#Laura Erickson

[nofatclips]

Grapevine by Weyes Blood from the album And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow - Director: Rick Farin and Claire Farin

#music #weyes blood #natalie laura mering #natalie mering #kenny gilmore #logan hone #mary lattimore #drew erickson #michael d'addario #brian d'addario #andy martin #michael chadwick #jonathan rado #the nona strings quartet #video #music video #rick farin #claire farin #wesley goodrich #case miller #Youtube

[doyouknowthismusical]

#musical theater #do you know this musical #poll #the dismissal #laura murphy #blake erickson #jay james-moody #language: english

[haveyoureadthistransbook]

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves by Laura Erickson-Schroth

goodreads

There is no one way to be transgender. Transgender and gender non-conforming people have many different ways of understanding their gender identities. Only recently have sex and gender been thought of as separate concepts, and we have learned that sex (traditionally thought of as physical or biological) is as variable as gender (traditionally thought of as social). While trans people share many common experiences, there is immense diversity within trans communities. There are an estimated 700,000 transgendered individuals in the US and 15 million worldwide. Even still, there's been a notable lack of organized information for this sizable group. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is a revolutionary resource-a comprehensive, reader-friendly guide for transgender people, with each chapter written by transgender or genderqueer authors. Inspired by Our Bodies, Ourselves, the classic and powerful compendium written for and by women, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is widely accessible to the transgender population, providing authoritative information in an inclusive and respectful way and representing the collective knowledge base of dozens of influential experts. Each chapter takes the reader through an important transgender issue, such as race, religion, employment, medical and surgical transition, mental health topics, relationships, sexuality, parenthood, arts and culture, and many more. Anonymous quotes and testimonials from transgender people who have been surveyed about their experiences are woven throughout, adding compelling, personal voices to every page. In this unique way, hundreds of viewpoints from throughout the community have united to create this strong and pioneering book. It is a welcoming place for transgender and gender-questioning people, their partners and families, students, professors, guidance counselors, and others to look for up-to-date information on transgender life.

Mod opinion: I haven't heard of this book yet and it is huuuge af (over 600 pages), so I probably won't, but it is nice to see that this resource exists for people who need it <3

#trans bodies trans selves #laura erickson-schroth #polls #trans lit #trans literature #trans books #lgbt lit #lgbt literature #lgbt books #nonfiction

[lucyhenleyon8tracks]

these are a few songs that only have one line or phrase in them that’s repeated. it’s a work in progress.

let me know if you have any recommendations to add ✌️

#music #spotify #songs with only one line #roky erickson #John Peter and his collaborators #laura marling #Bruce Springsteen #songs #music recs

[qbdatabase]

Gender: What Everyone Needs to Know by Laura Erickson-Schroth The term "gender" was first distinguished from "sex" in the 1950s, when psychologists began to discuss the idea of "gender roles"--behaviors and responsibilities given to people by a society rather than flowing from their biology. Over the last two decades, transgender people have expanded our understanding of gender even further, introducing to the mainstream the concept of "gender identity," an individual's understanding of their own gender. In an easy-to-read format that includes questions and short responses, What Everyone Needs to KnowR guides the reader through basic definitions; the history of gender as a concept; the role of biology, psychology, and culture on gender; and gender norms over time and across the globe.

#Gender: What Everyone Needs to Know #Laura Erickson-Schroth #bookblr #transgender awareness week #daily book #gender nonconforming #intersex #nonbinary #poc rep #queer #queer rep #transgender #adult books #history #lgbt nonfiction #lgbtqia #nonfiction #queer books

[copper-16]

Masterlist

Down for requests always, but just because you send them doesn’t necessarily mean I’ll write them. Majority of my works can be found on ao3 (which can be found here), but I’ll link a few of the big ones below along with anything posted on here!

Ingrid Engen/Mapi Leon

did she feel better than me?

You Didn’t Let Me Finish

Do You See Something I Can't

Success is Easy

Haunted By The Ghost Of You

How You Get The Girl

la princesa

Ingrid Engen/Mapi Leon x daughter

Why Would She Say That?

