Elf Yuri Except One Of Them Is High Fantasy And The Other Is One Of Santa's

I think everyone should be in 2024 now so Happy new year, and hope the year treats you well 🍾 🎉

I hid for so long, eager to be found.

The first time I saw myself in the mirror.

Avelyn and Elizabeth.

I love the positive portrayal of POC and queer people in the Insomniac Spider-Man games

Especially in Miles Morales and in SM2. I love how much is focused on the importance of Harlem’s community and in the cultural history and significance of people of color.

I love the casual gay and trans representation. Like lesbians in MM! Gay students in SM2! I’m pretty sure I’ve come across at least 2 nonbinary characters in SM2! It warms my gay trans heart ❤️

finding sapphic yearning on this site is both a blessing and a curse

on the one hand, it's vindicating to read about people with similar feelings to my own, who can word them so poetically while all I can muster on my own are vague uncomfortable emotions (which is to say, reading posts here help give those feelings release by providing words to them).

on the other hand, it can leave me feeling like a faker because I can't articulate my yearning and loneliness well on my own. it can amplify my loneliness because I know I'm feeling vicariously through the words of others.

I can analyze and dissect what various issues contribute to my isolation, but those problems seem insurmountable.

just want to end the post by saying that, in the end, I appreciate and adore the posts made by the sapphics here who are more articulate than I am.

When a trans woman says “do not call me dude or bro,” that is not an invitation to explain to her why you are going to call her that. Simply do not use the words. If you are told “do not misgender me,” it does not matter how much you explain how you aren’t misgendering her when you use a term that’s misgendering her. It does not matter if you don’t think you’re misgendering her by using a masculine term in a gender neutral way.

All you are telling her is that you do not care about her as a person and will misgender her as long as you feel like you are justified in doing so, which is the exact same logic used by transphobes in misgendering trans people. You cannot tell someone what their gender is. You cannot see their true gender, better than them, and decide what words you want to use.

When you say you are using bro or dude in a gender neutral way, you are not calming her down. You are telling her that she is to blame for the dysphoria caused by your misgendering.

All you need to do is not use the words she tells you not to use. Oftentimes it’s two words. All you need to do is not call one person two specific words. It’s tiring seeing people willing to die on this hill, defending their right to misgender trans women because they can’t let go of two words for a little bit.

While it has not improved my opinion of the game, I have discovered the transfem Sonic mod for Sonic Unleashed Recompiled (thank you for featuring it on your website) and I adore her so much

being at work while your personal life is falling apart has to be among the top 3 worst human experiences. You’re at your absolute lowest and someone wants to circle back on an email…… unreal