#sex non-conforming

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Shoutout to non-conforming folks!

Label non-conforming 

Gender non-conforming 

Pronoun non-conforming 

Name non-conforming 

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[radiomogai]

[PT: part Three of my altersex flags. End PT]

part Three of my altersex flags

SNC also know as sex non-conforming.

Sex non-conforming (SNC), is a sex variance describing an individual whose sex presentation does not align with or reflect their sex identity.

SNC individuals may identify with any sex modality, including cissex.

Possible examples of sex non-conformity include, but are not limited to:

Trans feminine person who is happy with having a flat chest and no breasts. and may not went to bottom surgery for themselves.

Trans masculine person who is happy with their body and having breast and may not went to bottom surgery for themselves.

non-binary individuals who are comfortable and may identify with their AGAB.

and many other reasons

[id. A flag horizontal stripes, the top and bottom with 7 stripes the top strap being a dark side of Burgundy and the second stripe underneath the top stripe is a lighter shade of Burgundy. the stripe on the below of the light burgundy stripe is a side of baby purple and the middle stripe is a soft baby yellow and the underneath the middle strap is a baby orange stripe. and the bottom two stripes are dark side of Burgundy and lighter shade of Burgundy end of id.]

[theopolis]

...Harry Osborn lowkey

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I watched all eight episodes of season 1 of Blue Eye Samurai over the weekend. I then went browsing because I wanted to read some online reviews of the show to see what people were thinking of it and also because I wanted to interact with gifs and art, as the series is visually stunning.

Yet, in my search for opinions on the show, I came across several points I'd like to address in my own words:

Mizu’s history and identity are revealed piece-by-piece and the “peaches” scene with Mizu and Ringo at the lake is intended to be a major character reveal. I think it’s weird that some viewers got angry over other viewers intentionally not gendering Mizu until that reveal, rather than immediately jumping to gender the character as the other characters in the show do. The creators intentionally left Mizu’s gender and sexuality ambiguous (and quite literally wrote in lines to lead audiences to question both) to challenge the viewer’s gut assumption that this lone wolf samurai is a man. That intentional ambiguity will lead to wide and ambiguous interpretations of where Mizu fits in, if Mizu fits in at all. But don't just take my word for this:

Re: above. I also think it’s weird that some viewers got upset over other viewers continuing to acknowledge that Mizu has a very complicated relationship with her gender, even after that reveal. Canonically, she has a very complicated relationship with her identity. The character is intended to represent liminality in identity, where she’s often between identities in a world of forced binaries that aren’t (widely) socially recognized as binaries. But, again, don’t just take my word for this:

Mizu is both white and Japanese, but she is also not white and not Japanese simultaneously (too white to be Japanese and too Japanese to be white). She’s a woman and a man. She’s a man who’s a woman. She’s also a woman who’s not a woman (yet also not quite a man). But she’s also a woman; the creators said so. Mizu was raised as a boy and grew into a man, yet she was born a girl, and boyhood was imposed upon her. She’s a woman when she’s a man, a man when she’s a man, and a woman when she’s a woman.

Additionally, Mizu straddles the line between human and demon. She’s a human in the sense she’s mortal but a demon in the sense she’s not. She's human yet otherworldly. She's fallible yet greatness. She's both the ronin and the bride, the samurai and the onryō. In short, it’s complicated, and that’s the point. Ignoring that ignores a large part of her internal character struggle and development.

