#also all of us are friendly and queer so feel free to chat with us

[tatatasoma]

hi! just wanna say here, I stream on my twitch channel sometimes! come say hi if you want

[bughugz]

DNI minors, zoos, pedos, transphobes, homophobes, racists, eating disorder blogs, self harm blogs, cishet men, 'men dni' blogs, ableists, blank and ageless accounts there's probably more if any of these things are you or you give off a not good vibe or whatever i'll block you

hiiiii you can call me bug, bun, or wyrm! it doesn't much matter to me which of these you use for me i'm a 20 year old 2spirit gnc trans man i only use he/it pronouns (on t!) please perceive as like effeminate boyish and creaturelike with some sprinkling of cultural and spiritual context to confuse the masses i'm also neurodivergent and chronically ill please be patient with me and maybe use tone tags

i am in a very monogamous relationship with my owner @bugfuckz who i love to post about ! i am vry queer and t4t and you'll find me posting about attraction to all genders though !

dms and asks are open i love interacting with y'all always down for friendly chats but not interested in flirting or anything sexual in dms unless you intend to pay me! consent is valued i will not tolerate disrespect or unsolicited pics

i'm basically a subby bottom bitch boy the vast majority of the time who is occasionally feral and sadistic and will dom bottom if i feel like it i find more power in being the one receiving sooo yeah enjoy

kinks & limits + terminology and petnames + some stuff to get to know me outside of kink below cut:

key to my heart as a sub is petplay (mostly bunny sometimes puppy) but here is a way too long list of other things i like and may also post about in no particular order:

intox (420!)

cnc (might include uncensored use of the word rape)

overstimulation / edging

bondage / restraints

praise / degradation (not of looks)

crying

sadomasochist

dumbification

manhandling

impact play

spanking

breeding (not pregnancy)

biting / scratching

marking / bruising

free use / public play / anonymous sex etc

group sex / gangbangs / spit roasting etc

objectification !!!!

limits ie things i won't be posting about or engaging in for my safety and comfort but to each their own

abdl / ddlg / other variants

scat

beastiality

vomit

race play

oviposition/eggs

detrans / misgendering

etc

if you're curious to know more of my thoughts on something that is or is not here send me an ask or dm!!!

terminology and names for me include:

chest, tits, t/dick, cunt, hole (bunny, puppy, or boy prefixes are fine ie puppycunt, boytits, bunny hole)

bunny, puppy, mutt, bitch, angel, baby, good boy, love, slut, whore, (fuck)toy, pretty boy, sweetheart etc

i also like masc compliments and being called pretty! i honestly just i love most pet names i do not like little one, the word girl, or princess !!!

get to know me outside of kink:

i'm an herbalist and i love plants and ethnobotany especially

i'm in college slowly working towards an environmental science degree

i love bugs and crystals and anything miniature

i like cozy games and fashion and books

i'm a fiber artist and like to experiment with lots of different mediums and styles

i like to roller skate badly

exploring in nature is one of my favorite pastimes whether it's tide pooling or admiring all the little things in a small stretch of forest

this is 100% a horny blog and i will be spamming my silly horny and sometimes non horny thoughts so often that you might hate me not great with words mostly rambling. but please don't hesitate to try and befriend and get to know me and ask me about any of this stuff i like dms just so long as you're respectful i do have social anxiety so i may not dm first!

pics of me are tagged #wormy pics

audios of me are tagged #wormy audios

original text nsfw and sfw is all mostly lumped into #bun ramblings

asks are #wormyasks

anons: 🌸, 🦊, 👾,🪼,💀

[vagueconfusion]

I keep forgetting to do this because pinned posts were, uh, not a thing for a long time but here we go

hi there, welcome to my. Uh. personal ramble zone. you can call me Rowan, though vague works too.

Queer. Trans folks welcome, TERFs not welcome.

I reblog whatever catches my fancy, even if it's from an old interest. My current Main Thing is Sleep Token. I also talk a lot about about crafts that I do, food that I make, and my cat

I think I'm generally pretty friendly? Feel free to start up a chat, send asks, or reply to my posts. If you have any questions I'm willing to answer them, but I do take a bit to fully open up to people. I'm working on it.

This post will probably be a work in progress, but I'm also tired of working on it right now I want to do other things so here you go

My main project right now is Sheep Token

🌟 If you're interested in Sleep Token and want to read analysis and interpretations, I put out a call for people to give me recs here so I encourage you to look through them! If you have something to add feel free to add it in a reblog, I encourage you to do so even! 🌟

The gifs I make are under #gif me baby one more time (here's your warning for flashing, though they should all be tagged as well)

My Sleep Token specific writing (no fanfiction, sorry if that's what you're looking for) is under #myst writing

If I make a post and it's rebloggable feel free to reblog it, if I didn't want it to be reblogged I'd disable the ability for it to be

If we talk at all let me know if you want my discord (I also have co-host but. Uh. Haven't used it much because I don't know anyone on there, but am willing to share that too)

[helenarlett-rex]

Reintroduction

So I took sort of an extended break from all social media for a while after RL was getting to be too stressful for me. I was still checking in here and there periodically but for the most part I wasn't here or anywhere else. It was for my own health. And coming back now feels like,

With all the crap that's been happening here on tumblr it's kind of sad but understandable to come back and see so many of the people I knew and interacted with regularly are no longer here. And I'm going to miss them a lot. I don't think anyone who had been with me from the beginning is still here. But that isn't to say I don't still see a handful of my mutuals still here and it's great to see you all. Hi everyone! Thanks for still existing!

But that said, I feel like maybe it's time to start over and rebuild. And I don't mean start over as in somewhere else... More like, reintroduce myself as I go about rebuilding my online presence. So let's start with that. A reintroduction.

My name is Helen Arlet. (Although my full title is, Her Grace The Reverend Dr. Helen Arlet, Duke of Merania, PhD. Yes... It's all legal... I have a title of nobility, a doctorate in metaphysics, and an ordination.) I'm an AMAB Demigirl so my pronouns are she/they. I'm a Gray Asexual. I'm also a self-published author of adult literature most popular within the Furry and Vore communities. You can find some of my books for sale on Amazon but my free content (which actually makes up the bulk of my work at this point) can be found on my eka's account, here...

I'm a furry myself, with my primary fursona being that of a T-Rex, although I do have sort of a "secret sona" that may come to light at some point... Because I often stay very in character when I post I have been mistaken as otherkin before, but so as not to give that community a bad name, I would like to point out that I am not... as far as I know... I am however quite friendly with the otherkin community and love chatting or hanging out with them when I can.

I'm also an old-school punk with very left leaning ideals. I'm... not young... I mean, come on, I'm literally a dinosaur... T-Rex... Rawr! But I'm stuck in that weird area where my status as a gray muzzle in the Furry community is debatable. I have been on tumblr since the beginning though and they still haven't managed to get rid of me. But I am old enough to have actually been a punk in the 80s. A very young one at the time, but I was... and still am...

I had been a librarian for the last decade, but recently lost that job about a year and a half ago when my old boss retired and was replaced by a narcissistic sociopath. And I don't use those terms lightly. I do mean that in the clinical sense... She fired me along with anyone else who was perceived to be a threat to her position, had been there longer than her, knew more than her, was queer, was disabled, or she believed had insulted her in some way. I now work at a used video game store. I won't name it, but it's the second biggest chain of used video game stores behind Game Stop.

And in most recent developments, I now own a partial fursuit, (of my secret sona) and I have finally managed to become a total affront to the church by achieving the status of Ordained Minister, making me one of the very few in my state who will actually perform LGBT+ weddings. Suck it.

Things I will post on this account:

Furry stuff

Vore related content

Dinosaurs

Sharks

LGBT+ stuff

Random reblogs of stuff I find funny or politically important

Posts related to my writing, including links to stories themselves

Answers to any questions I get asked

So please feel free to talk to me if you want. I'm always happy to talk. (Or silently stalk my account and just reblog things you like without ever saying anything to me. You could to that too...) Or even tag me in stuff you want me to see and I'll probably reblog it.

[darkkitty1208]

Hullo. Welcome.