She Feels Safe With You

Scary

You Can Do This

We Can't Figure Out What It Means

She’s Perfect

Misa Rodriguez/Marta Cardona

You Can’t Talk No Sh*t Without Penalties

Lia Wälti/Mariona Caldentey

I'm Scared I'll Always Be This Way, That People Will Not Want To Stay

Jana Fernandez/Jill Roord

Heaven Won’t Be The Same

Couples I will write for/have written for (placed in order of who I am most willing to write about, starting at the top):

Ingrid Engen🇳🇴/Mapi León🇪🇸- 20 works 

Jana Fernández 🇪🇸/Jill Roord🇳🇱 - 4 works 

Mariona Caldentey 🇪🇸/Lia Wälti🇨🇭- 2 works 

Caroline Graham Hansen🇳🇴/Marta Torrejón 🇪🇸 - 3 works 

Ona Batlle 🇪🇸/Aitana Bonmatí🇪🇸 - 1 work 

Ona Batlle🇪🇸/Lucy Bronze🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 - 1 work 

Misa Rodríquez🇪🇸/Marta Cardona🇪🇸 - 1 work 

Lola Gallardo🇪🇸 & Andrea Medina 🇪🇸- 1 work 

Fran Kirby🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿/Maren Mjelde🇳🇴 - 4 works 

Ana Maria Crnogorčević🇨🇭/Lia Wälti🇨🇭 - 1 work

Leah Williamson🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿/Lia Wälti🇨🇭 - 1 work 

Sam Kerr🇦🇺/Kristie Mewis🇺🇸- 4 works 

Frida Maanum🇳🇴/Emma Lennartsson🇸🇪- 5 works 

Magdalena Erickson🇸🇪/Pernille Harder 🇩🇰- 2 works 

Jessie Fleming🇨🇦/Niamh Charles🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 - 1 work 

Laura Wienroither🇦🇹/Stina Blackstenius🇸🇪 - 1 work 

Tobin Health🇺🇸/Christen Press🇺🇸 - 1 work

Patri Guijarro🇪🇸/Claudia Pina🇪🇸 - 1 work

Cata Coll🇪🇸/Claudia Pina🇪🇸 - 1 work

Lucy Bronze🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿/Keira Walsh🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 - 5 works 

Ruesha Littlejohn🇮🇪/Katie McCabe🇮🇪 - 2 works 

[alonglistofbirds]

[1369/10977] Blue Cotinga - Cotinga nattererii

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Tyranni Family: Cotingidae (cotingas)

Photo credit: Laura Erickson via Macaulay Library

#birds #Blue Cotinga #Passeriformes #Tyranni #Cotingidae #Cotinga #birds a to z #undescribed

[duckprintspress]

National Non-Fiction Day: 31 Titles to Get Your Queer Learn On!

In the past year, we’ve posted a lot about our favorite queer fiction titles. We wanted to take Non-Fiction day to talk about the non-fiction titles that have impacted us! Whether self-help, memoirs, psychology, history, sociology, or a different non-fiction genre, these are books that have helped us learn, helped us teach, helped us improve, helped us see and be seen, and helped us be more informed. So join us as we introduce our thirty-one recommendations for National Non-Fiction Day!

Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing

Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender-Nonconforming Children by Diane Ehrensaft

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

Here For It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America by R. Eric Thomas

Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians by Austen Hartke

Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy Cooke

Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi

transister: Raising Twins in a Gender-Bending World by Kate Brookes

!Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer

Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century by Graham Robb

London and the Culture of Homosexuality, 1885 – 1914 by Matt Cook

Queering Your Craft: Witchcraft from the Margins by Cassandra Snow

Female Husbands: A Trans History by Jen Manion

The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities by Janet W. W. Hardy and Dossie Easton

The New Queer Conscience by Adam Eli

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam

Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society by Cordelia Fine

Peculiar Places: A Queer Crip History of White Rural Nonconformity by Ryan Lee Cartwright

Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine

Queer Budapest, 1873 – 1961 by Anita Kurimay

LGBTQ-Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care by Kimberly D. Acquaviva

Queering Colonial Natal: Indigeneity and the Violence of Belonging in Southern Africa by T. J. Tallie

Handbook of LGBT Elders: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Principles, Practices, and Policies edited by Debra A. Harley and Pamela B. Teaster

LGBT Transnational Identity and the Media by Christopher Pullen

Gender Diversity: Crosscultural Variations by Serena Nanda

LGBTQ Cultures: What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know about Sexual and Gender Diversity by M. J. Eliason and P. L. Chinn

The Terrible We: Thinking with Trans Maladjustment by Cameron Awkward-Rich

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community edited by Laura Erickson-Schroth

You can view this list as a shelf on Goodreads!

It can be so difficult to find good non-fiction resources on queer topics. Which titles to DO you recommend?

