#history

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[yesterdaysprint]

Aldous Huxley in The San Francisco Examiner, February 18, 1933

[frostedmagnolias]

“Mary Wallace was the first woman bus driver with the Chicago Transit Authority in 1974. Her job applications were rejected for three years, but her persistence paid off. She was eventually hired under an affirmative action program. Wallace became one of the city’s most popular drivers over her thirty-three year career.”

Happy Black History Month!

[thehmn]

Foxes disguised as monks. On the left from Japan and on the right from Denmark.

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ACT UP, 1990

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New York City, 1970s

[victusinveritas]

All of this is correct. No notes.

[tardigradesonthemoon]

how do fights tho??

Hungarian swords, 14th century, at the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul. The middle sword is 8ft long

[yesterdaysprint]

Daily News, New York, May 10, 1936

[beggars-opera]

Trump: STOP BEING MEAN TO MY FRIEND'S BUSINESS! BOYCOTTING IS ILLEGAL! I WILL MAKE YOU BUY HIS STUFF!

Me, gazing into Boston Harbor with a tear in my eye: that's what they said about the British East India Company my dude

[mismedleym]

joan of arc

[esper-the-nekomancer]

Although it is true that the clothing it’s self has no gender they can and do carry certain stereotypical connotations based on the gender that most commonly wears ie. woman typically wear dresses and men typically wear shirts and pants because of this wearing clothes that don’t align with your gender identity especially for trans people can potentially cause dysphoria (not always I personally don’t get dysphoria from presenting masc although I’d rather not but that’s just me) and wearing clothes that do align with your gender identity can cause euphoria. It wasn’t until we started riding horses that men actually began to wear pants and there are a lot of historical photos/paintings that portray men wearing extravagant gowns and even back in the early days of America circa 1780 something young children regardless of gender were seen wearing dresses as they were easier to make (I remember seeing a picture of a young FDR in a dress once but can’t find it at the moment) so in reality clothes never had gender connotations until very recently in history but because of this and there typically associated gender stereotypes clothing can (but always) cause gender dysphoria/euphoria.

the statements "clothes don't have gender" and "clothes can and do invoke gender dysphoria and euphoria for many people" can and should coexist.

[cryotrash]

A true story from 1928 with a few artistic embellishments.

(And starring my disaster boys Jack and Al, of course)

[liberaljane]

🧵 THREAD: This #PrideMonth, don’t forget that the fight for queer liberation didn’t start or end with marriage equality.

💪✨ We need to keep fighting for our rights.

Here’s are a few examples:

💋 Before the 2003 Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas, same-smex smexual activity was illegal in fourteen U.S. states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. military

👶 Before 2015, LGBTQ+ couples couldn’t adopt in all 50 states. Before the Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, laws varied wildly by state.

🏳️‍🌈 Before 1973, the American Psychiatric Association listed homosmexuality as a ‘mental illness.’ In December 1973, a vote was successfully held to remove it.

🗳️ Before 1974, there were no openly gay elected officials. That changed with Kathy Kozachenko, who became the first openly gay American elected to public office in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

🎖️ Before 2011, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” banned LGBTQ+ people from serving openly in the military.

💍 Before 2015, LGBTQ+ couples couldn’t get married in all 50 states. At the time, laws varied by state, and while many states allowed for civil unions for same-sex couples, it created a separate but equal standard.

💼 Before 2020, employers could legally discriminate against queer and trans employees. It wasn’t until the U.S. Supreme Court held that an employer who fires or otherwise discriminates against an individual simply for being gay or transgender is in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Huge thanks to Richard of the Order of the Blade for throwing me around!

(If you’re in the UK, consider checking them out! The order are a combat school with a really fun and welcoming ethos)

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