#damn he lived

[beardedmrbean]

An Arizona mother was praised for springing into action and saving her daughter from an intruder in their house.

The registered sex offender, identified as 54-year-old Lloyd Beard of Prescott, was arrested after deputies found him lying on the ground with his pants down.

The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office said Beard had broken into the family's house in Paulden in the early hours of Wednesday. Mayla Hogan and her two children were inside the house at the time, according to AZ Family.

Hogan's 12-year-old daughter woke up to find the man inside her bedroom, touching her face. Beard then got into her bed with her, the sheriff's office said.

The child managed to alert Hogan, who rushed into the room and tried to drive the man out of the house.

"I was telling him to get out, and I was opening the door because he just wasn't responding. And, of course, I physically removed him from the house. But when I did that, I was able to tell that his pants were down," Hogan told 12 News.

Hogan confronted Beard in the yard, "where he was exposing himself and threatening to 'drop her,'" the sheriff's office wrote on Facebook.

When Beard tried running away, the mother and her teenage son chased after him. They managed to restrain him until deputies arrived at the scene at around 3 a.m.

Beard was found on the ground with some minor injuries, caused by the scuffle he had with Hogan.

"If I'm being honest, my mom got a couple, a lot of hits in," Hogan's son told the outlet.

The intruder was given medical attention at the scene and taken to the hospital before being booked into the Yavapai County jail.

The sheriff's office credited Hogan for saving the child from further harm

"The quick action of the mother saved not only her daughter from further trauma but managed to help take a dangerous predator off the streets," the sheriff's office wrote.

"By the grace of God I'm a rough neck," the relieved mother told the outlet, adding, "by the grace of God I have good children, and by that same grace of god we will prevail."

Officials said Beard is a level 3 sex offender, who registered with the sheriff's office last week.

He is now facing multiple charges for breaking into the 12-year-old girl's bedroom. The charges included indecent exposure, voyeurism, aggravated assault, burglary, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct.

"Violent sexual crimes against children are among the most heinous offenses I can think of. I am always as shocked as all of you at the capacity of these appalling offenders to prey on the vulnerable" said Sheriff David Rhodes. "These violent criminals must be removed from society, and we will always seek to prosecute them and fight for justice for their victims."

[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.

[corvid-khaos]

fionna and cake but simon drops increasingly wild anecdotes about his life

[ppeuppeuppeu]

this was honestly so frickin HOT

[cleric4vampire]

wyll.y.am ravengard, I love you so

everyone loves to put him in gold (rightly so) but my personal style is lots of silver jewelry + heavy eyeliner so that's what I gave him. also roses because he's so damn venusian

[wintergrofyuri]

[zutarawasrobbed]

I’m sorry, but the Netflix showrunner referring to Kataang as an “issue to tackle” in the future is some of the funniest shit I’ve ever read/heard.

[nobie]

[lucdoodle]

Oh man the Buggy wink scene!! I had to draw it!

[popsicle-stick]

“Why, this beats even shorthand! May I hear it say something?”

a commission of jack and mina from the scene where he's showing her the phonograph!

[justaz]

merlin told arthur his favorite color was the color of the sky during sunset when it shifted into a deep violet. arthur gets a tunic made in that exact shade. its the best thing merlin owns. arthur was hoping that would mean he’d wear it almost everyday but merlin almost never wears it. the only time he does wear it is when royals come to visit (which isn’t all that often). arthur “subtly” asks about it and merlin is like “it’s the best thing i own. i’m not gonna dirty it mucking out the stables or serving rowdy knights wine while they splatter food on it” and arthur is like “why not wear it when nobles come to visit? look at least a little presentable for them” (cough nice save). merlin doesn’t see the point in it bc nobles don’t care about him at best, view him as less than human at worst.

arthur really just wants to see his boyfriend servant in the tunic he had made for him (bonus points for sending a message that merlin is his. not that merlin seems to notice. man is too much of an idiot). merlin wants to preserve his favorite tunic and gift from his boyfriend king.

[riickgrimes]

Rick + giving Michonne gifts What are you up to, Grimes? I'm just working with what I got.

bonus:

[wistfulwatcher]

EMILY & HOTCH DANCING in 7.24 RUN

[bishy437]

Modern Hualian Reunion???

just xie lian things <3

i badly doodled some of the convo me (blue) and my friend (grey) were having abt hualian

[sunshinegat0r]

PLEASE I've been WAITING to see him smile like a big goofball!!

[absolberts251]

you're a mean one captain kuro