#duck prints press #book recs #queer non-fiction #national non-fiction day #book recommendations #rec list

[garadinervi]

Harriet Bart: Abracadabra and Other Forms of Protection, Edited by Laura Wertheim Joseph, Foreword by Lyndel King, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN, 2020, Trade Edition + Deluxe Edition

Contributing writers: Betty Bright, Stephen Brown, Robert Cozzolino, Elizabeth Erickson, Heather Everhart, Nor Hall, Matthea Harvey, Joanna Inglot, Laura Wertheim Joseph, Lyndel King, Eric Lorberer, Jim Moore, Diane Mullin, Samantha Rippner, Joanne Rothfuss, John Schott, Sun Yung Shin, and Susan Stewart

Trade Edition: black cloth binding, gold debossing on the front cover, gilded page edges, grosgrain bookmark, one double gatefold, paper jacket, 232 pages

Deluxe Edition: black cloth-covered clamshell box; the spine of the box is imprinted with gold debossed symbols designed by the artist. Included is a visual poem by Harriet Bart, fine-press printed by Philip Gallo on Frankfurt Smooth White, wrapped in a trifold of Thai mulberry paper, 232 pages. Twenty-five copies of the deluxe edition are available directly from the artist

Exhibition: Abracadabra and Other Forms of Protection, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN, February 1 – November 29, 2020

#graphic design #typography #art #poetry #visual writing #mixed media #exhibition #catalogue #catalog #cover #harriet bart #laura wertheim joseph #lyndel king #philip gallo #weisman art museum #2020s

[organicmatter]

sharp shinned hawk by laura erickson

#birds #raptors #hawks #biology #animals #nature

[rockislandadultreads]

Libby Spotlight: Gardening eBooks 

100 Plants to Feed the Birds by Laura Erickson

The growing group of bird enthusiasts who enjoy feeding and watching their feathered friends  will learn how they can expand their activity and help address the pressing issue of habitat loss with 100 Plants to Feed the Birds. In-depth profiles offer planting and care guidance for 100 native plant species that provide food and shelter for birds throughout the year, from winter all the way through breeding and migrating periods. Readers will learn about plants they can add to their gardens and cultivate, such as early-season pussy willow and late-season asters, as well as wild plants to refrain from weeding out, like jewelweed and goldenrod. Others, including 29 tree species, may already be present in the landscape and readers will learn how these plants support the birds who feed and nest in them. Introductory text explains how to create a healthy year-round landscape for birds. Plant photographs and range maps provide needed visual guidance to selecting the right plants for any location in North America.

101 Organic Gardening Hacks by Shawna Coronado

The word "hack" has a multitude of meanings these days, but if you ask garden author Shawna Coronado what a hack is, she might just wave her hand toward her own back yard. She could be pointing at the garden bench she created from leftover wood posts and a few cinder blocks, or the rows of wine bottles buried soldier-style along a winding pathway, or even the garden soil itself, which is blended by hand from an organic soil recipe she devised. A hack is really just a great idea that's come to life.

In 101 Organic Garden Hacks you'll find the top tips, tricks, and solutions Shawna has dreamed up in her career as one of America's most creative gardeners. Some are practical timesavers; others offer clever ways to "upcycle" everyday items in your garden. One characteristic every hack shares is that they are completely organic and unfailingly environmentally friendly. Divided into a dozen different categories for easy reference, each hack is accompanied by a clear photo that shows you exactly how to complete it. If you are looking for resourceful ways to improve your garden and promote green living values right at home, you'll love paging through this fascinating, eye-catching book.

The Edible Front Yard by Ivette Soler

People everywhere are turning patches of soil into bountiful vegetable gardens, and each spring a new crop of beginners pick up trowels and plant seeds for the first time. They're planting tomatoes in raised beds, runner beans in small plots, and strawberries in containers. But there is one place that has, until now, been woefully neglected—the front yard.

And there's good reason. The typical veggie garden, with its raised beds and plots, is not the most attractive type of garden, and favorite edible plants like tomatoes and cucumbers have a tendency to look a scraggily, even in their prime. But The Edible Front Yard isn't about the typical veggie garden, and author Ivette Soler is passionate about putting edibles up front and creating edible gardens with curb appeal.

Soler offers step-by-step instructions for converting all or part of a lawn into an edible paradise; specific guidelines for selecting and planting the most attractive edible plants; and design advice and plans for the best placement and for combining edibles with ornamentals in pleasing ways. Inspiring and accessible, The Edible Front Yard is a one-stop resource for a front-and-center edible garden that is both beautiful and bountiful year-round.