Mizu is intended to represent an “other,” someone who stands outside her society in every way and goes to lengths to hide this “otherness” to get by. Gender is a mask; a tool. She either hides behind a wide-brimmed hat, glasses, and laconic anger, or she hides behind makeup, her dress, and a frown. She fits in nowhere, no matter the identity she assumes. Mizu lives in a very different time period within a very different sociocultural & political system where the concept of gender and the language surrounding it is unlike what we are familiar with in our every-day lives. But, again, don’t just take my word for this:

It’s also weird that some viewers have gotten upset over the fact women and queer people (and especially queer women) see themselves in Mizu. Given her complicated relationship with identity under the patriarchy and colonial violence, I think Mizu is a great character for cis-het women and queer folks alike to relate to. Her character is also great for how she breaks the mold on the role of a biracial character in narratives about identity (she’s not some great bridge who will unite everyone). It does not hurt anyone that gender-fluid and nonbinary people see themselves in Mizu's identity and struggle with identity. It does not hurt anyone that lesbians see themselves in the way Mizu expresses her gender. It does not hurt anyone that trans men see themselves in Mizu's relationship with manhood or that trans women can see themselves in Mizu when Mama forces her to be a boy. It's also really cool that cis-het women see themselves in Mizu's struggles to find herself. Those upset over these things are missing critical aspects of Mizu's character and are no different from the other characters in the story. The only time Mizu is herself is when she’s just Mizu (“…her gender was Mizu”), and many of the other characters are unwilling to accept "just Mizu." Accepting her means accepting the complicatedness of her gender.

Being a woman under the patriarchy is complicated and gives women a complicated relationship with their gender and identity. It is dangerous to be a woman. Women face violence for being women. Being someone who challenges sex-prescribed norms and roles under patriarchy also gives someone a complicated relationship with their identity. It is dangerous to usurp gender norms and roles (then combine that with being a woman...). People who challenge the strict boxes they're assigned face violence for existing, too. Being a racial or ethnic minority in a racially homogeneous political system additionally gives someone a complicated relationship with their identity. It is dangerous to be an ethnic minority when the political system is reproduced on your exclusion and otherness. They, too, face violence for the circumstances of their birth. All of these things are true. None of them take away from the other.

Mizu is young-- in her early 20s-- and she has been hurt in deeply affecting ways. She's angry because she's been hurt in so many different ways. She's been hurt by gender violence, like "mama's" misogyny and the situation of her birth (her mother's rape and her near murder as a child), not to mention the violent and dehumanizing treatment of the women around her. She's been hurt by racial violence, like the way she has been tormented and abused since childhood for the way she looks (with people twice trying to kill her for this before adulthood). She's been hurt by state-sanctioned violence as she faces off against the opium, flesh, and black market traders working with white men in contravention of the Shogun's very policies, yet with sanction from the Shogun. She's been hurt by colonial violence, like the circumstances of her birth and the flood of human trafficking and weapons and drug trafficking in her country. She's had men break her bones and knock her down before, but only Fowler sexually differentiated her based on bone density and fracture.

Mizu also straddles the line between victim and murderer.

It seems like Mizu finding her 'feminine' and coming to terms with her 'female side' may be a part of her future character development. Women who feel caged by modern patriarchal systems and alienated from their bodies due to the patriarchy will see themselves in Mizu. They understand a desire for freedom that the narrow archetypes of the patriarchy do not afford them as women, and they see their anger and their desire for freedom in Mizu. This, especially considering that Mizu's development was driven by one of the creators' own experiences with womanhood:

No, Mizu does not pass as a man because she "hates women" or because she hates herself as a woman or being a woman. There are actual on-screen depictions of Mizu's misogyny, like her interactions with Akemi, and dressing like a man is not an instance of this. Mizu shows no discomfort with being a woman or being seen as a woman, especially when she intends to pass herself as and present as a woman. Mizu also shows the women in the series more grace and consideration than any man in the show, in whatever capacity available to her socially and politically, without revealing herself; many of the women have remarked that she is quite unlike other men, and she's okay with that, too.

When she lives on the farm with Mama and Mikio, Mizu shows no discomfort once she acclimates to the new life. But people take this as conclusive evidence of the "only time" she was happy. She was not. This life was also a dance, a performance. The story of her being both the ronin and the onryō revealed to the audience that this lifestyle also requires her to wear a mask and dance, just as the bride does. This mask is makeup, a wedding dress, and submission, and this performance is her gender as a wife. She still understands that she cannot fully be herself and only begins to express happiness and shed her reservation when she believes she is finally safe to be herself. Only to be betrayed. Being a man is her safety, and it is familiar. Being a boy protected her from the white men as a child, and it might protect her heart now.

