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Well, I guess I was right about having read a bunch of johnlock fic. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Though, I only read a couple at the beginning of the week before straying into other fandoms and then coming back and reading a ton more. My finals are coming up and I have been really busy between work and school so I’ve been destressing and relaxing by reading fic late at night when I get off work.

BBC’s SHERLOCK

🔹️ 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝙆𝙉𝙊𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙃𝙊𝙒 [AO3] by 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠 [AO3]

𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Sherlock Holmes x John Waton 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | Explicit | 1 Chapter | 13.6K Words

𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: John grows up reading about a fictional detective named Sherlock Holmes but, after nearly dying in Afghanistan, finds himself in a world where Sherlock Holmes is very much real.

𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: This was a unique story where John ends up reading about Sherlock like many of us before being thrown into a fictional world (altinate universe?). Definitely something I haven’t read before.

🔹️ 𝙎𝙃𝘼𝘿𝙊𝙒𝙎 𝙊𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙒𝘼𝙇𝙇 [AO3] by 𝘼𝙧𝙖𝙎𝙞𝙜𝙮𝙧𝙣 [AO3]

𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Sherlock Holmes x John Watson 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | Teen | 1 Chapter | 18.2K Words | Psychic!John

𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: John comes back from Afghanistan psychic. Spoilers to The Great Game. 

𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: This is where I started to become obsessed with psychic!John. It’s really interesting to read about how how John’s abilities work and how he interprets the world around him. Especially how it alters the canon storyline.

🔹️ 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙔 𝙏𝙀𝙇𝙇 𝙈𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙄𝙍 𝙎𝙀𝘾𝙍𝙀𝙏𝙎 (𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙏𝙀𝙇𝙇 𝙈𝙀 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍𝙎 𝙏𝙊𝙊) [AO3] by 𝙚𝙩𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙞 [AO3]

𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Sherlock Holmes x John Watson 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | Teen | 1 Chapter | 2.3K Words

𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: In Afghanistan, the supplies tell him when they’re running low, and the cars always, always tell him when strangers have touched them, and John gets known as having a knack (paranoia, his men call it, but he’s never missed a single car bomb) for keeping his men safe.

🔹️ 𝙃𝙀'𝙎 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙋𝘼𝙄𝘿 𝙀𝙉𝙊𝙐𝙂𝙃 𝙏𝙊 𝘿𝙀𝘼𝙇 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙎𝙃𝙄𝙏 [AO3] by 𝙖𝙬𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 [Tumblr] 𝙟𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙮 [AO3]

𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Sherlock Holmes x John Watson 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | Teen | 1 Chapter | 9.8K Words

𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: One of the first things John did was to write up step-by-step instructions on how to conduct a proper job interview before handling it over to Mycroft for his perusal. There were no kidnapping, deserted car parks or stolen therapy notes anywhere on that list.

(Or the one where John returned from the war and ended up working for Mycroft as his personal assistant slash doctor on retainer. Everything was fine, until he was sent to post bail for one Sherlock Holmes.)

𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: I’ve never thought about Mycroft employing John before but I adored this! I love how John doesn’t take a bunch of Mycroft’s bill while making Sherlock intrigued. 

🔹️ 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘿𝙀𝙏𝙀𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘿𝙀𝙈𝙊𝙉 [AO3] by 𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩 [Tumblr] [Instagram] 𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙖 [AO3]

𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Sherlock Holmes x John Wason 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | General | 1 Chapter | 2.4K Words | Demon!John

𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: “Every demon on record is described as either monstrously terrifying or breathtakingly beautiful,” Sherlock says. “I have never heard of a demon with a forgettable face and a propensity for ugly jumpers.” 

The demon looks down at his jumper. Okay, so it might not be the most flattering article of clothing in the world, but it sure looks a hell of a lot more comfortable than Sherlock’s two-sizes-too-small shirt.

