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historyhermann · 1 year

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An Alternative to the Studio System?: Indie Animation Forges Ahead [Part 2]

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continued from part 1. Split because Tumblr claimed there was an error in the post.

Otherwise, Shannon Mowatt's 16-minute animatic of Revamped, has been released in advance of the full animated pilot. It is an upcoming short queer film about four high school sophomores who deal with school life, vampires, and the supernatural world.

Reprinted from Pop Culture Maniacs, my History Hermann blog, and Wayback Machine. This was the eleventh article I wrote for Pop Culture Maniacs. This post was originally published on July 15, 2022.

There's the Lackadaisy film about 1920s gangster cats, based on Tracy J. Butler's webcomic. Another series, Outcasts, has cats as characters. Shou Tuzi's Tallyho! series continues to develop. It is inspired by steampunk, fantastique, and other media. Tuzi's studio, Skull Hare Studio, is also working on Arthur: The Timeless Knight.

Daniel is continuing to pursue his action adventure series, Lumeon Lands, which has begin production. These series are important to highlight when Hollywood continues to end projects and sack animators. Some have put hope in indie animation, noting it has the promise to allow creators to have "creative control" unlike working under major studios.

While there are many indie animations I could mention. [6] However, I'd like to focus on a few series in development. One of those is Sam Sawyer's SALEM, also known as Salem or S.A.L.E.M.: The Secret Archive of Legends, Enchantments, and Monsters. In May, SpectroliteAAA, the lead storyboard artist said that she could talk about it soon, but not yet. In January, Sawyer, when asked by a fan, said the same thing.

The series has been fully funded. The now-fulfilled Kickstarter defines the series as an animated story about "a cryptid with a big heart and even bigger questions, on a quest to discover their true origins".

Apart from having high-profile voice actors like Laura Bailey, Rob Paulsen, and Adam McAarthur, a tweet from the show's account confirmed Petra as asexual, Salem (who is also non-binary) as pansexual, and Oliver as gay. The series has Randy Abrams as executive producer. It is being animated with help from Surfer Jack Productions, a company said to specialize in "ingenious storytelling". The company was founded by animation industry veterans Jeff “Swampy” Marsh, Lance LeCompte, and Bernie Petterson.

There are other series in development. This includes Georden Whitman's pilot named Port by the Sea on two kids who are "sailing the seas to fix a now broken moon", Matt Acuña's fantastical adventure The Garden Age, and the Far-Fetched Show, an animated series "about a rock band of misfits" by Ashley Nichols and Dave Capdevielle.

In addition, there's a demon/vampire themed series in the process entitled Bloodgore, the psychological horror dramedy named Please Stay Tuned, the ghost-themed Ghost Hunt, a sci-fi themed SpaceAges, and many more. These are a small sampling of the indie animated series out there. [7] These persist despite the problem of distribution and funding to "make original stuff", and possible iffiness of crowdsourcing, as writer Chris Hill pointed out.

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Port by the Sea's pilot will likely come out sometime later this year. The Far-Fetched Show is also moving ahead, with comics to go with the series like Wild Card. The Nichols' Patreon notes that a lyrics video for the series band, Sesemoid, is coming out later this year. This also noted they are still working on the pilot. Currently, there is wonderful fan art of the show's characters, including putting them in a Steven Universe setting, and much more.

The fact that Port by the Sea has over 1400 followers and Far-Fetched Show has over 67,600 followers, along with 406 Patreons of Nichols, proves what animator LanceArts pointed out: that the indie animation scene is "exploding with greater popularity now more than ever."

More episodes of Alpha Betas are currently in production, with recording for new episodes. Four episodes are set to be released in Fall/Winter 2022. Additionally, Lucha Vandross is fundraising for various indie animated series. This includes those inspired by 1980s Hong Kong films (Project Icarus and Project Icarus X) and a modern take on Robin Hood. The latter is about friends "robbing the rich and giving it to the poor" (Samson). [8] Animator 9Hammer is actively releasing series in Newgrounds, of all places. This includes series such as Chaotic Heart and Solace, with new episodes in production.

