#just realised the colours make the bi flag

[kvroko]

- I can hear you. Don’t worry. I'm right here. 

[hallowedmistress]

stardew sexuality hcs!

bachelors + bachelorettes

alex

definitely gay

grew up in a homophobic, religious family

first time he saw gay people was on tv on a news program about same-sex marriage being legalised

george immediately turned it off in disdain and evelyn distracted him with some food, but the thought lingered at the back of his mind

as he grows up, he collects sports magazines. more often with lean, muscular men on the covers than not

he suppresses it for years but it comes to a head when the cute new farmer moves in

and the rest is history

elliott

homoflexible

knew he was into men since he was very young

his family wasn't pleased to say the least. their only son, gay and a writer? the blasphemy.

didn't dare confess to any of his childhood crushes because he grew up in a pretty old fashioned area

instead wrote letters and stuffed them into used cans and threw them into the sea

lived in zuzu city for a short while before moving to stardew valley, had a relatively unhealthy lifestyle of drinking and hookups and no sleep. the cabin on the beach helped with his insomnia

very rarely attracted to women; usually into the type of women who mistake him for a lesbian

sam

unlabelled

leans more towards men

vincent called him weird at first but wrapped his head around it pretty quick

jodi doesn't talk about it but she just wants him to be happy and not hide any part of himself

kent absolutely flips when sam brings the farmer, his boyfriend, over

they make it work. kent warms up to the farmer, and the strict military rules drilled into his head slowly come undone

he reluctantly tells sebastian he likes guys at the saloon one night while abigail isn't around. sebastian just says 'huh', and beats him at pool.

sebastian

queer, on the aromantic spectrum

never really thought about romance. he has enough to deal with by himself, why should he want someone else?

has a little crush on sam when they're kids

only realises it was romantic when sam tells him that he likes guys. and sebastian realises oh, i can do that.

he doesn't really tell anyone but he blurts it out to his mother one afternoon

robin is supportive, and curious at first

demetrius... doesn't say much.

after kissing sam for a dare, he huddles inside a blanket with a red face for a whole day

harvey

heteroflexible

he likes women, but likes the occasional buff man

he's vocal with his support of the community, and pins up a pride flag on the clinic's wall

he lost a trans girlfriend to suicide back in the city. it sticks with him, and he makes sure to respectfully inquire about all his patients' mental health and if they need anything

he likes the farmer for their cool, confident demeanor regardless of their gender.

shane

straight

never thought about his sexuality

kissed a few of his homies back in college before he dropped out

hasn't really "fallen" for anyone before the farmer

abigail

bisexual

this girl is so, so bi

she definitely read manga on sites named stuff like yaoiparadiseheaven growing up

always shipped the protagonist and rival in pokemon games

has a few bi pride pins. pierre hates it and wants her to tone it down, but she refuses. loud and proud

caroline chides her, but is secretly proud of her and even buys her some sapphic movie dvds

haley

lesbian

it's complicated. she knows she has some sort of comphet, and she hates it

she wants to be out to the whole town just to prove a point, but she wants to present as straight at the same time just to feel more accepted

she flirts with guys and then feels like throwing up

she tries to flirt with girls and ends up insulting them

she and abigail have some sort of sapphic jealousy thing going on

when the farmer comes to town, abigail knows she's head-over-heels for the butch immediately despite her previous insistence that she only likes femme women

leah

definitely a lesbian

chill about it. she doesn't tell anyone, but she doesn't hide it

she has a vase painted the lesbian colours

her ex from the city is non-binary

she doesn't expect to fall for the farmer at all, but ends up yearning for months

boldly sculpts a messy piece of two women kissing

she and male!farmer would talk about women together

penny

her labels keep changing

she's into women, and into pretty guys.

she used to always keep an eye out for the woman who worked the jojamart counter

pam catches her reading a lesbian romance once, and penny fears the worst

instead, pam just nods and mentions she went out with some women herself and penny just stops in her tracks wide-eyed

when she first meets the farmer, she can't stop blushing around them

maru

she never really fathomed being attracted to men in the first and doesn't get why demetrius is so against her having male friends

demetrius is obnoxiously supportive once he finds out. the farmer sighs every time they walk in on an overly large display of support

he celebrates her coming-out anniversary every year

lesbian in stem

she's also on the asexual spectrum. something like demisexual, maybe. she doesn't have it figured out yet

emily

pansexual, and open about it

every time someone asks if she has a boyfriend, she corrects them to 'significant other'.

romance doesn't work like 'normal' to her

every friendship has a little romance, and every romance has a lot of friendship. isn't that the best way to live?

she's very affectionate. with friends, family, s/o's, anyone.

[sukunasbabygirl]

I didn’t want to say this because I felt really bad over being to pushy but I realised that with this it’s okay to be pushy.

What I’m talking about is the erasure of Hunter’s bisexuality.

I know that a lot of people may not have noticed it and aren’t aware of the bi flag pictured on Hunter’s stitched shirt. It’s easily missed, and I get that! But I also think that some people are just openly ignoring it, which is deeply frustrating.

I myself am guilty of calling it ‘implied bisexuality’ because I was scared people would argue that it’s not been verbally confirmed. However, when Eda’s box had the bi flag on it, I’m pretty sure that most people accepted that as Bi Eda being canon, and those who didn’t had to put on the clown makeup because it later got verbally confirmed. Luz also has a bi flag on her hat too!

With this in mind, Hunter should be accepted as a canonically bi character. The crew wouldn’t just put a bi flag on his shirt for no reason if we look at the previous two examples. Side note that with headcanons such as Aro/Ace/Aroace Hunter, that’s fine as he can still be bi with those labels!! But headcanoning Hunter as gay for example while being aware of this bi confirmation and actively ignoring it… that’s biphobia.

The negative part of me thinks the ignorance to Hunter being bi may also stem from how bi men are treated in general (I am a bi man myself and oh boy… it isn’t good) but that’s a topic for a whole other day.