The New Plant Parent by Darryl Cheng

For indoor gardeners everywhere, Darryl Cheng offers a new way to grow healthy house plants. He teaches the art of understanding a plant’s needs and giving it a home with the right balance of light, water, and nutrients. With this book, indoor gardeners can be less a passive follower of rules for the care of each species and much more the confident, active grower, relying on observation and insight. And in the process, the plant owner becomes a plant lover, bonded to these beautiful living things by a simple love and appreciation of nature.

The New Plant Parent covers all of the basics of growing house plants, from finding the right light, to everyday care like watering and fertilizing, to containers, to recommended species. Cheng’s friendly tone, personal stories, and accessible photographs fill his book with the same generous spirit that has made @houseplantjournal, his Instagram account, a popular source of advice and inspiration for over half a million indoor gardeners.

#gardening #food gardening #nature #nonfiction #Nonfiction Reading #nonfiction reads #nonfiction books #ebooks #Libby #Library Books #Book Recommendations #book recs #Reading Recs #reading recommendations #TBR pile #tbr #tbrpile #to read #Want To Read #Booklr #book tumblr #book blog #library blog

[theanticool]

Another busy weekend in combat sports.

PFL Europe 3 going down today! We have the PFL debut of former Glory Kickboxing Welterweight champ Cedric Doumbe and the Lazy King Abdoul Abdouraguimov. Plus, super women’s flyweight prospect Dakota Ditcheva is in action. No legal way to watch in US but iykyk

Over in the UK we got two big boxing cards.

First, Olympian Caroline Dubois will face off with Magali Rodriguez in a fight for the IBO lightweight title. It’s a big step up for Dubois and could establish her as a potential opponent for Katie Taylor.

Secondly, we have a loaded Matchroom card. I’m the headliner we have Aussie Jai Opetaia defending his IBF cruiserweight title against undefeated Jordan Thompson. IBF super bantamweight champ Ellie Scotney will defend her title against seasoned veteran Laura Soledad Griffa. Plus Rhiannon Dixon taking on Katharina Thanderz. Prospects Maisey Rose Courtney and Shannon Ryan will also be in action on the undercard.

And of course, it is Canelo fight day. Canelo Alvarez will defend his undisputed super middleweight title against undisputed Jr Middleweight champ Jermell Charlo. Undercard has a lot of fun stuff too. Jesus Ramos Jr vs Erickson Lubin. Yordenas Ugas vs Mario Barrios. Professional debut of Curmel Moton, the potential next boxing superstar. And more.

#pfl #boxing #Canelo Alvarez #jermell charlo #gifs and pics

[mutant-distraction]

The American Coot and Its Wonderfully Weird Feet. Though commonly mistaken for ducks, American coots are only distantly related to ducks, belonging to a separate order.

Unlike the webbed feet of ducks, coots have broad, lobed scales on their lower legs and toes that fold back with each step which facilitates walking on dry land.

📷 Laura Erickson

[liverbiver9]

Trans Joy

aka Happy 1 Year Post Transmasculine Top Surgery For Me!!!!

Word Count: 3,110

Also on AO3

While Wèi Yīng has looked forward to this day for months, years even, Lán Zhàn has been dreading it. Not because he isn’t happy or doesn’t support Wèi Yīng’s decision—absolutely not, he’s so happy his spouse is finally getting the affirming care they’ve wanted. He’s just scared. So many things can go wrong during a double mastectomy, even if it is by choice and not necessity. It was a little better that they decided on giving Wèi Yīng an epidural instead of general anesthesia, as the risks do go down, but it’s still nerve-wracking. 

Lán Zhàn sat in the waiting room and worried. About half an hour in, he went outside and called his brother. 

“Brother.”

“Oh, Lán Zhàn, hi!” Lán Huàn greeted. “Is it over already?”

“No.”

“Ā-Zhàn,” his brother sighed. “It’s going to be okay. Wèi Yīng is going to be okay.”

Lán Zhàn took a deep breath and didn’t say anything. 

“You personally vetted the surgeon yourself,” Lán Huàn reminded. “The actual risk of something going wrong is very low. Everything is ready at home and I know the pillow Wēn Qíng sewed is in the car. Wèi Yīng is going to be okay. Just take some deep breaths and go listen to your audiobook. Can you do that for me dìdi?”

“Mn.” Lán Zhàn took another deep breath. “Thank you.”

“Of course, Ā-Zhàn. Anytime.”