🔹️ 𝙀𝘾𝙃𝙊𝙀𝙎 𝙏𝙃𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙂𝙃 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀 [AO3] by 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙘 [AO3]

𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Sherlock Holmes x John Watson 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | Explicit | 1 Chapter | 21.6K Words

𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: Mummy sends a trunk from the Holmes cottage in Sussex to 221B. Its contents alter the way John and Sherlock see themselves and one another.

𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: THIS was an amazing fic that I am going to put on my favorites list. The author managed to combine classical johnlock with the BBC version and was simply amazing to read. It was like a fic within a fic.

🔹️ 𝙎𝙋𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙀𝙍 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘽𝙀𝙀𝙎 [AO3] by 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙢𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨 [AO3]

𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Sherlock Holmes x John Watson 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | Mature | 3 Chapters | 14.6K Words | Deaf!Sherlock

𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: It isn’t always easy assisting a deaf detective. Luckily for John, they make a pretty good team.

𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: Loved this AU and need to read more like it! One of my favorite things was how much John worries about Sherlock because in their line of work it can ocassionally be really dangerous (as we learn). I think I also really enjoyed it because I’ve always been fascinated with sign language and want to learn it eventually.

🔹️ 𝙄 𝙐𝙎𝙀𝘿 𝙏𝙊 𝙇𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝘼𝙇𝙊𝙉𝙀 𝘽𝙀𝙁𝙊𝙍𝙀 𝙄 𝙆𝙉𝙀𝙒 𝙔𝙊𝙐 [AO3] by 𝙚𝙩𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙞 [AO3]

𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Sherlock Holmes x John Watson 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | Teen | 1 Chapter | 11K Words | Demon!Sherlock

𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: Where Mycrfot is an angel,  Sherlock is a demon, and John is still John.

𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: This was a fantastic fic that I’m fairly sure was inspired a bit by Good Omens (yet another amazing series). I really love the relationship Sherlock and Mycroft have and learning about how they deal with the world and people around them as an angel/demon.

🔹️ 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝘼 𝙋𝘼𝙍𝘼𝘿𝙄𝙂𝙈 [AO3] by 1𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 [AO3]

𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Sherlock Holmes x John Watson 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | Mature | 1 Chapter | 10K Words | Wizard!John | Harry Potter Crossover

𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: Sometimes, only sometimes, when Sherlock is very far away and absolutely guaranteed not to return for at least three hours, John sits on the sofa and let's the tea make itself.

In which John is (reluctantly a wizard, Mycroft is (apparently) omniscient, and Sherlock is (surprisingly) oblivious.

𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: I have found that I really love fics with psychic/wizard!John and not only read this fic but the other two stories in the series which are HERE and HERE. It’s a Harry Potter crossover that somehow blend really well together. I love reading about how fascinated Sherlock is with this whole other world. 

🔹️ 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝙐𝙈 𝙊𝙁 𝙐𝙎 (𝙈𝙊𝙎𝙏𝙇𝙔 𝘾𝘼𝙇𝘾𝙐𝙇𝘼𝙏𝙀𝘿 𝘽𝙔 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔𝘽𝙊𝘿𝙔 𝙀𝙇𝙎𝙀) [AO3] by 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙚 [AO3]

𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Sherlock Holmes x John Watson 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | Teen | 1 Chapter | 9.2K Words | Heartmark AU

𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: John decides to come out. More or less. Not that he’s gay or anything. He’s just bumming his flatmate.

GOOD OMENS:

🔹️ 𝙊𝙉𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙊𝙐𝙎𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙇𝙊𝙉𝙀𝙇𝙔 𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙍𝙎 [AO3] by 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙮𝙟𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 [AO3]

𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Aziraphale x Crowley 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | Mature | 1 Chapter | 22.7K Words | Amnesia!Aziraphale

𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: Heaven finally finds the perfect punishment for Aziraphale: to rip every shred of Crowley from his mind. Each meeting, each conversation, each glance they shared--erased. As each memory is lost to him, Aziraphale loses a part of himself, loses moments that formed his very nature. At the beginning, it was Crowley who showed him there is more to creation than good and bad. That it’s more complicated than black and white. With that forgotten, Aziraphale becomes exactly what Heaven wanted him to be in the first place: unattached, blind with loyalty, unquestioning. The perfect soldier. And, as if the last 6000 years had never happened, Crowley becomes the enemy.

𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: This was heartbreaking. They finally think everything is alright and in their own kind of world before Heaven interfere and messes everything up. The worst part is learning about what happened before Crowley fell.

🔹️ 𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 (𝙎𝙀𝘾𝙊𝙉𝘿) 𝘽𝙀𝙂𝙄𝙉𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂 [AO3] by 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙮𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 [AO3]

𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Aziraphale x Crowley 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | Mature | 1 Chapter | 2.6K Words

𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: As their lunch stretches on Aziraphale slowly comes to realize that Crowley is---enjoying him. Enjoying Aziraphale’s cnversation, and company, far more openly than he has in most of Aziraphale’s memory. And Aziraphale know that he himself is just chattering on, letting conversation tangents carry him along, and---it’s definitely relief, for him, knowing for the first time in a long time that they aren’t being watched, that no one is keeping score for now.

Airaphale realizes that Crowley’s been saying something rather loudly for a week.

🔹️ 𝙎𝙐𝘾𝙃 𝙎𝙐𝙍𝙋𝘼𝙎𝙎𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝘽𝙍𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏𝙉𝙀𝙎𝙎 [AO3] by 𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙛𝙪𝙡_𝙤𝙛_𝙎𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 [AO3]

𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Aziraphale x Crowley 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | General | 1 Chapter | 7.7K Words

𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: The relevation that Aziraphale might have been in love with him for thousands of years is surprising. The fact that literal books have been written on the subject comes as even more of a shock.

𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: My favorite Good Omens fics are the ones where they don’t realize that they have literally been in love with each other for thousands of years before realizing the truth. This definitely didn’t disappoint.

GRANDMASTER OF DEMONIC CULTIVATION (MO DAO ZU SHI)

🔹️ 𝙒𝙀 𝘽𝙐𝙄𝙇𝙏 𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙊𝙒𝙉 𝙃𝙊𝙐𝙎𝙀 (𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝙊𝙁 𝙎𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙏 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝘿𝙐𝙎𝙏) [AO3] by 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙢𝙮𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙩 [Tumblr] 𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙮-𝙮 [Tumblr] 𝙄𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙮 [AO3]

𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Song Lan/Song Zichen x Xiao Xingchen 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | Mature | 5 Chapters | 38.7K Words | Yi City Fix-it

𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: Days turned to weeks turned to months, and one morning Xiao XingChen woke up in a flood of vicious, furious guilt. These weren’t feelings he would every truly birth to the world, he knew, but they still had to be felt. Se feel them he did. He felt them like a spray of neurotic blood.

You’ve started a family without him.

Song Lan gets to Yi City just a bit earlier, and A-Qing asks her Daozhang some very pressing questions about the Stranger. This changed everything.

𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: THE FIX-IT I NEEDED!!! I know I constantly say I have new favorites and I’m gonna say it yet again because there are simply so many amazing fic and authors out there. The Yi City arc is one of the most heartbreaking parts and I ry about it everytime about how tragic it is. This feels like it could have easily been Canon and I’m already feeling the need to reread it.

🔹️ 𝙏𝙃𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙂𝙃 𝘾𝘼𝙍𝙍𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙂𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙎, 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙍𝙎 [AO3] by 𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝_𝙖𝙣𝙙_𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩 [AO3]

𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: Song Lan/Song Zichen x Xiao Xingchen 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | Teen | 1 Chapter | 13K Words | Demon Cultivator!Xingchen

𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: Wei Wuxian does not walk out of the Burial Mounds after three months.

Instead, Xiao Xingchen does.

𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: An interesting AU. I never thought about Xingchen as practicing demonic cultivation and even though he only does it because it’s kinda forced on him its an interesting story line.