Also I’m aware one argument is that he also put the Japan flag on that shirt so obviously he has no clue what those flags mean. Maybe Hunter just likes anime and/or thinks Japan is cool, or maybe he just thought the flag was neat etc etc, but the crew wouldn’t put a pride flag for no reason, and we see the lesbian and bi flag in the scrapbook later on so it’s safe to assume Hunter is familiar with the flags.

I think another argument is the flag colours are off but… yeah that’s still the bi flag. They wouldn’t use those colours in that order, even if the purple is way lighter, accidentally. That was intentional.

Please if you see this post all I’m asking is you do acknowledge Hunter’s canon bisexuality and stop making excuses to erase it. Please.

[chaosisorderao3]

Would Imogen go to Nick for advice, scared, when she realises she does actually like girls? Would she be afraid of the change and what it means for her and go to the one person she knows has been through this recently?

Would she go to Nick because she still feels like she needs to rebuild her relationship with Sahar before being able to ask for her help with something like that?

Or would she try to handle it all on her own and have a breakdown at school until perhaps Tara walks in on her and she starts spilling everything out?

Perhaps would she find some random girl to make out with to try and both figure out and soothe the new thoughts and feelings, only to be walked in on by Sahar who becomes confused and jealous?

As much as she said "everything would be easier if I just liked girls" I just know she'll be afraid and stressed out when she realises that she does, in fact, like girls.

Thank you, everyone relevant on the heartstopper production team, for two things: overlaying lesbian pride flag colours onto Imogen in a moment at the prom where she looks up at Sahar, and having Tara say "interesting" after Imogen chases after Sahar after not having known she's bi.

All of these are fic prompts I may eventually write btw, and if anyone else wants to write them please please let me know when you post it because I'd love to read what you write!

[supercriminalbean]

This is who we are.

BAU Team x Nb!Reader

Summary: The team goes to a pride march.

Warning: None, maybe fluff.

Words: 666

A/N: It's trans visibility day, so I wrote this up really quickly, this is the shortest thing I have ever written so enjoy. I love you no matter where you are in your journey, so proud of you, you are doing amazing. Keep it up my lovelies. 

Your body pumps with excitement, smiling widely as you walk around the streets, looking for your friends. This is your first pride march as an openly Non-binary trans person and you couldn’t think of anyone else you could be more happy to share this moment with. Your eyes are still scanning around the street trying to find where Garica said everyone was meeting. 

“(Y/n), (Y/n) over here” You spin around hearing two younger voices yelling for you. Grinning widely as you see Jack and Henry running towards you followed closely by Spencer, who's wearing a white shirt that's been tie dyed in the bisexual and asexual colours. He's smiling happily as they reach you.

“(Y/n) you made it” Jack grins up at you before him and Henry are running back towards their parents, you and Spencer laughing at them as you follow behind them.  

“I love your shirt Spence” Grinning at him, as your eyes land on his pronouns badge as well as his cheeks painted with his flags.

“Thanks, Penelope helped me make it last night, but I love your jacket, did you make it yourself?” Spencer grins at you. Your denim jacket had a the Non-binary flag painted on the back with the words ‘born this way’ on the back. Some of your favourite pins on the front, your favourite dinosaur pin that Jack got you for your birthday once is amongst your pride pins and badges.

“I did indeed, a few years ago, but I have never had the chance to wear it in public so here I am” Smiling happily as you approach the rest of the team. Where Garcia is applying face paint on Aaron cheek, painting the pan flag. Aaron holding back a small laugh when his eyes meet yours, knowing just how convincing Garcia can be.\

~~~

You look around the team, looking at everyones outfit. JJ is just wearing her normal clothes with the Bi flag painted on her cheek, her pronouns badge proudly pinned to their chest. Will standing beside her, arm wrapped around her waist with Henry standing in front of them chatting away with Jack, both of them holding a rainbow flag. Emily is standing beside her, the lesbian flag wrapped around her, the flag painted on both her cheeks. Next to her is Rossi who is wearing the ‘Free dad hug’ tshirt, along with his rainbow sunglasses. Morgan is laughing lightly, as he watches how excited Garcia gets when Hotch asks her to paint another flag on his other cheek, the transgender flag this time. Morgan standing there wearing his bi flag t-shirt, grinning as you stand beside him wrapping his arm around you. 

“I'm next and then Garcia can do you cutie” Morgan laughs, earning a head shake from you.

“Oh I’m guessing I don’t have a choice here do I?” Laughing as a chorus of no’s and nope’s come flying your way with some giggles from Garcia. 

~~~

As Garcia starts painting Morgan's cheeks, you grin happily as you finally take in her own outfit. Her sparkly pink and white skirt is paired with a tie dyed t-shirt in the same style as Reids, but instead her colours are the pansexual and transgender flag. Her cheeks are painted with the same colours as Hotch’s. Once she's finally finished painting your cheeks (The Non-binary flag and Pan flag) You all set off to wander down the streets with everyone, enjoying the day of being surrendered by support and love. A lot of people end up running over to Rossi for their free dad hug, Rossi was enjoying it so much, listening to their stories telling them how proud he is and how strong they are. As the day continues the vibes and energy of the day just keep getting stronger. Maybe that's when you realise that your job isn’t just a job, that this is where you're supposed to be. You get to help people and do it in the most supportive group and family ever.

[khwxbeeda]

The Almost Wedding (Ch.I)

Arjun was this close to murdering someone.

More specifically, he was close to grabbing his dear darling sister by her perfectly styled hair and sticking her neck onto a guillotine. At least then she would shut up and stop bothering him.

"Arjun I swear," Tanishka said for maybe the millionth time in the last two hours, "you had better be on your best behaviour, I won't have you- I don't know- flirting with anyone or something even stupider—"

"Aga majhi bai, I got it," he finally snapped, smacking his palms together in a sarcastic namaskar, making her click her jaw shut. "I'll be quiet the entire time. And Tai, why would I flirt with some random boy? He's probably homophobic, anyway."

Her hazel eyes narrowed in a glare, and he returned it with a flat look before turning around to look in the mirror, running his hands through his hair to separate the wavy black strands and checking his subtle eye makeup again. It looked good— just a little gold glitter on the lid and a smudge of kajal on the lower lash line, bringing out the soft golden specks in his eyes. His lip gloss was transparent, but it was enough to make his Cupid’s bow pop.

