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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.

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.

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?

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So since I combed through 18k notes to block various idiots and clear trolls I don't want on my post I also have now a collection of black trans people and black butches saying that the exact thing I spoke about is what kept/keeps them from exploring their own gender.

And I'm really just debating posting them all in the open where people can see and understand and maybe idk listen to us for once or something.

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Seeing someone with “ex-radfem, still unlearning” in their bio and “tmra/transandrophobia truthers” in their DNI makes so much sense.

So you’ve unlearnt the “vitriolicly hate trans women” part. Have you unlearnt the “women are better than men and always more pure and safe and good and men are always the aggressors and women are always the victims” part?

Bc that part is also bad. Y’know. Bc it leads to abuse, it leads to putting women on pedestals (something which like, is like feminism 101 sexist), and it leads to people denying the importance of intersectionality (ex. radfems claiming that black men hold systemic power over white women bc of the man/woman axis while completely ignoring the entire racialised component).

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Queer history fact: Billy Lee Tipton(1914-1989), a jazz musician who managed to marry five times without anyone finding out that he did not have the genitals a cisgender man is expected to have, had a son who said of his father:

“I think he probably never told us because he was afraid we might have rejected him. I could have accepted it. He did a helluva good job with us. That’s what mattered. He was my dad.”

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Non-binary latino needs your help getting their life together tw s/ attempt 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇻🇪

Hi everyone I'm sorry for doing this again I've been spending all this time healing and it's been a bumpy ride, if you don't know my story feel free to message me, the short version of the story is that i suffered from a benzo withdrawal at the beginning of this year and i try to attempt towards my own life, I'm still going to therapy and we've been trying new meds because I've been very depressed, my doctor and therapist still tell me I am not able to work even tho I'm looking for one because i need financial stability

this money will go towards rent, paying therapy, food and house bills

if there’s anything you want to know please don’t hesitate to send me a message and we can converse

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“stop dating people while you’re healing” is great advice if you have no clue how mental illness and particularly trauma work

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A day late, but posting a story of when we first got married to celebrate our anniversary:

The thing about having an autistic husband, is as much as I love him, he just is not capable of picking up on behaviors or facial expressions and knowing what they mean. He needs me to speak the words I’m feeling.

Early on, this was a problem. When I was exhausted after work and didn’t have the emotional energy to deal with anything, I needed some time alone.

I would say “I’m tired,” get up and leave a room.

He’d follow.

I would shut a door.

He would open it, and keep talking to me.

I had to actually speak the words, “I would like a little bit of space for a while.”

And then he would say, “Oh.” In a sad voice.

And then I’d feel like an asshole, because he always seemed so sad when I did that. I didn’t want to hurt him. I loved him, and I thought I was a bad wife for wanting time for myself. Things were not good.

One day, I came home, and on my desk was a card, laminated. It was simple, black text on white background, in 36-point font. It said:

I love you. Fuck off.

And he took my hands and said the reason he was sad wasn’t that I needed space— he needs his sometimes too, but I pick up the signals and leave him alone.

He felt bad that he couldn’t understand me, and I always looked so uncomfortable and guilty when I told him.

So now I have a card that I can hand to him, any time, and he will understand and go away for an hour and nobody feels guilty.

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Actually this whole Cillian Murphy thing has changed my mind about staying ignorant when it comes to celebrities I think we actually should know the names of actors and not just their works like I don't think that is a bad thing to do

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A quick round-up of queer nonfiction recommendations that I wanted to share!

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir 

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender 

Sacrament of Bodies

Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality

Hi Honey, I’m Homo!

I want to encourage you to request these from local libraries especially right now. If at all possible, it is a great way to support your local queer community and library at the same time!

