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Our campaign to demonstrate that Space Is Really Gay continues apace!
Gollancz describes the novel as a “profoundly beautiful sci-fi romance exploring climate collapse, prejudice, privilege, class, and queer love through the prescient lens of a ballerina turned refugee fleeing an environmentally devastated Earth and an enigmatic Martian politician embroiled in a political crisis who agree to a fake marriage after a media encounter torpedoes both their reputations".
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livres lus, mars 2023
- Un psaume pour les recyclés sauvages, Becky Chambers ☆ ☆ ☆
#queer books#livres lgbt#lgbt#lgbt books#nonbinary#nonbinary character#sci fi#queer sf#robots#science fiction#becky chambers#psalm for the wild built#reading list
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HEYY I'M ACTUALLY ALIVE AND IVE TOTALLY BEEN ALIVE SO HERES MY FAVORITE THING EVER DRAWN TODAY:
Now excuse me while i sleep until 5pm because the sun IS rising and i AM so tired
#sally face#sal fisher#sallyface#sal fisher fanart#sallyface fanart#sally face fanart#i just saw a tag that said the sf fandom OVERLOOKS lore. what fandom does that person live in#it better not have been my own tag 😭#art#artists on tumblr#digital art#fanart#sketch#emo sal fisher#2000's nostalgia#2000's aesthetic#mirror picss lol#haircut#blue hair and probably no pronouns (in the queer way)#illustration#rendering#oh boy im so excited about this one#i've been drawing like all yeat btw i just forgot my blog existed#YEAR*#im not fixing that#i feel like a fanart big boy now drawing cool fanart that actually looks accurate#the body and arms could be better tho :/#oh well!!!#hehehe
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I’m going insane 😳
#artwork#cute#digital art#my art#art#smiling friends#artists on tumblr#charlie dompler#doodle#smiling friends fanart#pim pimling#charpim#pim x charlie#charlie x pim#smiling friends pim#smiling friends charlie#smiling friends adult swim#adult swim smiling friends#sf charlie#charlie sf#pim sf#sf pim#art dump#doodle dump#digital aritst#digital doodle#digital drawing#digital fanart#digital#queer artist
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Book recs: Queer fantasy, part 1
A note: queer here does not necessarily mean “guarantee of an f/f or m/m ship with a happy ending”, but rather simply a significant presence of queerness. Some of the books feature no romance but has a same gender attracted/trans/a-spectrum lead, or features an m/f relationship with bisexual, trans or aro/ace characters, or simply features a world-building which is heavily queer inclusive in ways that don’t always compare to our own ideas of sexuality and gender. I have however disqualified works where the only queer presence is along the lines of “gay best friend” or a blink and you’ll miss it confirmation that never comes up again.
For queer sci-fi recs, click here! For a masterpost of book rec lists, click here! For more details on the books recommended here, continue under the readmore. Titles marked with * are my personal favorites!
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez*
AKA the book the killed me. Two boys travel throughout their land with the body of a god as her horrible, horrible children try to hunt them down. It’s hard to explain more than that, but trust me when I say the narrative voice and literary techniques are incredibly unique in how they blend past and present, reality and story, lead and bystander. Truly an experience. Features an m/m romance.
The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost series) by C.L. Clark*
Tourraine, who was stolen as a child and trained as a soldier for the empire that conquered her home, is recruited by Luka, the future leader of the conquering country, to root out a rebellion. A game of twisted loyalties and attraction is soon to develop as the two must decide where their priorities lie: with each other, or with their respective countries and people.
Sing the Four Quarters (Quarters series) by Tanya Huff*
Though a royal by birth, princess Annice renounced her throne to become a bard, a musician who through training can Sing elemental spirits to do their bidding. Ten years later, she goes on the run for two counts of treason, first by imperiling the succession order by becoming pregnant, second by helping her ex, and the father of her child, escape the palace dungeons and a death sentence. Bisexual lead in an f/f relationship. When I first read this book I described it as, and I quote, 'a fucking delight', and I stand by that.
The Unspoken Name (The Serpent Gates duology) by C.L. Clark*
The sort of portal fantasy you get when all the worlds connected by portals are fantasy worlds, and none of them are ours. The portals themselves become simply a part of the worldbuilding that the characters use to travel between fascinating places, and it’s all really cool. It follows Csorwe (lesbian orc assassin whom I love), who grew up in a cult, indoctrinated as a child sacrifice to a god. But on the day she was meant to die, she instead chose to follow a powerful wizard and train to become his loyal servant and sword. Aside from being an excellent fantasy, it’s also a close look at the hard path of unlearning indoctrination and the search for love and validation where you’ll never find it, and learning to live for yourself. Multiple queer leads.