Tanishka, finally realising she was being ignored, huffed and strode away. Arjun snickered as the sound of her paayal grew fainter and fainter, then went back to applying concealer. College was a harrowing experience, especially for post graduate medical students, and Arjun was not getting enough sleep. At least the concealer helped hide the designer under-eye bags.

"ARJUN!"

He jerked in surprise, and glared at the open door of his room, cursing under his breath. He almost messed up his makeup, dammit!

"EK MINUTE ALO," he yelled back, twisting his concealer tube shut and throwing it onto the dresser, then slipped out into the hallway.

He rushed down the set of staircases three steps at a time, tugging at his collar and adjusting his jeans so the multi-coloured rhinestones on the back pockets arranged in the bi flag were visible.

He had chosen the basic white shirt and baggy jeans on purpose, because while the rest of the family was wearing traditional clothing, he did not have a single kurta to his name and he had been too busy with his studies to go out and buy one. He often thought he had made a mistake by saying he wanted to become a doctor. He really should have followed Krushna into the modelling industry. At least then he would not have to bust his brain— just his body, and he would have had his best friend with him instead of halfway across the world.

He jumped the last seven steps, and was immediately met with a resounding smack upside the head.

"Aai ga," he whined, rubbing his hand over the back of his head and scowling playfully at his snickering aunt as she walked past, the pallu of her baby pink saree swinging left to right. "Chinu Maushi, don't you get tired of being annoying?"

She tossed her hair over her shoulder and winked. "Nahi. Ata chal, get a move on, they'll be here soon."

Ah. Right. His sister’s suitor.

The Kulkarni family had agreed to a rendezvous to decide if their youngest was compatible with Tanishka, and Arjun’s mother had been going crazy setting the house to rights and getting the servants to clean out every single room of the mansion. Even the unused ones. Arjun had made the mistake of asking if the guests were to be hosted in the second basement, and had gotten a chappal thrown at his head for his troubles.

"Yeah, yeah, coming," he muttered, sticking his hands into his pockets and following her out into the kitchen, where his mother was already directing the servants to prepare food and drinks for the Ganpati festival, which was in less than a week, and for the guests that were set to come in about five minutes.

“Hi, Aai,” he said, leaning down to press a kiss to his mother’s temple, and grinned when he received the weird combination of a harried glare and a soft pat to his cheek.

Lavanya Deshpande was one of the most influential actresses in Bollywood, and at the ripe age of fifty-seven, was the richest producer of the Hindi film industry. Despite being married off at the young age of nineteen into a family that did not treat her well and popping out her first baby at twenty, she had risen to national fame and become a household name by the time she was twenty-six, having acted in over a hundred films and produced several blockbusters through the course of her career. She had divorced her husband at twenty-eight and taken her two kids away, changed her surname back to her maiden name, and proceeded to take the international film industry by storm in a short five years.

“Hi, babdi,” she replied, and promptly shoved something into his mouth. “How does it taste?”

Arjun chewed on the thing for two slow seconds, then brightened when he realised it was a gulaab jamun. He nodded enthusiastically and snapped off two quick finger guns.

“Kadak,” he said through the mouthful of the mithai, and she smacked him upside the head. He yelped, but she smacked him again, the look on her face halfway between fond and exasperated. “Swallow your morsel before you speak, murkha!”

Arjun whined in outrage, but one sharp look from her and he subsided, muttering complaints under his breath and rubbing his head. The kitchen— a large white tiled room with two island counters and a whole baking station that was actually used for making festival faraal and mithai rather than cakes and pastries— had been overtaken by the two workers who were cooking up a storm for the festival, and Arjun sniffed appreciatively at a container filled with saffron milk, only to be pushed away by Aai.

“Nahi, Arjunie,” she said sternly. “This is for the guests, you can have as much as you’d like afterwards.”

Before he could reply, the bell rang.

His mother rose to her feet and glided out of the room, the skirts of her baby blue Anarkali flaring out behind her, and a minute later Arjun heard the front door open and the muffled sounds of greetings from the receiving hall. He exchanged a grimace with Chinu Maushi, and exhaled through his nose. She poked him in the back to make him straighten his posture to appear at least halfway polite, and beckoned him to follow her to the living room.

He took a stand next to one of the sofas and stuck his tongue out at Tanishka, just as Aai walked in with the guests.

Four people— siblings, because the parents had passed away. They walked in behind his mother, who had her socialite smile pasted on her beautiful face, and Arjun's breath caught.

All of them were utterly, absolutely gorgeous.

The two women and two men were wearing well fitted casual ethnic clothes, with the older man and woman dressed in identical royal purple kurta and trouser sets with delicate silver embroidery at the collar, and the younger two dressed in white with purple embroidery. They had matching arched eyebrows, smooth skin, oddly perfect noses, and pink lips that were pulled up into polite smiles that made their dark eyes crinkle at the edges, giving the impression that they were actually paying attention to whatever Arjun's mother was saying.

Bappa knew Arjun was not paying attention.

No, he was distracted by the visitors' sheer beauty as they pressed their hands together into a namaskar and bowed their heads. If Tanishka was marrying into this, he was envious, because those were some magnificent genetics. Yes, he grew up around big name actors and actresses walking in and out of his house on a daily basis, but that just made it easier for him to recognise real beauty when he saw it.

"—and of course, my son, Arjun." He snapped back into focus and sent his most charming smile towards them.

"Everyone," his mother said, "these are the Kulkarni siblings. Chandan, the oldest—" the criminally handsome man waved— "Charuta, Charita, and Chaitanya, the youngest."

A chorus of greetings echoed around the room, and they all sat down as the house workers placed trays piled with food and drinks on the teapoy in the middle of the set of sofas.

“So, Chaitanya,” Lavanya began, a large, genuine smile curving up her red-painted lips, “how are you, my child?”

Chaitanya gave her wide smile, and Arjun was pretty sure he felt butterflies in his stomach. The boy was pretty, with almond shaped deep brown eyes, pouty rosebud lips and a pointy chin that would have made him look delicate if not for the sharp cut of his jaw and the intelligent curve of his eyebrows. "Mi masta, Madame, what about you?"

