Lillian Darby
@lilliandarby.bsky.social
Hai! ^^ 🐸 I am an activist & writer indulging in the fight against inequality & oppression 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Here, my love, you'll find a smol blend of things I have interest in, including: nature, 2SLGBTQIA+ history, feminism, poetry, le spiritual thoughts, & memes!:D 🔞
Here, my love, you'll find a smol blend of things I have interest in, including: nature, 2SLGBTQIA+ history, feminism, poetry, le spiritual thoughts, & memes!:D 🔞
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Lillian Darby
@lilliandarby.bsky.social
· Jul 26
The Sweeping Anti-Trans Bills Moving Through Congress No One’s Talking About
Republicans are jamming in dozens of anti-trans measures across a series of government funding bills. Few Democrats have spoken out against them. The failure of Democrats, the press and Gay Inc organi...
transnews.network
I beg of everyone in congress to have it in your hearts to reconsider any and all anti-trans bills — these bills would lead to the deaths of hundreds, if not thousands of children... Children who need comfort, not reproach.
#congress #gop #usa #trump #mikejohnson
transnews.network/p/the-sweepi...
#congress #gop #usa #trump #mikejohnson
transnews.network/p/the-sweepi...
Ancient Egyptian love spells between women
“Inflame the heart, the liver, the spirit of Gorgonia, whom Nilogenia bore, with love & affection for Sophia, whom Isara bore. Constrain Gorgonia, whom Nilogenia bore, to cast herself into the bathhouse for the sake of Sophia”
“Inflame the heart, the liver, the spirit of Gorgonia, whom Nilogenia bore, with love & affection for Sophia, whom Isara bore. Constrain Gorgonia, whom Nilogenia bore, to cast herself into the bathhouse for the sake of Sophia”
Ancient Same Sex Love Spells
Jennifer Cromwell Magic in the ancient world provided one means to help people deal with what life threw at them, whether health, money, or love, among the whole gambit of human day-to-day experien…
papyrus-stories.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Ancient Egyptian love spells between women
“Inflame the heart, the liver, the spirit of Gorgonia, whom Nilogenia bore, with love & affection for Sophia, whom Isara bore. Constrain Gorgonia, whom Nilogenia bore, to cast herself into the bathhouse for the sake of Sophia”
“Inflame the heart, the liver, the spirit of Gorgonia, whom Nilogenia bore, with love & affection for Sophia, whom Isara bore. Constrain Gorgonia, whom Nilogenia bore, to cast herself into the bathhouse for the sake of Sophia”
Reposted by Lillian Darby
Mollies in 1700s Britain: “On Sunday Night the 14th of Nov. I went to the Prisoner's House in Holbourn. I found near Men 50 there, making Love to one another as they call'd it. Sometimes they'd sit in anothers laps, use their Hands indecently, Dance & make Curtsies & mimick the Language of women”
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Mollies in 1700s Britain: “On Sunday Night the 14th of Nov. I went to the Prisoner's House in Holbourn. I found near Men 50 there, making Love to one another as they call'd it. Sometimes they'd sit in anothers laps, use their Hands indecently, Dance & make Curtsies & mimick the Language of women”
Reposted by Lillian Darby
Gay, lesbian, trans bars and clubs in Weimar Germany (1920s to 1930s, but some even older)
Monokol-Diele (Budapester Straße 14)
Hohenzoffern Café
Mali & Ingel
Stadtkasino
Versuchsschoppen
The Silhouette / Silhoette
Talverne
Toppkeller Club / Topkeller
Verona-Lounge
Meyer-Stube
Monokol-Diele (Budapester Straße 14)
Hohenzoffern Café
Mali & Ingel
Stadtkasino
Versuchsschoppen
The Silhouette / Silhoette
Talverne
Toppkeller Club / Topkeller
Verona-Lounge
Meyer-Stube
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Gay, lesbian, trans bars and clubs in Weimar Germany (1920s to 1930s, but some even older)
Monokol-Diele (Budapester Straße 14)
Hohenzoffern Café
Mali & Ingel
Stadtkasino
Versuchsschoppen
The Silhouette / Silhoette
Talverne
Toppkeller Club / Topkeller
Verona-Lounge
Meyer-Stube
Monokol-Diele (Budapester Straße 14)
Hohenzoffern Café
Mali & Ingel
Stadtkasino
Versuchsschoppen
The Silhouette / Silhoette
Talverne
Toppkeller Club / Topkeller
Verona-Lounge
Meyer-Stube
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Gay, lesbian, trans bars and clubs in Weimar Germany (1920s to 1930s, but some even older)
Aulaka-Lounge
Café Domino
Café Olala
Damenklub Violetta
Entre Nous
Erato Club
Die Grotte
the Schwarzfischer in Munich