I'm Kitty. I go by she/they. I'm a fanfiction author. All my works are posted on my ao3. I also have a writing sideblog/archive at @kittyswritingcorner. I've been here for a while.

This blog is for me to share my writing, interests, and/or other hobbies. Feel free to drop an ask or slide in my messages if you fancy a little chat—I don't bite! :D

My current fandoms are: MCU/Marvel Comics (mainly Stephen Strange/IronStrange), MP100 (Reigen Arataka/SeriRei especially), and BBC Sherlock (mainly JohnLock). I may dabble in other fandoms from time to time but I'll do you a favour and not list them all.

I used to post incorrect quotes, but not so much nowadays. If at all. Ah, also, fair warning: I generally do not tag any of my reblogs and could go on reblog sprees from time to time, or be inactive for days on end. There is no in-between.

This is my own space and I have the right to express myself and my opinions freely here, although I will rarely engage in anything with heavy discourse/debate and the sort.

Tags, prompt rules, etc under the cut.

Tags

Despite the messiness of my blog, I do, in fact, use some tags for my own, original posts. Surprise, surprise.

I use #my writing for all fics I've written,

#ask for basically all the asks I've answered,

#personal when I'm sharing something about myself, my RL updates, or how I'm doing,

#ramblings for random thoughts or things in my head I decided are worth writing in my blog,

Occasionally #writing when I share (hopefully) relatable stuff about writing or when I'm sharing my experience in writing, and

#kitty makes up scenarios for when I share thoughts and scenarios about fictional characters and will likely not write about them.

Prompts

If you're wondering whether I'm open to prompts or not, currently I am. You can send them in my ask box :P

A couple things to keep in mind before sending a prompt:

I am not a fast writer. I will not respond to your prompt immediately. It could take me weeks, months, and maybe even longer to get to you. I have prompts in my ask box that date to 2 years ago and have yet to get to them. I respond quicker to short-form prompts.

I would prefer if you'd leave some space in the prompt for creative liberties and to not put in too much detail. It takes away the fun for me. If you'd like it in a very specific way, you may want to consider writing it yourself.

Ships I write for include ironstrange and serirei but I also love ekurei, ekuserirei, wongrange, and strordo. Feel free to also send in genfic/no romantic relationships requests.

Don't pressure me into doing your prompt. Please keep in mind that I can and will send it back/refuse to write it if the prompt you sent isn't doable to me for one reason or another.

I can be sensitive to some topics like alcoholism, physical/domestic abuse, etc. but they're not a hard no.

Underage sex and sexual abuse is a definite no. I'm alright with some non-con/dubious consent, though, but I don't tend to go very descriptive with those.

Physical de-aging is OK, but I won't do ageplay or age regression—whether it's sexual or not.

Yes, I am open to writing NSFW but please, for the love of god and all that is holy, do not send me anything about mpreg (it's a squick of mine) or genderbending (mostly due to the fetishisation and the need to force heteronormativity onto clearly queer relationships). Otherwise go wild.

In case a clarification is needed: yes, hurt/no comfort or even MCD fics are definitely OK. Yes, yes, yes, 100%.

If I happen to reblog/participate in an event with a prompt set, I am usually open to receiving requests about them.

I don't write/read x reader or reader insert. I don't read/write x OC, either, with the exception of if I happen to be attached to said OC. Sorry.

I do not write "Not [X] Friendly" fics. I do not like character bashing.

I will not write the ships SpideyStrange, ScarletStrange, and MobRei or any underage characters/adults ships.

Rules may update from time to time. Please check them before sending requests.

Last updated 22/11/24

Follow-up on prompt rules: my preferences

I'm not exactly that picky of a person, but I do have preferences when it comes to reading and/or writing. And I would greatly appreciate if you'd take them into consideration, as I want to enjoy doing requests as much as you do when reading it.

I tend to prefer Hurt!Stephen or Whumpee!Stephen in h/c or whump scenarios, but I am not opposed to writing him being a caretaker. In the Sherlock fandom I prefer Hurt!Sherlock and Hurt!Reigen in MP100 but, again, totally open to otherwise.

I love a lot of various tropes and themes but am practically obsessed with whump and hurt/comfort and angst. I like the Nightmare trope, too. I write fluff as well, but it usually requires a certain mood, and I'm not particularly great at it.

Other things

Be reminded that I am an amateur author and a human, so, despite me not being averse to 'constructive criticism', it'd be appreciated if you would kindly hold your opinions to yourself instead of sending hate asks/comments.

I post from a lot of fandoms. This is not an IronStrange-exclusive blog. Filter tags if and when necessary.

Minors are allowed to follow as I do not post anything too explicit; at least without tagging them. They would be tagged #tw suggestive for mildly explicit content or #tw explicit for actual NSFW. I do however advise you to beware as I can be... a little bit... unhinged, sometimes.

Ask me if you want to translate my works. You must have my written permission. I do not allow my writing to be posted anywhere else even with credit. It is however fine to download my fics.

If you disagree with me (e.g. you characterise/see/view [Character A] as ... but I write them as ...), please keep in mind that all of this is fiction and everyone is allowed to have their own opinions.

Please don't hesitate if you want to chat/interact! ^-^

I thiiiiink that sums up pretty much everything. If you've read this far, thanks for letting me waste your time!

Much love! Cheers! xoxo

[forestlovesyou]

HAI HELLO!! WELCOME :]]

About me

I'm Aura (online I also go by Forest) and I'm your local friendly nanite swarm reporting for duty! :]

My pronouns are they/them (or pretty much anything) and while i'm neutral about other pronouns, these are my preferred ones. I'm agender, neurodivergent and otherhearted (elf- and robothearted). For extra info check out my pronouns page!

I put warnings under my posts in the form of tw and cw but general warning for blood, gore, nudity (art) and possibly other adult themes.

I am a legal adult (refer to my age on top of the page) and I will mention my boundaries regarding that later in the post.

Extra info about my interests, personal tags and boundaries under the cut! :]

Interests

My main hobbies include: drawing, playing video games, writing/roleplaying (although sadly not as often anymore in lack of a playing partner) and cooking. These are the things i mostly like to post about in no particular order or frequency.

Beloved media (hyperfixations come and go, some stay for longer while others don't, so I'd just list things I like again in no particular order): SAYER (podcast), Subnautica, Portal games, Ultrakill, Omori, Needy Girl Overdose, Dave the Diver, FNAF, IHNMAIMS, Psychopomp, Slay the Princess, The Stanley Parable, Umineko, Smiling Friends, Grand Theft Auto V, Steven Universe, Blade Runner movies, Breaking Bad, Stranger Things, Gatobob's and Scopophobia Studio's games (18+) and more...

Music I like: And One, Deftones, Sewerslvt, femtanyl, Twin Tribes, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Type O Negative, Home, IOTO, Rob Zombie, Joji, Jack Stauber, Lemon Demon, Sidewalks and Skeletons and more... as for genres: alt rock, synthpop, nu metal, goth, ebm, indie, dnb, electronic

Aesthetics: Weirdcore and all sorts of flavors within that but especially liminal spaces, Dreamcore, Meatcore/Gorecore, Vaporwave, Fairy grundge, Webcore, Goth

Personal tags

#thus spoke auramoeba - random musings of all kind

#auramoeba's art corner - my very own art and doodles! :]

#auramoeba hcs - headcanons of media I like

#auramoeba's writings - fanfictions and oc related stuff

#auramoeba's ocs - posts about my ocs in general :]

#diagnosis </3 - posts about my oc story "Diagnosis"

#HTTAC: Desire for Flesh - posts about my oc story "How to Tame a Cannibal: Desire for Flesh"

Boundaries

This isn't specifically a blog for mature content, however since I use it as a personal space to share my interests and thoughts, it is bound to happen. I use warnings but still I suggest minors to not interact with my content. (May change on this depending on the content I post, however even now I ask people under 16 to DNI)

Basic DNI criteria - I believe it's more comfortable for both of us to just avoid eachother, I'm not here to have debates on the validity of my, my work's or anyone else's existence nor am I here to deal with borderline illegal creeps. Also in general don't be mean to people for dumb reasons, it's not a good look.

Gatekeepers, elitists and fakeclaimers of any kind are not welcome here. They are partypoopers who ruin the mood by putting others down.