The older actress’s smile widened. "Oh, no need to call me Madame, my dear. Lavanya is fine, and I’m doing good as well.” She extended her hand out towards the food. “Please, do eat your fill, and now, shall we begin with the ‘interrogation’?”

She winked at the last word, and the siblings let out identical amiable laughs. Charuta reached forward and picked a banana chip off one of the plates and popped it into her mouth, pretty glossy lips twisting into a pout as she crunched the thing between her teeth. Arjun forcefully dragged his eyes away from the visual and focused on Chandan, who had begun speaking.

"How are we to do this, then?"

He had a curious accent— somewhere between Indian and French, Arjun realised a second later. He exchanged a look with Chinu Maushi, who smirked at him like she knew exactly what was going through his mind. He turned away without giving her the honour of a reply, but he could feel his cheeks heat up. Thank the Gods for his dark complexion that made it difficult for his blush to be visible, or she would never let him live it down.

"How about you ask first?" Lavanya suggested. "Tanishka asks the next question. Both of you have to answer all the questions posed."

Chandan raised a perfectly sculpted eyebrow at Chaitanya, who somehow managed to make his shrug look elegant. Arjun honestly had no idea whether to be jealous of or attracted to the man. Both men.

"I don't mind if you don’t," he answered, in the same hot accent as his older brother, and Tanishka nodded.

"I don't mind either. Ask away."

"What are you doing, currently?" he asked, tongue curling deliciously over his R's. Arjun had to forcefully drag his eyes away from that pretty mouth. Chinu Maushi gave him a significant look behind his mother's back that said he needed to stop, and he exhaled with a shake of his head— drop it. Thankfully, she did, but not before she gave him another look. Arjun rolled his eyes went back to the Q&A.

"I'm working as a freelance influencer and content creator as of now," Tanishka replied. “I won’t be signing onto Aai’s company, but hopefully in a few years I’ll take up a contract with a reputable agency as an actress. What about you?”

Charuta and Chandan exchanged discreet looks above Chaitanya's head, who was hilariously short compared to his older siblings. Even Charita was a couple inches taller than him. Arjun had no ground to stand on, however; he was the same height. He had no doubt that if Krushna met Chaitanya, he would tease him for his height the same way he did to Arjun.

Gods, he could not wait to tell Krushna about this.

"I'm in the last year of my Master’s degree,” Chaitanya said, leaning forward to wrap slender fingers covered in silver rings around a glass of chilled panha. Arjun’s eyes tracked the movement, only half focused on the rest of the words he spoke. He glimpsed a small tattoo on the inner side of the wrist, but the sleeves of the kurta shifted before he could get a proper look. “My subject is Physics.”

Oh, pretty and smart.

And so the interrogation proceeded, with Tanishka and Chaitanya taking turns in asking questions and answering them. By the end of the hour, half the plates and glasses had been wiped clean, and Arjun knew the general details and history of the Kulkarni family.

Chaitanya was twenty-five years old, and the youngest of the siblings. Chandan was thirty-nine and married with a seven year old daughter, and Charuta was not aiming to marry at all. She was thirty-five, had passed the UPSC exams on her first try after her LLB, and was working as a diplomat in Delhi at the Italian Embassy in India. Charita was a famous actress who mostly filmed in England and France, and had married her husband two years ago at the age of twenty-seven. Chaitanya was currently teaching maths and physics to school students when he was not working on his thesis for his Masters.

Their parents— Nayantara and Dhruv— had passed away in a car accident sixteen years ago, and Chandan had taken the younger two siblings to Paris to live with their maternal grandmother, while Charuta attended National Law University in Mumbai. The three siblings had stayed in Paris for ten years until Chaitanya completed his high school, and then moved to Pune for his Bachelors degree at Fergusson College.

“And what will you do after your Masters?” Tanishka asked him, leaning forward in her seat with a manicured finger subtly twirling with a strand of her hair. Arjun had seen her use that trick before, and he smirked when he noticed Chaitanya’s eyes follow the slide of the edge of the short square nail through the black curl before flicking back to her face.

“Ah, I’m hoping to continue on to a Ph.D,” he said, and picked up his glass of panha to take a sip. “What about you? Are you planning on getting another degree or—”

“On, no,” Tanishka replied, shaking her head so her curls bounced just enough to attract attention. “I have a masters, and that’s enough for me. Frankly, I’ve had enough of being yelled at by professors.” She chuckled faintly as if letting the others in on a joke, and Arjun stifled a snicker when Chaitanya echoed the sound, eyes never leaving his sister’s pretty face.

“Shall we talk alone?” He asked her, and Tanishka smiled her most charming smile, but there was a gleam in her eyes that Arjun recognised— the one that made an appearance when she had gotten what she wanted. “Why not? I know a cafe ten minutes from here that has excellent French press, if you’d like.”

Chaitanya glanced at Charuta for permission, grinning boyishly when she nodded. When he turned back to offer his hand to Tanishka, his grin was a little shy. It was endearing, and Arjun exchanged a look with his mother, who looked like she had won three Oscars in one go. He stifled another laugh.

Tanishka winked at Lavanya as she slipped out of the living room with her hand in Chaitanya’s, Arjun politely excused himself by citing his studies as a reason and slipped back up the stairs and into his room. He shut the door behind him and threw himself onto the bed, pushing aside the mass of textbooks, and unlocked his phone to hit the speed dial for his best friend.

“Haye tauba,” he breathed the minute Krushna picked up the phone, “they’re all so damn hot.”

The laugh that Krushna let out felt like it was setting off the butterfly effect.

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Taglist: @orgasming-caterpillar @h0bg0blin-meat @musaafir-hun-yaaron @mrunmione @girlatreus @shanti-ashant-hai @yehsahihai (lmk if you wanna be added/removed)

[freedom-barricades-bighero16]

So I came across this awesome character study fic of Liv and it made me fall in love with her character, and it inspired me to do a post-CoM outfit design for her.

Some notes:

Her trademark smile is gone because of what happened with Di, this is her default expression now.

