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When I was initially asked to write something for Pride month, I readily agreed. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, and a therapist who specializes in working with this community, I believed that of course, it should be an easy way to help support my community. I can talk about queer related things for days, normally. But these are not normal times.

After weeks of staring at my screen, and several scrapped drafts, I have come to a realization: I am tired. And I am not alone. Our fatigue, not only felt by the LGBTQIA+, but by every oppressed community from women to bipoc, neurodivergent to disabled, is unrelenting and growing heavier. I have benefited from many privileges that made my load lighter: my education, my employment, my whiteness, and my ability to pass, have served to stave off the fatigue for a time. And recognizing that my load was lighter is why I agreed to write something, to do my share of the work.

I had been attempting to figure out what I had to say, what I wanted to say, what needed to be said, and unfortunately, there is nothing left for me to say that has not already been said over and over, by others who are smarter, more informed, and more articulate than I, for decades.

We have been saying the same things since before I was born, and nothing has changed. If anything, things have gotten worse. We gained the right to legally marry, yes, but we are not protected from discrimination or violence. I work with queer youth who are routinely bullied, and then ignored by teachers when they ask for help. I work with these children struggling to see a future for themselves, searching desperately for any reason to hope. Trans women die under mysterious circumstances and the half hearted investigations turn up nothing. There are bills being pushed designed to legislate me out of existence, and we are still met with lip service and rainbow branding and police. We are met with excuses about how thee chicken is just so good, and xyz politician has some good points even if he supports anti-queer laws.

We see through it. We know that this month is more about self proclaimed "alies" putting on a show and patting themselves on the back while not doing anything substantive. Pride month is treated as a false lent, and as long as people put on a good enough show, they can check their "be a good ally" box for the year and go back to not thinking about us or caring what happens to us. We see through it, and we are tired of it. Stop asking us to speak. Stop asking us to explain. Stop asking us to educate you. The information is out there, but a google search away. We are tired.

If you want your support to be more than lip service, don't expect your rainbow flag to be enough. We need action on your part. We have been working so hard, for so long. We are tired. It is time for you to step up. It is time for you to take action. Educate yourselves, educate your friends and family, do not support companies and organizations that are openly hostile to our community, do not vote for politicians who want us dead. Do something. It is far past time for action. We are tired.

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Fantasy Guide to Ships, Boats and Nautical Lingo

Of all the ways to travel in fantasy and historical novels, there are two favoured ones: horses and ships. But I covered the horses already so here we have some ship terminology and kinds of ships.

Common Boat Terms

Aft/Stern - The back of a ship.

Bow - The bow is the front part of the ship, the pointy part or the place where Kate Winslet stood on in Titanic.

Port - The left side of the ship

Starboard - The right side of the ship

Windward - The wind the direction is blowing.

Hull- outside of the ship

Leeward - Or sometimes called the lee. This is the opposite direction of the wind is blowing

Boom - A horizontal pole extending from the base of the main mast. It adjusted toward the wind direction in order to harness the wind for the sails.

Rudder - The rudder is a flat piece of wood below the ship, used to steer the ship. It is connected to the wheel of the ship.

Tacking - A common sailing maneuver that involves turning the bow through the wind, to change the wind direction from one side of the ship to the other, making the boom move.

Underway- This is when the ship is moving

Astern- The ship is moving backwards

Amidships- Middle of the boat

Topside- when you move from the lower decks to the upper deck

Compartments of the ship

Most ships would have compartments inside the hull and underneath the deck.

Cabins- most war ships and merchant ships would only have one or two main cabin occupied by the captain and higher crew.

Galley- The kitchen on board the ship. The galley would be fitted with tables and cabinets. Galleys were built in such a way that they were more resistant to the heaving of the ship. Most galleys were built with special stoves to stop people from colliding with them and things from spilling out of pots and pans.

Wardroom- some ships are built with a common room for the crew. The wardroom acted as a common room as well as a dining room. It would usually be conjoined with the galley.

Sick Bay- is the compartment of the ship that is given over to the injured and sick. The sick bay would hold the medicines and medical devices and would often be under lock and key.

Hold- This will be the largest compartment in the ship were the cargo or the ship's weapons.

Crew and Positions aboard the Ship

Captain

When we think of captains we imagine them as blackhearted slave drivers (something akin to managers in the customer service industry) but on further research you will find that is not true. There are two kinds of Captains you find in history. Pirate captains and Legitimate Captains. Pirate captains were elected by their merit in battle and dedication to the crew. They were considered equal to the crew, only taking full charge during raids and battles. In the Navy or any legal-bound ship, captains were selected by rank and wealth. There was no equality between captain and crew as in pirate ships. Legal ships were Capitalists and the Pirates were Democratic.

First Mate

First Mate is the captain's deputy. They act as captain when the captain cannot. This was mainly seen in Navies and merchant ships as Pirates usually placed their quartermaster as their deputies.

Quartermaster

The Quartermaster was in charge of ensuring that the ship ran smoothly, rather like the ship's HR manager. The Quartermaster was in charge of supplies and had certain powers such as being able to punish the crew for minor infractions.

Sailing Master

These were officers in charge of piloting the ship. They would have to be educated enough to read a map and was a much desired position because it was a fair paying job. Pirates usually kidnapped sailing masters from ships they attacked to use aboard their own ships.

Gunner

Gunners were the overseers of any many qualified to load and fire guns. They were in charge of aiming cannons and making sure the crew were safely using guns. Most the guns were loaded by young boys called powder monkeys.

Boatswain

Boatswains or junior officers would act as supervisors, watching over the crew as they did their duties. If things were not going well they reported to the captain or quartermaster to punish the crew.

Surgeons

Surgeons handled any diseases and wounds. Since being at sea limited the amount of medicine available. Most ship's surgeons were forced to cut off limbs to avoid infection pike gangrene. Surgeons may not always be found on ships. Cooks or carpenters were often pressed to do amputations: meat was meat and cutting was cutting.

Cooks

All ships needed somebody to cook. Navies and merchant ships would often have trained cooks while on pirate ships it was just a crewmember who was handy in the kitchen.

Kinds of Ship

(Not a complete list, may post more later.)

Brig- A brig is the ship that one most thinks of when you think of a ship. The brig is a large vessel, set with a pair of square-rigged masts. Brigs were fast ships and highly maneuverable. They were used as merchant ships and warships.

Galley- The galley is propelled via oars. The hull is long and slender and most of them featured larger sails. Galleys often were rowed by slaves and used in war.

Galleon- Galleons were large ships, built with multiple decks, carrying three or more masts with square raised stern. The Galleon was usually rigged with square sails on the fore-mast and main-masts.

Caravel- The caravel was a small ship with triangular sails, famed for its manoeuvrability and speed.

Longship- The longships were the ships of the Vikings. They were slender ships, narrow. They were able to keep afloat in shallow waters as well as the deep sea. Longships were able to reverse quickly, a very important skill. The longship was a warship, a raider's ship propelled by oars.

Carrack- the carrack was a large ship, often built with mass cargo holds making the most popular ship to go on long voyages on. The carrack had three or four masts.

Cog- This ship was a large vessel, the hull wide and large. The ship is propelled by a great single sail flown from a tall mast.

Junk- The junk or Chinese junk was a kind of coastal or river ship used as merchant ships, pleasure ships and sometimes houseboats. They are small ships and made with battened sails rather resembling wings.

Trireme- the trireme was a slender ship set with three banks of oars pulled by one man each. The trireme had a concave hull and usually had an underwater ram at the prow of the ship.

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