#the build up of it all damn

[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

[keii]

Drew a nalu sketch bc for some reason my old ass art of them is making its rounds again on here lol

#this one's for u tumblr... for having me relive my terrible nalu art LOL #i will never revist fairy tail in its entirety again #but will i watch ship videos about em? yea LOL #idk what anime ship i have that has had a grip on me like them bc wtf... ft was so ass #okay it wasn't total shit but like it dragged on for too damn long #all that build up with absolutely no consequences... like... there's no tension?? NOTHING WAS DIRE LOL #but i guess that's what to expect in ft... well i wasn't expecting it when i was reading/watching it #was hoping ppl DIED!! LOOL #but i pushed through the entire anime and manga JUST for them... #mashima figured out the formula of building up a pairing bc wtf is in nalu that had such a strong hold #art #nalu #fairy tail #natsu #lucy #natsu dragneel #lucy heartfilia #killamonart

[heartorbit]

a fool and a sinner

#heyy WATCH REVUE STARLIGHT[TRAIN PASSES OVERHEAD] I SAID WATCH REVUE ST [FOGHORN] [SIRENS] #revue starlight #revstar #hikari kagura #kagura hikari #shoujo kageki revue starlight #Girl you're so damn dramatic get your ass up and continue the cycle #STFU AND START ONCE AGAIN BUILDING THE TOWER THAT WILL INEVITABLY FALL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #i'm back in my bimonthly revsta haze. Oh my god starry session revival was SOOOOOOOOOO. #i missed seeing kukugumi performing together. And oh my god mayanana sirius. OH MY GODDDDDDD #PRIDE AND ARROGANCE WAS ONLY SUPPODE FTO BE KAORUKO AND THEY WERE LIKE THATS CRAZY CAN WE MAKE TOXIC YURI OUT OF THIS? IKUTERU GET UP THERE #i screamed. all i can say #semester AMOST OVER assignments MANAGEABLE status: ALIVE #pretend i didnt post a drawing of myself coughing uo blood on twitter 24 hours ago. teehee #i need to rewatch gekijouban. Will be a little treatfor me after my last assignment gets handed in #Also theres this rpgmaker game ive been following that finally came out this year and inknow it will give me brain worms im so excited to #play it. ALSO I HAVE AN EMU TO POST I DID AN AGGIE WITH MY CLASSMATE but i gotta clean her up. maybe tonight after homework. amen #its her n cinnamorolllll so cutessss SOOOO CUTES

[brother-emperors]

listen. listen, there's a kind of intimacy in having a dedicated rivalry, okay. who else is going to know you like this!!! also it's funny

Ascanio Maria Sforza: la parabola politica di un cardinale-principe del Rinascimento, Marco Pellegrini

Julius II: The Warrior Pope, Christine Shaw

and on della rovere’s soldier comment:

Popes, Cardinals and War: The Military Church in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe, D.S. Chambers

and finally! regarding the delightful Mess of political-family relationships, including the marriage comment (altho the montefeltro family that giovanni married into did have sforza family ties, since giovanna's mother was battista sforza, but this is about the more immediate alliance based relationship and della rovere's hand in the rejection of a milanese match for his brother. and. this is not even remotely a serious comic, but now I am once again thinking about insular all these families are. the fucking medicis are here too, if you go half a step to the left on della rovere's family tree)

Julius II: The Warrior Pope, Christine Shaw

Giulio II, Il papa del Rinascimento, Giulio Busi (Bianca Maria Visconti is Ascanio's mom. btw)

panel inserts of the cards they're playing with are all from the Visconti-Sforza tarot deck! (I used public domain scans/photos for the comic itself)