I added the jacket to not make her garb look too much like Chris' attire. Shout-out to my friend Sparks for helping me with deciding it's colour!

The pride pin is inspired by Luz wearing a bi pride pin on her beanie as part of her Earth outfit.

I realised this just now but her outfit kind of looks like the Tanzanian flag... 🇹🇿 I can't unsee now (not like it's a bad thing btw, just a coincidence)

[gigawatt-smile]

your icon is transmasc lockwood..give me ur transmasc lockwood thoughts pls *holds out a bowl*

(and any other gender/sexuality hcs you have for l&co characters 👀👀)

Oh I have SO much to say on all of this thank you so much for asking and noticing. (There are some book spoilers here so I will put a small * at the start for people who haven't read them. General spoilers are marked with ** :] )

Lockwood:

He's a stealth trans man and has hit a point in his transition where it's no longer at the forefront of his mind

He used to hate that he couldn't wear a binder on cases (he still did it at times) but I think he firmly has top surgery now. I have two headcanons about him getting top surgery, actually, though one is more of a joke

One is that Inspector Barnes managed to get it under DEPRAC insurance because binding was seen as inhibiting his ability to do cases

The other is that he once got a case that paid well and used the money from it to get top. He didn't think to tell anyone and returned one day with the drains in the pockets of his greatcoat completely high off painkillers

** His parents and sister never knew about him being trans and that makes him upset sometimes

He is a binary trans man, though I use the transmac flag for my icon (slightly altered colours) because I am. He used he/him pronouns

He's asexual to me as well

He's straight in a respecting women way and definitely in a bi wife way. With mentioning that...

Lucy

I'm gonna go off on two tangents with this with transfem Lucy and afab non-binary Lucy because they both greatly appeal to me; I'll explain them in that order

I'm not really in the mood to get into much transphobia because I don't want to bring the tone down, but her mom was not supportive at all, though she heavily defied her mom in that regard and was out to her friends

* Her sisters were supportive too, as much as they could be under the guise of their mother, and her sister Mary would help out a lot

Norrie in the show probably fills a similar role

Once she left home and went to London she was excited by the prospect of finally getting to be herself and openly using her name with new people

She uses she/they pronouns

My afab nb Lucy heavily ties into trans Lockwood, actually

Basically Lockwood getting rid of his old binders and her asking for one just to see what it's like and realising she prefers the way she looks wearing one

Lockwood talks to her about it blah blah heartwarming stuff about looking after your body n such but being happy for her

Anyways I like both of these for different reasons

Here lucy uses they/she pronouns

Anyways she's also massively bisexual

George

Oh he's got he/they energy in the same way Cabinet Man or Touch-Tone Telephone by Lemon Demon do

He's been out for years, and is quite comfortable with the fact he's trans and doesn't mind people asking or telling people about it

The more comfortable he is around you the more he'll say

His parents were just chill with it too, and his brothers were delighted to "teach him" how to be a guy

Also side note congrats on your autism George. This doesn't really have anything to do with it but it's on my mind

He's just got that transmasculine swag and that's cool for him

I think he may be pansexual, or omnisexual

Flo

I don't have as much to say on Flo but I adore her and she deserves a spot

Anyway she uses she/they/any pronouns in a gender is a social construct way and is adamantly opposed

She tells people to get creative with the pronouns

** Holly

Absolutely a trans woman who loves being a woman I take no criticism on this

She likes being pretty and wearing nice clothes because it makes her feel euphoric

She's not stealth trans, but she likes people not being able to tell

She's pretty open with the people she trusts

* Another joke-y headcanon that I have is the real reason Lucy is jealous of Holly is because Holly is further through her transition

But they learn to bond over it

* Also she's a lesbian because "flatmate from Fittes" who is a girl as well as the whole "there are other possibilities in this world" line. Yeah she's heavily implied to be a lesbian in the books

Kipps

Maybe trans, maybe bisexual, may be just an ally. Idk, I don't think a lot about him

I can see him being a stealth trans man like Lockwood ngl

Anyway rant over, thank you asker :D

[cupcakesandteawrites]

“Hi, my name’s Chrissy.” A small blond girl said as she walked into the dorm room Robin was in, unpacking her own things onto her own side of the room.

"I'm Robin. Can I take this side, seeing as I'm already here?" She asked.

"Sure! Makes no difference to me." Chrissy answered. "Errmm I heard them saying something about a floor orientation in a couple hours as I was walking in by the way" she added.

"Oh yeah, I remember hearing about that but thank you anyway." Robin smiled at her.

The girls made idle chitchat until it was time to head to orientation. They walked to it together and sat together whilst a teacher talked them through the rules around being in each other's rooms and what time they had to be on the building for and what time they had to be in their room by. They were also given timetables for the coming week of orientation for the rest of the school.

As the week went on the girls realised that they had a lot of the same classes and lunch times. Not every class but most of them they shared. They spent any free periods during that first week wandering around the grounds exploring the parts they hadn’t yet been shown.

The end of the first week came quickly and the two girls were already very close. Robin had tried to avoid all talk of relationships or love interests and Chrissy seemed perfectly content to not talk about them either, just mentioning an ex called Jason everynow and then. On Friday morning it was slightly cooler than on the other days and a jacket was needed to walk around. On Chrissy’s jacket Robin noticed there was a little pin in the Bisexual colours.

“Erm, not to like make this a big thing or anything, and please tell me to shut up if i'm overstepping, because I really don't want to do that but ermmmm”

“Robin, what's the matter? What do you want to ask me?” Chrissy interrupted, already used to Robin’s rambling when she was nervous.

“Your badge.” Robin said, pointing at the lapel on Chrissy’s jacket. “Are the colours meant to be like the bisexual flag or is that a coincidence?”

“Yeah, they are. I’m bi, I’ve not wanted to say anything because I didn't want to make anything weird between us. I really like you, like as a person, so I didn't want to potentially ruin that.” Chrissy replied.

“As a lesbian it would be pretty hypocritical for me to be against you being bi really, other than men, ewww.” Robin giggled.

“Urg i know right” Chrissy laughed back. “Shall we head to breakfast? I’ll grab coffee if you grab pancakes?”