The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms series) by Tasha Suri
A princess held captive by her own brother, who wants to see her dead, tries to trick a servant into helping her escape, but with undeniable attraction growing between them and the servant having her own goals of liberation things quickly get complicated, both between them and in the country at large as rebellion and dangerous magic brews. Sapphic romance.
The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos duology) by Samantha Shannon
Queen Sabran's lineage has protected the country of Inys from dragons for a thousand years, but now the safety of their land is threatened as Sabran is yet to conceive and assassins are closing in. Lady-in-waiting Ead is secretly part of a society of hidden mages, and is using her position to protect her queen. Meanwhile, on the other side of the sea, dragonrider Tané is faced with an impossible choice. The fates of all three are intertwined as they attempt to stop the rise of a great dragon. 800+ page epic fantasy. Sapphic romance.
The Raven and the Reindeer by T. Kingfisher*
Young adult, fairy tale retelling of the Snow Queen. When Gerta's friend Kai is stolen away by the evil Snow Queen, Gerta must depart on a mission to save him. On the way, she encounters, among others, a talking raven and a pretty robber girl who become her allies. Sapphic romance.
The Rise of Kyoshi (Kyoshi duology) by F.C. Yee*
Young adult. Set in the Avatar universe, but aimed at an older audience than the animated series. Though she will one day be one of the most well-known avatars of the land, for now, young Kyoshi is but a humble girl who has yet to find out her true destiny as the bender of all four elements and keeper of balance of her world. When betrayal strikes and a dear friend is lost, Kyoshi goes on the run alongside fiesty firebender Rangi to find out the truth of her destiny and power. Sapphic romance.
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes series) by Travis Baldree
Viv is tired of adventures and bloodshed - now she wants a peaceful life, and decides to go after it by opening a café. But going from warrior to small business owner is easier said than done, especially when Viv's old life comes knocking. Best described as a cozy fantasy, with a largely low-stakes but heartwarming plot and a sapphic romance.
Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee
Gyen Jebi is an artist, but making a living is difficult. When offered a job by the Ministry of Armor to paint the magical sigils that animate their automaton soldiers, they have little choice but to accept. But as Jebi sees the dark depths of the government, especially the shocking source of their magical paint, they must find a way to resist. Perhaps by freeing the Ministry's mighty automaton dragon... Nonbinary main character.
Crier's War by Nina Varela
Young adult. Who says sci-fi has monopoly on robots? In Crier’s War, artificially created automae have defeated and subjugated humans, who live as second class citizens. Young Ayla goes undercover as a servant, meaning to assassinate automae girl and Sovereign’s daughter Crier. This would be easier if the two weren’t quick to develop feelings for each other.
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky trilogy) by Rebecca Roanhorse
In a pre-columbian inspired world, sea captain Xiala, gifted with an unusual connection to the sea, travels with a mysterious scarred and blind passenger toward a dangerous goal as prophecy heralds the return of a god. Features among others bisexual and nonbinary leads.
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin*
In a world regularly torn apart by natural disasters, a big one finally strikes and society as we know it falls, leaving people floundering to survive in a post apocalyptic world, its secrets and past to be slowly revealed. We follow a mother as she races through this world to find and save her daughter, stolen away by a father who just murdered their son after having discovered a terrible secret of their family. Does feature multiple queer characters and a main polyam relationship, but DO NOT read this expecting happy queer relationships as this series handles many dark subjects (you should still read it though, it's incredibly good).
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan*
Young adult. Kids who can walk between our world and a magical one get recruited into a magical school that trains them to be either fighters or diplomats. Our lead decides that fighting is stupid and that he’s going to peacefully solve every conflict ever, all while being the most delightfully obnoxious little brat possible and getting involved in the most bisexual love triangle imaginable. Very good, funny, and heart-felt coming of age story.
Our Bloody Pearl D.N. Bryn
A siren who’s been held captive by a pirate is freed, but too injured to survive on their own as their tail has become paralyzed. Another pirate captain decides to help them out and has to work to win their trust. Fairly fluffy and light on world-building and plot (though there is a bit of a revenge story in there), with a focus on character and recovery. m/nb romance with an asexual love interest.