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pls give me 1(one) reason aces have ever been oppressed, and 1(one) example of aces being a part of lgbt history(before 2004 at least) and then maybe i’ll consider the idea that aces belong in the lgbt community lol

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now i'm usually skeptical of people saying 'oh tumblr should just ban all the terfs and nazis' because generally i think 'more moderation', as much as it might improve a site's usability, is an impractical thing to call for for a host of economic reasons. but i see my trans mutuals' entirely SFW selfies getting flagged and like -- it would literally be less labour and resources to not flag trans women's faces as NSFW! what a fucking joke for a site that brands itself as queer-friendly

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Not familiar with this app but Reddit community recommended me to post here while I still can't request for an aid at r/assistance. So here how it goes. I need help paying for rent. My best friend who is my roommate kicked me out so her bf can move in.

got 5.40 from Reddit out of 500

Cashapp $itsjojeehane380

I'll send my Paypal over if needed.

I hate to do this but I'm desperate. My roommate is kicking me out so her bf can move in. Even tho we live in a 3 bedroom trailer she told me I needed to move out bc he doesn't like the fact that I am trans. Any help would be appreciated.i just started a new job which I don't get my first full check till next Wednesday. I'm so hurt by this. Idk who else to turn too. I put $400 bc that's the limit and I need to get my self tampons and groceries but anything would help. More proof could be added upon request.

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hate say this, but need say

often time when come to queerness, it often white queer autistic ppl who deem us threat to queerness, the I, many queer queer autistic poc with brain issue.

majority of verbal violence get is from white queer autistics,

because they no understand us own identity, own feel, own word, own happiness, because no follow "rule" & what they understand, they think "evil, bad, phobic, bad, threat threat".

because not follow their rule understand, it bad, threat to them.

& no matter how much explain, they deny because no follow their world & word.

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All all all life, face most harm from own community. aal all all life, that why never feel safe be happy with word expression of self.

allways allways say "im autistic too and u bad stupid no understand" "im autistic too n i no understand you therefore u bad",

dont undstarstand why white ppl think we more threat bad than someone pretty pretty one thing perfect rule follower so perfect pretty. it strange.

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so

kiss sapphic men, be man girl lesbian, be earth and sky, be fruit to eye, creature so beautifull it beyond worldly understanding.

break the world break the world, for it not made for you. the body and world is canvas, and beauty is in what you make with blood and happiness. your breath alive and ocean

canvas forced to paint same picture picture picture, it no pretty museum. it no true you.

the world not made for you, slam canvas and shout beauty

world made to paint

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Essential information of previous post:

A product called "i can't believe it's not estrogen" by a company called "estrolabs" is being advertized on Twitter.

It is not estrogen. It is ashwagandha.

The active ingredient increases your lutenizing hormone, which will cause your body to produce more of whichever sex hormone it produces endogenously.

If you have testes, this will increase your testosterone levels.

If you are transfem, this shit will increase your testosterone levels.

They are lying to you to take your money. Don't fucking touch it. Tell your friends and family.

If you're desperate, DIY is an option. The subreddit r/TransDIY is an excellent resource, as is the DIY Wiki.

If what you really want is a herbal supplement, there are certain herbs that will have a minor antiandrogenic effect. The DIY resources here will have more information on it.

Edit: the dose of ashwagandha is so high that it will give you serotonin syndrome within four to eight weeks. This shit is evil.

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People seem to not understand that there is a huge difference between like an annoying cis man going on to a random woman's account to say "Not all men!!" and when she makes a post like "men are so annoying" after some dude hits on her. And like trans men, men of color, and queer men discussing the way that their manhood is used to villainize them. Oppressed men whose oppression overlap with the way men are seen in society or in LGBT and libfem/radfem spaces and a genuine conversation of "not all men are evil rapists or misogynists and the men most accused of these things are men of color and trans men" is important. And if you're replying to those conversations with " are we doing #notallmen to coddle fragile transmascs" and "men aren't oppressed" or "KYS", then you're preforming racism and transphobia/transandrophobia while feeding into separation of genders and enforcing a binary that harms people across the spectrum.

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So Arizona launched an “education hotline” that allows “concerned parents” to report “””critical race theory””” and other things like ~gender identity~ being taught in the classroom

It would be a shame if the number and email were spread to bad actors looking to prank call the AZ Department of Education

602-771-3500 or empower @ azed .gov 🤡