an army of lovers cannot lose @transsexual-menace - Tumblr Blog

hi! i'm chandler!

this blog is mostly to post about mainly modern (1950 - present) american queer history but i also post about whatever else that interests me!

i'm 22 and i have a degree in women's, gender, and sexuality studies with a minor in jewish studies

i'm transsexual, a tboy, a butch dyke, and a gay man. i started testosterone on 10/3/22

i'm an anarchist, an anti-zionist, and a latine jew. may the united states and israel fall in our lifetime ❤️

interested in learning more about palestine? visit https://decolonizepalestine.com/

i have a queer studies/gender studies resource folder i have been working on since my senior year of high school (2022). it has unfortunately not been updated since august of 2023 but i am working on changing that. the google drive folder can be found here!

my only other social media is my twitter and my letterboxd which i tend to use more than this tumblr account

interested in anything i post on my account and want to learn more? send me a dm or an ask. i’d love to chat about any of it!

#about me #last update: 05-23-25 bc i graduated college! :3

gendercensus

The 2025 Gender Census is now open!

[ Link to survey ]

The 12th annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 30th August 2025. It's for people whose genders (or lack thereof) defy or transcend the restrictive male/female binary.

It’s short and easy, for most participants it takes 5 minutes or less.

We're about a third of the way through the survey month and there are an incredible 30,000 respondents internationally so far from word-of-mouth alone - but the majority are from the USA, referred by Tumblr, and/or under 30! Can you help get the word out to more people?

Here are some links to social media posts for easy sharing:

bluesky, facebook, instagram, threads, reddit, telegram, whatsapp, signal, discord, and the fediverse (mastodon etc)

The survey URL is https://survey.gendercensus.com and it's especially helpful if you can share it with your local LGBTQ+ support group(s) online or in person.

We also have some flyers / leaflets / tiny posters, which you can print out and stick up anywhere, and we have a press release pack with some helpful text and illustrations you can use freely.

Thank you so much everyone!

[ Link to survey ]

PS: I'm going to be queuing this to post several times a day for a few days to catch people in as many timezones as possible. To avoid spam, please blacklist this hashtag: #GC2025 promo

buttons from the lesbian herstory archives

#queer history #lgbt history #gay history #lgbtq history #queer buttons #vintage queer

radicaljews

There, where we live, there is our country! A democratic republic! Full political and national rights for Jews. Ensure that the voice of the Jewish working class is heard at the Constituent Assembly.

Bundist poster from Kyiv, Ukraine, circa 1918. Source.

#jewish antizionism

radicaljews

Promotional material from Gesher, a San Francisco-based group that worked to counter misconceptions about LGBTQ Jews. 1995. Read the whole flier here!

#queer jews #queer history #lgbtq history #lgbt history

transsexual-menace

leslie feinberg (right) with riki wilchins (left) during the annual camp trans event which was started as a protest against the transphobic michigan womyn’s music festival

antiterfbutch

terfs have never and will never speak for the Butch community ❤️

ickiyurimom

I feel like Camp Trans was such an important part of trans and queer history. I joined Camp Trans about a decade after this picture was taken, was an organizer for it for the following 3 years, saw Michfest pretend like they never had an antitrans policy and started allowing trans women to attend (while saying they weren’t welcome), and then went on to attend Michfest as an out trans woman for 3 years with the Trans Women Belong Here group. There was a lot of hate to deal with, but I met so many loving people too.

hi all <3

i am officially done with undergrad (i graduated last week!!) and have a ton of time on my hands again. as most of you know, i have a queer studies/gender studies resource folder i have been working on for about 3 years now. i haven’t touched it in about a year bc i have been so busy with college but i have a ton of stuff just waiting to be added

stay tuned for the pride month bc i am anticipating it being a big update with some new topics including stuff about palestine through different perspectives as well as ways to mobilize yourself and your communities

i’m excited i can share my passion with all the queer people inside my phone again instead of just the queer people at my college :)

#folder update #kind of

richardstabbert

Photographer: Fred W. McDarrah / The damaged jukebox and cigarette machine, along with a broken chair, inside the Stonewall Inn (53 Christopher Street) after riots over the weekend of June 27, 1969. The bar and surrounding area were the site of a series of demonstrations and riots that led to the formation of the modern gay rights movement in the United States.

The jukebox playlist on that fateful night

#queer history #lgbt history #gay history

transsexual-menace

leslie feinberg (right) with riki wilchins (left) during the annual camp trans event which was started as a protest against the transphobic michigan womyn’s music festival

transsexual-menace

i was looking through an archived literary magazine that did a special issue on trans identities and this was written on the inside cover

"to tboy-

i think you will enjoy this as much as i did, perhaps more since it is boy-oriented. thanks for sharing this part of the ride with me. you are my student, my teacher, my mentor, my boyfriend, and i love you in all roles.

tgrrl"

idk if anyone with australian citizenship would be willing to do me a favor but i'm interested in accessing some digitized archives that are at the national library of australia. i can't access them bc i live in the united states and can't make an account. if you have an account, pls dm me so i can send you the link of what i'm interested in. thank you in advance :)

gael-garcia

The Palestinian (1977)

roadkillnroses

Tatreez embroidery! This is an endangered craft but there are a few organizations working to preserve it. I really like https://tirazain.com/archive which is preserving motifs and turning them into easy-to-use cross stitch charts in an organized online library.

loudlyunladylike

The Dyke Project manifesto printed on the back of estradiol and testogel boxes

vintagelgbts

Gay rights demonstration in Albany, NY - Diana Davies - c. 1971

#queer history #lgbt history #vintage queer #vintage lgbt

closet-keys

I really do feel like it's impossible to overstate how big a difference HRT has made to my life.

I used to read other people posting the same about their experiences with HRT and either assume they were romanticizing it to balance out all the demonization of it, or that they were just "more dysphoric" than me and that I would not experience a dramatic effect to my mental well-being if I tried it.

but now I read the posts & I'm like wow everyone was telling me this so straightforwardly for so long and I should have believed them and I should have considered applying that to myself

anyway if you are debating whether or not you should try HRT, I really recommend erring on the side of trying it. you won't know how it affects you until you do, but damn if it's good for you it can really profoundly change your outlook on yourself, your body, and your future.