Happy Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️‍⚧️

Thought I’d round off Pride Month with more flag edits -this time of the Doug flag, a symbol of Pacific Northwest bioregional pride.

CascadiaNow! notes that Alexander Baretich designed the original Doug flag in 1994, and that it’s an “inclusive and open source symbol”; the organization’s rainbow Doug design inspired mine, as well as the other flag edits above. Take pride in being both here and queer.

Flags in order: gay/lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, asexual, aromantic, transgender, nonbinary, genderqueer, genderfluid

Feel free to use with credit; no permission needed.

Please also check out this comic about gender identity and this comic about coming out as trans!

The sorting hat knows your pronouns without having to ask and thats a fact.

I’m a few days late for Pride month, but I decided to draw Genderqueer Gin Weasley to go with the coming out story, My Heart Saying Hi, that I wrote for them last month. I struggled a lot with coming out as non-binary to my family, so this was a very personal story to me, and I’m so glad to have finally illustrated it!

trans character drarry fics rec

Hi guys, JKR is being a terf again and I thought I’d share some of my fave trans character Drarry fics! Please feel free to reblog with your owns ❤️ Please remember to check the tags on AO3; happy reading!

The Only True Goal of the Universe by punk_rock_yuppie (E; 22k)

Summary: It comes up, as most juvenile things do, in a game of Truth or Dare.

Shenanigans by punk_rock_yuppie (E; 4.8k)

Summary: Of course Draco’s orgasm hits him right as Potter does the one thing he’s not supposed to do. Of fucking course.

Or, the blood curse lingering over the Malfoys has landed on Draco, and he’s doomed to get knocked up by the first cock that gets inside his cunt. Just his luck that cock ends up being Harry Potter’s.

Liminal by brightowl (M; 10k)

Summary: There is danger and joy in bringing Potters into the world.

Is it Okay if I say That, Pretty? by sugarbaby (E; 1.5k)

Summary: Harry’s been trying to come to terms with himself— his body and his gender— forever. Magic makes things easier, but Draco decides to be talkative about it.

Cassiopeia by @sassybipotter (G; 1.4k)

Summary: After celebrating Harry’s birthday, they retreat back into the garden. Draco has something to ask Harry.

Keep The Key (To My…) by @bafflinghaze (E; 8.2k)

Summary: Harry wants to stop thinking about things he shouldn’t be thinking about during work. He has a solution involving a chastity device, its key, and Draco Malfoy.

Hugs Are The Best Remedy by @rockmarina (T; 1.6k)

Summary: Harry Potter is definitely one of those boyfriends who run to the petrol station in the middle of the night to buy pads if it’s necessary.

Whole New Kinds of Weather by @lower-east-side (E; 2.6k)

Summary: She’s just as compelling as she’s ever been.

Which Merely That Is by @bafflinghaze (M; 3.5k)

Summary: In which Harry notices changes in Draco (he’s a late bloomer, apparently), but that’s not nearly as important as the time they spend together.

(let me make a small self-rec):

I’m Not (Just) Harry by me (M; 2.3k) *on tumblr

Summary: Friendship isn’t always a picnic. Going through trauma together can separate people, but life always finds a way to bring close again those meant to be and Ron and Hermione will now have to learn to get to know their old/new friend Harriette.

Plus: for trans characters fics and arts not only Drarry check out @hptransfest on AO3 😍 full of amazing works!

Genderqueer/non-binary celebrities

Amandla Stenberg: non-binary actress and singer (The Hate U Give, The Hunger Games) [she/her; they/them]

Ezra Miller: genderqueer actor (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Justice League) [prefers he/him but is comfortable with all pronouns]

Chella Man: genderqueer YouTuber, actor & model (Titans) [he/him]

Brigette Lundy-Paine: non-binary actor (Atypical, The Glass Castle) [they/them]

Angel Haze: agender rapper & singer (Battle Cry, Cleaning out my Closet) [she/her; he/him]

Indya Moore: non-binary actor & model (Pose, Queen & Slim) [they/them]

Ruby Rose: genderfluid actress, model, talk show host, DJane (Batwoman, OitnB) [she/her]

Asia Kate Dillon: non-binary actor (Billions, OitnB) [they/them]

Quintessa Swindell: non-binary actor (Trinkets, Euphoria) [they, them]

Jonathan Van Ness: non-binary television personality, podcaster & hairdresser (Queer Eye) [prefers he/him but is also okay with they/them & she/her]

Feel free to add other celebrities or to correct me if I’ve got something wrong!

Lachlan Watson: Nonbinary actor (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) [they/them]

Liv Hewson: Nonbinary actor (Santa Clarita Diet, Let It Snow) [they/them]

Bex Taylor-Klaus: Nonbinary actor and voice actor [Voltron, Scream]

sam smith (they/them) - singer

gerard way (he/they) - member of mcr

dorian electra (they/them) - singer

sonicfox (they/them) - esports player

Rebecca Sugar! (they/them she/her) - Cartoon show-runner: “Steven Universe”

Jacob Tobia - non-binary voice actor (they/them) played Double Trouble on She-Ra!