A Master of Djinn by P. Djélí Clark
Set in an alternate 1910’s steampunk Cairo, where djinn and other creatures live alongside humans. We get to follow an investigator as she races to catch a criminal using a powerful object to control djinn and stir unrest. Fantastically creative and fresh, and also features a buddy cop dynamic between two female leads as well as a sapphic romance.
Black Water Sister by Zen Cho*
As a toddler, Jessamyn Teoh left Malaysia. Now a young adult, she’s broke, closeted, and moving back. There she’s faced with the ghost of her estranged grandmother, Ah Ma, who was a medium and avatar of the deity the Black Water Sister in life. Now she demands Jess' help in exacting revenge against a gang boss that offended her god. Meanwhile, all Jess wants is to get her life back on track.
Heaven Official's Blessing (Heaven Official's Blessing series) by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
Once, Xie Lian was the beloved crown prince of a kingdom. Then he rose to godhood at a young age, and was expected to take a step back from his land and his people, but in his inability to do so ended up losing everything. Now, eight hundred years later, Xie Lian has ascended to godhood for a third time, forgotten by mortals and the laughing stock of Heaven. Trying to rebuild his reputation, Xie Lian sets off on a mission, and on it encounters an infamous demon king who inspires fear in all of heaven. M/M romance.
Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore*
Young Adult. Jane is invited by an old acquaintance to an extravagant gala in an island mansion, stranding her among the rich and glamorous. But being surrounded by rich people is the least of Jane’s problems: the mansion is housing secrets, some of them tied to Jane’s own family. The mansion offers her five choices, all of them leading her down different paths and different answers. Jane, Unlimited is a choose-your-own adventure story of sorts, featuring five different endings in five different genres, each more off the wall bonkers than the next. It also features a bisexual main character!
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children series) by Seanan McGuire*
A tumblr favorite, the Wayward Children novellas feature a school open to children who have returned from adventures in other realms and now have trouble adapting back to regular life. Some installments are set in our world, others follow children as they have their otherworldly adventures. The main characters vary between books, but are generally pretty diverse with among others asexual, trans, intersexual and sapphic leads. Both funny and dark, it takes a closer look at the trauma many endure growing up different.
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern*
Surreal and fairy tale-esque, The Starless Sea is stories within a story, following graduate student Zachary as he finds a strange book which, in-between other tales, tells a story from his own childhood. Trying to find out how this came to be, Zachary gets involved with a pink-haired woman and a handsome man who are doing their utmost to protect a strange, otherworldly library available only through magical doors. It’s a book hard to put in words, but which I once described as “romantic without being a romance while stile having a love story at it’s core”, and which can be summed up only as “an Experience”. It’s also quite gay!
Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer*
Young adult. Nita isn’t a murderer - technically. She just dissects the bodies of supernatural beings her mother brings home and sells for parts on the black market. But when her mother brings home a still living victim, Nita has had enough and frees him. As it turns out, no good deed goes unpunished as Nita is betrayed, her own nature as a supernatural entity outed as she’s kidnapped and placed behind bars. Now she must find a way to escape before she's sold for parts. Features two aroace leads and a queerplatonic relationship, though it isn’t made textual until book 3 and briefly masquerades as a romance, which is pretty hilarious.
The Last Sun (The Tarot Sequence) by K.D. Edwards
Urban fantasy. Rune Saint John is the only survivor of the massacre against the Sun Court years prior. Now he’s been hired by Lady Judgement to find her missing son, Addam. Alongside his companion and bodyguard Brand, Rune goes on to question Addam's family and business contacts all over New Atlantis, island city and home of the Atlanteans after their original home was destroyed by ordinary humans. But the more he digs, the more Rune finds clues that Addam's absence is connected to Rune's own tragic past. M/M romance.
Gossamer Axe by Gael Baudino
Centuries ago in Ireland, Chairiste Ní Cummen was trained in the secrets of music and magic. But her pride was her downfall, trapping her and her lover in the land of the Sidh. Only Chairiste escaped, hoping to one day win her lover's freedom in musical battle with the fairy that holds her captive. Now she is Christa Cruitare, harp teacher in the modern world and all but resigned to her loss. Until she comes across a great new music: heavy metal. Taking one last chance to win her lover's freedom, Christa sets out to gather other skilled musicians and bring them with her in her final battle. Sapphic romance.
