#WritingPride 6/7 In #Blank, the Gullaldrsguðir live in something of a queer utopia where gender is a trivial non-issue and sexuality is as fluid as quicksilver.

We don't see them until much later in the series, once we start learning more about the enigmatic anti-hero Skuggabaldur—son of Baldur, Gluskabe, and Malsumis—one of the Gullaldrsguð.

Skuggabaldur's own provenance is interesting because both Baldur and Gluskabe met as male. After Ragnarok, they settled the Arctic to start a family. Gluskabe grew a great tree to serve as a womb for the child born from their love. While Gluskabe and Baldur fed the tree, Gluskabe's twin brother snuck into the garden in Gluskabe's shadow and fed the tree as well.

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#QueerFantasy #MythologyRetelling #NorseMythology #WabanakiMyth #Skuggabaldur #WorldBuilding #QueerUtopia #FluidSexuality #LGBTQAuthors #FantasyAntiHero

If you read just one LGBTQ book this year, make it The Rainbow Ain’t Never Been Enuf by Kaila Adia Story. A great example of how important it is to see the full picture: http://wannabekingpin.substack.com | #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqauthors #bookstodon
Due to curiosity and availability, I picked up A Clinician’s Guide to Gender-Affirming Care by a few authors. It’s a very detailed summary of what could be done to accommodate people in need of the said gender-affirming care, and how varied it can be: http://wannabekingpin.substack.com
#bookstodon #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqauthors #trans #transgender
Needed something lighter after the previous book, so I’ve picked up What Is Queer Food?: How We Served a Revolution by John Birdsall, and that was just the best choice. A great, short and curious book on certain foods that relate to LGBTQ in some way: http://wannabekingpin.substack.com | lgbtqbooks #lgbtqauthors #bookreview #bookstodon #bookblog

This might have been an oddest read of the year. Make Sure You Die Screaming by Zee Carlstrom is a beautifully paced piece on burnout, fatigue, and just how wildly weird life can be.

wannabekingpin.substack.com
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#lgbtqbooks #lgbtqauthors #bookstodon

I don’t know if Ponyboy by Eliot Duncan is in any way shape or form biographical, but however it is, it’s a very beautiful book of coming to terms you’re trans: http://wannabekingpin.substack.com | #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqauthors #transmasc #bookstodon
Read a very fun and informative book to end June (don’t’ worry, I’m doing gay summer again, queer books will continue) with, Queer as Folklore by Sacha Coward. A lot of great references, and food for thought | http://wannabekingpin.substack.com | #bookstodon #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqauthors
Ah, what a treat. Read Why Are People Into That?: A Cultural Investigation of Kink by Tina Horn. If you liked Boyslut by Zachary Zane, you will like this one too, and vice versa. | #lgbtqauthors #lgbtqbooks #pridereads #bookstodon
Received a digital ARC of “When Truth Cowers” by G.M. Ba. I was worried a bit at first, as it seemed like I’m not the demographic for it. But about a third in, I couldn’t put it down anymore. (full review on blog or ko-fi) | #pridereads #lgbtqauthors #whentruthcowers #gmba #bookstodon

I can't tell you how sad, exhausted, and furious I am right now: As if we aren't dealing with enough already, the sapphic book community is facing another catfishing situation.

There's a pattern of obvious lies and deception by a well-established author, but I want you to draw your own conclusions.

I laid out the entire story and the "evidence" on my blog, so please check it out:
https://jae-fiction.com/another-catfishing-sapphic-fiction-author/

#LGBTQ #LGBTQauthors #sapphicbooks #queerbooks

Another catfishing sapphic fiction author

Sadly, the community is dealing with another sapphic fiction author. This time, the author in question is Sabrina Kane.

Jae