Transvestitenbar Adlon
Manuala Bar (Joachimsthaler Straße 26)
Aulaka-Lounge
Café Domino
Café Olala
Damenklub Violetta
Entre Nous
Erato Club
Die Grotte
the Schwarzfischer in Munich
Transvestitenbar Adlon
Manuala Bar (Joachimsthaler Straße 26)
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Gay, lesbian, trans bars and clubs in Weimar Germany (1920s to 1930s, but some even older)
Aulaka-Lounge
Café Domino
Café Olala
Damenklub Violetta
Entre Nous
Erato Club
Die Grotte
the Schwarzfischer in Munich
Transvestitenbar Adlon
Manuala Bar (Joachimsthaler Straße 26)
Aulaka-Lounge
Café Domino
Café Olala
Damenklub Violetta
Entre Nous
Erato Club
Die Grotte
the Schwarzfischer in Munich
Transvestitenbar Adlon
Manuala Bar (Joachimsthaler Straße 26)
I find this hilariously stupid — in 1793, we see the first pennies minted in the US, their design featuring a woman symbolizing liberty... A woman... In 1795 United States... Women could not even vote, nor get any worthwhile education adjacent to what men could get—liberty
youtu.be/TPO7EEc0Ii4
youtu.be/TPO7EEc0Ii4
US Mint Presses its Final Penny as Production Comes to an End
YouTube video by TODAY
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I find this hilariously stupid — in 1793, we see the first pennies minted in the US, their design featuring a woman symbolizing liberty... A woman... In 1795 United States... Women could not even vote, nor get any worthwhile education adjacent to what men could get—liberty
youtu.be/TPO7EEc0Ii4
youtu.be/TPO7EEc0Ii4
Why politize a child abuser for your agenda?—ASSIGN THEM TO LOOK INTO BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS if you actually give an HONEST DAMN about justice, because there are guilty people on BOTH SIDES.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Bondi Assigns Prosecutor to Look Into Epstein’s Ties to Prominent Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Why politize a child abuser for your agenda?—ASSIGN THEM TO LOOK INTO BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS if you actually give an HONEST DAMN about justice, because there are guilty people on BOTH SIDES.
Reposted by Lillian Darby
I want to say the first draft of 'Codex of Sexes, Genders & Sexualities' days away, but I honestly cant with how spotty my health is, but I wish to share some from it:
Listed works of, among many more—Paolo Mantegazza, Heinrich Hössli, Havelock Ellis, Edward Westermarck, Karl-Heinrich Ulrichs
Listed works of, among many more—Paolo Mantegazza, Heinrich Hössli, Havelock Ellis, Edward Westermarck, Karl-Heinrich Ulrichs
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I want to say the first draft of 'Codex of Sexes, Genders & Sexualities' days away, but I honestly cant with how spotty my health is, but I wish to share some from it:
Listed works of, among many more—Paolo Mantegazza, Heinrich Hössli, Havelock Ellis, Edward Westermarck, Karl-Heinrich Ulrichs
Listed works of, among many more—Paolo Mantegazza, Heinrich Hössli, Havelock Ellis, Edward Westermarck, Karl-Heinrich Ulrichs
I want to say the first draft of 'Codex of Sexes, Genders & Sexualities' days away, but I honestly cant with how spotty my health is, but I wish to share some from it:
Listed works of, among many more—Paolo Mantegazza, Heinrich Hössli, Havelock Ellis, Edward Westermarck, Karl-Heinrich Ulrichs
Listed works of, among many more—Paolo Mantegazza, Heinrich Hössli, Havelock Ellis, Edward Westermarck, Karl-Heinrich Ulrichs
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I want to say the first draft of 'Codex of Sexes, Genders & Sexualities' days away, but I honestly cant with how spotty my health is, but I wish to share some from it:
Listed works of, among many more—Paolo Mantegazza, Heinrich Hössli, Havelock Ellis, Edward Westermarck, Karl-Heinrich Ulrichs
Listed works of, among many more—Paolo Mantegazza, Heinrich Hössli, Havelock Ellis, Edward Westermarck, Karl-Heinrich Ulrichs
Reposted by Lillian Darby
"Homosexuality Among Women" by Anonymous, in The American Journal Of Urology & Sexology (Aug 1919)
October 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Homosexuality Among Women" by Anonymous, in The American Journal Of Urology & Sexology (Aug 1919)
Reposted by Lillian Darby
Read about The Racist Roots of Marijuana Prohibition and how African American and mexican folks were demonized as crazed addicts, rapists & killers to further the goals of the prohibitionists
fee.org/articles/the...
fee.org/articles/the...