Bonus AKA I haven't read these yet but they seem really cool
Pantomime (Micah Grey trilogy) by Laura Lam
Young adult. On the surface, Gene's life is that of a noble debutante. In reality, she has secrets: she's both male and female, and has magical abilities that hasn’t been seen in an age. In the face of a betrayal from her parents, Gene runs away from home, dresses up as a boy, and joins a circus. Intersex main character.
Ghost Walk by Kay Solo
Maaya Sahni can see ghosts, and does her best to survive in her small isolated town by keeping her head down. But when an entire street full of people is spirited away by faceless specters that scares even ghosts, Maaya must find a way to stop the specters. Lesbian main character.
Swordspoint (Riverside series) by Ellen Kushner
In Riverside, duels are the way to settle disputes, and Richard St. Vier is the undisputed master of the sword - at least until a death is met not with awe but with outrage. M/M romance.
#nella talks books#I'm almost done with the fae rec list too! it should go up some time next week#after that maybe part 2 of queer sf
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June 30, 2024
Location: San Francisco, California
#photoblog#photography#photo blog#photographers of tumblr#photographers on tumblr#film photography#color film#film camera#film#35mm photography#35mm#35mm film#lgbt pride#lgbtq#lgbtqia#queer pride#pride#pride month#pride 2024#sf pride#san francisco#california#iye415
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I wish y'all a sweet sweet pride month. Sending you strenght, hugs if you want them, and love.
#You never have to come out if you don't want to or you can't#stay safe#love you all my queer mutuals and viewers#star trek#star trek fanart#sketch#my art#spock#mr spock#SFS40#SearchForSpock40#pride month#Currently hiding under my blankets because of covid#I wanted to do a full illustration here but heh sometimes you have to take a break#So here is a SFS redraw#if you're a bigot and reading this#well maybe you should rewatch Star Trek more closely (and please block me)
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Hello, I am Ahmed. The war destroyed my life. Can you help me? I need 3 things from you: Share, repost, and donate if you are able to donate. Thank you for listening to me
My post link 👇💕
https://www.tumblr.com/ahmed4palestine/756439898525974528/urgent
My GFM link 👇🔗
https://gofund.me/1d8bb3df
I’m happy to help out however I can 🇵🇸 💕 🫂
#smiling friends#charpim#Please don’t @ me sf fam this is an emergency#rick and morty#rick sanchez#morty smith#rick c137#morty c137#futurama#danganronpa#undertale#deltarune#my hero academia#boku no hero academia#fandoms for palestine#queers for palestine#stranger things 4#boycott stranger things#anti noah schnapp#no pride in genocide#no pride in apartheid
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I forgot to post anything for Pride month during Pride month but that's because we're so dedicated to LGBTQ+ fiction that every month is Pride month over at Gollancz towers (also my baby is teething and has hit sleep regression and I have lost my only recently regained grasp on the passage of time, I blinked and June had gone)
Anyway the latest installment in our Lesbians In Space collection is out now! THE STARS TOO FONDLY is a space adventure with a very sexy hologram. Like STAR TREK: PRODIGY. Except the crew are adults and one of them is a disaster lesbian who accidentally falls in love with the sexy hologram.
#The Stars Too Fondly#Emily Hamilton#queer sf#Lesbian SF#Pride month#Turns up four days late with Starbucks and repeats the joke about Janeway being a sexy lesbian#Tiktoks
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#everyone is gay and trans#every character is gay and trans#gay#trans#gay and trans#transgender#lgbt#lgbtq#lgbtqia#lgbtq+#lgbt+#lgbtqia+#queer#shitpost#queerposting#gayposting#transposting#akuma#street fighter#gouki#sf#capcom#fighting games
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livres lus, avril-août 2023
- L'Architecte du sultan, Elif Shafak ☆ ☆
- After® , Auriane Velten ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
- High Wire Darlings, Kalyn Roseanne Livernois ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
- Le prieuré de l'oranger (partie 1), Samantha Shannon ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
- Ubik, Philip K. Dick ☆ ☆ ☆
- Un chat à trois pattes, Camille Islert ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
- La Mare au diable, George Sand ☆ ☆ ☆
- Une bête au paradis, Cécile Coulon ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
- Mes chats écrivent des haïkus, Minami Shinbô (hors catégorie, cadeau de mon amoureuse)
- Silo Origines, Hugh Howey ☆ ☆ ☆
#autrice#litterature#litterature francaise#poésie#writing#lgbt#lesbian romance#gay#science fiction#queer sf#queer fantasy#lesbienne
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911 prompts based on emojis:
🇵🇷 - Tevan adopt a hispanic little girl that ends up calling Eddie, Hen, Chim, Maddie, Lucy and Sal Tío/Tía and Bobby and Athena Abuelo/Abuela (Bathena as Buck's parents supremacy). She calls Buck Papá and Tommy Taita.
