https://thistleandmoss.com/p/the-drawn-world
A twenty-one-year-old kid from rural nowhere teaching a mountain of a man from deep Georgia how to read Japanese comics in a queer bar basement. That's the whole story. That's the whole revolution. Scissors and tape on a bedroom wall, updated for a generation that draws its own mirrors. #QueerFiction #LGBTQ #MangaCulture #ChosenFamily #QueerArt #TransLiterature
This is why it is important to build a chosen family, connections you can turn to when you feel like things are a bit too rough or the days are a bit too taxing.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/my-digital-chosen-family-being-a-queer-pen-pal-afa0bd3b0313?sk=424a59bba02b765b6312602ede91ee6d
By Christmas Eve ’94, I’d already learned that there are several ways to be homeless without sleeping on a sidewalk. Couch-hopping, car-sleeping, staying too long at your boyfriend’s, getting fired for looking like the wrong kind of tired. I’d done them all.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/how-a-southern-queer-family-rescued-me-on-christmas-eve-7e54e27bd866?sk=eb1ba0dd8f963d001f22acca1cf83df1
Planting Life in a Dying City
Left alone after a tsunami destroyed eir village, Lefeng would have walked into the mountains and not looked back. A child lost on the trails redirected eir course and another survivor planted the seed of an idea – a new family. Lefeng's commitment to those ey comes to love will take em to the hated city and a new way of life. But in a slowly dying city, Lefeng's determination can only carry eir family so far.
Now on Itchio:
https://jess-mahler.itch.io/planting-life-in-a-dying-city
May I present my humble offering to anyone seeking a cozy sci-fi read?
Weaving In The Ends, a novella duology that starts with a summer fling & ends in a comedic Winter Solstice brawl.
It's a feel-good chosen family story that can be read as a standalone, or as an easy springboard into the world of 2 connected novels.
Print, ebook, & audio
https://books2read.com/WeavingInTheEnds
#Writing #Reading #Books #ScienceFiction #Romance #ChosenFamily #KnittingFiction
Meilleurs vœux à tous !
#HappyNewYear #NewYearWishes #LoveIsLove #GayCommunity #QueerJoy #PrideAllYear #ChosenFamily #PositiveVibesOnly
Happy New Year, friends. 🎉
Before anything else, thank you, especially to the people who have supported me through this journey. The messages, check-ins, reassurance, and quiet consistency. You have helped me get through the hard stretches more than you probably realize.
Going into this new year, I want to share a few things I am holding with a full heart. I recently switched to estradiol injections, and that is a bigger deal for me than it might sound. I am genuinely afraid of needles. I still cannot look when my blood is drawn, and I have never gotten a tattoo for the same reason. But for my HRT, I found a way to push through that fear, and I am proud of myself for doing something that used to feel impossible.
After over a year on waitlists, I finally had one of my SRS consults, and I have another one scheduled for next year. And yes, I am scared, but I have done my research, watched so many videos of other people's experiences (including the surgery itself), and after talking with the surgeon, I have rarely felt this sure about anything. I am genuinely excited for this milestone, because I know it is going to help my mental health and overall well being in a way I have needed for a long time.
Today I also got on the waitlist for FFS, even though the consult is way out in 2029. It is a lot to sit with, but it is still forward movement, and I am trying to let that count.
Even with all of that, I want to name something harder, too. The vast majority of my friends and family have given me their full support, and I am deeply grateful for that. But I also have to say goodbye to my college best friend. After I came out to her, I received textbook transphobia, followed by a promise that we would work things out. I sent her a heartfelt email explaining that this is the real me, and she promised she would respond, but that answer never came, not for the past six months. I put the ball on her side and went no contact, and now I need to do myself a favor and close that chapter for good. It hurts a lot, but I cannot keep putting time and effort into a clearly one-sided relationship.
To everyone who has supported me, and everyone reading this: I hope the new year is gentle with you, and that you feel loved, safe, and supported. Happy New Year. 💛
Wendy
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Prism & Pen
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