au vilain épris de nobles pensées: dear YA authors
to those who already write queer characters:
thank you.
more please.
to those who don’t:
listen, if i have to sit through one more poorly written
poorly edited because teenagers would’t know good writing
if it bit them on the nose love story
i. want. lesbians.
i…
“Kids can’t learn about sexuality and gender because it’s too scary or confusing for them” yeah because YOU told them they there are ONLY straight men and straight women from the age of three and then used that limited scope an an excuse to carry on dodging the subject.
I found the seven times table scary and confusing but I still had to do about 20 exams about it
The long awaited.. PRINCE AND THE PRINCESS…
My final project for my book arts class. Hope you enjoy ;o;
not to be a nitpicker but they still called the “prince” a ‘she’.
very fairy tale, as if there were no medieval context what-so-ever
-shrug-
still enjoyed it.
Ahhh sorry it isn’t really clear but Emilia still identifies as female!! Haha the title is a little misleading *__* Both end up as princesses! The title is based off the prince and the pauper and edmund is a prince for most of the story. I’m open to other suggestions for the title though! * v *
YES YES YES ALL OFTHIS
how dare u call me heterophobic, i am 1/64th heterosexual on my mother’s side
you know why I’m so livid
because EA is singlehandedly responsible for fucking up all three of those franchises they are trying to brag about by expecting developers to churn out AAA product in the time it takes to make a cup of coffee
because for years queer Bioware fans and allies have fought tooth and nail, ranted and wrote letters and forum posts, suffered the hate and trolling by the straight dudebro fans, to get even the problematic kind of inclusion that we do have in these games
because people who aren’t fans don’t even know Commander Shepard—of either gender—can be gay or bisexual
because every single instance of Pair the Spares results in a hetero pairing
because the asari are still Discount Lesbians
because queer female Shepard seems to only exist for the titillation of straight male dudebro players and not actual queer female players
because the only way to have same-gender romances with the majority of the Normandy’s crew is to use a fan hack program
because Jack was bisexual and in a poly triad in her backstory only to show how wild and crazy she was
because Nyreen Kandros was killed off
and these motherfuckers want to take credit for the good shit?? let them take credit for all of that shit too
I think you really overestimate how much of a say EA has in the writing department…
I think you really need to have a seat and understand the context of a post before you add your two cents to a discussion.
The context of the post is a press event in which EA is touting LGBT inclusivity in its franchises, specifically bragging about The Sims, Dragon Age, and Mass Effect, and lauding themselves as great allies and champions of diversity because of these franchises. The entire point of the post (and the like, four or five posts before that in this discussion) is that if EA wants to unfairly take credit for the work of the developers they buy out, then they should rightly take all of the criticism those developers received as well. The point is that EA is trying to have its cake and eat it too.
So next time be quiet when grown folks are talking if you come into a discussion and don’t understand the context in which it is happening.
#buying a property does not mean you inherit only the parts that make you look good #EA had a hundred chances in a hundred ways to make this right #NOPE #equality and inclusion regularly take a back seat when it’s dudebros paying attention #and then get trotted out for the ‘correct’ audience when the timing suits EA #nope #nu-uh
Cause vintage WWI lesbians are the best lesbians.
Sorry nope you cannot have those jobs back boys. TOO BAD SO SAD.
(Source: postnatural)
LGBT+ Inclusivity in Surveys and Questionnaires
When was the last time you took a survey or filled out a form where you had to specify your sex, gender or sexuality?
One friend who is transgender and bisexual discovered that their statewide LGBT group was asking people to self-identify on its website donation page, and it was only possible to select one identity when the options given were “lesbian,” “gay,” “bisexual,” “transgender,” “ally” and “other.”
For my friend, marking “other” didn’t seem right … “I really want there to be more bi/trans* visibility,” they told me, “especially since many people think trans* people are either all gay or all straight (depending on who you ask) and, of course, no one thinks a trans* person could be bisexual despite bisexuality being the largest sexual orientation group among trans* people.”
Other LGBT+-specific surveys that one would think would attempt to be extremely inclusive leave certain identities out as well. For example, one survey received by BiNet USA that claimed to be about “Sexual Minority Men’s Gender Attitudes and Wellbeing” ended up having a pretty narrow focus on gay men, despite being promoted as a study that included bisexual, genderqueer and transgender men too.
We still live in a heteronormative and cissexist society, and that is no clearer to me than at the doctor’s office. When I fill out their forms and identify as female, my doctors always assume that that means that I am heterosexual, so they ask me if I am on birth control … In fact, if doctors are making assumptions about a patient’s gender, sex and sexuality without verifying with the patient, mistakes are just waiting to happen … Much clearer questions should be asked on surveys and questionnaires, especially in the medical field, if accurate data is to be collected, and for all people to receive the best medical care possible.
This is likely just the beginning of a much larger conversation.
you know parents make such a big deal about explaining homosexuality to their children but when I was a kid I watched a show where one of the villains was a satanic cross-dressing lobster and never once questioned it
I WISH PEOPLE WOULD REALIZE HOW EASY IT IS FOR LITTLE KIDS TO UNDERSTAND HOMOSEXUALITY LIKE IF YOU LITERALLY JUST TELL THEM THAT TWO BOYS OR TWO GIRLS LOVE EACH OTHER JUST LIKE ONE BOY AND ONE GIRL LOVE EACH OTHER THEYLL BE LIKE “OKAY!” AND THATS LITERALLY THE END OF IT AND THEN THEYLL GROW UP ACCEPTING HOMOSEXUALITY AND I HATE PEOPLE FOR NOT DOING THIS
(Source: growlithed)
imagine a day when instead of ‘gay marriage’ we can all just say ‘marriage’, like, he’s getting married to his boyfriend, and they’re just like oh lovely, a wedding.
i want that day to be now.
Within queer activist circles (i.e. the groups of people who make change), the dominance of the label debate is so great, that it alone is often defined as “bisexual activism” in GLBTQA activist/advocacy groups. That is, if you are in a GLBTQA group and discuss the label debate once per year or so, the group perceives itself as doing its part to include bisexuals. If the group is doing really well at including bisexuals, they might also have a separate session asking the epistemological question, “What is bisexuality/pansexuality, etc.?” and/or “What does it mean to be bi/pan/fluid, etc?”. And then… the topic of bi inclusion and support is closed.
This lack of other discussion topis and/or actions taken to support bi* communities is harmful, because it makes our own community engage in a lot of infighting (i.e. who is “really right” in the label debate?). It also takes the focus off engaging in the types of activism that could actually improve bi* people’s lives.
” @mwbiactivist (via bisexualftw)if you ever, ever, ever, ever decide to ignore the pronouns that a trans* person has clearly specified and instead refer to them as “it”
- stop
- stop
- stop
- punch yourself in the face
- STOP
- isolate yourself
- reevaluate your decisions
- punch yourself in the face again
- get a clue
- return
- one more punch for good measure!
- say something else
if this process does not appeal to you there is an alternate option:
- stop
- walk away
- keep walking
- no that’s not far enough
- keep going
- walk into the ocean please
- there you go
- no you need to keep walking
- okay good now stay right there
- thanks
thank you GOODBYE