Lán Zhàn hung up the phone and went back to the waiting room, his audiobook—Trans Bodies, Trans Selves by Laura Erickson-Schroth, a fantastic book that made Wèi Yīng grin lasciviously and drop to their knees when they learned he was listening to it—playing through his headphones. He tried to relax. Two and a half hours later, a nurse came to inform him the surgery went well and that Wèi Yīng was now in recovery. 

“We’ll be bringing them out soon,” they said with a smile. “They’re going to be out of it for the rest of the day.”

Lán Zhàn nodded along as the nurse gave him a rundown on the recovery instructions he’d memorized a week earlier. Soon enough, the double doors swung open and a nurse wheeling Wèi Yīng came into the waiting room. All the tension in Lán Zhàn’s body dissipated as he took in his spouse’s giddy grin, happiness radiating off them like sun rays. 

“Lán Zhàn!” they called. “I don’t have tits anymore!”

He couldn’t help the smile that overcame his face, mirroring the joy on his spouse’s. 

“Mn,” he replied. “No more breasts for Wèi Yīng.”

“No more boobs!” Wèi Yīng crowed, and the nurses chuckled at their exuberance. 

“Wèi Yīng, I am going to go get the car. I will see you soon.”

“Okay,” they sang. “See ya later, alligator!” 

Lán Zhàn couldn’t help the chuckle that escaped him as he squeezed Wèi Yīng’s cold hands one more time before nodding to the nurses and going down to bring the car around to the wheelchair ramp in the garage, the nurse pushing Wèi Yīng’s wheelchair not far behind him. He helped settle Wèi Yīng into the passenger seat, placing the mastectomy pillow Wēn Qíng sewed for them—a little lopsided and with some small blood stains, but stuffed perfectly and embroidered with the phrase ‘Fuck Gender’ across the front pocket—on their chest so the seatbelt didn’t press up against their bandages. Wèi Yīng gave him a smitten smile. 

“You’re so good to me,” they said, hugging the pillow close. 

“Wèi Yīng deserves the best,” was his practiced reply. 

“Lán Zhàn,” Wèi Yīng whined, kicking their slippered feet. “My poor heart!”

They went to clutch their chest, as they usually did when they threw this particular fake fit, but gasped when they hit the pillow. Lán Zhàn had to stop himself from lurching forward and stopping them from using too much force, as it was obvious they had very little strength. 

“Lán Zhàn! I don’t have boobs!”

“I know.”

Wèi Yīng put his head back and smiled, looking out the window as the afternoon sun lit up the city around them. Lán Zhàn put on the playlist Wèi Yīng made for this occasion, filled with happy pop songs and queer anthems. Wèi Yīng was quiet for a lot of the ride, still loopy and dozing off from the meds. About ten minutes before arriving home, they started talking again. 

“Lán Zhàn, I love you so much,” they said, smiling softly at him from the passenger seat. “I’m so lucky to have such a supportive husband. Thank you for doing all of this for me.”

“Of course, Wèi Yīng,” he replied, his smile smaller but just as soft. “I love you too.”

“Everyone’s been so nice and supportive of my gender journey but you most of all. Most people like me don’t get this lucky, you know. I’m so grateful to have you.”

“Wèi Yīng deserves good things,” Lán Zhàn said. 

“I know,” they said simply. “My Lán Zhàn makes sure of it.”

It was the first time Wèi Yīng had ever acknowledged this beyond a flustered pretend tantrum, much less affirmed that they believed his words. Lán Zhàn couldn’t help the tears that came to his eyes. 

“I always will,” he promised. 

—oOo—

The first three days post-surgery were the hardest. With Wèi Yīng’s antidepressants, neither of them wanted them take the opiates prescribed by the doctors for longer than the first day. Instead, Lán Zhàn created a calendar for alternating ibuprofen and acetaminophen, ensuring Wèi Yīng never came off of one or the other. Despite everything, they knew it would still be a hard first couple of days as they came off the medicated high from surgery and their body finally registered the trauma it went through. 

Most people said the second day after surgery was the worst, but for Wèi Yīng it was the third. They didn’t want to get out of bed for their mandatory walks to keep up blood flow, their appetite dwindled as the day went on, and the pain became more pronounced. Lán Zhàn was helpless as he watched his spouse in pain; he was already doing everything he could to minimize it, but it still hurt to see his strong Wèi Yīng so hurt. 