My DMs and asks (+anon asks) are open so feel free to chat with me if you don't cross any of my previous boundaries :] I prefer tone tags to be used with me, especially if I don't know you!

You may ask about my queer/neurodivergent/otherkin experiences/thougts respectfully.

I'm open to respectful discussions about religion and spiritualism, however do not invalidate my thoughts on that, I won't invalidate yours either. It's a very scary and uncomfortable experience, so let's keep it interesting and fun instead.

For additional info check my carrd :] You can also follow/reach my on my instagram or check my playlists out on spotify, If you want to chat with me on discord, I'm only comfortable with that after talking here for a while.

dividers by @k1ssyoursister :]

[apkfanda]

Badoo: Dating. Chat. Meet.

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Perks of using our dating app:

🙆‍♀️ Your profile celebrates you, the real you Easy to meet up with new people in your area Can find something long-term, short-term or make friends! Lots of ways to customise your profile Inspires great chats and great dates Can switch between message chats and video calls Helps keep the spark going with long-distance relationships Easily find friends with shared interests Of course, LGBTQ+ friendly 🌈 Profiles can be checked out by your own approval committee (your pals on the app) It’s fun, flirty – and, because you can’t put a price on that great-date feeling – free

Features to help you on your dating adventure:

Shared intentions let you know where you stand ‘Chat before you match’ lets you test the waters Filters help finesse your search for a date Profile prompts help to get those chat-balls rolling Highlighted interests make it easy to spot potential dates and find friends Fun, in-chat games can break the ice before you meet Connecting with Apple Music makes it easy to make friends! Video chat helps with getting to know people better (and quicker)

Perks of dating with Premium Plus:

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💚 Our dating app has a one-stop shop for handy guides, tools & helplines - the 'Safety Space' ✅ Photo verification checks people are who they say they are 🥒 Private detector flags (and initially blurs) inappropriate pictures 🧌 Rude message detector protects – and empowers – you when chatting to strangers and online friends 🧑‍🎤 Selfie request helps you check people are still who they’ve said they are, before you meet up irl ❇️ Block, report, and unmatch gives you complete control of your dating journey

Diversity and inclusivity:

As we’re big believers in the importance of recognition, we’d like to make it super clear our free dating app is a safe space for all sexual orientations (lesbian, queer, gay-dating and all other kinds of dating), faith-based dating (Muslim, Jewish, Christian-dating...all beliefs) and all cultures. At Badoo, we welcome everyone. ---- Badoo is a dating app that is free to download and use. We also offer optional subscription packages and non-subscription, single, and multi-use paid features. Your personal data is securely stored on Badoo - be sure to read our privacy policy and terms and conditions https://bumble.com/en/privacy https://bumble.com/en/terms Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble, along with the dating apps Badoo and Fruitz. Enjoy all our dating apps!

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[the-sovereign-collective]

Obligatory pinned post

first and foremost, if we break your dni it was an accident. you are free to block us.

welcome to the cicada system blog‚ we don't often post ourselves. collectively we use it/its and the names cicada, dogday, or earwig and collectively id as a soulless aromantic and genderqueer

backup @the-sovereign-collective mogai hoard @the-cicada-hoard

active members:

👑 - Reign (click/os/it/one/core/auto/ice/hex/glitch)

🦇 - hopper (pin/bim/it/bat/garg/co)

🛑 - fritter (he/it)

dni proship, pedo/zoo/necros, transX, proana, terfs, etc. we block liberally otherwise. mostly don't be a gross piece of shit and we are cool.

byf we are pro mspec lesbians, any other 'contradictory' labels, self dx, and pro choice.

we repost a lot of queer, system, and mental illness related things, including discourse- especially syscourse, so take care and if those things bother you then feel free to dni. we also rb a lot of bugs and fish, and occasionally art.

we are anti tulpa and will block on sight. our stance on endos is very nuanced, and this is open to discussion if one would like

we do not encourage fakeclaiming of any sorts. fakeclaiming can be incredibly dangerous to ALL groups, and you absolutely don't know what's going on in somebody else's head. if you dislike or disagree with someone just block them and move on.

in general we are always open to discussion and questions. with that keep in mind you are not entitled to any information about us so if we decline to answer then cope. other than that, we are mostly friendly and love to chat and make friends. warning however, we do not owe you kindness.

[mikkaeus]

게이PC방 “gay PC room” podcast recommendation - for intermediate/advanced korean learners looking for queer content 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

Highly recommend this podcast! This is the first time in my life I’ve ever truly enjoyed and looked forward to a podcast (including English ones).

They have four hosts, all of which are gay men in Korea, and they talk about a really wide range of topics with various guests. In season 3 they’ve been focussing on the “ordinary queer” life (some brief episode synopses at the end of the post), but in the previous seasons (which I’ve not listened to yet) it sounds like they talked about more activist stuff.

Their audio quality is excellent + they speak slowly and clearly (compared to other native podcasts lol). Minimal talking over each other. And their voices are nice to listen to! (No seriously the audio quality is amazing for an amateur podcast because they actually use a recording studio.)

The PC is a pun on the regular definition of PC방 lol, initially I thought they were going to be like… talking about computers? But in a gay way? 😂 but it actually stands for politically correct lmao i.e. they’re going to talk about things with as much sensitivity & respect as they can.

Overall, it’s super interesting, funny, and really just struck a chord with me, esp knowing how Korea is… hm… not very progressive 😬

Their main platform is 팟빵, but they’re also on google podcasts & Apple podcasts. Google podcasts is more user friendly but if you enjoy their content pls go support them on 팟빵 as well! (Also if anyone listens to it and wants to chat about it feel free to PM me! I’m dying to talk to find people to talk to about it. I can probably help you out if you don’t understand sth as well although my comprehension isn’t 100% yet)

~ some episode synopses under the cut ~

ep 52 was about korean bear culture (iirc one of the guests was a bear and the other one was a “stan” (i.e. “standard” guy) who likes bears. good discussions abt body image and stuff

ep 47 was a bit of a catching up w/each other type episode and covered things like attending uni during covid, funerals, korean and french holiday customs, something about christian organisations installing christmas trees in public areas and being bullied away last year(?) bc of people making civil complaints? the kdrama D.P. and korean military service in general, Q-Force

ep 46 talked a lot about kpop and the korean wave because the guest was a french dude who's doing a masters or something in korean culture (he mentioned that - idk if in this one or 47 - that he's looking into the differences between how intl and kr fans perceive homoeroticism in kpop, which i thought was cool)

ep 44 was them interviewing an openly gay korean artist http://yangseungwook.com/ (and going off on wild tangents lol)

ep 40 “queer in Taiwan”. Guest was a korean dude who’d been a tour guide in Taiwan for several years, talking about his experience. There was a good helping of politics as well. If you’re so inclined I recommend getting verified on 팟빵 (super quick, just need to email them a photo of your ID) so you can access the 19+ episode because it was hilarious.

ep 39 the guest was a korean currently living in America who’d gotten married last year. they talked about his life (how he met his husband, how the wedding went etc) in part 1 and then more on the broader issue of gay marriage in part 2.

[vaspider]

I was able to make friends with another nonbinary person!!! I went over their place to bleach her hair and while we were talking I found out they had just come out and we were able to bond over gender things.

Also, if you have the energy, do you have any tips to getting to meet other trans individuals in person? I'm not sure what to even look up to find a group that isn't just a Facebook group which feels mildly unsafe since it's attached to personal information. But I dont want my only exposure to the LGBT community to be online. Thank you for any information you're able to give

It depends on where you live. Let's pretend for the sake of argument that you live where I live: Portland, Oregon.

I do want to say up front that in this time of COVID especially, I consider any "intentional time-specific gathering," whether on Zoom, Discord, or any other way, to be "in person." I realized I'd never clarified this when I talk about this stuff. I haven't been to anything where I sit around with other humans and breathe the same air intentionally since February 2019 save for like... 2 weeks last summer when I got to go to 2 outdoor Shabbat services in that little window between "full vaccination" and "Delta", and ECCC, which we had spent like $6k on before Delta and couldn't afford to miss.