STAR TREK (TOS/AOS)

🔹️ 𝙏𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙎𝙐𝙍𝙀𝙎 [AO3] by 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙖 [AO3]

𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎: James ‘Jim’ Kirk x Spock 𝘛𝘈𝘎𝘚: Complete | Explicit | 4 Chapters | 17.7K Words

𝘚𝘜𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘙𝘠: Sometimes the other Vulcans wonder how Spock managed to obtain such an exotic bondmate, and sometime Spock wonders himself.

𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚: I’ve seen posts about Kirk on an all Vulcan ship and this type of reality could not have turned out better than this fic! It’s really enjoyable reading about Kirk interacting with all these other Vulcans and how exotic they think he is. Especially when Spock starts acting a little wild as well.

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Sex stuff you probably won’t learn from fanfiction and/or porn:

Erotic fic and porn can be a lot of fun! But if you aren’t being provided with adequate sex ed through other channels (comprehensive sexual education, frank and open discussions with trusted adults, etc.), turning to fanfic and porn for your understanding of sex is gonna leave some major blindspots and may leave you with some unrealistic expectations. While there’s nothing wrong with these kinds of erotica, they are fictional and tend to leave out a lot of the more realistic, human parts of sex - they serve a great purpose, but that purpose isn’t primarily educational. The following is an incomplete list of some things you should probably know about sex that a lot of fic and porn tends to leave out:

It isn’t always super hot or super sweet. Sometimes it’s super silly. Or sometimes it’s sort of mundane and you’re both simply scratching an itch. That’s fine too. (Hell, sometimes you’re talking about comic books while boning and your partner is laughing that you’re getting REALLY ANGRY about spider-man while they’re going to town on you.)

You will probably not climax at the same moment. It’s a sweet idea, but extremely hard to coordinate, and if all your concentration is going into coming at the exact same moment, you’re probably not enjoying yourselves as much as you might. 

Sometimes bodies make weird, goofy noises. Squelching, slapping, air-escaping, un-sexy noises. It’s okay to laugh at this. 

Hell, it’s okay to laugh during sex in general.

Sometimes you fart. Sometimes you fart while someone is going down on you and it is embarrassing as hell. This isn’t the end of the world. Embarrassing body things happen. Heck, sometimes, with anal, there’s a little poo. You get over it.

Sometimes sex is… kinda bad? This doesn’t mean it’s assault, or something traumatic – sometimes it’s consensual but just kinda bleh and not what you hoped for. The best thing to do (if you’re talking about sex with a partner and not just a hook up who you can not call back) is talk to them about it. Figure out what went wrong, what you enjoy and what you don’t, and communicate what techniques you do and don’t like. Also don’t be afraid to stop someone in the middle of the sex act you’re not enjoying and offer guidance on how to help make it good for you too. (Side tip: masturbation makes great research into what you personally do and don’t enjoy sexually)

You won’t enjoy every sex act. Not every body is wired to find every thing pleasurable. You might find anal does nothing for you. You may find g-spot stimulation just makes you really anxious that you’re about to pee. You may not enjoy giving or receiving oral. You’re not broken if you don’t like something that every pornstar or smutty fanfic protagonist seems to have earth-shattering orgasms from. Everyone’s got nerve endings in a range of places – it’s quite literally, different strokes for different folks.

On that note, not all orgasms are earth-shattering. Sometimes it just feels warm and nice. That’s fine too. 

Sometimes, if you’re neutral on a sex act and your partner loves it, you can suck it up for them, and they’ll suck up something they’re not crazy about for your pleasure in return. But communicate preferences with each other! Know that when a partner does that thing you love that they don’t get much from, that it’s an act of care, and vice versa. 

Falling asleep in each other’s arms right after wild passionate sex seems really romantic, but dried and crusty fluids are gonna be a bitch in the morning. Also, after sex, you should both (regardless of your equipment) go pee to clear out the urethra of any gunk or bacteria to reduce risk of a UTI. 

Putting a towel down on the bed before sex means you don’t have to sleep on wet funky sheets. (it’s also verrrrrry useful for period sex if you or your partner menstruate.)

