#magnus anon

[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.

#transgender #trans history #transsexual #transphobia #Magnus Hirschfeld #holocaust #holocaust denial #book burning #j.k. rowling #jk rowling #just in case you missed what i mean by all this: go fuck yourself anon :) #trans people have always existed #and we will always exist #if you really wanna pick a fight with me over well-documented history then you better bring in some sources to back your shit #queer history #queer #lgbt+ #lgbta+ #lgbt #lgbt history #edit: i finally got around to those damn image IDs. i am so very sorry for totally forgetting that's my bimbo moment of the month #also real quick i thought about adding an image of the actual building but the only one i can find has a Nazi parade in front of it #it was taken the day of the book burning raid and honestly if i were to include it then i'd add it to the first few paragraphs #and i think the story's better told when you uphold the hope Magnus Hirschfeld and all the researchers he worked with had #also keeps being brought up: yes Hirschfeld was a eugenicist. it was a popular belief set that was only discredited after WW2 #Hirschfeld died in 1935. he literally didn't live long enough to see science turn against those beliefs and practices #considering how he changed his mind on transitions i like to think he would've changed his mind on eugenics too if he'd lived

[reegis]

on my hands and knees for Jane art. Doodles or otherwise (i have ur Jane sticker on my phone as we speak how u draw her makes me Insane)

jane is my princess & did nothing wrong 🥰🥰

#tma #the magnus archives #jane prentiss #trypophobia #gore #body horror #trying to cover all of my bases sjfkfk #finally finished this piece thats been sitting in my unfinished art pile for u anon 🤲🏻💖 #sorry the background is incomprehensible dont worry abt it #i just didnt want to leave it empty lmao #asks #my art

[everchased]

(different anon) i think. um. gerry in a dress

real goths know the importance of a petticoat

#ask #anon #tma #the magnus archives #gerry keay #*drawing his stupid blonde roots and sobbing* it's been 84 years.... #my art

[quiddling]

magnus burnsides perhaps..?

I love this dude! I don’t really know him but I love all of Travis’ characters (:

#I’m only on episode 1 of rockport #art #digital art #my art #drawing #fan art #fanart #procreate #taz #taz balance #the adventure zone balance #kirby the adventure zone #taz magnus #magnus burnsides #ask #answered #talking Bigfoot #anon

[magpod-confessions]

I don’t like the short Jon hc’s.

that mother fucker is lanky and tall as fuck he did theatre when he was a kid and tripped over literally everyone else in the cast. No I’m not projecting. He developed the habit of sitting in the back of the class just for the other students to be able to see the damn teacher bc his growth spurt hit faster than everyone he knew.

I’ve only seen one other person who agrees with me on talljon. But it’s not enough. I still see everyone BASH and BRUTALLY DEMOLISH tall Jon let us tall Jon kinnies have this one detail FOR ONCE

I don’t even know where the fuck this hc started. I want to take a screenshot of whoever started this and print it out and crumple it in my tall person hands and stomp on it with my over-priced way too large than they should be shoes. Then I will delete the photo from my camera roll for a final fuck you then I will rb the psot saying “YOU” in the “biggest” formet as well as with both bold and italic. An underline if I’m having a bad day.

Martin is average height. He’s not very tall. He’s just a guy. Even more of a reason why Jonah/elias underestimated him. He’s not that tall nor intimidating on the height scale. Jon is tall.

Jon. Is. Fucking. Tall.

he took every single opportunity when he was mad at Martin in s1 to LOOK DOWN UPON HOM and Martin found it kinda hot even if he thought Jon was a prick.

Let Jon Be Tall 2024.

I do not take criticism on this hc.

I would do this off anon but I shall spare thee this time.

This time.

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#im laughing at 'this time' this has the vibes of the lietner rant im sry anon #but speak your truth #go off fr #magpod #tma #the magnus archives #jon sims #jonathan sims #magpod confession

[bulkhummus]

For drawing requests... jonmartin please? I miss them 🥲

jons teasin martin for being jealous

#tma #the magnus archives #requests #art tag #anon #ask tag

[iguessmyfishisgay]

I wanna get these TMAGP 8 thoughts written down before the public drops so here's your spoiler warning!

SPOILERS AHEAD

So this "Gifted Kids Program" that the Magnus Institute had is very intriguing. I'm going to throw a thought out there that's kind of a gut feeling, with only OTHER gut feelings to back it up

What if they were trying to make Avatars? I can't help but feel HEAVY Stranger vibes coming from Gerry Keay in this episode. Something was so off about him, and I don't think it's just because he was a much more normal person (apparently, at least) than in TMA. And Sam certainly has tendencies that lean towards The Eye.

I've been trying really REALLY hard not to drag The Fears into this, but this was my gut feeling and I wanted to share. Maybe the new entities (if there are some) parallel The Stranger and The Eye which is why I'm getting those vibes from Gerry and Sam, respectively.

#anyway #just wanted to share #and have it on the record before the episode is completely released lol #the magnus protocol #tmagp #magpod #tmagp spoilers #tmagp theory #tmagp thoughts #tmagp early access #tmagp early access spoilers #? i am having a hard time figuring out what the early access tag is so im gonna use every variant i can #tmagp ea #tmagp ea spoilers #to the anon i thought was being helpful but apparently WAS intending to yell at me #fuck you too :) #i saw your post #i would be upset too #but that was unnecessary #i made an honest mistake and im fixing it #im still very very sorry i spoiled something for you /gen

[fox-guardian]

Could you.. um.. draw Tim Stoker again? With like.. a uniform on? Of your choice? Pretty please? As a Lil treat?