Since we're gonna have COVID for a fucking while yet, and because even after COVID is gone, online solutions will always be an important accessibility tool for a lot of disabled people, I think it's useful to recalibrate our ideas of what "in person" are, and the value we give to those video/call/chat options.

So with that in mind, I'd start by (if you're not comfortable using Facebook, which unfortunately is one of the better places to find local meet-up groups which aren't awful) finding a local college website and searching "LGBT resources" or just searching "LGBT resources near me" or "LGBT resources [zipcode]" on the search engine of your choice.

For me, that pulls up SMYRC, the Q Center, Basic Rights Oregon, Brave Space, The Living Room, the TransActive Gender Project, and more.

From there I'd winnow down the list to what's appropriate to me (some of these are youth-focused, though getting involved as a volunteer with those might be a good option for you to meet other trans adults who are also volunteering), and go poking through. The Q Center has a Community Events calendar which lists events outside the Q Center itself (like a play called "The Queers" which was at Backdoor Theater), a Q Center Events calendar (all events currently virtual), and a Free Resource Events calendar, which includes things like pantries, name change clinics, AA meetings for LGBTQ+ folx, support groups for bipolar, late-in-life queers, and all kinds of things.

Since I'm Jewish, I would also look at Keshet's Equality Directory to find queer-friendly rabbis near me (which would likely indicate there are queer and trans folx at that synagogue). If I were Christian, I would check GayChurch.org instead. I didn't find a directory like that for pagan folx but I did see some local FB groups. There's a list of resources for LGBTQ+ Muslims on Muslims For Progressive Values.

I had some luck on Twitter also. There are a bunch of relatively loud local activists on there, and being on Twitter doesn't require you to give up much personal information. Emet got involved with local leftists by looking for people like Robert Evans, who does the podcast Behind the Bastards, and then looking at who he was talking to locally and just poking around from there.

There are also a bunch of clubs and bars and stuff, which are constantly advertising on local FB groups and sometimes on Twitter. I'm not doing those right now for obvious reasons.

If you are in a rural area, you might want to look at the nearest city, even if it's a relatively small city. I used to drive down to Bethlehem from the Poconos when I was in HS for Rocky Horror (which is another thing you can look for - RHPS hasn't aged well, but it meant a lot to us older queers and a lot of us forgive its failures and faults the same way we forgive our unintentionally offensive grandpa who tries real hard) and into Philly from Lancaster for stuff. The good news is that with stuff being virtual rn, you can test out a community without driving hours!

I'm sure there are things I didn't think of, so if anyone has other suggestions, please put them in the notes!

[vi11ain0us-intend]

Welcome to my Rp blog!

Looking for a Long-term RP partner!

*•Small Intro•*

Hello! Name's Vill, I'm an 18 years old transmasc guy and come from Germany, meaning English is not my first language, so I do apologize for any grammatical/vocabulary Errors that might come up! But I do consider myself a good English speaker.

I've got a good 5-6 years of roleplay experience down by now  which just shows I've been on the internet for way too long but oh well, I'm pretty active in Instagram communities with quite a few people per server but I really would like to have a 1x1 partner.

For roleplays, I roleplay only in third-person POV and in past tense and I'd like to have someone that does the same. It only becomes confusing if we are using different tenses or POVs. I'm also a semi-literate to literate roleplayer and reply lengths vary. Often, it depends on how much free time I have or how inspired I'm feeling. It also depends on how much you give me to work with as I pretty much go with the style my partner has.

*•Who I am looking for•*

I'm looking for someone chill and easy going to Roleplay with, preferably long term as well! What I mean by easy going is someone who doesn't mind that there might be grammatical errors or anything. Also someone who doesn't mind typos, I type fast and forget to proof read half the time. And of course someone to generally befriend! :) Bond over silly little text based roleplays and ocs :P It would be really cool to find someone as invested in Ocs as I am

I would also prefer someone who is also over who is over the age of 18! I do make exceptions though.

Please be LGBT friendly, because I mainly only do queer characters as I am queer myself.

*•What I do•*

-First of all I roleplay Original Characters! I've got over 70 by now and most have Original Art to them as well! The variety is pretty wide, both design wise and personality wise, however I do have somewhat of an original plot they are all somewhat written in which connects some of them. But I'm of course very open to changing things according to whatever we decide to RP! 

-I like building something from scratch and getting into the details of their lives. Some plots + themes I enjoy are college, monsters, demons/angels, circus, forbidden love, romance in general, historical, mxm, trans characters, magical characters, superhero/superpowers, Vampires, horror, anything like that.

-I **prefer to play Male/Masculine Characters**, while I do have Female Characters I find myself struggling to play them.

-I am not opposed to having the roleplay take place in a canon universe, as an au, just without canon storylines or characters! Just ask me if there is a specific Fandom you're interested in and chances are I also enjoy it or at least know enough about it!

-I only RP on discord! I would make a nice little server for us to use as I find only one chat room too restricting, especially when I wanna talk to you! If I wanna talk I don't want to interrupt the rp! And it's a lot nicer to generally plan things out, plot and headcanon.

-The **plots don't have to be long term**! While I am looking for a long term partner I'm very fine with going from plot to plot!

-when it comes to smut/NSFW topics, i am totally fine with that! I engage in quite a few kinks and am very open to discussing new things!. of course, not every single roleplay contains any smut and that is totally fine too! I am pretty versatile in terms of writing different positions. But please always communicate with me! 

I think this should be the most?? I probably forgot something knowing myself but I think it's the most Important stuff. So! Hope to find some cool people!! 

[fabricated-misslieness]

♡〜Okay, Kurōo putting his hand around y/n’s waist playfully but we panic because we actually really like him, and everyone can literally smell the gay panic from us. (Y/n’s not submissive they just gay panic)〜♡

Kuroo Tetsurō x male reader

Panik! dw i didn’t think you wanted reader to be submissive from the start of the req. Also, I made the reader male because gay panic and uh, homosexuality and such.

Reader is a 3rd year

Requested: Yes

Word Count: 697

You thought this would just be a friendly lunch with the volleyball club, just like every other wednesday. Wednesdays were break days, since it's the middle of the school week, but you still took the liberty to see each other. Explanations aside, you were extremely wrong.

It's all going great, yes? Chatting, eating, the usual. You and Kuroo were done with your bentos, and the lunch period was just about to end, so you'd both stood up.

Your classrooms were next to each other, so you'd often walk together. It was only friendly, nothing else… until he wrapped an arm around your waist.

You freeze and stop talking as you feel your cheeks heat up. The team is confused for a second, "(y/n)?"

You clear your throat, instinctively - curse you, instincts - putting a hand over Kuroo's hand, the one wrapped around your waist. "Yeah!" The team can see you're awfully nervous. "I'm fine!"

"You sure?" Kai speaks up.

"What? Pfft!" You wave a hand dismissively, the other squeezing Kuroo's hand - once again, instinctively. "I'm sure! It's not like I'm panicking or anything!" You sincerely doubt they believe you.

"Do you need anything?" Yaku stands, abandoning his lunch - which is sure to be stolen - and getting ready to go fetch something, anything for you. "Water, a nurse visit..?"

"I told you, I'm fine." You reassure again, waving your hand furiously.

"Gay panic." Kenma says. The others are confused again, because really, they might be gay, might be bi, probably hetero, and definitely don't know any queer slang.

You let out a sound, something like an eep, which turns the team's attention to you rather than Kenma. While their attention is on you, they did not let go of what Kenma said. "What's a gay panic?" Lev asks.

Kuroo stifles a laugh with his hand, making sure to squeeze your hand to silently tease you. "Kuroo!" You whine at him.

"Oh." Yamamoto, as the straight on thin ice he is, knows exactly what's going on. "Gay panic."

"What, what is it?" Lev moves to his side now, but Yamamoto knows not to accidentally expose his bros.

"You'll… learn." He says reluctantly.

At the same time, the others realize, in exception of Lev, Shibayama, and Yaku. They let out a chorus of "oh"s as well.

"What?" Lev is impatient and curious, always has been, always will be. "Tell me!"