A lot of people don’t like dirty talk, or rough sex. Always ask first. (Fanfic on the whole does a better job than porn at showing communication, but a lot of it is still highly fictive on this point)

PROTECTION PROTECTION PROTECTION. Use condoms, dental dams, etc. not just to prevent pregnancy, but to reduce risk of STIs. (Yes, even couples with the same genitals who don’t need to worry about pregnancy).

Lube is great and very important, but random goopy things around you are not good lube. Random oils especially, since oil doesn’t flush out well and can trap bacteria inside the body – oil-based lubricant also degrades condoms. Use lube specifically designed for intimate purposes. Water-based and silicone-based lubes help sex feel really good!

Bigger isn’t necessarily better. A lot of people with vaginas don’t enjoy the feeling of being repeatedly punched in the cervix by a monster cock. Some people enjoy a larger size when being penetrated by an appendage or toy and some don’t.

Bodies are hairy. Genitals are hairy. You may get a pube stuck in your teeth at some point. If your partner is WAY fuzzier than porn ever led you to believe they’d be, well, that’s normal. 

Not everyone loves the taste of ejaculate. Sometimes it’s nasty (flavor tends to vary from person to person depending on their diet, but sometimes you just really don’t like it no matter what. Some of us hate the taste of peanut butter. People don’t always like things). It’s okay not to swallow, or to request a penis-having partner warn you so they don’t ejaculate in your mouth (in fact, it’s polite for them to do the latter). 

If you’re gonna have shower sex, get one of those rubbery mats for the shower floor that gives you traction, because otherwise it’s super embarrassing to call for an ambulance while dripping wet and naked because you slipped and accidentally broke something and your partner got a concussion while you were trying to bang in the shower. 

Moaning and screaming wildly during sex is fun but it will make the neighbors in the apartments adjacent to you hate you. Make choices accordingly. 

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[ID: Reed Erickson, a trans man with styled hair, wearing a dark suit and posing with his hands folded. END ID.]

Reed Erickson (1917–1992)

Excerpts from the podcast Making Gay History, S04E07: Reed Erickson.

“He was really accepted in society, both for his relationships with women and his transition, which is really interesting when you think about the 1960s. There were very few people who could so openly and publicly transition, let alone maintain multiple marriages.”

“The influence of the Erickson Educational Foundation cannot be stressed enough. We today would not have trans health care, period, without the funding and the information provided by the Erickson Educational Foundation.”

“It was the first organisation in the world that actually provided support and information to trans people, both through its newsletters and publications as well as an in-person office where people could call or drop in to receive information.”

“Essentially, the framework that trans rights organisations use today in terms of collecting resources by area and distributing them to trans people in need, is based off the work of the Erickson Educational Foundation. So without that, the modern trans movement as we know it would not exist.”

[ID: Three photos of Reed Erickson. In the first, he is standing with his girlfriend Daisy Harriman, wearing a dark suit while she wears a pink dress. In the second, he is posing shirtless, with his top surgery scars visible and obvious facial hair. In the third, he is posing with his wife Ailene and their daughter, in the late 1960s. END ID.]

Trans history involves a fabric of people across generations and cultures. Many trans stories have been erased, particularly trans male contributions, in favour of the myth that Stonewall rioting was the single galvanising event responsible for all progress.

Remember:

Trans men have always existed, and have always been involved in the fight for trans rights.

Stonewall was vitally important, but LGBT+ activism existed before then, too. To think otherwise is to erase the hard work done by the full spectrum of LGBT+ people.

Erasing trans male history further isolates modern-day trans men, and perpetuates the myth that we have never been involved with our own communities. Erasing cis gay and lesbian history perpetuates the myth that our communities have never overlapped, or acted as allies to one another. If you’re passionate about Stonewall, for example, I suggest you educate yourself about Stormé DeLarverie, AKA “the gay community’s Rosa Parks”. She instigated the uprising.

There is not one single person, or one single event, which is responsible for all progress.

All the vault tracks on 1989 TV  are sooo good!

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Honestly, not sure how I feel about The Witcher news. I'll still give season 4 a try for sure but Henry just did just a great job as Geralt.