#queer story

[alterici]

This was a painful one to put together. My short autobiographical comic for the anthology "When I Was Young..." Edited by Michele Abounader. I'll share the link for where to buy the full book when it is available.

[amalasdraws]

IT’S HAPPENING! Aran and Tao are coming to a bookstore near you in 2026 🎉

Suzanne Samin and I are so happy the boys have found a home with Putnam (Random Penguin House) and Ruta Rimas, thanks to our agent Jennifer Azantian at Azantian Literary.

We can’t wait to share them (and their cat friends) with all of you. More to come!

(THIS IS A MOCK COVER AND NOT THE FINAL BOOK COVER)

[fictionalbond]

LET FREE THE CURSE OF TAEKWONDO directed by Hwang Da Seul

Actors Kim Nu Rim (ig: kn_rs) & Lee Seon (ig: leeehsun)

[spongebobs-dirty-dish]

tumblr i would absolutely hate to yell at you but WHAT ARE YOU DOING IF YOU ARE NOT WATCHING DEADBOY DETECTIVES?!?!!???!??? ITS QUEER ITS FANTASTIC ITS SCARY ITS FUNNY ITS ADORABLE AND ITS AT RISK OF BEING CANCELLED FROM LOW VIEWERSHIP!!!!!!!!!! GO WATCH IT NOW NOW NOW NOW NOWWWWWWWWWWWW

[itsmearia]

Shout outs to Billie Joe Armstrong

Growing up in a place big on don't ask, don't tell was isolating and lonely (as designed, I'm sure).

Seeing a mainstream artist perform draped in a pride flag was one of the first times I realized that it was ok to just be openly me and that I wasn't nearly as alone as I thought. It was huge for younger me.

"Maybe I'm the faggot, America" being one of the first times I saw someone take that word and embrace it was huge for younger me.

Seeing him still doing his thing makes me happy.

[phlurrii]

Finally finished this for Anchor and I’m super happy with how it turned out ;3

Overall it’s just some character exploration with Lumae, but still super fun >w<

[ao3-shenanigans]

Personal story I want to send into the void:

I went to visit friends in my small conservative hometown for the holidays and whilst in the local Barns and Nobel (the centerpiece of our dying mall) a person told me: “I like your sweater!”

I said: “thanks! I like your hat!” I had seen it was a beanie with a pin on it, though I could not make out the pin.

The person said: thanks! And somehow managed to incorporate a very smooth limp wrist (💅) into the gesture and we went back to browsing happily

My sweater I should note, is the ugliest, most oversized, thrifted knitted thing ever- garish purple and green on dark blue. I like it for a lot of reasons but tonight especially so for causing this interaction

I was later shifting through the D&D books and chatting with my friend about the campaign I’m running when the person from before comes up excitedly to mention that they too have run the same campaign (Curse of Strahd)!

We struck it off talking about home brew elements and different story arcs as one tends to do; I think they might’ve been flirting and I’m a little dense to see it

It didn’t go anywhere but they introduced themselves as Rebecca (if I heard right)

And Rebecca, if you see this- thanks; you made my night, it was really nice to see other queer nerds out here

I hope your dnd scheduling issues clear up soon and you can get a real good game in

[alex-awoos]

I am slowly adding all my ocs and there lore to this blog.

Introducing the Shepherd siblings! Morgan, Riley, and Oliver. They're Australian, have a sibling punk band, and they're all some flavor of queer and trans.

Morgan (green hair) is agender with a femme-leaning presentation, and loves all things goth, Halloween,and witchy. They're the lead singer of the band and play the base. They've always wished to be a real witch with real powers (which does happen in their character arc), and they're currently working on their masters in geology. They love crystals and cool rock formations.

Riley (long white hair) is a trans nonbinary demigirl that loves writing, video games, and works in retail. Out of the three they're the only one not satisfied in life, struggling with depression and self confidence due to the pressure put on them by their parents as the only "male" in the family. They love writing stories, drawing, and animating, and they wish someday to become a video game developer. They are the drummer of their sibling band.

Oliver the youngest of the three, a pansexual trans man that fully embodies the spirit of punk and left-wing anarchy. He is super smart with physics, mechanics, and machines, and works as a car mechanic at a unionized workplace. He is the guitarist of the band.

All three siblings cut contact with their conservative parents, although Morgan, the oldest, reaches out to them on extremely rare occasions and only out of absolute necessity.