"A gay panic is when a homosexual panicks because of a person of the same sex, in a way that they're attracted to them; exceptions are non-binary people." Fukunaga says, as expressionless as always. He knows everything, you can't change my mind. His words make Inuoka and Shibayama flush red, even if everybody else didn't even understand that last part.

"You didn't have to be so blunt about it…" Inuoka rubs the back of his head. Because of that, you can tell he's queer.

"Oh." Lev puts his hand on his chin as he thinks. "That happens to me all the time." Fukunaga nods in agreement.

"So, Kuroo." Yaku smirks at him mischievously. "Does that mean you don't like girls with long hair?" You were the one with the gay panic - at least that's what you think - yet he still targeted Kuroo.

"Nah, still like them." He's saved from further elaboration by the school bell. "We should go." With that, he turns and whisks you away.

You breathe out a sigh of relief when you're back in the hallways, though people seem to stare at you weird. When you've recuperated your sanity, you turn to the man that made you panic. "Kuroo, how dare you."

"Hey!" Kuroo raises his hands, well, one free hand, in surrender. "I didn't realize I did it until I did it. If it makes you feel better, I had a gay panic too, I'm just better at containing it."

You tsk at him and turn back to look in front of you. Seconds after, your mind actually processes his words. "Does that mean–"

"Mhm." He nods. "By the way, you should grow out your hair. You'd look hotter."

His words turn you into a sputtering mess, gay panic again!

[hopeshoodie]

go off in those tags mama

Ok no but I want a dedicated post to talk about characterization in cmm because as much as I’m actually enjoying playing it, the characters are clearly written by different writers.

Or at least, they’ve done that thing where a show goes on for too long and the characters become caricatures of their most extreme traits in the later seasons. These are all my interpretations of the S2 characters, feel free to check me or share yours in the reblogs or replies-

Lucas: They straight up made him a prick, and not even in a logical way. Lucas was a little pretentious in S2 (using a varied vocabulary, being picky about how he presented himself, preferring expensive drinks, etc) but he made a clear effort to skip over it and be polite to everyone. But in CMM he straight up is rude to people, threatening to leave and shutting jokes down. Honestly, that would be more in-character for Rahim to do, because Lucas never openly disliked the humor of other islanders like Rahim did. And you’re telling me that the dude who was established as wealthy doesn’t know what octopus looks like, doesn’t like horses? It’s fine if he does, but no one addressed the dissonance between it and his personality. I’m fine with Lucas being a little gruff with anyone, but he’s not doing it in a nuanced or in-character way.

Priya: Of all the islanders, her and Rahim are the most out of character imo. Priya was established in S2 to be a super interesting character- on her face she’s pretty basic, enjoying boy bands and perfumes and basic chat. She’s very confident and states multiple times that she’s mature, despite doing a lot of immature things when her feelings get hurt. She’s careless with other people’s feelings and likes being pursued more than she likes being intimate. She had taste (according to the other islanders), she was a little bit goofy. We see like… None of that in CMM. In fact we actually see the opposite- they took her affiliation with sunflowers, which she explained as deeply meaningful, and made it a throwaway joke about asking people to wear “only sunflower print” to her funeral. Priya would die in S2 before wearing sunflower print- all of her clothing is un-patterned and she clearly cares about fashion. They stripped every personality trait from her and replaced it with horny.

And that’s the other thing- I’ve wanted Priya as an LI for a year. We wanted her to be the softer sapphic option to contrast Marisol’s slowburn angsty route. But I replayed the wedding episode yesterday, they didn’t edit it to make Priya seem like she was questioning. Instead, they just made her 180 on her sexuality in cmm and made every other line she says just her lusting after MC. It would’ve been so easy to fix, too. Just tone down her “I’ve been thinking about you” every line to be a couple of her being super excited to see MC. Maybe they kiss once in the bedroom, but we cannot have her be ready to commit to dating MC by episode two. It just doesn’t make sense. And the way the justified it by having her say ‘lol didn’t you notice how I always complimented you, I was attracted to you’ felt like a slap in the face rather than a callback. Like Fusebox was saying ‘lol we queer-coded her but then made her straight, remember that?’. I just… Hire a sapphic writer, please. I would believe Priya examined her sexuality after the villa or even after the wedding, but the way she talks about it isn’t nearly conflicted or in depth enough to make sense. Yes, this spinoff is supposed to be fan service, but… It’s a yikes from me.

Gary: They just straight up made Gary a bumbling idiot in cmm. Yes Gary was slower on the uptake than other islanders in S2- he didn’t recognize jokes right away and took things too literally- but he wasn’t outwardly stupid. In fact, two different times we saw him get quiet and try not to admit it when he didn’t understand things. And even then, he always laughed it off. In cmm he’s just brashly stupid in a way that’s not really funny or endearing (to me).

Rahim: This one bothers me the most because I love Rahim so much and because no one’s talking about it? Several people say things to the effect of ‘that’s just our crazy Rahim LOL’, but??? Was he ever established as the unpredictable wildcard in S2?? The only thing I can think of is that he surprised everyone by spending lots of money on dates (but that’s in-line with his character because he’s super awkward until he’s in love and then he’s SUPER romantic), but other than that he was literally never an endearingly unpredictable sort. Everyone agrees the horse thing was weird, but a lot of his other dialogue has this ‘lmao I’m craaazy’ vibe. Rahim was always quieter, avoidant of conflict, nerdy, and awkward. You could argue that his awkwardness goes away as you get to know him, but even if you were with him from day 1 in S2 he never gets this outspoken. Plus he was picky and judgmental in S2, but we see him in cmm just be super comfortable and supportive of everyone else. I love that Rahim’s here, but he’s so ooc he might as well be Henrik if they wanted a ‘goofy, outgoing, friendly’ character on the cast.

Noah: This is the only change that I really liked, but clearly we have to acknowledge that Noah is way more forward. I believe this change, because he’s had time to self-reflect and also he’s not on tv being scrutinized this time. It makes sense for him to be more flirtatious now that he knows everyone and is more comfortable, especially if he and MC are happily married.

I feel like Bobby, Marisol, Chelsea, and Lottie are all pretty in character, but maybe that’s because they just haven’t had a lot of lines yet. And Rahim/Priya are really the only characters that bother me. Don’t confuse my being critical of the writing with the series being bad- it’s not!!

[eleanorbloom]

First Date (Aurora Emery x MC)

Disclaimer: The characters of this story, except Rosalía, belong to Pixelberry.

Book: Open Heart Pairing: Aurora Emery x f! MC (Rosalía Muñoz)

Warnings: Fluff, discussions of coming out, maybe some slight homophobia Rated: T

Word Count: 2.9k

Prompts: Day 7 of CFWC Female Characters Week, "Women In Love". Also, Day 14 of @choicesmonthlychallenge "Moonlight".

Summary: Aurora and Rosalía go on their first date after both confessed their feelings.

Author’s Note: This story follows the events of my first fanfic Until I Met You. This is not intended to be a series, but probably all my Aurora's fics will revolve around this premise story. Maaaaybe one day I'll do some rewrites, maybe not. Either way, I hope you enjoy this!

PS: I didn't proof read this, so forgive me the mess, probably I'll fix it later.

Taglist: @romereadingshop @starrystarrytrouble @penda-bear @queenelianar @openheartfanfics @choicesficwriterscreations @julia-highstorms

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It was dark when Rosalía got out of bed, and beautifully quiet. Just a murmur of some cars passing by a few blocks from there, and no major movements in the apartment.

She had woken up early to leave for the hospital with Aurora, just as she used to do before starting to avoid her.

Rosalía couldn’t help but smile as she remembered the night before. Aurora confessing her feelings, reciprocating hers. Their first kiss and all the kisses that followed after. All the sweet words, the words of reaffirmation, the promises, the doubts.

Even the unknown didn’t seem so scary now that their affections were mutual.

The lights in the kitchen were on when she approached with her bag on her shoulder, ready to leave for the hospital. Aurora was there, at the counter with two travel mugs in front of her, putting a teabag in the purple one before carefully pouring boiling water on it.

Rosalía smiled, relishing in the beautiful view she had in front of her. How lucky she was for being able to do this freely now.

When Aurora noticed her staring from the corner of her eye, she glanced up and blushed instantly, “Oh, hey.”

