probably defended her, whether she was the one who needed defending or not, many times, especially when it comes to Lo'ak)

and she runs for both Kiri and Spider when the war party returns, making it clear she hangs out with them quite often.

my conclusion? she and Spider are besties, no one puts their hands on his baby sister, I rest my case.

#quick sidenote. after the initial snatch (in which Sullivan the only other lady recom grabs her) Tuk is only ever dealt with by zdog and- #their interactions are always hilarious cause zdog really just sounds like a tired mom when you ignore the context of each scene and it- #makes me giggle #anyway #back to my point #tuk and spider being bff's is my agenda #tuk being spider's baby is also my agenda #I may be delusional but I don't give a damn #let me be happy #let me be delusional #miles socorro #miles spider socorro #spider socorro #tuk #tuktirey #tuk sully #tuktirey te suli neytiri'ite #tuk tuk #avatar 2 #avatar the way of water #atwow

[pearlsdiamondsandvodka]

the sandra lynn / fig conversation is driving me Insane. fig saying that sometimes she doesn’t wanna exist as herself at all…not wanting to ask her friends how they see her (because she’s afraid to hear their response) saying that to someone she is a monster and she Cannot stop thinking about it. sandra lynn starting the conversation saying she needs to step up but is also simultaneously taken aback about what fig expresses and doesn’t know how to responds to it and suggests getting ice cream. sandra lynn saying “convincing people they deserve good things is really tough” talking about herself but how it also reflects fig. insane!!

#if that conversation had kept going I would have started bawling!! #fully believe brennan was like ‘well oh shit this is getting dark and heavy quick let’s uh get some snow cones’ #I will say I think Emily does a beautiful job here of showing teenage life #not a universal experience perhaps but definitely a common one #feeling so lost and insecure in who you are and under so much pressure to be a certain way #and her saying she doesn’t wanna exist #vs me resonating with ‘I don’t wanna die sometimes I wish I’d never been born at all’ lyrics #it was hard to watch ngl but it’s also bc Emily does Such a good job w emotional scenes!! #that woman is so emotionally invested you get emotional invested as well #if Emily axford cries I cry with her #and loved to see more of Sandra Lynn again <3 #damn good scene #dimension 20 #fantasy high #fantasy high spoilers #fantasy high junior year #fig faeth #sandra lynn faeth #emily axford #brennan lee mulligan

[scalpho]

man it sucks that ragh's off at college because that means the aguefort academy's now in a buff queer kid drought and- BY GOD IT'S JUNIOR YEAR KRISTEN APPLEBEES WITH THE STEEL CHAIR

#drew her super quick because i. love her forever and ever #it's a damn good day to be a lesbian #kristen applebees #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #dimension 20 #scal art

[goofalicousgooberface]

Why doesn’t the big freak just eat the smaller one…?

#they’re both so damn fine #Oliver should’ve gotten 2 eat him…. as a little girltreat #I love reusing images #saltburn #oliver quick #farleigh start #goober post

[visualtaehyun]

Disclaimer: Not a native Thai speaker, still learning 🙏

I realize I never wrote a single language post for Pit Babe but I'd like interfans to lose their minds as well so-

- ป๊า /bpaa/ - อะไรคะ /a rai kha/ = What is it?

Babe usually calls Charlie ปะป๊า /bpa bpaa/ = papa, based on their parent roleplay thing lol bUT- just ป๊า /bpaa/? Gives more 'daddy' vibes

Charlie usually uses ครับ /khrap/ = typically male polite ending particle. Here though he's intentionally being flirty by using คะ /kha/ = typically female polite ending particle and often used to sound sweeter and softer. He's never done this before in the entire series btw

#pit babe #pit babe the series #charliebabe #apparently this was in a teaser for this ep. too bc a quick twt search showed me that people were already losing it over this two days ago! #i just never saw that teaser :') #local woman harps on about linguistics #and i'm finally back on desktop 😭 fixed the damn psu issue

[heynhay]

someone get troye sivan in here 

#this was a super uber quick sketch (and it shows LOL) but if theres one thing i learned from the before you go post #its that you guys go honking bananas for klance doing the purple thing #klance #voltron #vld #art #i mean understandab #That Song (you know the one) came up on my spotify completely unprompted WHILE I WAS DRAWING KLANCE the other day #safe to say i damn near shit my pants #hadnt heard it in years either #anyway. baby making shades of purple out of red and blue. etc. etc.

[alicornze7]

I am so normal I am so normal I am so-

did these sketches right after ep 2 and those two are not helping (you know if you know)

#fear not everyone who requested stuff #they're all finished #i just need to get this outta my system real quick #this obsession is really persistent damn #ribbun #tadc gangle #the amazing digital circus #tadc pomni #tadc ragatha #buttonblossom #ragapom #tadc fanart #princess loolilalu #tadc loolilalu #tadc zooble #tadc kinger #its hitting the half a year mark and it has no signs of stopping soon help- #screaming #sobbing #i cant #ahhhhhh #giggling and kicking my legs #I'd prefer no mention of kinger and zooble's height i realized it too late<3