“Sure!” Robin said, grabbing her bag and following Chrissy out of the door.

Chrissy grabbed coffee, made just right as she had done the last couple of mornings, and Robin piled a plate up with pancakes and grabbed two further plates as well as syrups that would be needed.

They sat and ate breakfast and chatted about how they felt the first week had gone and how they thought they may enjoy being there when classes started up.

“Do you want to watch a movie together on my laptop tonight?” Robin asked shyly as they walked to class.

“Sure, sounds fun” Chrissy replied, sounding just as shy. “Anyway this is me, see you for lunch?”

“Yeah, see you at lunch, have a good morning,” Robin said, continuing to walk to her class.

Chrissy and Robin met up for lunch before having separate schedules for the afternoon. They always ate together, something they had done since the very first day. Something they both hoped would continue the whole time they were at school together.

After their evening meal they headed back to their room.

“What shall we watch?” Robin asked.

“Ok, so don’t judge me but I’ve been wanting to watch Emperors New Groove for so long! Can we?” Chrissy replied, her cheeks flushing as she did so.

“Of course we can. Let me find it and we can watch it.” Robin smiled.

Robin found the film and Chrissy rounded up all the pillows and blankets ready for getting comfy and watching.

They sat close on Robin's bed and both ended up under the same duvet and sat touching arms.

After the first film they watched the first Iron Man movie and both became very sleepy during it.

Robin opened her eyes slowly, aware very quickly that she wasn’t in her bed alone. Light was streaming in through the window. They had forgotten to close the curtains last night apparently.

Looking straight ahead all she could see was a mass of strawberry blonde hair. Oh shit. Chrissy had slept in her bed!

“Mmm morning” came a very sleepy voice from beside her. Then a much more awake “Oh,”

[aelfwyn]

The CQL/CritRole/StrangerThings crossover nobody needed, except my brain when I saw Taliesin wearing his "Ghost Dad" shirt on CR C3E41.

He really should be conjuring dice or something, but, um, I didn't actually have a full-image concept in mind when I started, which is also why the background is just blobs of colour. I also didn't have the stamina/time to figure the DM screen out, perspective-wise and colour-wise, etc., so it's half-hidden in the blobs of colour, which is a shame because I did go to the trouble of tracing out the lotus design from the Lotus Pier doors. Oh well. I could've worked on the whole thing more, but I when I realised Father's Day was coming up, I set myself this artifical deadline, so here we are.

WWX's almost-kinda bi pride flag hair was kinda accidental (a combination of Taliesin's purple hair and Yiling Laozu Red), but hey, it's pride month. Might as well lean into it with the colour scheme.

Eddie made it into the mix because I needed a D&D-ish reference pose, but I think if the MDZS characters got together for a round of D&D, it should be NHS DMing. JGY would be a rogue (yes he's alive and well in this scenario, and so is JYL, who's providing the snacks). LXC isn't sure how it all works, but JGY wanted him there, so he's smiling along and playing a paladin. He'll end up getting super into it, but he's so restrained that no one will see him coming. LWJ does not see the appeal at all, but will end up backseat-rules-lawyering, much to everyone's annoyance and WWX's delight. If NHS wasn't DMing, he'd be a bard, but I'm making him DM. WWX is multiclassing an artificer + blood hunter + possibly some Unearthed Arcana/ homebrew concoction. LSZ is a cleric. WN is a ranger. At some point he accidentally adopts a bunny animal companion and LWJ starts quietly fuming. WWX is delighted. LJY is a wizard and selects his spells based on hilarity, not utility. JC is a fighter. OZZ is a bard. NMJ is a barbarian. He only turns up for the fights.

ANYWAY. Um. I did a thing. Enjoy?

[desbianherstory]

Sharan Dhaliwal is an openly bisexual British-Indian writer, journalist and activist. Dhaliwal is the founder and editor of Burnt Roti, a South Asian magazine. She also created Oh Queer Cupid, a queer speed dating and comedy night, in addition to founding and directing Middlesex Pride. Dhaliwal’s memoir Burning My Roti: Breaking Barriers as a Queer Indian Woman was published this year.

Since Burnt Roti’s inception, I came out as bisexual and realised that a lot of the reason that I had held back from living my true life was because of the way I grew up. I wanted to make sure that it wasn’t a continued pained experience for others, so I started to focus on LGBTQ+ stories, and out of that have created Middlesex Pride. It’s the first Pride event for Middlesex – I want to focus on discussions and education. I grew up in Southall and Hounslow and, along with many other South Asian people, was immersed in a very traditional life. When I came out, I noticed messages from people thanking me for doing it, but also telling me that they can not – I learnt that a lot of these people lived in the Middlesex area. There’s a severe lack of LGBTQ+ visibility in communities there and that creates two things – a lot of people don’t understand what sexuality means for the LGBTQ+ community and tend to focus on sexual acts or HIV. It means that the stigma attached to it causes young people to stifle themselves, sometimes exacerbating mental health issues. Another thing it does it creates a doubt in the minds of those who are discovering their sexuality. If it isn’t discussed or taken seriously, it must not be real. People could live a long time (like myself), keeping any feelings or desires to themselves. My mental health suffered, I was in various relationships I didn’t actually want to be in and I was stuck in a destructive pattern of getting with someone, disliking the situation and leaving it soon after.

So attitudes towards sex and sexuality where you grew up were a little guarded?

There’s a stigma around sex and sexual acts (like with much of society), and it’s considered ‘dirty’. Talking about our bodies is seen as ‘disgusting’ – including puberty and menstruation. A lot of South Asian womxn learn to keep to themselves – never asking questions and never really learning more than they’re told. It’s changing a little, but there are still remnants of it there, which I want to break down. Older generations would, for example, say that they never heard of the word ‘lesbian’ before. There’s not really a word that translates in the Punjabi language now (I’m not sure if that’s changed over time) but there is a language barrier. Teaching certain words, what they mean and what effect they would (and wouldn’t) have on them is important. There’s still stigmas and negative connotations, but it needs to be broken down and explained.