Others, like Warlord-of-Noodles, have ongoing series as well, which is also posted on YouTube and has a Patreon. Series like Deep States, by Molly, are on YouTube. There is the exciting 2d indie anime in development entitled Broken Beat, made by animators of prominent anime series, like Creative Theory. The series is about a protagonist, Sin, tasked with stopping the reign of the creator god, and challenged by an "endless conflict between humans and manifestors". Sin masters his form along the way.

Newgrounds is a weird place. There's a lot of terrible (and amateurish content) there, mixed with sexual content. It is more than what would YouTube would permit, and includes pornographic material. Apart from the series on hiatus by 9Hammer, Beyond the Fog, there's The Looter, and Zack and Alex. The latter, by Jayevin Abad, had its pilot posted on YouTube as well. Otherwise, there are various other series, films, and more, which have aired on the site. [9] Some shows I've noted before in this post, and elsewhere, like Ollie and Scoops, Eddsworld, Tales of Alethrion, and Satina all have pages on the site.

Apart from Newgrounds, are further series in development. This includes The Art Of Murder, produced by an Australian indie 2D animation studio named Choc Chip. It is produced by Anokhi Somaia and directed by Nirali Somaia. Sonya Belousova and Giona Ostinelli are the series composers.

The Art of Murder is a murder mystery, musical, and pop culture parody where "sketchbook characters come to life" when the clock strikes midnight. It features voice actors like Lizzie Freeman, who also voices a character in Gods' School, Lauren Lopez, who founded a popular online musical theatre company named Team Starkid. There's also Joey Richter (part of the same theatre company), Joey Bizinger, a well-known Japanese-Australian voice actor, YouTuber, and more, and Megan Lee, a Korean-American singer-songwriter.

There's further projects of note. This includes various series by LGBTQ creators. [10] For instance, there's an animated series such as Scrappers, Swift Spark and the Defense Five, Birdboys, and Novas. Scrappers and Birdboys are by trans women, Charlie Gultiano-Wyton and Danielle Maxine specifically. Swift Spark and the Defense Five is by a trans man, Pan. Novas is by a queer and trans artist, Jesse. Scrappers is being produced by Gultiano-Wyton's animation studio, Variation Media.

Swift Spark and the Defense Five is by artist and animator, Pan, who loves Phineas & Ferb, and is based on a comic of the same name. Birdboys is by artist and animator, Danielle, with some teasers posted on her YouTube channel. Novas is the personal project of Jesse, a SCAD student, who posted a casting call for the animation on Tik Tok. What Avara, mentioned earlier in this article, stated is relevant here: support for indie creators is necessary if you "want to see diversity in animation". Part of that is LGBTQ representation.

#revamped #indie animation #salem series #lackadaisy #port by the sea #far fetched #far fetched show #Youtube #trans character #lgbtq #phineas and ferb #jumbie

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gender-mailman · 1 year

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[ Big list for a big gay/silly ]

O-ok <:( 👉👈 but dont say that i didnt warned you /half silly

Logan(TSS)

Janus(TSS)

Remus(TSS)

Benrey(HLVRAI)

Benrey(Y2KVR)

Gordon(HLVRAI)

LoverBoy(Y2KVR)

Celine(HKM)

Doc(HLVRV)

Gordon(SwapHLVRAI)

CalaMaria(Cuphead)

King Dice(Cupjead)

Jon(TMA)

Ellias(TMA)

Michael(TMA)

Porrim(Homestuck)

Roxy(Homestuck)

Jake(Homestuck)

Cronus(Homestuck)

Mindfang(Homestuck)

The singless(Homestuck)

Vinny(fandom FNAF)

Mike(fandom FNAF)

Alastor(Hazbin Hotel)

Angel Dust(Hazbin Hotel)

Dark(Markplier egos)

W.W.(Markiplier egos)

Anti(JackSepitEye egos)

Marvin(JackSepitEye egos)

Owynn(FNAFHS)

Puppet(FNAFHS)

Fred(FNAFHS)

Freddy(FNAFHS)

Bendy(BATIM)

Alice Angel(BATIM)

Sammy(BATIM)

Joe(OSNF)

Liz(OSNF)

Cezar(OSNF)

RK-900(DBH)

Connor(DBH)

Nick(Zootopia)

Marceline(AT)

Wheatley(Portal 2)

