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I know i (relatively) just posted this but, i was scrolling through and saw it again, and because of the format of the original pic, the first thing i saw was "no he's not" and then the " i don't see anything" part, so i literally didn't see anything, as it should be. So sayeth The MADGOD, or whatever.

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kinda random but:

the great thing about critical analysis is that you can listen to some rando rambling about absolutely nothing and learn that if you drink a little too much, placing your hand on a flat, stable surface can help ease the dizziness and nausea.

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Fractals

Spiraling

Ever downward

Ever upward

On and on

Forever

Patterns

Repeating

Nested

Time

Space

Infinity

Nothingness

All the same

Differing only in Appearance

Perspective

All the same

Rotating

Through more dimensions

Than we can see

Comprehend

All the same

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This kind of stuff is why the divine tenets of The MADGOD are worded the way they are:

"None shall deprive another of any resource from any person... [or] withhold an abundance of any resource from any person"

Companies are not people

CEOs are not being deprived

These companies are withholding resources while people starve in the streets

Then, turn around and steal from our pockets and call it fair

Fuck Capitalism, Steal Shit, Be Gay, Do Crime, Eat the Rich!

So sayeth The MADGOD. Feel free to treat this as scripture or whatever.

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Tides ebb and flo

Kingdoms rise and fall

This fluctuation

This balancing act of dichotomies

Is a false order

In all things chaotic

Patterns will emerge

And

Given enough time

All patterns will play out

An infinite number of times

Forward and backward

In every combination

For such is Chaos

That it allows all things

Even Order

At least

For a time

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"Pride month is over"

WRONG! Your pride month is over! Me and all the other disabled queers are having pride month two: disability edition

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I feel so... down whenever I want to watch queer or trans videos because I know in the back of my mind that none of the current large queer content creators' content or community is safe for people like me, intersex people.

I love their work otherwise, but it hurts badly to hear them toss around casual intersexism in their videos constantly when discussing queer and trans issues and nobody ever mentions it.

And because these are large, popular creators, nobody has ever listened when I've tried to ask they adjust their language. My dms go ignored or unseen and my public comments get drowned out by fans defending their intersexist comments. It's emotionally draining and exhausting, I just want to be included in my own community.

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The T-shirt David was wearing :) <3

It is from Stevie Brocksom (orders only through Stevie's website, any you see on amazon is a fake so report there :))

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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.

[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.

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Have you ever looked in the mirror

and seen yourself

your true self

the very essence of who you are

of what makes you

you

it has been debated

as to whether the terror of being knowns

is worth the joy of being understood

but so few have experienced

the far greater euphoria

of understanding oneself

and being understood by oneself

as they can not handle

the existential horror

of knowing oneself

and being known by oneself

this duality is

in many cases

enough

to

drive

one

MAD

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Color bursts within my chest

floods through my veins

burns me from within

til naught is left

but the charred remains

of an empty husk

but at the core

forged in these flames

a diamond

pure and brilliant

my true self

my own divinity

sloughing off the detritus

and ascending

and so

wrought from the strife of living

and the perseverance of surviving

born in the divine form

Awakens

The MADGOD

*Note: as is often the case, Awakens also means Arises

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thank you staff for protecting your user base and good old fashioned family values by flagging *checks notes* cutesy lgbt stickers 👍

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Hi There! I am a fully cis man. However I am disgusted by the treatment of transfem users on this website. So, I emailed some press about just my recent issues I’ve personally noticed and support emails documented, and Guess what, you can too!

Yeah, you can do that! If you are a trans person you can say “Hey, this shit is going on.” And if you have enough documentation, they will notice and say Hey, that’s weird? Here’s some now

Media Matters: A left leaning publication

email action@mediamatters.org or call 202.756.4100.

Glaad: A LGBT advocacy organization that you can contact using this page for more suggestions

Vox, a general left leaning site they ain’t perfect but hey:

Fuck it, CNN!

If you are a trans user on this website with documented support emails with Tumblr’s behavior or can personally attest to how staff treated you? send out information let them know what is going on, and please find other websites that you get your news from to let them know! If i’m nuked? Lmao.

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I was in line at Aldi and this girl with two toddlers in front of me had her card declined and she looked so fucking sad and said “let me call my husband real quick” and it was only 18 dollars, so I just paid for it, and she was very sweet and then as she walked off, the lady behind me said `”You know that was probably a scam, right?” and like, even if it was, like what a sad fucking scam, right? 18 dollars at the Aldi. If you’re “scamming” me for some Tyson chicken and apple juice and cauliflower, then just take my fucking money. 

“A scam” people are fucking wild.  

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Hello!

I have a favour to ask of yall!

There is a library/ transfemme coffee shop trying to open in Montréal/Tiohtià:ke to provide a safe space for transfemme and 2sLGBTQIA+ community.

They will provide spaces for meetings, chilling, studying and I think to make arts and get politicized.

It would mean the world to me if you could give a dollar or two, and share the post!!

Here's the link to their insta : https://www.instagram.com/agenda.coop?igsh=MWZqYjFydHB0cjBmMw==

And to the -> fundraiser <-

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A voice whispers in my mind

in silver crowned tones

heavy with silken words

and gossamer prose

such sweet subtleties

hide the cruel machinations

of complex deceptions

and malicious schemes

harken not that soft voice

for truth is so rarely kind

and life so rarely fair

such is that

when truth speaks

its words fall

not as feathers

but as bricks

and even then

more oft than not

in obscene abundance