Mizu shows no discomfort with being known as a woman, except when it potentially threatens her goals (see Ringo and the "peaches" scene). She also shows no discomfort with being known as, seen as, or referred to as a man. As an adult, she seems okay- even familiar- with people assuming she's a man and placing her into the role of a man. Yet, being born a girl who has boyhood violently imposed upon her (she did not choose what mama did to her) is also an incredibly important part of her lived experience. Being forced into boyhood, but growing into a man anyway became part of who she is. But, being a man isn’t just a part of who she became; it’s also expedient for her goals because men and women are ontologically different in her world and the system she lives under.

She's both because she's neither, because- ontologically- she fits nowhere. When other characters point out how "unlike" a man she is, she just shrugs it off, but not in a "well, yeah, because I'm NOT a man" sort of way, but in an "I'm unlike anyone, period," sort of way. She also does not seem offended by Madam Kaji saying that Mizu’s more man than any who have walked through her door.

(Mizu doesn’t even see herself as human, let alone a woman, as so defined by her society. And knowing that creators have stated her future arc is about coming into her “feminine era” or energy, I am actually scared that this show might fall into the trope of “domesticating”/“taming” the independent woman, complete with an allegory that her anger and lack of human-ness [in Mizu’s mind] is a result of a woman having too much “masculine energy” or being masculine in contravention of womanness.)

Some also seem to forget that once Mama and Mikio are dead, no one knows who she is or where she came from. They do not have her background, and they do not know about the bounty on her (who levied the bounty and why has not yet been explained). After their deaths, she could have gone free and started anew somehow. But in that moment, she chose to go back to life as a man and chose to pursue revenge for the circumstances of her birth. Going forward, this identity is no longer imposed upon her by Mama, or a result of erroneous conclusions from local kids and Master Eiji; it was because she wanted people to see her as a man and she was familiar with navigating her world, and thus her future, as a man. And it was because she was angry, too, and only men can act on their anger.

I do think it important to note that Mizu really began to allow herself to be vulnerable and open as a woman, until she was betrayed. The question I've been rattling around is: is this because she began to feel safe for the first time in her life, or is this part of how she sees women ontologically? Because she immediately returns to being a man and emotionally hard following her betrayal. But, she does seem willing to confide in Master Eiji, seek his advice, and convey her anxieties to him.

Being a man also confines Mizu to strict social boxes, and passing herself as a man is also dangerous.

Mizu doesn't suddenly get to do everything and anything she wants because she passes as a man. She has to consider her safety and the danger of her sex being "found out." She must also consider what will draw unnecessary attention to her and distract her from her goals. Many viewers, for example, were indignant that she did not offer to chaperone the mother and daughter and, instead, left them to the cold, only to drop some money at their feet later. The indignity fails consider that while she could bribe herself inside while passing as a man, she could not bribe in two strangers. Mizu is a strange man to that woman and does not necessarily have the social position to advocate for the mother and daughter. She also must consider that causing small social stirs would distract from her goals and draw certain attention to her. Mizu is also on a dangerous and violent quest.

Edo Japan was governed by strict class, age, and gender rules. Those rules applied to men as well as women. Mizu is still expected to act within these strict rules when she's a man. Being a man might allow her to pursue revenge, but she's still expected to put herself forward as a man, and that means following all the specific rules that apply to her class as a samurai, an artisan (or artist), and a man. That wide-brimmed hat, those orange-tinted glasses, and her laconic tendencies are also part of a performance. Being a boy is the first mask she wore and dance she performed, and she was originally (and tragically) forced into it.