So, being bi! What are your experiences like as a bi woman of colour in 2019?

Ok so let’s talk about fetishisation. The first woman I went on a proper date with was a white American, who seemed to have an obsession with Indians. I’m not gonna lie, I ignored the red flag from her text which popped up on my phone in all caps “I REALLY WANT AN INDIAN”. At first I wondered if she was Indian, and then she spent the rest of the day texting me about Bollywood films, as if I knew nothing about them. It felt strange. But I was incredibly attracted to her and just wanted to go on a date, so I did. She didn’t speak too much about Indian stuff then, but the texts continued – she wanted me to teach her Hindi. I suddenly felt like I was working as an unpaid language tutor. For some reason, I expected to experience fetishisation from cis men, not from the LGBTQ+ community – it was that naivety that was the biggest blow. I’ve had struggles being specifically bi on dating apps – lesbians haven’t taken me seriously. I’ve had some unmatch me because they assumed I was just “messing around” on the app. I’m now in a relationship with a woman and it feels amazing – she doesn’t question my bisexuality, she knows I want to be with her. It’s not just the lesbian community – there are bad eggs everywhere. But bisexuality is definitely considered a ‘half assed attempt at being gay’.

How did your family react when you came out?

My dad had a pure and wholesome reaction, where he quoted me verbatim “Sharan, sexuality is fluid” and I lost it. Firstly, credit me when you quote me, secondly I don’t even know if he knows what he’s saying. But bless him, he doesn’t care about my sexual preference, he just wants me to be happy. My mother had a strange reaction – she jumped between disliking it and not caring. I think she thinks there’s fifty per cent chance I will marry a man, so she’s just relying on that. I don’t want to get into maths with her, so I just let her be for now. But a big part of Middlesex Pride is to allow her and others like her to find out more about what it means to want to be with someone who isn’t the ‘expected gender’. I want her to know it’s okay if I don’t marry a cis man. In fact, I’m going to marry my girlfriend, so she has to be on board or she won’t get to hang out with her grandkids lol.

[crazy-walls]

10, 11, 22, 26, 29 & 35 for the pride asks? 💕🌈

10 When did you realize you weren’t cishet? - I definitely remember questioning if I might be a lesbian around 14 because I didn't like boys the way other people apparently do so to me that was the logical conclusion (cause ace representation who?) but then I just. kinda forgot about it. 😅 had lots of suspicion reappear at around 17-19 and actually realised it when i was 19 (literal lightbulb moment while at uni waiting for the next class xD)

11 Do you like your flag(s)? - I think the ace flag is really pretty, those colours really are a vibe (and fun to dress in together ^^), and the aro one is neat too :) also I kinda feel like bi is also somewhat accurate and that's also a very cute flag!

22 Favorite LGBT+ celebrity or historical figure? - rn I gotta go with Gerard Way here, it just makes me happy to see what they’re up to now and how much better they seem to be. Also Lil Nas X, barely know anything about him but his Vibes.

26 Some characters you headcanon as LGBT+? - all of them okay definitely at least 80% of the drei ??? characters (Justus? aspec. Peter? bi. Bob? pan. Skinny? bi. Cotta? gay. the girls? all wlw. even Brittany, the only straight she is is a straight up bitch.). Veronica Mars and her friend Mac. Elle Woods.

29 Any fictional crushes? - oh. SO MANY but I’ll make a choice here. I will honestly never get over Norris Marshall from the Bone Garden. then there’s Benny Lafitte from SPN. Kat *and* Patrick from 10 Things I Hate About You. Constance Fairchild and (even more so) her half-sister Izzy from James Oswald’s book series. Shego from Kim Possible. Bucky Barnes. Skinny Norris (duh.)

35 If you’re not straight, who was your first same-gender crush? - if we’re talking real people here, either P!nk or Avril Lavigne - P!nk was earlier but I so wanted to be like in hinsight definitely date Avril a lot more so yeah xD

Pride asks

[likesrandomstuff]

Rating AFLW Season 7 Pride Guernseys (Part 1)

I’m sure all the teams put a lot of work and thought into these designs, and this isn’t to hate on any of them, but to compare them. This is just the thoughts of a bi Collingwood supporter who spends 80% of her waking time thinking about AFLW.

Adelaide Crows

It’s the same as last season, and the only difference to 2021’s is the shoulder rainbow. I was watching a game last season and didn’t even realise they had a Pride jumper on for half a quarter (was not Pride Round). It’s understated, and I feel they could just wear this as their home jumper. Would prefer if the rainbow stripes were bigger, and not have the blue stripe after the purple. Have red and orange on the red section, yellow and green on yellow, blue and purple on blue, then red stripe. Rating 6.5/10

Brisbane Lions

The pastels are a new one. I can get behind that. On the broadcast the rainbow got lost and just looked white. I like the different direction of jumper design, and it really looks pretty. Maybe if the lion was rainbow in the traditional/progress colours, which makes it more obvious. Still solid, just not much to discuss with it. Rating 7/10.

Carlton Blues

What is this? Unless Darcy told you that they had no time or ideas, I don’t know why you wouldn’t get them to design the jumper again (player who is a graphic designer and done the previous versions). My biggest issue is that it’s so subtle. Sitting in the stands or watching on TV you’re going to have the same problem as Collingwood’s Indigenous jumper; details are not obvious. If the hands and arms were filled in, +3 easily. Rating 2.5/10.

Collingwood Magpies

I just wanted an improvement on last season’s, and that bar was low. They did it! This is the best photo I could find that wasn’t in the merch store. The progress flag down the front, and starting on different colours is a nice touch. Like the side panels and back having rainbow as well. Would have loved a super cool concept one, but this did enough for me buy it. Showed up well enough on TV. Rating 7/10.

Essendon Bombers

Can someone please show them the colour theory post? The red sash (diagonal line) is not giving me happy thoughts. I know Richmond had free rein on sash designs last season and knocked it out of the park, so you were restricted, but still. Like the hand-print idea. Would have suggested red base, stripy hand-prints on top. The hand-prints are adding the Pride flag to the jumper. Watching in the stands red was only visible colour, rest got lost. Rating 3.5/10.