"Good morning," Rosalía said, leaving her bag in a stool before approaching Aurora.

"Morning Rosie, I have your coffee ready," Aurora replied and pointed to the white floral mug next to the purple one.

"Thank you. Glad to be back on this routine,” she whispered, looking intently at her.

Aurora gave her a shy smile before putting the kettle back on the stove, “Yeah, me too.”

As Rosalía sensed slight nervousness in her words, she walked toward her and took her hand in hers, "Having second thoughts?"

“No. Why do you ask?”

“You seem… Nervous.”

The taller woman released a shaky breath before responding, “Well, I am, a bit."

“Why?”

"Because I…"Aurora bit her lower lip, pondering her words. This was never easy for her, but somehow it was a lot simpler with Rosalía. To open up. "Because I like you so much and I don't wanna screw it up."

“How could you screw it up? We're just starting.”

She shook her head, "It's just… I'm not used to this. It's not personal, with James it took me some time to… get accustomed to the idea of dating someone after not doing it for years. And with you is completely different because I've wanted you for so long and I have actual feelings for you so… This really feels something new to me, besides the whole 'I've never been with a girl before', it's… Scary not knowing what to do."

Rosalía gave her a sweet smile before caressing her cheek with her thumb, "Oh, gorgeous, you're not going to screw it up just because you don't know what to do or you're new to this. I bet most couples don't have a fucking idea what to do when they start, and then just figure it out with time. And in this case, we have each other to sort it out, alright?"

“You’re right. I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be. It’s okay you feel that way, and if then you feel like I am or we are going too fast, you just have to say it, okay? You can be completely honest with me."

With a warm smile on her face, Aurora nodded and then leaned down to Rosalía and pressed her lips softly on hers, "Thank you."

Rosalia didn't take long to wrap her arms around Aurora's waist, deepening the kiss, lips caressing more eagerly.

Both sighed after a few seconds.

"We should get going,” Aurora breathed an inch away from Rosalía.

"Should we keep making out in your car?"

Aurora chuckled, “Not a bad idea.”

“Maybe in the elevator too, and the lockers…”

“Mmm, greedy much?”

“Can you blame me?”

Aurora stared at her deep in the eyes and bit her lip as she tucked a strand of hair behind Rosie’s ear “No. Would be very hypocritical of me.”

Rosalia chuckled and kissed her again, “Let's go, then."

Both residents took their mugs and bags and left the apartment still in complete silence.

As Rosalía anticipated, they kissed in the elevator, in the car, and every other red streetlight they stopped before they made it to Edenbrook. And then when she parked, they leaned to kiss again.

They were completely drunk with the new blossoming love.

“So, what are we gonna do?” Rosalía asked, parting after another breathtaking kiss, “We'll wait some time to tell the others?”

Aurora stared thoughtfully at her before answering, "Personally, "I'd like to wait for a while, maybe a couple of weeks? This is all too new to me, to you, and until yesterday I was dating someone else, so… We should talk about us first. If that's okay with you, of course. If-if you think I'm being too forward or going so fast, just tell me."

”I’d love to talk about us.” Rosalía said, “What is it?” she added as she saw Aurora fidgeting her hands and then bit her lips, nervous.

"Maybe we could go… on a date? Or not a date, just… going somewhere quiet to talk, just the two of us."

“That’s definitely a date, Emery,” she chuckled, amused with her strange denial.

Aurora smiled, "Okay, yes, a date, but… not a fancy thing, not with the paraphernalia of dressing and going to a fancy dinner, maybe going somewhere after work, if that's okay to you?"

“Yeah, I like that. We can do fancy anytime, right?”

The next two days were so challenging and stressful that none of them managed to end their shift before 10 pm, and by that time they were completely wiped out to even think about going somewhere else but their beds.

"Where are we going? Or is it a surprise?” Rosalía cheerily asked leaning against the wall in the emergency staircase, when both confirmed they could clock out on time that evening.

"No, it's not a surprise," Aurora assured, smiling at her excitement, "I was thinking about this place, Club Café that is… queer-friendly."

“Oooh, interesting.”

“I thought maybe both will feel a lot more comfortable in a space like that, free of prying eyes and more… Like… Like us, maybe it will help us to get… Used to this.”

“Oh God, Aurora Emery stuttering? You look adorable, you know that? All doe-eyed.”

“This isn’t easy for me, so don’t mock me, Rosie!” Aurora reprimanded, cheeks profusely blushed.

“This isn’t easy for me either, why do you think I’m laughing like an idiot? Why am I saying these things? I’m nervous as hell!”

Aurora shook her head, and arched an eyebrow, “So, what do you think?”

Rosalia placed her arms around her neck and kissed her before replying "I think it's perfect. You couldn't have picked a better place for our first date as members of the queer community."

"You just can't stop kissing and touching me, uh?”

Rosie kissed her again more deeply, “No, I can’t. There’s something about you... about your lips… that just… pull me, you know? And I’ve been restraining myself for so many weeks, that I don’t intend to stop anymore.”

“Oh, I think you’ll have to tell me about that.”

“Of course, anything you want. Tonight. I bet you have a lot to tell me too.”

“Indeed.”

After work, Aurora took Rosalía to the aforementioned cafe in Back Bay.

Despite the cafe being packed with lots of people, groups of friends chatting, couples talking, and live music being played, the atmosphere there was really pleasant and intimate. Perfect for a first date.

Aurora and Rosalía hadn’t had the time to feel particularly worried about being seen in public together, because they’d only been at the hospital and at the apartment the last three days, and all their affections would be private until they were ready to tell their friends, but the fact that they could show their love for each other in public felt absolutely liberating and somehow reassuring. It felt right.

While they were waiting for their orders, both took a moment to appreciate the soft piano melody a woman was playing on the other side of the room.

“I’ve never been much into jazz, but the melody is beautiful,” Aurora stated.

“What music are you into? I’ve only seen you listening to classical music.”

“Some pop, rock, instrumental. I’m not much into music actually, but when I do, it’s mostly for focusing.”

And that was just the first of many questions that night. They spent the following hours talking about them, but under a light, they never knew before. They were friends first, they had shared personal stuff, some interest in career paths, food, movies, etc, but when there is romance involved, every single detail seems suddenly more interesting and necessary to learn than before. Favorite place to have a coffee, to have a drink, best spots to go hiking. Favorite song. Favorite color. Favorite movie genre.

Anything that could involve future plans between them.

They also spend the evening talking about how everything happened, how Aurora realized she liked Rosalía, with more details than what they shared a few days ago, and Rosalía told her about how she felt about their first date with James, and how that night she realized she liked her. How much she tried to forget her and how difficult it was for her to avoid her in order to get her out of her mind and heart.

“And here we are,” Aurora stated, taking her hand over the table.

“Did you have any problem with the fact that you liked me, I mean, a girl?”

Aurora stood in silence for a moment, thinking, "Not really. It felt strange that after years of liking men, I was liking a woman now. I know I'm young, and there are people who are in their fifties that realize their sexuality isn't what they thought, but… it felt really concerning the fact that you were my friend and you wouldn't reciprocate me. That I'd do things that could probably ruin our friendship, that you'd realize I like you and you'd push me away, I don't know, that sort of things."

“Exactly what I thought when I realized I liked you.”

Both laughed.

“Is kind of weird but funny how it happened the same to both of us, right?” Aurora questioned, before taking a sip of her glass of water.

“Yeah, but I’m glad it happened this weirdly, lucky way. I was worried it would take me too much time and effort to forget you. But you got the worst part, around five months.”

“Yeah, but at least I didn’t see you dating another person under my nose.”

Rosalía closed her eyes and teasingly shook her head, as if she was trying to forget those painful moments, “At least you were dating a great guy. Like, damn, you dumped James Woods for me?”

“He is great, but you’re greater,” Aurora stated, serious, “Besides, I don’t like him as I like you.”

“Oh, and how much is that?” Rosalía asked, leaning to her, and stopping just a few inches from her nose.

“A lot,” Aurora answered and then cut the distance and brushed her lips on Rosalía’s, tasting the sweetness of the chocolate mousse she had been eating. “Mmm sweet.”