Sans(UnderTale)

Fell!Sans(UnderFell)

[Aged up] Kenny(South Park)

[Aged up&pc] Kyle(South Park)

[Aged up] Craig(South Park)

Cecil(WTNV)

Carlos(WTNV)

Freemind(FM)

Barney(HL)

Gordon(HL)

Leading Light(HLVRV2)

Shane(SDV)

Lady Dimitrescu(RE8)

Sal(SF)

Zebrur(HS)

Harvey(SDV)

Oliver(Dailtown)

Randy(Dialtown)

C!DreamXD(dreamSMP)

C!Sapnap(dreamSMP)

C!Schllat(dreamSMP)

C!Quackity(dreamSMP)

C!Dream(dreamSMP)

C!Mexican Dream(dreamSMP)

C!Philza(dreamSMP)

Prison!Dream(dreamSMP)

C!George(dreamSMP)

C!Sam(dreamSMP)

Sollux(Homesuck)

Aziraphale(Good Omens)

Crowley(Good Omens)

Pollution(Good Omens)

Beelzebub(Good Omens)

Ponyos dad(Ponyo)

Midas(Fortnite)

Spamton(DR)

B. Addison(DR)

P. Addison(DR)

Fell Spamton(DF)

Swap Spamton(DS)

Ozzie(HB)

Dr. Flugg(Villanius)

Black Hat(Villanius)

Fact Core(Portal2)

Davesprite(HS)

Bruno(Encanto)

C!Eret(DSMP)

Warden!Sam(DSMP)

Roxanne(FNAFSB)

Glamrock Freddy(FNAFSB)

Sunrise[Sundrop](FNAFSB)

Moondrop(FNAFSB)

Kankri(Homestuck)

Glamrock Chica(FNAFSB)

Argos(Tik Tok oc)

Tom(Eddsworld)

Tord(Eddsworld)

Jed Olson(DBD)

Dwight Fairfield(DBD)

Hugo(Dream Daddy)

Human!Music Man(FANFSB)

Willian Afton(FNAF)

Springtrap(FNAF3)

Toy Chica(FNAF2)

Foxy(FNAF)

Chica(FNAF)

Mangle(FNAF2)

Michael Afton(FNAF)

Phone Guy(FNAF)

Phone Dude(FNAF3)

Venomous(OKKO)

Jeff the Killer(Creppypasta)

Ticci Toby(Creppypasta)

Deadpool(Deadpool)

C!Charlie/Mr. Cycle(TFTSMP)

Quest(Blooming panic)

Dave(Blueycapsules)

Mr. Boseman(Blueycapsules)

Michael Miers(Slasher)

Ghost Face(Slasher)

William Afton(Blueycapsules)

Vincent Afton(Blueycapsules)

Slenderman(Creppypasta)

Mulder(Blueycapsules)

Joan(Blueycapsules)

Henry(Blueycapsules)

Jeremy(Blueycapsules)

Michael afton(Blueycapsules)

Error sans(UndertaleAU)

Ink sans(UndertaleAU)

Pierre(Dialtown)

Xyx(Blooming panic)

Phil Guy(Blueycapsules)

Chauncey(Blueycapsules)

Mr. Phone Guy(DSAF)

Nightowl(Blooming panic)

Nakedtoasted(Blooming panic)

Dave "Purple guy"(DSAF)

Mr. Omega(Omegamart)

Grady(Portal)

Adventure Core(Portal 2)

Jake(Duskwood)

Jack Walten(TWF)

Felix(TWF)

Googleplier(Markplier)

Rosemary(TWF)

Mark Heathcliff(TMC)

Cesar Torres(TMC)

Gabriel Boseman(Blueycapsules)

Alex(SDV)

Jack(DSAF)

Intruder(TMC)

John Doe(John Doe)

Yoaj(Blueycapsules)

Gunther(ISWM)

AdultCC/Smirking Adult(blueycapsules)

Medic(TF2)

Spy(TF2)

scout(TF2)

Miss Pauling(TF2)

Liam(Monster Prom)

Damian(Monter Prom)

Zoe(Monster Prom)

Calculester(Monster Prom)

Miranda(Monster Prom)

Brian(Monster Prom)