Fremantle Dockers

This is a no-brainer, right? Of course this was the design they’d go with. Not just because it’s the home jumper of their Season 6 Pride jumper. Replace the white and pink v’s with a rainbow? Design meeting done. They are lucky to have such a pretty team colour to make even prettier with a rainbow. Sure this isn’t the most exciting, but there is some ideas that are worth it. Knocking it down a bit as only the orange and yellow showed up in the game. Back has the progress flag across the top. Rating 7/10.

Geelong Cats

I don’t hate it, but it’s giving me early 2000’s vibes. Like packaging for a storage CD brand my dad bought. It’s more interesting than their old one. The fact the rainbow stripes split a white and navy stripe, but not evenly, bugs me so much. Long sleeve is odd, but will give that a pass cause even some normal long sleeve jumpers don’t turn out great. Rainbow logo, yay? The rainbow was visible from the stands, unlike the other teams in the double header. Rating 4.5/10.

Gold Coast Suns

Nothing revolutionary here. Feels a bit biassed to like the Pie's so much more, when it's basically the same concept. Front on you couldn't really see the side rainbows during the game. Would have liked something on the front. Bring back the wave on the jumper and make that rainbow. Progress flag at the top was added from last season's, so give them credit for that. Rating 5/10.

Greater Western Sydney

Yeah. Slightly more interesting than straight stripes in the G. Or stripes added to the side. Finally get a rainbow logo and I'm underwhelmed. Add in one more element to the jumper and it'll be closer to right. I'd take a shoulder rainbow. Last season had the rainbow spilling from the G to below. That was good. Should've kept that. The back has a rainbow running down the middle that made it hard to read the number. Rating 4/10.

[sparrowinkk]

1, 3, 17, 25 and 26 for the ask game 💌

ty for the ask!! Sorry im answering it so late D:

what are 3 things you’d say shaped you into who you are?

hmm id have to say:

I moved to Scotland from the US when i was 10. This has resulted in me having a bit of a identiy crisis lmao

Probs my friend group in high school. We were the gay weirdos and if I had not been able to find a group like that, idek where I'd be

horse games! Ive played alot of horse games growing up and they helped me realise that that was what i wanted to do with my life :3 (get a career in horses)

3.

3 films you could watch for the rest of your life and not get bored of?

Twilight. Ive seen it a billion times, i could a watch it a billion more

Avatar (blue people). Its just the world building man THE WORLD BUILDING

LOTR triology. Somehow, put all 3 extenaditions (wow i cant spell) editions onto 1 cd and id be set.

17. 3 things that make you happy

My cat, his name is Pastel! He screams at me to wake up every morning and hes a big cuddler

Horses! I love horse riding and horses are just like my main special interest.

andddddd spending time with people :3 I've recently realised that humans are indeed social creatures and socialising is v valuable.

25. fave season and why?

Def fall! The colors are just so stunning. So many amazing holidays in fall, youve got Lammas, Mabon, Halloween, and thanksgiving. And the tempature is usually quite nice!

26. fave colour and why?

Blue!

When i was younger my fav color was pink. Then as i got older, it was purple. And now its blue. Ig ive just worked my way through the bi flag lmao.

Why blue? Its just v nice, and you really cant go wrong with it. The sky is blue, and the sky is one of my fav things to look at. My eyes are blue to.

ty for the ask again!!

[weird-tea]

So I always paint my nails with the bi flag for pride month, even if I can't make it to a pride event that year. But recently I've been figuring some stuff out that might mean there's actually a second flag that could apply to me, so even though June is way off I started googling and thinking how best to do it, like do I just alternate flags each finger? Or do one flag per hand? But then how do I decide which hand is my sexual orientation hand and which is my gender hand??

And then, because I'm not actually sure which of two gender flags I actually fall under just yet, I realised that the gender fluid flag has 5 colours so you can just paint each of your five nails on each hand one of the colours and now I'm not sure if I actually am more gender fluid than the other one or if I just really vibe with how nice and neat it would be for nail painting and just gah what

[loumauve]

💙 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

💙 When you first learned about the Queer community, did you immediately realize ‘That’s me!’ Or did you consider yourself a ‘really good ally’ for some time?

bb!gay lou did not know that the queer community was a thing, until a friend I met on a writing forum started talking about her girlfriend and I was like 'oh! that's a thing that's possible? huh' but it immediately was pushed aside until I had a dream abt her in which I was sad that she didn't pick me. which.. it's important to know that bb!me didn't understand jealousy nor would she have thought it was an okay emotion to ever feel.

so I guess I started out thinking it was just an okay thing for other ppl, didn't analyse it much, since I still thought I just wasn't interested in romance at all (until I had that dream) so I was a good ally to her, bc why wouldn't I still love my friend after telling me that.

but I didn't think to maybe apply that principle to myself at that time. and even after realising that I liked her I was still like.. well idk if I'm gay, I just know I like *her* and I didn't feel like I needed to understand it better.

I never considered myself an ally tho bc I knew nobody else in my life who was queer, other than her. I just thought acceptance was the normal state of being, I guess. nothing to give special attention to.

🏳️‍⚧️ What Flag do you think has the best color scheme?

I think I like a few of them: bi, ace, non binary, aro, and I do like the progress pride flag too even if it's sometimes a lot with all the different colours.

best one.. maybe the bi flag bc of the whole retrowave aesthetic. it just makes me think of those old video games.

🏳️‍🌈 Do you enjoy the colors of your preferred flag? Do you incorporate it into your outfits, decor, etc.?

I have at least two: bi and ace, tho I'm still on the fence abt whether I can actually use the bi one (curse you modern day queer exclusivity politics) I have a few different shirts with bi colours, I have a lot of ace buttons and stuff, idk. it's hard to incorporate the purple, I feel. it's not my favourite purple.

I think that post abt switching the purples from the bi and ace flag was right, it fits better on both flags.

but my aesthetic overall is a mash-up of everything I like anyway, I have rainbow chucks and ace chucks and all kinds of queer buttons. idk. I do incorporate it but sometimes I'm very lazy about it

but overall I do enjoy the colours of both of those flags.