Challenging the normative identities of her society does not guarantee her safety. She has limitations because of her "otherness," and the transgression of sex-prescribed roles has often landed people in hot water as opposed to saving them from boiling. Mizu is passing herself off as a man every day of her life at great risk to her. If her sex is "found out" on a larger scale, society won’t resort to or just start treating her as a woman. There are far worse fates than being perceived as a woman, and hers would not simply be a tsk-tsk, slap on the wrist; now you have to wear makeup. Let's not treat being a woman-- even with all the pressures, standards, fears, and risks that come with existing as a woman-- as the worst consequence for being ‘found out’ for transgressing normative identity.

The violence Mizu would face upon being "found out" won’t only be a consequence of being a "girl." Consider not just the fact she is female and “cross-dressing” (outside of theater), but also that she is a racial minority.

I also feel like many cis-het people either ignore or just cannot see the queerness in challenging gender roles (and thus also in stories that revolve around a subversion of sex-prescribed gender). They may not know how queerness-- or "otherness"-- leads to challenging strict social stratifications and binaries nor how challenging them is seen by the larger society as queer ("strange," "suspicious," "unconventional," even "dishonorable," and "fraudulent"), even when "queerness" (as in LGBTQ+) was not yet a concept as we understand it today.

Gender and sexuality- and the language we use to communicate who we are- varies greatly across time and culture. Edo Japan was governed by strict rules on what hairstyles, clothes, and weapons could be worn by which gender, age, and social group, and this was often enshrined in law. There were specific rules about who could have sex with whom and how. These values and rules were distinctly Japanese and would not incorporate Western influences until the late 1800s. Class was one of the most consequential features to define a person's fate in feudal Japan, and gender was quite stratified. This does not mean it's inappropriate for genderqueer people to see themselves in Mizu, nor does this mean that gender-variant identities didn’t exist in Edo Japan.

People in the past did not use the same language we do today to refer to themselves. Example: Alexander The Great did not call himself a "bisexual." We all understand this. However, there is a very weird trend of people using these differences in language and cultures across time to deny aspects of a historical person's life that societies today consider taboo, whether these aspects were considered taboo during that historical time period or not. Same example: people on Twitter complaining that Netflix "made" Alexander The Great "gay," and after people push back and point out that the man did, in fact, love and fuck men, hitting back with "homosexuality wasn't even a word back then" or "modern identity didn't exist back then." Sure, that word did not exist in 300s BCE Macedonia, but that doesn't mean the man didn't love men, nor does that mean that we can't recognize that he'd be considered "queer" by today's standards and language.

Genderqueer, as a word and as the concept is understood today, did not exist in feudal Japan, but the people did and feudal Japan had its own terms and concepts that referred to gender variance. But while the show takes place in Edo Japan, it is a modern adult animation series made by a French studio and two Americans (nationality). Mizu is additionally a fictional character, not a historical figure. She was not created in a vacuum. She was created in the 21st century and co-written by a man who got his start writing for Sex in the City and hails from a country that is in the midst of a giant moral panic about genderqueer/gender-variant people and gender non-conforming people.

This series was created by two Americans (nationality) for an American company. In some parts of that country, there are laws on the book strictly defining the bounds of men and women and dictating what clothes men and women could be prosecuted for wearing. Changes in language and identity over time mean that we can recognize that if Mizu lived in modern Texas, the law would consider her a drag performer, and modern political movements in the show creators' home country would include her under the queer umbrella.

So, yeah, there will also be genderqueer people who see themselves in Mizu, and there will be genderqueer fans who are firm about Mizu being queer to them and in their “headcanons.” The scene setting being Edo Japan, does not negate the modern ideas that influence the show. "Nonbinary didn't exist in Edo Japan" completely ignores that this show was created to explore the liminality of modern racial, gender, class, and normative identities. One of the creators was literally inspired by her own relationship with her biracial identity.

