Yeah, that's the point we've been making. What you described as an issue with using LGBT identity for shock value is in fact only the exact same issue as using any attribute for shock value. No and, hooray, hitting the trifecta here of being able to inject myself into a story and never once having t...

Yes, but that's not an issue with writing about LGBT issues or characters, or even writing about characters that share characteristics with you. That is an issue of poor writing. You don't have an issue with gay characters, you have an issue with bad writing. Yeah, this is what I was trying to say,...

I don't know how I feel when it's not me getting under people's skins. I thought that's the only reason I was kept around? You now have a buddy/competition/compatriot. ;p As for the magic gender thingy, I'm sure she included it as "compost" - the raw material for a potential story/setting...

I've had a hard time meditating all week. Intense anxiety makes it harder to let myself get into it; I've only been able to do it over the course of hours in the evening. I did reread Little Butterfly (<3) last night, and found it very refreshing and relaxing. I suppose that's a nice bit of happiness.

I am happy because as of today, I own a company. It is worth next to nothing, has incredibly limited potential for growth, and was created primarily out of necessity, but I own it. I am a CEO, bitches. And I can claim it at social gatherings and no one can say boo about it. Eeeeeeee My big brother ...

I'm having one of those oddly sensual days where all of my senses are on super high alert. Being barefoot outside with the sunlight feels amazing. Just drinking water feels incredible. I feel slightly less clumsy, too. @_@ I should try to bottle this feeling and save it for later. ;_; Rrrr. I tend ...

I'm more talking about the gay, lesbian, etc. characters in media (film, TV, games, literature) that can literally be summed up by their label: They are a gay wizard, a bisexual assassin, a lesbian soldier, etc. rather than a character that is a sum of their parts. Where that is literally the entir...

@Maxine Sorry if you felt like no one commented on your story idea. If it counts, I think looking for how asthma interacts with dragon flight is a very refreshing instance of creativity. However, I'm not sure why it matters whether gays and lesbians - or trans folk, in this case - are involved. Not ...

wizards who are using their magic to assist their gender bending ways or they use a type of magic which bends their gender the more they use it so the most powerful wizards are fully genderbent! DUNDUNDUUUNNNNN I support this. I also love the idea of magical gender reassignment, such as shamanic ri...

Also, like a good half of the remaining members, I've been too distracted to play Pokemon in weeks.