ko-fi!⭐ bsky ⭐ pixiv ⭐ pillowfort ⭐ cohost ⭐ cara.app

#weeping. ascanio's dialogue covers up della rovere's sleeve collar. i spent all that time drawing details on it and FOR WHAT #(it was fun) #there was another deleted bit where ascanio has some petty line like 'i bet arguing makes you hard' but then i realized #that's something that lucullus would probably say to crassus and also i need to set that line up for ascanio #we gotta. we gotta character build (lays down face in the ground) we have to provide the character set up for it #it's really more of a line for cesare to drop at some point over how much rodrigo and ascanio argued #shout out to the time rodrigo threatened to throw ascanio into the tiber river or that time ascanio like. decided to physically get into #a fight with juan borgia #and they were still gambling partners after that????? damn okay. sometimes the vice chancellor can be (checks note) im not finishing #that statement #komiks tag #italian renaissance tag #ascanio sforza #giuliano della rovere #i WILL get a relationship dynamic tag for them once i can figure out something punchy and fun. anyway! #ehgh. I NEED. to go to milan. and go thru the archives. let me in. LET ME INNNNNNNNN

[ballpitwitch]

KEANU REEVES in 1999

#😧😧😧 #Keanu Reeves #kreevesedit #keanuedit #* #don't even look at me #i'm building a time machine that's all there is to it #im fine #*narrator voice* she was not even remotely fine but she was often good at lying to herself #HAIR HOW.....HOW #i usually care about video quality but when THIS is the content of the video idc if it's 144p i will make do #they really just let him walk around like that #menace #i think my throat closed up #just kidding i'd be opening my throat #me @ me: 🔇 #*air raid sirens* #he really has just been here and gorgeous my whole damn life #such a comfort #someone reblogged one of my other sets and tagged it with 'i need him in a way that's concerning to feminism' #i've never felt so seen and understood #me: did you need to make 10? also me: coulda made 30 now apparently so.....

[floorpancakes]

ok but im rly into the idea of till having a new era that brings the light back to his eyes and drives him forward if he gets to escape the arena. idk where he'd go from there but i want to see ivans sacrifice both haunt him and drive him to actually live his damn life after being the captured bird refusing freedom cause of mizi. once he knows she's alive with the resistance he might be able to actually experience other things and widen his world and if that happens and he puts his personal sense of rebellion towards the human cause OR settles into finding some other way to feel fulfilment that isn't a single person that could be deeply fascinating to me i think

#alien stage #ramble #idk #till alien stage #as an xxxholic fan i want to see caged birds fly and all the fear and loss and grit and progress that comes with it #till era would be so fucking fun #especially when characters r built arnd one person or one goal or something you want to see them find new things to suffer or thrive abt (?) #random inconsequential thought imagine till hooking up with hyunas besties and they become a resistance throuple #idk i just want till to experience the wider world as the one that was the most restrained by his heart AND literally #cause even compared to the other anakt kids he suffered so much in those damn buildings and labs #i wanna see him freed and what that means for ivans legacy as the person who was unseen but someone who both contributed to and desperately #tried to stop his pain and confinement no matter what #honestly the thing i wanna see most rn off the top of my head is #till coming to terms with what he knows and sees about ivan now #no matter how he feels about it i think ivan wont be forgotten that easily #i want to know whats going thru tills head rn immediately in this moment #cause this snapped him in some way and he is acutely aware of things he didnt even notice before #while handling the mizi desth thing #that he assumed was happening #if he is assumedly saved i want to see the explosion that is knowung mizi is alive #knowing ivan is dead and how ivan felt #and knowing he has a way out of the cage #because its a triple whammy #i want to see his brain exploding in real time thinking abt all these things #and what sort of person the revelations will make him become #also i want to see mizi and till have like an actual conversation cause itd be a wildcard especially right now

[stuffy-just-doodles]

So i come back to smg4 for one day, and all hell is breaking lose!-

I mean, i shouldn't be surprised, but...

Good lord, im actually scared - /hj

So imma just-

*cough* *cough*

#smg4 #smg4 fanart #smg4 smg3 #smg3 #supermarioglitchy4 #stuffy doodles #when i got caught up i was genuinely concerned for smg4's well being and sanity #and i should be- #also they got design upgrade #which is nice too #but god damn the fucking build up scared me fjfjdjskdj #if smg3 doesn't hug 4 imma be mad- /j #pls #glitch productions #look all im saying rn #smg34 #smg43 #reel?