Ultimately, the fact Mizu, at this point in her journey, chooses to present and pass as a man and the fact her presented gender affects relationship dynamics with other characters (see: Taigen) gives this story a queer undertone. And this may have been largely unintentional: "She’s a girl, and he’s a guy, so, of course, they get together," < ignoring how said guy thinks she’s a guy and that she intentionally passes herself as a guy. Audiences ARE going to interpret this as queer because WE don’t live in Edo-era Japan. And I feel like people forget that Mizu can be a woman and the story can still have queer undertones to it at the same time.

[radiomogai]

[PT: Sex Non-Conforming. End PT]

Sex Non-Conforming

Sex Non-Conforming (SNC) is an umbrella term for individuals who do not conform to typical sex standards or expectations. Examples of sex non-conformity include, but are not limited to:

Transgender men who consider themselves to have always physically been male, just not in the way being male is traditionally defined as. These men may also identify as MtM.

Transgender women who consider themselves to have always physically been female, just not in the way being female is traditionally defined as. These women may also identify as FtF.

Transgender or non-cisgender individuals who do not wish to medically transition. These individuals may also identify as transine.

Individuals who desire sex characteristics that are typically not associated with their gender identity, such as wanting facial hair while being a woman or wanting breasts while being a man. These individuals may be cisgender or non-cisgender.

Individuals who perceive their bodies as gender neutral, genderless, or otherwise not inherently gendered, regardless of one's physical characteristics.

Individuals who do not identify with sex whatsoever, often due to regarding sex categories as unnecessary, unhelpful, or invasive.

Individuals who desire nonhuman sex characteristics and/or genitalia. These individuals may identify as xenogenital.

Individuals who desire mixed sex characteristics and/or genitalia, such as both a penis and a vagina. These individuals may identify as salmacian.

Individuals who desire no sex characteristics and/or no genitalia. These individuals may identify as apothigenital, angenital, or angonadal.

Individuals whose desires surrounding their sex characteristics and/or genitalia are fluid, or who desire to be polymorphic. These individuals may identify as genitalfluid or morphisex.

Sex non-conformity centers around perceptions and ideas surrounding sex that diverge from typical ideas of sex. It also centers around desires related to one's sex that are either not deemed typical for their gender or not deemed typical in general.

Transsex individuals are sometimes considered sex-nonconforming, as desiring to change one's sex characteristics is inherently non-normative, especially if one is not transgender in addition to being transsex. However, transgender individuals are often expected to be transsex, therefore medically transitioning (or desiring to) as a transgender person may also be considered conformant by some people.

Intersex individuals are not typically considered sex non-conformists, as intersex is an umbrella term for sex variations that one must be born with.

Sex non-conforming was coined by wiki user Wemrotung. The sex non-conforming flag was created by wiki user Wemrotung.

[thelesbianthespianposts]

”it’s so telling you relate to that post about an autistic person’s experience” wrong. Sometimes it’s just objectively correct like “instructions should be clear and specific” or “some sensations (textures/tastes/lights) feel bad”. I can’t imagine someone who doesn’t agree with those. They’re basic facts.

[mythalsknickers]

Happy Fridayyyy~ For DADWC: "where is your faith now?" for Rook x The Viper? 👀

Title: Matters of Faith Pairing: Athras Mercar x Viper Rating: M Warnings: Fantasy Racial Slurs, Fawn Response, Angst, Smut, HateEdging? Is it hatesex if they love eachother, bratting, religious tones, Edging, Public, Author doesn't know what this is anymore. Word Count: 1,644 Author's Note: Athras Mercar tends to bounce between He/ Them pronouns regularly, they are trans gender non conforming. They have had top surgery. Is this canon, IDK at this point come back later it might be. @dadrunkwriting Veilguard