So when Jiāng Yànlí texted and asked if she could bring Wèi Yīng some soup, Lán Zhàn agreed with relief. If anyone could lift Wèi Yīng’s spirits right now, it was their beloved older sister. She showed up at dinner time with a huge covered pot, several tupperware containers in a large basket, and a bright smile on her face. 

“Hello, Lán Zhàn,” she greeted, gratefully handing him the pot and putting down the basket of food as she slipped off her shoes. 

“Yànlíjiě​,” he said with a bow of his head before putting the soup on the table. 

“I made their favorite,” she said as she heaved the basket up, ignoring his move to help her. “But since you’re vegetarian I also brought some leftover fried tofu and sides that will go wonderfully over rice.”

“You didn’t need to.”

“Of course I did! You’re taking such good care of my Ā-Yīng, and you deserve a treat as well. Oh, I also brought some egg tarts from my shop. They have mochi in the middle—my baker wanted to try a new recipe so you have to give me your honest opinion.”

“Mn,” he agreed. “I will go get Wèi Yīng.”

“I’ll finish setting up,” she said. 

Lán Zhàn nodded and left the dining room for the bedroom where Wèi Yīng was watching some B-rated TV drama. When he arrived, they were asleep on their mountain of pillows, a thin line of drool on their chin. Lán Zhàn huffed, eyes crinkling at the corners at the sweet sight of them. He almost didn’t want to wake them up, as they’d been having a hard time getting used to sleeping propped up. But the soup was waiting, and Wèi Yīng would be devastated if they slept through their jiě​jie’s visit. 

“Wèi Yīng,” he said, carefully ruffling their hair and rubbing at their soft cheeks. 

Wèi Yīng groaned, eyelashes fluttering. 

“Noo,” they whined. 

“Your jiě​jie is here,” Lán Zhàn said.

“Mnhg.” 

“She brought your favorite soup.”

Their eyes slowly opened as consciousness returned to them. 

“Soup?” 

“Yes. Pork rib and lotus root soup.”

A smile overtook their face. “Jiě​jie’s here?”

“Mn. Come eat.”

Lán Zhàn helped them carefully get out of bed, checking that their tubes were safely tucked into the pockets Wēn Qíng had sewn into several button-up sleep shirts, and walked them to the dining room. He was very grateful their apartment didn’t have any stairs as Wèi Yīng was still very wobbly on their feet, their back hunched over against the odd feeling of the tubes and bandages around their front. 

When they arrived, Jiāng Yànlí pulled Wèi Yīng into a careful hug, making sure their arms stayed at their sides and didn’t pull at their stitches. 

“Hi, jiě​jie,” they greeted, eyes crusty with sleep and mouth pinched lightly in pain. 

“How are you feeling?” she asked. 

“Tired, sore. Today was the worst day, but with jiě​jie’s soup I know I’ll feel better tomorrow.”

Jiāng Yànlí laughed, light and chiming. The three of them sat down, Jiāng Yànlí and Lán Zhàn unabashedly fussing over Wèi Yīng the entire time, ensuring they weren’t straining themselves or otherwise in too much pain. Wèi Yīng was unusually compliant with them, allowing them to worry without their usual complaints. 

“How’s Ā-Líng?” they asked while sipping at their second serving of soup. “And the peacock?”

Jiāng Yànlí rolled her eyes at the nickname, but they both knew it was said with more fondness than Wèi Yīng would ever admit. 

“Ā-Líng has decided he isn’t a boy and is actually a dog,” she reported fondly. Wèi Yīng winced. “And Ā-Xuān is doing well; she started estrogen a few days ago.”

“That’s wonderful!” they said, and they meant it wholeheartedly. 

For all they and Jiāng Chéng might bully Jīn Zixuān for how she treated their sister in the past, they have been very supportive of her new transition. That didn’t mean she was any more worthy of Jiāng Yànlí in their eyes, though. 

“She wrote you a card,” Jiāng Yànlí continued. “I’ve left it on the counter for you to read when you’re more lucid.”

Wèi Yīng narrowed their eyes in suspicion. “She didn’t get all mushy on me, did she?”

“I don’t know,” Jiāng Yànlí said with a placid smile. “I didn’t read it.”

Jīn Zixuān read it to her, but she didn’t read it herself. Wèi Yīng had helped Jīn Zixuān navigate her transition without judgment, providing her with all the resources and support that they hadn’t gotten until much later on their gender journey, and Jīn Zixuān was very grateful for them. The card had made Jiāng Yànlí cry; it would undoubtedly make Wèi Yīng sob. 