Jay Harper- andro/gender-fluid actor and singer (they/them but comfortable with he/him and she/her), jayisjo (@jayhoward_official on twitter), performer in ‘Ultimate Storytime’

Karin Dreijer (Xe): non-binary/genderfluid, queer, Swedish singer/musician/songwriter and co-founder of the Knife. Also has solo project called Fever Ray (which is very queer). Feverray on Instagram and @feverray on Twitter.

Andrea Gibson (they/them): Non-binary slam poet and activist

Janelle Monae: (Hasn’t specified pronouns yet) Singer, songwriter, artist and actor

Literally lost this post and had to scroll way the fuck back down my dash to find it again and rb because I’m going to cry over it. Yes I know, I cry over everything these days, fuck off. I literally just started halfway coming out to people in my real life this week and this shit is fucking validating.

Possum Plows

Lead Singer of Openside (They/Them)

So I came up with this while rambling in a longer post but I thought it deserved to be said on its own:

Gender is a sandbox.

Some people will bring buckets and molds to build the perfect castle; some will accept the bucket but not quite know what to do with the molds, because it's much more fun to find your own tree leaves to decorate the castle. Some would rather just use their good ol' hands and their imagination: who needs pre-designed shapes anyway? And some don't even want to build a castle—just to dig a big hole and get their hands dirty for the sake of it. Some people don't want to settle with one castle, but would rather build a new one whenever it feels right. Some are still eyeing the sandbox wondering what the hell to do with it, and some just feel icky at the idea of touching sand.

And the people who think that building castles using buckets and molds is the only valid option, simply because that's how they did it, are the mean kids no one likes playing with.

(Additionally—tag yourselves: I'm that person that has been sitting in the middle of the sandbox for five hours. I still don't know what to do with all these molds. I don't even know if I want to use all of them. I've started my castle eight times already and decided that I needed to start over every. single. time. People are starting to stare...)

Iron-On Patches

LunaNQ on Etsy

Posting the art on its own too!

“When they're not busy going on picnics together, Ginny and Luna like making transphobes uncomfortable.”

Intracommunity issues LGBTQ+ people need to worry about:

Things that aren’t even remotely close to being LGBTQ+ intracommunity issues and harm no one:

Queer is the label we used when we weren’t sure. Queer is the label we used when we were sure no other label would do. Queer is a gender that is my own and only my own. Queer is a sexuality that defies definition. 

Queer is the label which became genderqueer, and from which non-binary and genderfluid sprung. Queer is the label which is the un-box, in which everyone who is not cishet (including ace people!!) fits. Queer is community.

Queer is activist. Queer is in the streets screaming ‘we’re here, we’re queer, get used to it!’ Queer is not ashamed.

Queer was ours from the beginning. Queer was ours a century ago. Queer was used against us, and we said ‘fuck you,’ and we took it BACK. Queer is butches and bears with bats, protecting our community.

Queer is blue-collar. Queer is working-class. Queer is poor. Queer is people who can’t afford to sit out Stonewall quietly and then go fight for marriage equality when the tax bills come due. Queer is a distinct identity, and queer is the un-box.

Queer makes TERFs and exclusionists angry, because it doesn’t let them define people by gold stars and terms like ‘SGA’ that come from conversion therapy. Queer doesn’t give a shit about historical revision to exclude members of the community who have always been here, because queer has always been here and always will be.

Queer is the life raft onto which we climb. Queer is community. Queer is important, and people will have to pry it from my cold dead hands. I’ve been queer for thirty years. My community is queer, and it is opt-in.

If you tag my fucking posts ‘q slur’ or any variant thereof I will immediately fucking block you. Don’t fucking do it. If you feel obligated to tag my posts ‘q slur,’ don’t interact with them. My identity is not a bad word and does not require censoring.

Asia Kate Dillon

TRANS SAFE SPACE- a new Discord group

Hi everybody! I have created a Discord chat group with help from some friends (@notobvioustome and @serenefreakgeek) where we can talk safely about issues regarding our gender(s) and about our lives in general!

We want it to be a space where we aren’t questioned, where we receive and give respect and support, and are freely ourselves. We can explain how we feel towards our bodies or transitioning. We can complain about bad and good experiences, share fics, songs, books we like (whether they are trans-related or not!).

As you may see, there are not previous requirements to join us. The only thing we want to ask is that you to be trans or have doubts about your gender. It’s not that we are against cis people; what we want is to know that we will be understood and never judged because we can talk to people who are in a similar situation to ours (maybe we will open this space to cis people in the future too!)

Here we include transgender people (having transitioned or not), genderqueer, non-binary and androgynous (and other genders!) folks!

You are welcome to join us following this link: https://discord.gg/mfqzjsg . We promise we don’t bite!

P.S. You can contact @notobvioustome , @serenefreakgeek or me about any doubts you may have! We are not experts on gender or anything, don’t be scared to reach to us!

And finally, please please please spread the word, we want people to join!