The Racist Roots of Marijuana Prohibition
Southern states became worried about the dangers this drug would bring and newspapers began calling Mexican cannabis use a “marijuana menace.”
fee.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Read about The Racist Roots of Marijuana Prohibition and how African American and mexican folks were demonized as crazed addicts, rapists & killers to further the goals of the prohibitionists
fee.org/articles/the...
fee.org/articles/the...
I may be feeling more than a little 😵💫😵💫 today, but that doesn't mean I can't tell you that I love you! So, I love you, fellow human! ❤️❤️
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I may be feeling more than a little 😵💫😵💫 today, but that doesn't mean I can't tell you that I love you! So, I love you, fellow human! ❤️❤️
The fact that my hospital is more willing to prescribe me morphine than medical cannabis says a lot 💀
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The fact that my hospital is more willing to prescribe me morphine than medical cannabis says a lot 💀
"Nearly 90,000 people fled el-Fasher after its recent capture, with over 70% of children under 5 in displacement camps now acutely malnourished."
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Sudan relief operations are 'on the brink of collapse,' U.N. migration agency warns
The International Organization for Migration said more funding is needed to ease the humanitarian impact of the war between the Sudanese army and its rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
www.latimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"Nearly 90,000 people fled el-Fasher after its recent capture, with over 70% of children under 5 in displacement camps now acutely malnourished."
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF
UROLOGY & SEXOLOGY VOL XV
— JANUARY-DECEMBER 1919
"A Case Of Sexual Perversion", abstract on seemingly a gay man (not enough info here to say if they're transfem+ or not, but statistically most likely a gay man.. both fall under the 'sexual inversion' umbrella during this time)
UROLOGY & SEXOLOGY VOL XV
— JANUARY-DECEMBER 1919
"A Case Of Sexual Perversion", abstract on seemingly a gay man (not enough info here to say if they're transfem+ or not, but statistically most likely a gay man.. both fall under the 'sexual inversion' umbrella during this time)
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF
UROLOGY & SEXOLOGY VOL XV
— JANUARY-DECEMBER 1919
"A Case Of Sexual Perversion", abstract on seemingly a gay man (not enough info here to say if they're transfem+ or not, but statistically most likely a gay man.. both fall under the 'sexual inversion' umbrella during this time)
UROLOGY & SEXOLOGY VOL XV
— JANUARY-DECEMBER 1919
"A Case Of Sexual Perversion", abstract on seemingly a gay man (not enough info here to say if they're transfem+ or not, but statistically most likely a gay man.. both fall under the 'sexual inversion' umbrella during this time)
"1968, Watson published a book recounting the events of the discovery of DNA structure as he experienced them, where he minimizes Franklin’s contributions & refers to her in sexist language. He acknowledges her contributions but does not give full credit for her role in the discovery" (shortened)
James Watson exemplified the best and worst of science – from monumental discoveries to sexism and cutthroat competition
James Dewey Watson is best known for his Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the structure of DNA. Controversy around who should be credited highlights the challenges of scientific collaboration.
theconversation.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"1968, Watson published a book recounting the events of the discovery of DNA structure as he experienced them, where he minimizes Franklin’s contributions & refers to her in sexist language. He acknowledges her contributions but does not give full credit for her role in the discovery" (shortened)
“If we just kill the homeless, there won't be any homeless—no housing crisis, either”
If you just cancel flights, then they're actually not late! Brilliant stuff from Sean Duffy here
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“If we just kill the homeless, there won't be any homeless—no housing crisis, either”
Reposted by Lillian Darby
🌸The Abbess Garden 🌸
Discover our cozy and historical gardening game!
store.steampowered.com/app/3411970/... (with a demo!)
Features:
🌿 Collect real plants
💦 Water, soil and proximity systems
🔍 Explore your garden
🕵️♀️ Wholesome and thrilling spy plot
💖 Queer romance
#PitchYaGame #cozygame
Discover our cozy and historical gardening game!
store.steampowered.com/app/3411970/... (with a demo!)