After a few moments of silence, both digging in their desserts, Rosalía glanced at her with a serious expression, “What do you think will happen to you when we tell everyone?”

“What do you mean?”

"I don't know, if you have family members that may not support you in this? Considering you always identified yourself as hetero."

“Mmm well, my parents will be surprised, that’s for sure, and maybe it will take them some time to get used to it, but they won’t kick me out of the family or anything.”

“And your Aunt?”

“Aunt Harper couldn’t care less as long as I don’t lose sight of my career.”

“Cool. Good to know you’ll have the support of your family, sort of.”

“Yeah. I know this will be a surprise for everyone, that my aunt will be very surprised but she won’t judge me. It’s just that... “ Aurora paused for a moment, considering her words, “Maybe… doing something no one expected from me is what worries me. I know it’s stupid, but I’ve been acting this way for a long time. And this is something clearly no one could’ve anticipated.”

“Aurora, it’s not stupid. It’s totally understandable that you feel worried about that, you’ve always lived with so much pressure on your shoulders, that obviously you wouldn't want to add more. ”

“Precisely, but it’s not just that. I’m also afraid that… I don’t know, something that feels so natural to us, won't be to everybody, that maybe some people won’t like it. I honestly don’t care what we might have to face but it’s a shame this won’t be as easy as it is… with straight people.”

"That's true. That's maybe the only thing I fear about this. The… hate we could receive, but I'm sure it will be minimal because we'll have our friends to support us. And as long as we're together, I think we can face anything."

Aurora watched as Rosalía slid her hand over the table and took it on her own, giving it a squeeze in agreement, “What about you?”

“Well, I think my mom will take it fine, but my dad won’t see me the same again in a long time. He’ll try to ignore it.”

“Oh.”

“He’s not a bad person, but it will be really disappointing that I won’t have the life he always dreamed for me. Marrying a good man and having children. Well, I’ve known since long ago that I will disappoint him because that never was something I was particularly interested in.”

“His loss, then.”

"Yeah, but eventually he'll align his dreams with reality, and he'll find out I am happy the way I am and doing the things I do. Well, that's what I hope."

“I hope so too. I hate the idea of you suffering because your dad doesn’t accept you.”

Aurora gave her a worried look to which Rosalía tried to reassure instantly with a wide smile, “Me too, but I’m kinda used to receiving the cold shoulder for not meeting his standards. I’m the black sheep of the family, after all. This just confirms my place even more.”

Aurora arched an eyebrow “You’re the best resident of our cohort, you have the job of your dreams, and you’re the black sheep of your family? What are your other siblings, CEO of Forbes 500?”

Rosalía cackled, amused with the irony of her life, "Nothing of the sort. Actually, I'm the most successful of the five, but the only lefty that rebelled against my dad’s desires and escaped from his authoritative wing.”

“Your father really needs to sort out his priorities.”

“Yeah, I keep thinking it’s never too late for that. Let’s hope I’m not being too optimistic.”

After a few minutes, Aurora paid the bill and both left the cafe to walk around the busy streets of Back Bay. Somewhere in the middle of rustled streets and the chill of the night, Rosalía extended her hand to intertwine her fingers between Aurora's.

Aurora simply smiled and gave it a squeeze before keeping walking until they reached Boston Public Garden.

"Wow, I don't think I remember seeing it this beautiful," Aurora sighed, taking in the view of the park when they stopped in the middle of the lagoon bridge.

The streetlights and the moon were softly reflecting in the water, and a few grouped ducks were sleeping by the lagoon bank.

“Yeah, but it certainly isn’t as beautiful as you,” Rosalía whispered, looking at her deeply in the eye.

“Flatterer.”

“Just stating facts.”

Aurora chuckled, and when she realized Rosalía was serious, her brows furrowed in concern, "What is it?"

“Is it too soon to ask you to be my girlfriend?”

Her eyes widened in amazement and despite trying to articulate a response, nothing could get out of her mouth.

"I know it's our first date and we said we would take things slow but…"

Somehow, seeing Rosalía nervous and blushing gave her the strength to speak, but maybe not in the way she used to do it, “You’ve been clinging to me like a limpet since we first kissed, I don’t know how much different from being a girlfriend you’ve been behaving..”

Rosalía arched a brow, baffled by her reaction “Oh I’m sorry Miss-I-Hate-Kisses, I won’t disturb you ever again.”

“Oh, so you’re the only one that can tease when the other is nervous?"

“You called me clingy while I was asking you something serious.”

"I did. But that doesn't mean I don't like you clingy. In fact, I love that you're clingy. Maybe I like you even more because you're clingy."

Rosalía's eyes illuminated as Aurora placed her hands on her hips, pulling her closer to her body.

“What I meant to say is… it’s not too soon. Whatever doubts I could have before, now I have none, so… I’d love to be your girlfriend, Rosie.”

"Oh," it's the only thing Rosalía could say. For the first time in ages, Rosalía didn't know what to say.

“Do you wanna be mine?” Aurora asked, completely touched by her sudden speechlessness.

“I am already yours, but yes, I do. I wanna be your girlfriend, Aurora Emery.”

[bumblebee-moreno]

LGBT EDUCATION EVENT

I posted a bit ago to see who might be interested in an event for anyone to ask me any question they want about my LGBT identities, or the LGBT community in general, and there seemed to be quite a bit of interest, so here we are!

Event goes from midnight to midnight March 30 (starts in 5 minutes, lasts for the full 24 hours).

For those of you who don’t know me (you can skip this part if you already know who I am):

My name is Bumblebee, but you can call me Bee. I am white and use he/they pronouns. I am FTM nonbinary, queer, demisexual, and polyamorous. I work part-time at a non-profit targeted towards trans youth. At the non-profit, I moderate our 24/7 chat (I’m not the only moderator, don’t worry, I do sleep), am a facilitator for our middle school support group (When one of our high school facilitators cannot make it, I also step into that group occasionally). I also help create and present workshops (We are currently in the process of creating a presentation for Microsoft). My other job is as a receptionist for a Veterinary Clinic. (For safety reasons, I will not be sharing which nonprofit I work at, or which veterinary clinic I work at. If, for some reason you find out where I work, please keep this information to yourself). I was diagnosed with ADHD in February, and was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder two years ago. I have lived in the USA my whole life, and was raised in a non-religious household. My extended family is mostly Christian, with a few relatives who are Norse Pagan (we are originally from Norway). I am agnostic.

The purpose of this event:

Education. That’s literally it. I’ve noticed a lot of misconceptions about the LGBT community, and want to combat that with a good ol’ fashioned Q&A.

Here are a few rules before we start:

(I do have a TL/DR at the bottom, but if you have the time, I encourage you to read the full thing)

- This is a safe space.

This means a few things: You can ask any question you like and I will not be offended. Nothing is to be taken personally, it will always be assumed that you are trying to learn, unless you’ve clearly proven otherwise. If you’re hurt by something someone (including myself) has said, you’re free and encouraged to say something about it. All identities are welcome. Everything will be tagged with appropriate content warnings (If I don't tag something you need tagged, let me know and I will happily tag it!)

- Who can participate:

Anyone wanting to learn about anything LGBT, including but not limited to:

Cisgender/heterosexual people who want to become better allies, Writers who want to learn how to be more inclusive, People questioning their gender/sexuality, literally anyone prepared to be respectful to anyone else participating

(I do want to note: this event is open to NSFW conversations. If you are uncomfortable with this, please filter the tag “adult conversations”.)

- Any question is okay to ask.

This is a space for everyone to learn, regardless of their prior knowledge. I will never get offended by a question. I will not be offended by the phrasing of a question. If I am not comfortable answering something, I will explain why, but I will not be annoyed. Part of learning is making mistakes, and I want to be courteous to that.

I am super open, so I will answer almost every question, regardless of how personal it is, with a few exceptions (see the “my boundaries” point.

Yes, this means you can ask questions that you’ve been previously told never to ask. I want to clarify though: I will make it clear when a question is inappropriate to ask in normal circumstances. Since I am telling you beforehand that it’s okay to ask personal or private questions, it is acceptable to do so in this context. However, I will always add a note explaining why you shouldn’t ask people this in other circumstances so that it’s still clear which questions I am making exceptions for.