The mud squelched between under their boots, the magic signs sizzled under the assault of the rain, oily with the feel of the magic and tasting like lyrium. In the darkness, the fog creeped along the mud. Wisps of blonde curls peaked out from the hood as they slipped out onto the market way. They looked over their shoulder, all night since they left the Legion barracks they had felt eyes on them and at times almost heard footsteps. Hazel eyes narrowed and the dived into a narrow alley making their way to an older temple of Dumat. They took the stairs two at a time, watching the wall for any other shadows cast aside from their own. Tiles clattered behind them...had their eyes slipped. They didn't spare a glance to the noise. The shadow that followed them had been graceless, had their tutor witnessed it, a soft chuckle slipped past their lips. Athras remembered the days of bruised ankles and knees from getting smacked. It might have been different for their peers but they could not afford a single mistake. Incense clung to the fog as they slipped past the heavy curtains of the temple.

Shedding the heavy cloak and the mud soaked boots, Athras quietly slipped a thin veil over their face, and replaced their boots with slippers before padding into the temple. It was one of the few places of Dumat not over taken by the Venatori. It was muscle memory, going through the rites as they paid their homage to the god of Silence. Bringing a cup of fragrant wine to their lips, eyes narrowing at the flash of red and teal, barely there in one of the alcoves. So that was the eyes who had slipped. Damned Fool. Closing their eyes as the dry liquid hit their lips.

"What do you do in the temple?" Athras should have know he would have come to snoop around after that question. Rising to their feet, they quietly headed back to the entry hall. Replacing their boots and the heavy cloak. The rustle of silks behind them did not go unnoticed, narrowing their eyes, the hood was pulled up and fingers wrapped around the hilt of a dagger. Inhaling the sweet smoke they started out of the temple, veering to the left, down another alley. It could have just been Ashur, but it could have also been Venatori and if it was...There was not a soul that would save him from the smugness of the Black Divine being right that going was a bad idea. Gritting their teeth they veered right, narrow alleys were never good but there was a ladder they froze. Venhedis, a hiss left their lips someone had decided to break it.

"What is a rattus siccari doing in the halls of Silence." Their hand tightened on the dagger. A slow exhale slipped past their lips as they turned around. "Where is your master Rattus!" fire churned just beneath the unnerving smile they had placed on their lips.

"Begging your most gracious apologies masters..." sickening sweet, feminine. It wasn't their voice but they needed balance the odds. Two that wore nothing identifying station or alliagance and two more that wore Venatori belts. "I-I got turned around in the crowds following my master." They continued, one of the group snickering.

"A she-elf under all of that!" the cackle set them on edge but it was the whispering, they tried to pick out the words, enough to know it was High Tevene, the stuff in the Chantry and the Cults. They needed to get out of this. "Come along Rattus, we will keep you safe until your master is found." Kaffas, they were fucked.

"Masters, please I do not wish to burden your most gracious selves." There was narrowed looks between the four before one came into their personal space, grabbing their chin. "Come Rattus. We will not ask again." The edge in that tone, chilled their blood, Silence and Fire fuck them. They nodded, and as the mage drew away, magic filled the air and time seemed to stagger. Their dagger drawing faster, while the other three mages seemed to slump to the ground at once. Their dagger connected into the mage that grabbed them. Grabbing his dagger, they took another breath.

"Athras!" The familiar bark carried a current of worry. If the magic had not been enough this proved it. Venhedis Venhedis, the worry in his voice was concerning. Sighing they tucked the blade into the sheath, taking a few steps back the ran towards the wall, left foot first dig into the side of the building. They scaled themselves up onto the roof, with a groan slipping past their lips. "I am fine." They weren't but that was not his problem. They laid on the cool tile for a moment until teal eyes met their own, even with the mask she could still see the worry, the concern, and the anger.

"Its fine Ashur, I am fine." they rolled away from him, standing with their back to him. The Venatori were not the whole of the Imperium, just a very loud and very angry portion of it. Exhaling slowly they let the moment spread between them, the air was still heavy with the magic of the Divine. "Let's get back before you missed Most Holy." They offered a smile gently shooing, back towards the Divine's Palace.