Features:
🌿 Collect real plants
💦 Water, soil and proximity systems
🔍 Explore your garden
🕵️♀️ Wholesome and thrilling spy plot
💖 Queer romance
#PitchYaGame #cozygame
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🌸The Abbess Garden 🌸
Discover our cozy and historical gardening game!
store.steampowered.com/app/3411970/... (with a demo!)
Features:
🌿 Collect real plants
💦 Water, soil and proximity systems
🔍 Explore your garden
🕵️♀️ Wholesome and thrilling spy plot
💖 Queer romance
#PitchYaGame #cozygame
Discover our cozy and historical gardening game!
store.steampowered.com/app/3411970/... (with a demo!)
Features:
🌿 Collect real plants
💦 Water, soil and proximity systems
🔍 Explore your garden
🕵️♀️ Wholesome and thrilling spy plot
💖 Queer romance
#PitchYaGame #cozygame
Reposted by Lillian Darby
Reposted by Lillian Darby
An experimental gene-editing therapy developed by Crispr Therapeutics is showing promise for treating heart disease.
A Gene Editing Therapy Cut Cholesterol Levels by Half
An experimental gene-editing therapy developed by Crispr Therapeutics is showing promise for treating heart disease.
wrd.cm
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
An experimental gene-editing therapy developed by Crispr Therapeutics is showing promise for treating heart disease.
Reposted by Lillian Darby
Cruelty really is the point. Who else would go to court begging for permission to starve their own citizens? Meanwhile, they send $40 billion to Argentina, buying two private jets for ICE “Barbie,” and Trump has already burned through $1 trillion in less than two months.
November 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Cruelty really is the point. Who else would go to court begging for permission to starve their own citizens? Meanwhile, they send $40 billion to Argentina, buying two private jets for ICE “Barbie,” and Trump has already burned through $1 trillion in less than two months.
Reposted by Lillian Darby
Reposted by Lillian Darby
The guy who has refused to help war-torn Ukraine now wants to “protect Christians” in Nigeria, says he is “rescuing” Argentina on behalf of the West, and is “combating drug trafficking” in Venezuela.
What do all three countries have in common?
They all have abundant oil.
What a coincidence.
What do all three countries have in common?
They all have abundant oil.
What a coincidence.
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The guy who has refused to help war-torn Ukraine now wants to “protect Christians” in Nigeria, says he is “rescuing” Argentina on behalf of the West, and is “combating drug trafficking” in Venezuela.
What do all three countries have in common?
They all have abundant oil.
What a coincidence.
What do all three countries have in common?
They all have abundant oil.
What a coincidence.
"Close to 71,000 people fled the city in a single week, joining the hundreds of thousands already displaced across the region. For women and girls, their journey to places like Tawila and Al Dabba is not a passage to safety, but a perilous ordeal marked by extortion, rape and death".
Women flee atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher only to face new crisis in overcrowded camps
TAWILA/AL DABBA, Sudan – The seizure of El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, by the Rapid Support Forces, following more than 530 days of siege, shelling and bombardment, has unleashe...
www.unfpa.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"Close to 71,000 people fled the city in a single week, joining the hundreds of thousands already displaced across the region. For women and girls, their journey to places like Tawila and Al Dabba is not a passage to safety, but a perilous ordeal marked by extortion, rape and death".
Reposted by Lillian Darby
FUUUUUUCK. Our power is out, and I thought I had until MONDAY to pay it, but apparently I’m just in the dark now. If you can help me out, it would mean more to me than you guys know.
PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy
Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy
Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy
PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy
Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy
Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy
Pay Real Life Comics using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/maegodhavemercy and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
PayPal.me
November 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
FUUUUUUCK. Our power is out, and I thought I had until MONDAY to pay it, but apparently I’m just in the dark now. If you can help me out, it would mean more to me than you guys know.
PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy
Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy
Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy
PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy
Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy
Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy
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"Laura fears all will be lost if ICB Sussex forces her child off the medication.
If ICB Sussex get their own way in a matter of weeks and they force detransition, Olive may well take her life."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
If ICB Sussex get their own way in a matter of weeks and they force detransition, Olive may well take her life."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
NHS threatens GP practice over trans care
A GP practice in Brighton and Hove is currently under investigation for legally providing gender affirming care to trans teens
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"Laura fears all will be lost if ICB Sussex forces her child off the medication.
If ICB Sussex get their own way in a matter of weeks and they force detransition, Olive may well take her life."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
If ICB Sussex get their own way in a matter of weeks and they force detransition, Olive may well take her life."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...