- My boundaries

I’m not going to share identifying information. That includes: My legal name, where I live, where I work, photos of myself, etc.

I’m not going to share my deadname either, though I am willing to have conversations about deadnames themselves.

I’m not going to share what my plans for bottom surgery are. I am fine to talk about bottom surgery itself, I am fine to share where I’m at right now, and have next to no boundaries about top surgery. But I’m not going to share what my plans for whether or not I’m getting bottom surgery are.

I’ve worked as a receptionist and trans advocate for long enough that I take nothing personally. Because of this, I ask that if you need to get upset or aggressive about something related to this event, please come to me directly instead of attacking a participant. I’d rather you send me hate than sending it to someone who is trying to use this safe space as a learning opportunity. This includes if you’re frustrated with a participant. I’m happy to facilitate a healthy conversation about a disagreement, but I will not tolerate anyone attacking others.

- Hate will be blocked.

When you’re talking directly to me, I’m going to assume you’re well-intentioned. HOWEVER. If you’re directly attacking others who are involved in the conversation, you will be blocked. If you have a problem, please come to me and I will work to resolve it. Sending hate to people other than myself is in violation of the safe space.

- My intention is never to speak over anyone

I don’t know everything about every identity. As a white person, I experience white privilege. As someone who passes as male about 80% of the time, I experience male privilege. I am able-bodied. I try my very best to educate myself, but I am still learning (and always will be).

If I speak on an identity that is not my own, I will always add a note to clarify this. I will only be speaking from the stories shared with me by people who have that identity, and from the additional research I have done.

MY WORDS ARE NEVER THE ONLY TRUTH. I cannot say this enough. Don’t take my words over those of someone who uses a specific label. Even if I also use that label. Everyone experiences the world differently. My words are a STARTING POINT. Please be aware that other opinions and experiences exist. I will try my best to have resources paired with every conversation so you can further your learning, but please be aware that I cannot teach you everything.

If I don’t know the answer, I will do research as well as provide you with sources.

- No question will go unanswered

Yes, this includes questions that come across as “disrespectful”. I have said this already, but I will always assume good intentions unless it’s proven that you’re coming from a place of malice. If a question is phrased in a way that comes across as harmful in any way, I will still answer it AND explain why you should ask it differently in the future or not ask it at all going forward.

If I don’t respond within 2 hours, please message me again: I either didn’t receive it or I am still writing my response. I don’t want to miss anyone just because you think I’m ignoring you, I promise I’m not.

The ONLY time I won’t answer a question is if you’ve made it clear that you’re only here to attack the people using this safe space (I will have already asked you to leave).

- If something upsets you, don’t ignore it.

If you’re hurt by something I, or someone else said, please let me know. My intentions are never to hurt or upset anyone.

You can disagree with people, including me, as long as you’re polite about it.

If you need me to talk to someone for you, I’m happy to do so. If you want a private conversation with me, my DMs are open. If you want to stay anonymous but don’t want your questions posted, use this 🌙 emoji (or just say so), and I’ll make a post trying my best to answer your question without sharing the contents of the ask itself.

I don’t expect you to educate me as to why you’re upset by something: that’s not your responsibility, I can educate myself. I do appreciate anyone willing to talk about differing views or why something upset them, but that is not the purpose of the event and you are under no obligation to educate anyone else. I will do my research the moment someone says something bothered them.

- Please don’t weaponise my words.

Please don’t use anything said here as a way to attack people. This event is to educate people. I hope there’s nothing said here that can be manipulated to hurt people, but I didn’t want to leave this unsaid; the point of this isn’t to attack people who are uneducated, it’s to help educate them.

- Most importantly: Please come into this with a desire to learn

This event won’t be helpful if you’re determined to not learn anything. The purpose of this is to ask questions and learn something. I can’t decide for you that you want to learn. I can’t force you to learn. You have to be willing, or this may seem very pointless to you. I’m not trying to change opinions or beliefs, I’m just trying to spread a little education. If you’re unable to take my words and really think about them, this may not be the space for you, but that’s up to you to decide.

Any topic is okay!

This includes (but isn’t limited to):

- Writing LGBT characters (such as how to incorporate same-sex representation without fetishizing gay people, writing for gender-neutral or non-female readers, making content trans-friendly, etc.)

- What to do when someone you care about comes out

- Coming out

- Transition-related questions (HRT, surgery, binding/tucking, deadnames, etc.)

- Defining terms or labels you’re unfamiliar with

- Working out your feelings about something (such as something you saw in media and need to talk to someone about)

- Various laws (questions about laws may take up to 3 hours to answer, as I would have to research your particular area, depending on the question)

- Literally any other question you can think of that has to do with the LGBT community in any way, these are just some ideas off the top of my head to get y’all started.

TL;DR: This space is open to anyone, any topic, any question just please be open-minded and respectful!

(Just like my first post, I’m including tags for the Pedro fandom because I’ve seen a lot of issues within that community, but this is open to anyone that wants to participate, regardless of what interests you have.)

@phoenixhalliwell

[apkfanda]

Badoo: Dating. Chat. Meet.

With Badoo, it’s easy to be you. Easy to match your way, date your way. Meet new people your way. 💜 Welcome to Badoo, the dating app that makes it easier to date. We’re a little different from other free dating apps and dating sites. Whether you’re hoping to find ‘the one’, lots of ones or a number-one friend – we’ve got you covered. Our free dating app gives you the tools to put yourself out there. The real, unfiltered you. So if you’re looking to meet new people and make new friends (online and irl), you can have confidence in the connection. Put the joy back into dating – download our free app today.

Perks of using our dating app:

🙆‍♀️ Your profile celebrates you, the real you Easy to meet up with new people in your area Can find something long-term, short-term or make friends! Lots of ways to customise your profile Inspires great chats and great dates Can switch between message chats and video calls Helps keep the spark going with long-distance relationships Easily find friends with shared interests Of course, LGBTQ+ friendly 🌈 Profiles can be checked out by your own approval committee (your pals on the app) It’s fun, flirty – and, because you can’t put a price on that great-date feeling – free

Features to help you on your dating adventure:

Shared intentions let you know where you stand ‘Chat before you match’ lets you test the waters Filters help finesse your search for a date Profile prompts help to get those chat-balls rolling Highlighted interests make it easy to spot potential dates and find friends Fun, in-chat games can break the ice before you meet Connecting with Apple Music makes it easy to make friends! Video chat helps with getting to know people better (and quicker)

Perks of dating with Premium Plus:

⭐️ Boosts chances of meeting perfect matches ⭐️ Can send a crush to kick-start a flirty chat ⭐️ Reveals who’s already liked you ⭐️ Shows people who’ve added you to their favourites ⭐️Can undo your last ‘no’, if you change your mind ⭐️ Unlimited use of filters makes it easier to find friends and great matches ⭐️ Gives your messages top-priority to get those chats going ⭐️ Can go incognito, if you’d like to limit who sees your profile ⭐️ No ads! So you’re free to date without distraction

How our free dating app helps to keep you safe:

💚 Our dating app has a one-stop shop for handy guides, tools & helplines - the 'Safety Space' ✅ Photo verification checks people are who they say they are 🥒 Private detector flags (and initially blurs) inappropriate pictures 🧌 Rude message detector protects – and empowers – you when chatting to strangers and online friends 🧑‍🎤 Selfie request helps you check people are still who they’ve said they are, before you meet up irl ❇️ Block, report, and unmatch gives you complete control of your dating journey

Diversity and inclusivity:

As we’re big believers in the importance of recognition, we’d like to make it super clear our free dating app is a safe space for all sexual orientations (lesbian, queer, gay-dating and all other kinds of dating), faith-based dating (Muslim, Jewish, Christian-dating...all beliefs) and all cultures. At Badoo, we welcome everyone. ---- Badoo is a dating app that is free to download and use. We also offer optional subscription packages and non-subscription, single, and multi-use paid features. Your personal data is securely stored on Badoo - be sure to read our privacy policy and terms and conditions https://bumble.com/en/privacy https://bumble.com/en/terms Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble, along with the dating apps Badoo and Fruitz. Enjoy all our dating apps!

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