Wèi Yīng stared at her, unbelieving her statement, but let it go to eat more soup. 

“Ā-Chéng is very upset he’s still on his business trip,” Jiāng Yànlí admitted. 

“I know,” Wèi Yīng snorted. “He called me yesterday and was pissed when I fell asleep midcall.”

“He shouldn’t have called after eight p.m.,” Lán Zhàn smoothly chimed in. “You need your sleep following such an invasive procedure.” 

“He called at the only time he could,” Wèi Yīng said with a careless wave of their hand that caused both Lán Zhàn and Jiāng Yànlí to flinch, hyper-aware of their stitches. 

“Wēn Qíng will be calling soon,” Lán Zhàn reminded, changing the subject in that stilted way of his that Wèi Yīng always loved. 

“She’s very upset she’s not here, lording over my every move and nagging me about my stitches,” Wèi Yīng stage-whispered to Jiāng Yànlí. “But her grandmother had a nasty fall and broke her hip, so she has to help her. I hope Wēnpópo is dealing okay with her terrible bedside manner.”

“Ā-Yīng!” Jiāng Yànlí chastised, but she smiled despite herself. 

Wèi Yīng smiled and opened their mouth to joke some more, only for a yawn to escape instead. 

“Oh, my Ā-Yīng is sleepy so early!” Jiāng Yànlí teased, pinching one of their cheeks and grinning with delight when they blushed pink with embarrassment. “Three is too old, hm? Time for little Yīngying’s to go to sleep.”

“Jiě​jie,” Wèi Yīng whined, cheeks puffing indignantly. They turned a darker red upon noticing Lán Zhàn’s smug grin. “I’m being bullied! You’re both so mean to your Ā-Yīng!!”

Their dramatics were cut short by another, longer yawn. Lán Zhàn quickly put the dirty dishes in the sink before helping Wèi Yīng stand up and say goodbye to Jiāng Yànlí. 

“I’ll get Ā-Chéng on a video call with you tomorrow when you can actually stay awake,” she said fondly. “Good night, Ā-Yīng.”

“Night, jiě​jie,” they mumbled, too tired to notice both she and Lán Zhàn were still teasing them about getting sleepy at seven in the evening. 

Jiāng Yànlí lingered to finish washing the dishes, packing the leftover soup into containers, and finding room for them in the fridge. Lán Zhàn returned to her wiping down the dining table. 

“You do not have to,” he said but noticeably didn’t try to stop her. He’d long since learned to let Jiāng Yànlí have her way unless it was truly necessary to step in; Wèi Yīng came about their stubbornness honestly, at least. 

“Nonsense,” she said breezily. “You’ve been taking such good care of Ā-Yīng, cleaning up dinner is the least I can do.”

Lán Zhàn nodded and helped her pack up her empty dishes into the reusable tote bag. 

“Let me know if there’s anything I—we—can do,” she said firmly. 

“I will,” he said with a nod. “Drive safely, Yànlíjiě​.”

She smiled brightly at him. 

“Thank you, Ā-Zhàn.” 

—

“Dàjiù!” Jīn Líng screamed, his pudgy arms swinging wildly from the neon yellow life vest Jīn Zixuān had triple-checked the straps on, as Wèi Yīng flung him into the pool. 

Jīn Zixuān muttered nervously to Jiāng Yànlí beneath her large yellow sunhat, who only laughed and leaned into her wife’s side with a fond smile. Only Jiāng Yànlí was dressed to swim, as Jīn Zixuān had just gotten her hair bleached and refused to mess up her tones with the chlorine. Jiāng Yànlí had made it very clear to both her siblings that they were not, under any circumstances, allowed to throw her wife into the pool. No, not even if she said something snobby or rude. 

Wèi Yīng was laughing maniacally at Jīn Líng by the pool edge when they were promptly pushed into the pool by Lán Zhàn, who walked back to his lounge chair with a very smug look on his face. Jiāng Chéng started laughing so hard he was nearly crying until Wèi Yīng pulled him in too, causing him to splutter indignantly and enter yet another dunking match with them. 

Before they could get too far, Lán Zhàn called Wèi Yīng back to reapply sunscreen to their scars. A year had passed since their surgery, but the scars were still quite visible and fragile. Lán Zhàn hadn’t the heart to ask Wèi Yīng to wear a sun shirt, especially not when they’d been so inordinately excited to be shirtless in public, but he was still very worried about them. So, obsessively sunscreening his spouse was his compromise with himself. Wèi Yīng, blessedly, obliged his fussing with little complaint. 

