#happy 6th of July

[paulic]

the love was there I think, until the end even

[icriedforthemoon]

Guys, I'm genuinely curious..

Do you think Paul is self aware of his homoerotic psychosexual relationship he had with John?

I've read a lot of things that are in favour of him being oblivious or him knowing everything and acknowledging it.

I just don't know what to believe, honestly.

[javelinbk]

Good luck to all fifteen year old boys going to village fetes today… I hope you find your future musical partner/lifelong obsession

[ringosmistress]

6th july, 1957

Happy mclennon day

[max-nico]

In your opinion, which pairing hasn't gotten enough together time, and how would you think it'd go?

In STH ?

Definitely any interactions with Shadow or Silver (Blaze as well imo), they both have a lot of potential with a lot of other characters and they're rarely ever used to the height of it :(((

I wanna see an adventure Silver and the chaotix sooo bad, sooooo bad. I just think Silver takes things a little too seriously and mix that with the chaotix hijinks ? It would be so fun I love them.

I would also murder to see more kid-centric stuff. I mean Tails, Charmy, Cream, and you can add Ray, Bean, and Kit if you want too. I wanna see the babies of the group have fun together, they deserve it. Can you imagine Tails affinity for building bombs, Beans affinity for using them, and Charmys affinity for seeing things explode, all being put in a room together ??? They'd be unstoppable, and so incredibly silly.

Also noting here, would love to see more of the Sonic girls together. They are underutilized, and it is a crime. This includes Marine, free my girl, she did nothing wrong.

Now as for Shadow. I wanna see him and Tails be friends. They're two of my favorite characters please let them be friends please please please please please please please. Like yeah watching Shadow repeatedly body the little fox is funny, but counter point, what if they love each other like family. What then ?

Thank you for the ask 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾 I know you asked for only one pairing but I got carried away skdhfjfnkf my top two characters who need screentime together is Shadow and Tails, or Tails, Cream, and Charmy.

Also if you're walking about romantic pairings uhm... Idk... You are asking the wrong person I am a certified aromantic 🔥

[stardestroyerss]

Happy Birthday Cody Fern!

[duranduratulsa]

Now showing on my 80's Fest 4th of July movie 🎬 🎞 🎥 marathon...Top Gun (1986) on classic DVD 📀! #movie #movies #actionadventure #topgun #tomcruise #ValKilmer #KellyMcGillis #anthonyedwards #MegRyan #TomSkerritt #timrobbins #michaelironside #JamesTolkan #rickrossovich #adrianpasdar #whiphubley #johnstockwell #dvd #80s #80sfest #durandurantulsas6thannual80sfest #4thofJuly #IndependenceDay #happybirthdayamerica #USA #America #GodBlessAmerica

[barelyaveragebarley]

Today, 67 years ago, John and Paul met at the Woolton village garden FÊTE. The fucking FATE!!!Like- AUGHGHGAHH it was fate!!!! it was destiny they were meant to be they're soulmates how am I supposed to be normal about any of this?

[caracolcondiarrea]

Doing the writing in the English C1 exam feels EXACTLY like Hamilton writing the Federalist papers.

[ra1nybowi-sys]

Happy Birthday. ☁️

Happy Birthday to the kid that survived this long. Happy Birthday to the kid who fought for so long. Happy Birthday to the kid who held off suicide. Happy Birthday to the kid who would physically fight their hallucinations and suicidal thoughts everyday. Happy Birthday to the kid who discovered us. Happy Birthday to the kid who took hours out of their day, everyday to research about us. Happy Birthday to the kid who took it to heart to learn and note whatever they could about our experiences. Happy Birthday to the kid who's willing themself to be better. Happy Birthday to the kid who kept the system stable. Happy Birthday to the kid somewhere in headspace, somewhere.

☆

Happy Birthday, Skittle. We miss you so, so much, We don't know why you've disappeared, but that's okay. When you get back, you're getting so many hugs and updates about what's been going on as of recent. We love you, little cloud kitten.

Happy Birthday to Skittle and the Body!

[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.

[paulic]

[caterpillarinacave]

Hiii how are youu? I've been wanting to tell you this for so long but I couldn't find the time to sit down and write it, I've read the latest chapters from both To love, to long and to fear and from Mea culpa and I wanted to thank you soo much for writing such wonderful fics!

Aw, thanks so much! So glad you've enjoyed them, I like to think they're turning out pretty well.

[figmentforms]

Part 244 of  “A Tale of Two Rulers” (July 12, 2023) ★Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/LorIllustration ★

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Thanks so much to all my amazing supporters that help make this comic happen! ♥

I'll be at GenCon in Indianapolis, IN on Aug 3rd to the 6th with my art booth, Lor Illustration in space 2960 (In the Entrepreneurs' Avenue Section). As always, I love to meet people who enjoy my work and more than happy to talk spoilers if you like that kinda thing. :) I also hope to have a new AToTR design/art book out for the show! Hopefully I can meet that deadline! For people who can't make it to the show, I will also have copies of my comic (and hopefully that art book) for sale in my Etsy store. https://www.etsy.com/shop/FigmentForms

Thank you again for your continued support and patience with my slow progress. I really hope my work continues to bring you some fun and thank you for everything! :)

[sacramentohistorymuseum]

Happy Islamic New Year! Also known as the Hijri New Year, it is the first day of Muharram, which is the first month in the Islamic calendar. The starting point of Islamic calendar is migration of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE. This day, observed at sunset of July 6th this year, signifies a time of renewal and spiritual contemplation.

Did you know Sacramento is home to the second oldest Muslim Mosque in the United States west of the Mississippi River? The Muslim community has grown in the Sacramento area ever since the early 1900s. A large majority of those who came to California in the early 1900s were South Asian immigrants seeking education in the United States or were refugees fleeing colonial oppression.

Construction of the Mosque began in 1941 at 411 V Street and was finished in 1947. This Mosque continues to serve the Islamic community today as part of the Muslim Mosque Association.

For today, Jared letterpress printed a Hijri New Year greeting with black rubber base ink using a 4x6 Golding Official #2 tabletop printing press. The text reads, “Hijri New Year 1st day of Muharram,” and was typeset with 30 point Caslon type font.

[lennonmccartneyofficial]

Happy July 6th everybody