"You are not getting out of this Athras." it was hissed as they walked along the roof tops. They glanced at the taller man with a raised brow. "I am fine." this time there was a snort of disbelief followed by a muttered kaffas. It still surprised them when he cursed, it seemed heretical almost. The jump from the lower distracts into the gardens of the Highborn quarter was made with minimal protest. Yet once feet touched the polished marble. His mask and hat were off and the full weight of what had been brewing was there. "Athras." They took a breath, letting it out as a sigh. "Later Most Holy." They offered, the tension that could be worked out after they were done with his day.

They stood behind the dias, the night had droned on in a pattern of prayers, signing documents, incense, and more prayers. It was not bad, but their mind was still in the alley way, playing through the scene. Silk rustling, the scent of iron, clawed fingers hold their chin. Their heart started to race, blood filling the sounds around them. They remembered the last time they were opening called a slur they where a child. There was a few times through out the years but never so aggressively. His name was hissed, and clawed gloves tightened around his chin.

The sun had set, the crowds were gone. All that was left in the throne room was them. Golden eyes met teal, and a soft nervous giggle slipped from his lips. Letting Ashur sit all day with his worries, might have been a bad idea. "Athras. What the Maker's sake what were you thinking." His voice was too calm. "Well we found some Venatori." He quipped and the claws dug in as those teal eyes narrowed and his chin tipped down. Fu--

The thought was cut off as his mouth was claimed by the Divine, the kiss was bruising, hints of blistering heat from his magic. Teeth tugged on his lip, and a before he gave in he went to squirm out from under the man only to be met with one of his arms.

"Where were your gods Athras?" lips and words brushed against his ear, and his hand clenched against silk robes. The subtle shift in his tone, and Athras tipped his head with a bit of bravado. "The same place as the Maker, Most Holy." There was no warning before an arm wrapped around his waist lifting him up. Their eyes level, aside from the frustration there was still the worry.

"Damnit you are such a bitch." It was rumbled against his neck as Ashur found his pulse point, and his heart quickened, lips dragged across it. Claw adorned fingers pushed into the ornate court armor. The layers frustrated them both multiple times. His fingers tangled into Ashur's hair... not quite so short that he couldn't tug a little. His boots he kicked off, the clang of the metal against marble echoed as Ashur pulled a moan from his lips with claws and those burning kisses. Belts and swords came next, his hand pressed against the wall, digging in as Ashur continued to tease through his clothes, the barest amount of magic and those damn fucking claws.

"Give me a verse of Dumat, Athras..." For silence's sake he wasn't sure he could remember one. His eyes met Ashur's as his pants were being pulled off far too slow. He was serious.... "Vhendis Ashur..." His hiss was cut off with a pinch , claws finding his nipple through the damn cloth. Demanding Asshole. "T-tremble and do not deny the flesh..." He started a whimper trailing his words as Ashur's lips found his thigh. "Mhng...When you are shroud in secrets!" His voice squeaked as teeth bit into his thigh, a rumble of a laugh followed. His fingers dug the wall as he tried to remember the rest of the words. Ashur's lips had found his folds. His toes curled, damn man doing this to him. It was agonizing each nip, lick, claws digging into his thighs pulling little pinpricks. of blood. The sweetest of tortures, one hand digging into Ashur's shoulder. Legs trembled as the heat burned and then he stopped, pulling away licking his lips.

"If you can be a good boy..." a clawed finger held his chin "and show me where your faith is, Athras then I will let you cum."

[caloboletus-rubripes]

i want to be feminine, in a drag queen way

i want to be masculine, in a drag king way

i want to be gnc, in a gnc drag way

i just want to be over the top, flamboyant with absurd amounts of gender. too much gender, even

[vainlungs]

Precisely because homophobia often operates through the attribution of a damaged, failed, or otherwise abject gender to homosexuals, that is, calling gay men "feminine" or calling lesbians "masculine," and because the homophobic terror over performing homosexual acts, where it exists, is often also a terror over losing proper gender ("no longer being a real or proper man" or "no longer being a real and proper woman"), it seems crucial to retain a theoretical apparatus that will account for how sexuality is regulated through the policing and the shaming of gender.