[ID: A digital drawing of Tim Stoker in an owl mascot costume with an inside view next to it. He is a Latino man with light brown skin and lilac hair, a cut in his brow and he's wearing rectangular glasses and a purple striped shirt and black trousers and shoes under the costume. The costume itself is a green and white horned owl with oddly human eyes. It's the solid barrel-shaped kind with an opening at the bottom for legs and little separate wing pieces. The inside view is from directly in front of Tim's forehead looking down as he sweats and pants looking deeply stressed. end ID]

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ah yes the new hire "uniform" as required by elias for the first 2 weeks for hazing orientation and training

#fg's art #the magnus archives #tma #tim stoker #tim stoker tuesday #eyes #eyes tw #scopophobia #eye contact #the owl eyes genuinely unsettle me a bit ngl #anyway You Gave Me Too Much Power Anon i'm sorry

[awnrii]

“i don’t know, he stopped using that jargon around me after I joked that ‘urbex’ sounded like a brand of drain cleaner”

redraw of an aaaancient stokers comic because after all these years at my core I will forever. be a stokers guy

here’s the old version if you’d like to see it. it’s… really bad

#the magnus archives #tma fanart #magnuspod #danny stoker #tim stoker #awnrii art #hell it’s my namesake! #this is for the anon who asked me to redraw danny #don’t worry I’ll draw something better for him soon

[theallegedbird]

The magnus archives? More like the magceraalisasoupnus archives

sorry i really don’t have any defence for this one

#id in alt #another high quality magnus archives post from your pal avery #they argued about shit like this in s5. #i know it in my soul. #tma #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #jonmartin #tma s5 #tma fanart #fanart #avery draws #tma spoilers #maybe #thank you anon who i definitely do not know at all #asks

[gooboogy]

13 for the prompt or 131 if someone took it lol

Untenable

adjective

(especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.

I can't think of a more untenable position than thinking someone you "care" about shouldn't have woken up from their 6 month coma :(

#btw for context on the numbers i have a 275 word list for words i find that i dont really know and find interesting #this was the first thing i thought of #im in basira and georgies anons telling them to kys for this lmao #tma #the magnus archives #georgie barker #basira hussain #jonathan sims #goobarts #i dont care about cleaning this up or making it look nicer bc the whole thing makes me so mad #angst #imagine taking such an L

[ghostyary]

Please more Martin I am obsessed with how you draw Martin...... It's a Crime that you only have one piece with Martin in it....My boy........

you are so right

have this

#fanart #my art #art #the magnus archives fanart #the magnus archives #tma #martin blackwood #martin blackwood fanart #anon ask #i havent had time to draw all the characters i want to draw its sad

[starrodent]

please, i need more of your jon.. he's so perfect

oh you lucky anon, i happen to have an absurd amount of jon drawings at my disposal

he’s coming for u

also thank you so much anon. i’m glad that you’re enjoying my blog’s brainworm infestation. it’s nice to know my art makes people happy

#tma #the magnus archives #tma fanart #jonathan sims #artrodent #artists on tumblr #*points at pathetic bedraggled cat monster man* my muse. my beloved #cw scopophobia #as he's staring directly into your soul #anon #echoes in the void

[spiralstain]

#here u go @ anon who asked me to post this here #michael shelley #michael distortion #michael the distortion #tma #the magnus archives #tma fanart #tma meme #my art

[magpod-confessions]

I think using morality as a measure for how good a character is or how much attention a character deserves is a terrible way to do media analyses. For some reason everyone in the tma fandom feels the need to justify or condemn the actions of their favorite characters, so they can talk about -- or like a character. It lacks nuance and it's upsetting how so many people have trouble dissecting media above the level of a toddler. The most major part of tma is jon struggling with his humanity and how his addiction affects the people around him. Going, oh well jon is an awful character but Daisy was a cop and tried to kill him so she's worse and shouldn't be forgiven, so in retrospect were jon's actions really as bad as they could have been? Is stupid, they were both adults who managed to find solace in each other because they related to each others experiences being puppeted and manipulated by forces beyond their understanding. Daisy was Jon's foil during season 4 where she was able to resist the hunt but Jon couldn't stop consuming due to his unwillingness to change because he preferred to keep using the beholding as a tool, like how Daisy leaned into the hunt heavily while she was still a police officer, and how when push came to shove she sacrificed her humanity to ensure the continued survival of the people around her. Jon still made the choice to go to the panopticon and kill Jonah Magnus even when the world was doomed and there was no point for him to not just sit down on his ass, and enjoy the apocalypse -- he did enjoy the apocalypse. And while in the end he did betray Martin, ultimately taking that position in a misguided attempt at taking responsibility, he still did try to apply some system of morality to his choices. It's deeply saddening how people treat these characters and strip them of all of their nuance, I hate fandom discourse. People don't like characters because they're good they like them because they are interesting within the narrative. It's absurd to devide people into good or bad, people are either charming or tedious. -oscar wilde or some shit

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#fantastic take anon #magpod #tma #the magnus archives #daisy tonner #jon sims #jonathan sims #alice daisy tonner #basira hussain #magpod confession

[kaijukebox]

hello hello tma follower here… i go absolutely feral insane for your Michael so would love to see some hug content with him!! idc with who but bonus points for the legendary fit he had in the martin hug post. anyway I love your art I’ll stop talking now

Beaaaaah!! Thank you such for saying so and thank you for the request. I hope this suffices! I’ve wanted an excuse to draw Gerry again so there he is!

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Today’s Reference

#this looks funk on my iPad screen 😔 #the magnus archives #TMA #michael distortion #michael shelley #gerry kaey #gerard keay #…I guess technical sp’eye’ral content ☺️ #100hugs2023 #hug 52/100 #anon #inbox