[auspicioustidings]

Any chance of us finding out how Price got his wife in the ghost drabble? 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 pretty please

Ok so in my head Price met his wife in his younger days. She was a rebel fighter against an opressive regime (it's why he has such a soft spot for Farah) but the rebellion was violent as all hell. Think suffragettes or IRA, most countries classified them terrorists because they were absolutely willing to fight dirty.

So Price is a newly promoted Lieutenant sent to subdue this terrorist cell after a bunch of civilian casualties from an attack. Through a series of increasingly unlikely events, him and his future wife wind up captured together. Him for obvious reasons, her because someone at the top of the rebellion wanted her out of the way and betrayed her, did not like a woman having that much influence.

She spent the whole time trying to kill Price with her bare hands, very much viewing him as the enemy. They sort of trauma bonded when they were getting treated worse and worse and in the end the only way to get out of it was to work together.

She found this begruding respect for him that turned quickly to violent homicidal tendancies when having finally escaped he slapped cuffs on her and hauled her ass in. He manipulated his way into becoming her handler, arguing that putting her in prison was optically a bad move.

Queue years of being attached at the hip with her coming up with new ways in which she thinks she can kill him and escape. Only when one day he comes home and he's injured, he's defenceless, he'd be so easy to kill, she just cannot do it. Nurses him back to health.

They take down the man who betrayed her together and while her home did see a regime change for the better, by that time she realised her home was now with Price.

He does bring her on base sometimes to give his boys some lessons on guerrilla warfare and tricksy ways to escape captivity, but she has never found herself in violent situations again and honestly? She finds she is totally at peace with that. She killed her first human at the age of 15 and was waging war right up until they met, so now she just gets to bake and knit and read strories to kids at the library she works at.

Like he absolutely held this woman captive for years, but they are currently very much in love and she comes and goes as she pleases.

#mhairidrabbles #I pretend I do not see the Stockholm Syndrome #he gushes about Farah to his wife all the damn time and she is desperate to meet her #but Price suspects they would get along far too well and somehow wind up blowing up a government building or the like #mhairidrabblescodkidnappers

[tainted-esau]

Woa

#tboi #tboi fanart #tboi au #israel au #dark esau #tboi azazel #tboi lazarus #tboi abel #tboi magdalene #tboi maggie #tboi cain #jacob and esau #i don't watermark my things all that often anymore but this is something that made me go damn. i should do that #i wanted to add a few of Israel's unlockable items onto the background wings but i think this is already enough of a clusterfuck lmao #anyway i love this au sm i love building characters up just to traumatize them in the worst ways i can think of lmao #for now they're all relatively chill and having a good time #but oh man when i eventually draw the truth I'm going to feel terrible #shoutout to Esau though he's a good brother and i did him dirty he deserved better #omori au

[front-facing-pokemon]

did you know? (⁠＾◕⁠ ‿⁠‿⁠ ◕＾)?

i did. did you know:

that is REALLY funny to me?? especially considering in the twilight wings shorts on youtube they didn't even give a single bitch in the galar region a british accent

no sorry <3 (lie)

welcome to diancie moments here with diancie gaming to diancie it up

#long post #uuughhh. so many asks are building up that i gotta respond to just 'cause i normally respond to asks and queue shit up at the same time #but queueing shit up has been taking so damn long recently and it's been taking so much out of me that i just haven't had the time #or like. more accurately. the willpower. to respond to all these asks. hopefully the responses here are halfway decent #not pkmn #nose ratings