They all moved to the U.S. in the same city to get as far away from their parents as possible. Morgan (or Oliver, undecided) is Alex's roommate and best friend. Riley lives with Oliver/Morgan so that they can financially and emotionally support her.

Alex, the Shepherd siblings, and a few others I haven't inroduced yet all become the main "cast" of the story, where in a once-in-a-million incident, they all gain unique abilities and travel the world as vigilantes-- I guess superheroes, you could say-- trying to make the world a better place, a little at a time.

Art credits:

Morgan art by strayyleafy on Instagram

Riley art by Walruswonders on Instagram

Oliver art by lemonclawz on Instagram

[crypt-void]

Does anyone want to read a short story about a trans kid at the age where you don't have a word for what you are yet, or really a full idea of what you are, but you know what you want to be so you cling to it and the people around you that represent it?

Because I wrote something like that! It's called Cowboys (or Good Men, but we won't get into that whole story), and it's about a kid named Kit who wants nothing more than to be a cowboy like 'her' uncle Pau! It's a small slice of life/coming of age story that showcases the unconditional love of a family's two misfits, alongside subtly highlighting a less talked about stage of growing up transgender in the south.

If anyone is interested in reading it, please let me know, and I'll reblog it through this post 👍

[peachesobviously]

Kadou & Evemer from 'A Taste of Gold & Iron' by Alexandra Rowland

and the full dust jacket

[my-lesbianstuff]

[justagaymoth]

update!!

I started writing a story about a loveless aromantic aplatonic allosexual nonbinary person. They met a guy named Bayely his nickname is Bark. they meet in a collage biology class and they don't fall in love or get into any type of relationship. They after a few months of being friends he develops sexual feelings for the main charter. and they become friends with benefits but the benefits are sex and cuddles. he has never cuddled anyone besides family because all of his romantic partners have just wanted him for his body. their story focusses on their abnormal friendship but its not a queer platonic relationship. eventually the main charter wants a kid and has the awkward conversation of asking Bark to help them explaining that he does not have to have a father role in the kids life if he does not want to. he says yes after a month of thinking it over he says he wants a more uncle like role in this kids life. after a year of sometimes helping out with this kid he wants a more fatherly role in this kids life. a few months later he moves in with the main charter to take care of the one year old. Bark and the main character have separate rooms they are pretty much friends with befits roommates who are raising a kid together. I have not written all of the story yet I only started writing it today I have 692 words so far. I got the idea for this story while daydreaming about what I want. I might call the main charter Soe (pronounced like the word so) as a shortened version of the charters birth name Sophia. Might post somewhere if anyone wants to read it when its finished comment or like this post if this sounds interesting to you

[augustyearroundprod]

HAPPY PRIDE!!!

I wanted to take a moment on here to introduce you all to our lead cast of MOONBURN!

This audiodrama has been such a dream to create. Like Carter's tapes do for Lucas, MOONBURN has given me so much hope and inspiration. Not just because the story is made with a lot of heart, but also because each and every recording session (with some of the most talented people I know) was filled with joy, laughter and love! I'm so proud of what we were able to accomplish together!

MOONBURN is a queer, YA audiodrama available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Amazon music. With new episodes coming to you every Wednesday through our finale on June 12th!

I would be honored if you gave us a listen, review and follow!! Can't wait for you to meet Lucas, Carter, Sadie, Kaleb, Olivia, Ryan and Carina!!

Shoot me a message and let me know what you think!! I would love to connect!!

[fictionalbond]

Love In the Big City (2024) - EP. 3 & 4 PART TWO - A BITE OF ROCKFISH, TASTE THE UNIVERSE

[janaknandini-singh999]

When the non binary planet fell in love with a gender fluid deity <3

part 1

part 2 here

Ila/Sudyumna: she/him

Budh: they/them

source: the Hindu mythology tales according to which Ila gave birth to Chandravanshis (the lunar dynasty) and Budh was the Mercury planet

"Do I know you?" the prince batted his long eyelashes, furrowing his eyebrows

Budh sighed. Their heart broke every time their lover didn't even recognize them.

Budh had been cursed by their maharishi (sage) father to be born as a gender neuter when he had come to know that Budh was an illegitimate child.

"You have betrayed me!" He had shouted at his wife "May your child be born neither as male or female. Be it be outside just as you're neither here nor there!"