He had also, fortunately, won the argument against the gag speedo Wèi Yīng had wanted to wear. Unfortunately, Wèi Yīng had decided on plain white swim shorts that were ever so slightly see-through. Lán Zhàn believed his spouse was purposefully trying to drive him insane. 

“Dàjiù,” Jīn Líng whined as he flung himself out of the pool and onto the concrete patio, his hot pink swim shorts dripping a puddle beneath his yellow water shoes. Jiāng Yànlí and Jīn Zixuān had covered that kid head-to-toe in protective UV gear, all bright yellows and pinks so he was easily visible even from space. 

“Yeah, Ā-Líng?” Wèi Yīng asked with a wide grin, arms spread wide as Lán Zhàn smothered sunblock over their shoulders. 

“What’s on your chest?”

Jiāng Yànlí immediately stood up, ready to intervene if Wèi Yīng showed any semblance of feeling uncomfortable. She had, of course, already given Jīn Líng a lecture about every body being different and how it wasn’t nice to comment on others like that, but three-year-olds were, well, three-year-olds. 

“These?” 

Wèi Yīng pointed to their chest scars. Jīn Líng nodded, his hair dripping water with every little movement. 

“They’re my battle scars!” Wèi Yīng said proudly. 

Jīn Líng’s eyes widened, and Jiāng Yànlí swore she could see stars dancing in them. Oh, Jiāng Chéng was never going to compete with this. From his muffled “fuck” he knew it, too. 

“Battle scars?” Jīn Líng whispered in awe. 

“Yup! I fought a gender monster and won!”

“Wèi Yīng.”

“He’s three, Lán Zhàn, he’s not going to understand the complexity of gender dysphoria.” 

“Hm.”

“A gender monster? Is it scary?”

“Yes,” Wèi Yīng said, suddenly very solemn. “Gender monsters are very scary. But with teamwork and lots of love, they can be easily defeated.”

Jiāng Yànlí beamed at her sibling and then her wife. 

“Wow,” Jīn Líng said, his eyes even wider than before. “Dàjiù, you’re so cool.”

Wèi Yīng grinned, so engrossed with their elaborate tale of defeating their “gender monster” that they didn’t realize how emotional their family was becoming. 

Jiāng Yànlí was actively trying to hold back tears, while Jīn Zixuān had hidden her face behind her floppy hat to avoid being seen emoting. 

Jiāng Chéng was watching with a constipated look on his face, most likely torn between jealousy that Wèi Yīng was becoming The Favorite Jiù​jiu before his eyes and also happiness that his sibling was finally comfortable in their own body. 

Lán Zhàn… wanted to rail Wèi Yīng so badly. His spouse was so sexy. Those goddamn white shorts. 

Jīn Líng eventually toddled back into the pool, but before Wèi Yīng could follow Lán Zhàn pulled them into his arms and pressed a chaste kiss to their forehead. 

“I love you,” he whispered, and everything he couldn’t say was completely transparent in those three words. 

“I love you too,” Wèi Yīng responded, grinning widely. 

“Get a room!” Jiāng Chéng hollered, to which Wèi Yīng flipped him off before jumping into Lán Zhàn’s arms and insisting their husband carry them to the snack shack for ice cream, proudly showing off the twin scars that curved under their pectorals the entire way. 

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Our Panel, “Litter Boxes in School Bathrooms: Dissecting the Alt-Right’s Current Moral Panic” is on Youtube

A recording of our panel has been uploaded to Youtube by the official Othercon channel. It can be found here - https://youtu.be/WVjXOmN2IlU

Looking back, while we wish we could have done better on our panel and done right by the subject, we’re still glad we tried to cover such a potentially relevant current events topic. We want to strive to do even better next year though. We’ve already been trying to brainstorm what we might could do for Othercon 2023. Bibliography for our panel :

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Trans Bodies, Trans Selves ed. by Laura Erickson-Schroth Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is a revolutionary resource-a comprehensive, reader-friendly guide for transgender people, with each chapter written by transgender or genderqueer authors. Inspired by Our Bodies, Ourselves, the classic and powerful compendium written for and by women, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is widely accessible to the transgender population, providing authoritative information in an inclusive and respectful way and representing the collective knowledge base of dozens of influential experts. Each chapter takes the reader through an important transgender issue, such as race, religion, employment, medical and surgical transition, mental health topics, relationships, sexuality, parenthood, arts and culture, and many more.

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