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Wait holdup what’s this about Howdy’s shop burning down and nearly taking him with it?? (talking about human au)

oh yeah lmfao it caught fire

it wasn't like... foul play or anything. in my mind it was some sort of electrical failure or bizarre accident. like a lightning strike! actually wait i like that lightning strike idea bc then it could be Raining for this very dramatic scene and i do love me some rain juxtaposing fire <3

and Howdy would've been fine! he got all of his employees and customers out of the building, including himself. he handed them off to Barnaby & Wally, who had been swinging by for dinner with fantastic timing (the fire department was just then arriving). then, like an idiot, Howdy went right back inside the Very On Fire building!

bc, ok, he lives in his store. specifically, above it. the ground floor is the store, then there's a staircase going up to an apartment. and naturally, Howdy was not gonna abandon all of his / the store's legal documents (also his coupon stash) to burn.

so in his mind he was like "yeah ill just pop in, grab these very important files, and then get out. easy!". babe, you're giving Barnaby & Wally a heart attack. that's what you're doing. dumbass (affectionate)

but yeah he's in there, in the burning building, smoke everywhere. meanwhile outside firefighters (and Wally) have to physically hold Barnaby back from going in after Howdy, even though a few more firefighters already went in to find him. its all very dramatic! blah blah blah the front door becomes unusable, blah blah blah the apartment windows explode due to thermal stress & also bc i want them to, etc etc

long story short the firefighters get Howdy out through the back, and mostly unscathed at that! ofc smoke inhalation is a thing, he's got some minor cuts and burns, but it's really not that bad! lucky bastard! he gets taken to the hospital to get treated & make sure he's fine, and he is.

naturally he stays with Barnaby & Wally for a while. he doesn't have a say in the matter lol he was planning on getting a motel room or somethin, but Barnaby picked him up from the hospital, took him home, and went "alright the guest room is ready for you we can go shopping tomorrow for anything you need, you live here now". good thing Howdy rescued his coupons!

the fire damage to the building is, thankfully, mostly cosmetic. it takes a while to clean & fix it, but Howdy has great friends and a wonderful community to help out! everyone chips in, some fundraisers happen, Wally sells some Darling™️ Exclusives™️, etc. long story short they get the store back up & running, and with some new bells and whistles to go with it!

#the scene is Very Vivid in my head #i had to sneak some action drama in there somewhere!!!! #what better than a building fire!! what can i say! im a sucker for the #'character watches person they love run straight into danger & is unable to follow them' #'and so is forced to watch in terror unsure if the loved one will make it out alive' #trope!!! its damn good!!! ill never tire of it!!! #the rain glittering in the firelight! the red-blue of emergency lights! glass raining down! wet pavement & black smoke! #its about The Visuals!! #i think my favorite part of the Brain Scene is when they get howdy out & he's like. half collapsed on the curb w/ an oxygen mask #and barnaby is Hovering! very freaked out but also immensely relieved! as soon as he learns theyre taking howdy to the hospital #he sprints to his car to go follow the ambulance!! #(in my mind julie eddie and sally had shown up & wally stayed with them to answer questions / keep an eye on things) #but yeah! drama Babey!!! #rambles from the bog #wh modern human au #i feel so bad for howdy lmfao #like... that store is his Everything and it got crispied. so did his home. and pretty much all his possessions #i also feel very bad for barnaby! he has a bad year bc of Two Incidents! #barnaby 'if one more person i love winds up injured in the hospital im going to Lose It' b. beagle #barnaby: well that whole fire thing was a disaster but we're all okay <3 with any luck there'll be no more hospital visits <3 #wally: im about to end this mans whole career- #ough and the arc of howdy living with them for a bit.... ougggghhhh #bc he & barns are in that 'our mutual feelings are unspoken but we both Know' inbetween state #its like a trial run for their future lmfao #except. a depressed trial run. bc howdy is very fucking upset about losing his Home & Possessions #a piece of the world he'd carved out for himself that was His and no one else's #he has a period of pushing through with an 'everything is fine i can work w this' pained grin and emotional avoidance #until obviously he hits a wall and Crashes. depressy spaghetti time! #he'll be fine but he doesn't feel like it for a while <3 good thing he's got awesome friends to keep him afloat <3