Budh had been often made fun of because of that. It used to hurt them all the time but their mother used to say "Don't worry, child. You will find your purpose, too." gently patting and kissing their forehead

They weren't as convinced of that, though

Not until they met Sudyumna

As soon as they laid eyes on him, they knew their destiny had come walking right to them. As soon as he had entered that forest, Budh had hid behind a tree, biting their lips and frantically thinking of calling out to Sudyumna to warn him that this was no ordinary forest but a magical one woven by Shiva himself called Shravana. Any being who'd enter this forest of Shravana would be turned into a female. It was a special place where Shiva and Parvati made love but Parvati was furious one day when males used to enter and intrude them so Shiva granted the forest the ability to turn anyone who'd enter it, to a female

"Prince- !" Budh started

Too late

Sudyumna had already started transforming into a woman. He looked around at his body slowly changing but before he could react, it was done

Budh's eyes had widened. Sudyumna had turned into the most beautiful woman they had ever seen. The jewels and clothes were still the same but now a female body inhabited the prince's attire.

"Who am I?" Sudyumna had been confused after having forgotten everything about when he was a male

Suddenly Sudyumna's gaze had fallen upon Budh

She had blinked her long eyelashes "Please help me. I think I'm lost" she had whispered in broken tones, afraid that she was all alone in this vast forest and she didn't even remember who she was "I know it sounds absurd but I- I don't.. Do you know who I am?"

Budh had been so pained to see Sudyumna this way but they still couldn't just help but fall for Sudyumna even more

"Ila" Budh said the first name that came to them

"Ila" she echoed, relishing the sound of the name, making it settle in her heart.

At last, she had smiled

And Budh had smiled back

A month went by and both had grown deeper in love with each other, living happily in the forest together

Budh had told Ila about what happened to Sudyumna, about who she really was. They didn't want to hide anything from her. And Ila listened in awe. It was hard to believe at first but as soon as Budh showed her other male creatures entering the forest instantly turning into females, she was dumbfounded

On the last day before the next month, Budh told Ila that now she'd change again into the male body as Sudyumna, losing memories of everything during when she was Ila. And this is how it would go on. One month as Ila, one as Sudyumna and so on.

That is the law of Shivshakti's Shravana

Ila closed her eyes and nodded slowly. When she opened them again, there were tears in them

"I will forget you, too?"

Budh nodded, unable to form any words because of the grief. Grief of losing the only one who had understood them, who felt so connected to them. Gender had rolled a dice and played a game with both of them so they were similar but Budh didn't fall for their lover just because of that. Gender was never the determinant because Budh loved regardless of when their lover's body was of a man's or woman's, whether it was this birth or any other

They loved Sudyumna/Ila. Always

"I don't want to," Ila continued, lowering her eyes, averting them away from Budh. Suddenly, she looked up, a wistful glint in her eyes "Make me remember again. Like you did. Please, I can't afford to forget you" she held Budh's hands tightly, as if clutching an anchor of her memories with them. She caressed Budh's face, as if to memorize each atom of their skin, their soul. So reverently, praying that nothing would be ever able to forget her of this. "Make me remember us. Every time. Promise me, please."

"I do" Budh kissed her eyes

Ila smiled and dissolved into a light as her body started transforming again. Budh stood back

And there he was

Sudyumna

Budh turned around and started walking away, seeking shelter behind the trees as he did before Sudyumna came in their life. They will always keep a protective eye over their lover from there

"Hey!"

Budh stopped in their tracks, heart banging against the chest. Maybe Sudyumna did still remember them, after all! Budh turned around

"Do I know you?" The prince batted his long eyelashes, furrowing his eyebrows

Budh sighed now "I am Budh"

"Nice to meet you, Budh!" Sudyumna held out his hand

Budh smiled politely and shook it, their eyes falling on the scar visible on his palm

"Oh, that's just another battle mark. Badges of honour, ya know? I have many!" Sudyumna beamed

Budh nodded "I know"

They remembered tracing and kissing all scars on Ila's body. There were actually a lot of them. And Budh knew exactly where each one was

"Maybe someday as Sudyumna I could tell you the stories behind each one of them" Ila had whispered, kissing Budh back

"You know about my scars?" Sudyumna said now "Isn't it the first time of us meeting.. umm? OH, where are my manners!? I didn't even introduce myself. My name is Sudyumna and-" He suddenly looked around at the forest "Wait, how much time exactly have I been HERE? I'm sorry but I really need to rush back to my kingdom right now. Again, it was a pleasure to meet you, Budh."

Budh looked at his silhouette going away

Neither here nor there

So, somewhere in the midst of it all

Meet me again?