🙈 - Evan throws Tommy a surprise bday party
🏳️🌈 - Buck has a 'coming out' party (idk is it ooc?)
📞 - Dispatch!Josh/Eddie
🎧 - Rapper!Buck/Violinist!Tommy AU
🍺 - Drunk Eddie and Buck try to get dicked down by Tommy. (Maybe an AU where Tommy never had to leave the Bachelor Party? idk. Maybe buck is like "eddie! Guess what?! Great! IDEA! join us!!!" or some shi and he and buck beg Tommy.)
🧋- Buck discovers the joys of Boba and gets everyone to try it.
🦈👨🚒- Evan Grant-Nash AU where he's in college and there were 3 other Evans in his Frat so he started going by Van (instead of Buck). He's studying Marine Biology (or something else that feeds his encyclopedic brain) and is out as Bi, Bobby is still the captain of the 118, Tommy is still at the 118 (and out) and Athena married Bobby when Evan was 5. Maddie is still his sister and Doug never existed. (Evan and Maddie get with one of Bobby's firemen (Tommy and Chim) and Bobby is like Both of my kids want my firemen???)
🌸 - Tommy gets Evan flowers.
🧷 - Buck gets piercings/tattoos (I have some NSFW ideas for this one, not just sfw.)
🤝 🛶 - Little Mermaid!AU w/ Ursula!Gerard and Ariel!Evan enraptured by Sailor Prince!Tommy (with Grimsby!Lucy and Talking!Max!Sal). Featuring: Scuttle!Chim, Sebastian!Hen, Flounder!Eddie, King Triton!Bobby, Alive!Queen Athena!Athena and Mersiblings!Maddie, Eldest!Queen Athena's Fate!Daniel, Harry, May, Christopher & Ravi.
🙊 - Tommy and Buck sneak into the firetruck afterhours... iykyk...
🍫 - Eddie copes with Christopher going to Texas by becoming addicted to chocolate.
🫂 - ANGST/FLUFF. BuckTommy reunion after Tommy gets deployed (for whatever reason) for a year.
🔥 - ANGST. (HURT/NO COMFORT.) Eddie gets stuck in a fire at a call, records a message for all his loved ones when he thinks he gonna die. (maybe he does. I'm in a mood for a lil painy-pain apparently.)
#911 abc#bucktommy#911 on abc#tommy kinard#evan buckley#josh russo#911 fandom#buddietommy#josh x eddie#mustache eddie#eddie diaz#911 au#athena grant#bobby nash#bathena#maddie buckley han#chimney han#hen wilson#tevan girl dads#queer eddie diaz#christopher diaz#coming out party#lie all you want but eddies mustache goes hard#sf aspen writes#writing prompt#911 prompt
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I made more charpim!!!
ok but like I’m obsessed with how this turned out im 😍
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Queers for a Free Palestine
March 31, 2 pm
Assemble 19th and Dolores, San Francisco [ March will start at 2:15 sharp ]
March as queer and trans people in solidarity against the Israeli genocide in Gaza, armed attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank, and in support of members of our communities who are being targeted by employers, schools, and the government for their support of Palestine.
Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism [ QUIT! ] & Gay Shame
#gay shame#queers for a free palestine#march#protest#activism#sf#san fran#san francisco#palestine#gaza#stop the genocide#free palestine#2024
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Church Ladies for Queer Rights
June 30, 2024
Location: San Francisco, California
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The halo represents the light of divine grace suffusing the s o u l . .
#⋆ ed fandoms#⋆ ed arts#I love biblical imagery#cw religious themes#tw religious themes#do not repost without credit#sally face#sally face ashley#sally face ash#ashley campbell#sf ash#sally face fanart#fanart#art#self taught artist#teen artist#queer artist#digital art#my art#artwork#artists on tumblr#drawing#fan art#fan work
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