[novantinuum]

when the blind reactors you watch are starting to get into the Nitty Gritty of plot and you are going to have to be Very Careful in your meta ramble comments from now on so as to not accidentally sway their thinking or Give Anything Away

#SoEverdream on patreon just finished s3 #and got to the 'rose shattered pink diamond' (*major irony Air Quotes*) ''reveal'' #we really in it now boys #jen rambles #man tho it's so funny at the end of s3 he was musing on if the reveal of what rose ''did'' would at all change steven's willingness to be #more offensive on the field in a situation of need and he was like... 'man part of me... actually really wants that and a part of me #Does Not because steven is a literal child and at the end of the day i want him to stay innocent' #and meanwhile in the back of my head i'm just #war flashbacks to 16 yr old steven Going On the Offensive and uh #it not ending well :') #which i still think... narratively- how it's presented- was kinda genius on a meta level #they play up that fight the whole episode... building up towards it with a whole anime-esque training montage #playing it up like some fuckin shounen shenanigans #for Many audience members i think they were like 'holy shit lets GOOOOOO fight fight fight' #but then like #WHAM. consequences hit #and it's not a fun little shounen fight scene anymore #and you realize that this is the worst possible thing that could've ever happened to steven- truly giving himself over to the offensive #like god damn holy SHIT i cannot wait for this reactor to eventually get there #bc his reaction to steven having to stab a sword clear through bismuth was VISCERAL #and i just KNOW it'll be the same at That Moment #and i CRAVE it #but i need to be patient ahahah #all in good time :)

[heyitsphoenixx]

never have I related more to ame than in this ep and that’s saying a lot

#wbn #worlds beyond number #all the little social missteps that build up into a literal explosion #that fucking insight check at the beginning. #I have once again been Too Seen #like what good is it being so insightful and curious about the world if no one else will go there w you #also the feeling of being a trapped animal and feeling the cage walls closing in on you and just having to Act #I understand everything suvi did and my heart breaks for her #but god damn. I would be ame lol

[youre-fired-s-seaborn]

Oh west wing season two episode ten “Noel” we’re really in it now..

#tww #the west wing #josh lyman #OUGHHHJ OHH MY GOD. KILL ME NOW #how did you cut your hand. #i can hear the damn sirens all over the building #I CANT HELP YOU IF YOU DONT LISTEN SO PLEASE LISTEN TO ME. #josh i don’t think you were fully conscious while you were saying that. #i know what atva is #a perfectly healthy pilot kills himself and no one’s asking why? #you’re in nine kinds of pain. #I COULDNT MAKE IT STOP I DIDNT KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT STOP #because we get better. #i didnt cut my hand on a glass leo i broke a window in my apartment. #IVE BEEN DOWN HERE BEFORE AND I KNOW THE WAY OUT. #LONG AS I GOT A JOB YOU GOT A JOB UNDERSTAND? #OHHHH MY. JENEKDBEKDBDJDWJDJJE #SHUT THE FUCK UP RIGJT NOW. STFU AARON SORKIN #I CSNT TAKE IT.

[jhil-inthebox]

so you're telling me mizu, taigen and akemi DON'T end up in a poly relationship?

#with all that build up? damn. #also dont forget to sail the seven seas for this show #blue eye samurai #thought box

[outislovescomics]

As far as Beast moments go, the implication that Hank just booked it directly to L.A like some sort of Simon Williams-based homing missile. has gotta be up there

#saw the previews caught up. waiting patiently for next week. #hank mccoy #listen we've been given nothing else so far. #I choose to believe he ran 2500 miles in a straight line towards his husband across lakes and through buildings #I promise this isn't just a hankposting sideblog I do care about other characters and media <- he said. only partially lying #its not my fault my main courses this term are all centered around genetics. I'm literally trapped on all sides you can't blame me AMFDSAKF #I can't believe I made this blog cause I was like 'damn I've been getting really into spider-man' #<- unaware of the large X-Men shaped missile heading towards him #x-force spoilers