— Judith Butler, Bodies That Matter

[bioaccumulation]

Snowflaking out bc my fav app for tracking my reading tagged a straight romance with a gender non conforming female love interest as lgbt+ but not interview with the vampire, a book with actual gay orgasms and the most toxic gay marriage ever conceived followed by a toxic gay rebound

[stonedsoul]

dennis rodman will literally be like i'm probably mentally bisexual and have a fixation that i want to be with another guy and fantasise about it often and when i find men attractive i like to kiss them and tell them how beautiful they are. but this is completely normal everybody's thought about gay sex before and haven't you kissed male relatives you're close with before yes this is exactly the same thing

[blluespirit]

the level of BRAINROT that shipping has caused in fandom circles is unfathomable to me btw. like two characters will like Be Nice to each and maybe even.... become friends... and next thing I know there's 50+ dissertation length posts discussing how these two characters are made for each other and if the writers do anything but make them canon then they shall be hunted for sport. anyone in fandom that disagrees will be hung drawn and quartered.

[attila-werther]

sometimes I'll see a post cross my dash where they refer to women as females in a specific kind of tone, and I'll check their blog, and 9 times out of 10 they're a deeply rancid anti-porn/sex can only exist as exploitation preacher, and just a little bit further and bam! the bioessentialism! and I'm like. damn! my batting average is pretty good. what a bunch of freaks.

[eldorr]

nonconforming

I love being gender nonconforming, pronoun nonconforming, sex nonconforming, AGAB/ASAB nonconforming, and label nonconforming.

I fucking love being an annoying enigma. I love being a stain on simplicity. I fucking love destroying language.

[themogaidragon]

Can salmacians (those who want a mixed genital set / keep their genitals but also have those associated w another sex) use the terms AFAB-P or AMAB-V ? because the coining post seems to imply one who uses the labels must want complete removal of their bodys current genitals and only the other I guess perisex-appearing genitals so is that a requirement to identify with the label?

yes you can, salmacian just means you'd like mixed genitals, with no specification over your current body parts and/or ASAB. :) /serious

[theyanderespecialist]

Happy International Day of Asexuality 🌎♥♦🌍♠♣🌏 (Disclaimer: Asexuality Is A Spectrum) #asexuality 

Asexuality is a spectrum some are repulsed by it, and some are favorable. You can have kinks as an asexual person, you can still have a high libido being asexual, and you can still have sex even if you have NO sexual attraction. Sexual Attraction DOES NOT EQUAL What you choose to do. Sex is a choice and you are valid

(unless you frick kids or animals or do it without consent then you can burn in hell)

For those who do not know I am A Queer Onion with .Demisexual: Only Gain Sexual Attraction after Deep Connection .Panromantic: I am Romantically attracted to people based on personality gender does not matter .Omnisexual: When I do become sexually attracted to someone I prefer it if they are female/Trans Female but any other gender is fine too/When I have meaningless hookups I prefer to be with women. .Cupiosexual/Sex Favorable: Enjoy the physical act of adult fun time even without being attracted or no attraction to said person .Monster Fricker: Will frick sentient monsters that can give legal consent Demons/Werewolves/vampires/Really F up monsters that you do not even know how adult fun time with it is possible (What that mouth(?) do ;3) .Robot Fricker: The day that robots are sentient and able to have robots pp I will smash them when that day comes. .Fictophilia/Sexuality: adult fun time interest in fictional characters (Only In fiction For example in fiction I would ride Valentino (Hazbin) until he pp breaks, but in real life, I would be disgusted with him) (But also some fictional characters I would DO IRL Cause Experience points)

Gender Wise I am non-gender conforming with most of the time dressing masc