Oz(Monster Prom)

Vicky(Monster Prom)

Mack(ISWM)

Victor Blake(VTSOM)

Vincent Edgeworth(VTSOM)

Draco Edgeworth(VTSOM)

Winston Loomis(VTSOM)

Albert Krueger(TWDAK)

Monsieur M.(VTSOM)

Murderplier(ISWM)

Eda(TOH)

Rain(TOH)

Belos(TOH)

Edrich(TOH)

Alador(TOH)

Derius(TOH)

Dr. Voldritch(Dr. Voldritch)

Eddie Munson(ST)

Hopper(ST)

Steve(ST)

Billy(ST)

Alexei(ST)

001(ST)2

Gunther(SDV)

Momo(Stray)

Doc(Stray)

Sus Gabriel(TMC)

[Aged up&pc] Stan(South Park)

[Post covid] Butters(South Park)

#mailman speak #💌 i talk too much : talking #💌 i can keep it 'til i die : mutual #dylan the gay #dylan my beloved /p #long post #sp ment #hazbin hotel ment

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toonlovr19 · 3 months

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Tummy!Nate Universe Characters

Nate: A lovable boy with a big appetite who talks to his tummy. He loves to eat orange marmalade.

Ellen: A working artist who takes commissions online and often has to look after his brother when their dad is away.

Martin: A famous and successful gourmet chef who loves making food for his family.

Dee Dee: An aspiring young author. She uses her adventures with her friends as inspiration for her writing.

Francis: Is practicing to be a doctor.

Teddy: Really loves the 90’s

Chad: Really cowardly

Jenny: A ditzy and innocent blonde

Artur: A bad boy but not really

Randy: A shy gentleman (And Tummy!Nate’s boyfriend, yes I made Nate in this universe gay)

Kim: A meme lord

#big nate #my aus #big nate au #tummy!nate au #hopefully this doesn’t come across as cringey #sorry this isn’t super detailed #tummy stuff

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jasonstuart · 1 year

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We are so close to having the second season of Smothered completed!!! And in the process of have it released very soon!

A few years ago, we decided to take our creativity into our own hands. We combined our twisted, hysterical, outrageous minds and boom! - Smothered was born. It went viral! We debuted on Amazon Prime and are featured on Revry, Apple TV, among other platforms.

Rarely do we see older gay men played by older gay men in long-term relationships being represented on television. Men this age have lived through tumultuous times and are growing older in a culture where youth and physical attractiveness mean everything. This is the life of “Ralph and Randy”.

We may be close to death by Hollywood standards but Smothered Season #1 has been a big award-winning success. It’s so gratifying to read hordes of 5-star reviews noting that our series is hilarious, inclusive, and full of exciting talent.

Season 2 has 9 new episodes, with an eclectic roster of guest stars way more famous than we are! Each script is side-splitting, heartbreaking and full of disfunction.

Only with your generous support of any amount can we cover final costs, so you can experience the further adventures of “Ralph and Randy”. We have a new genius director Carlyle King, a fabulous editor Robb Padgett and terrific out actors (crazy exciting surprises! ) - so many donating their talents because they believe in what we are all creating.

Please donate - no amount too small!

DONATE

$100.00 - Shout out on social media

$500.00 - A personal phone call with both of the stars

$1,000.00 - Invite to the Premiere! Smothered TV

$5,000.00 - A lunch with the stars of Smothered at Sony Pictures

Thank you to all our friends & fans who have supported us to this point. However, we need additional funds to finish post production. Steven Green, one of our generous donors stated “the best art is sponsored by fans”. . We are thrilled by so much generous support.

We love you. Thanks for your continued support!!

Jason Stuart & Mitch Hara

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dyketectivecomics · 4 years

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Y’all pray for me, I finally found my Texas gay pride pin from San Japan and I finally put it on my wondy bag right next to my nightwing pin & my bombshells wondy pin. Here’s hoping no one’ll notice it replaced the old rainbow pin I had 🙏🙏🙏

#randyvents #randys Big Gay Adventures #thinking abt blogging abt my queer Experiences™️ here too.#feeling a lil more confident now that i had a chance to like. Come Out again to dad & he was still Reaffirming and Supportive so uhhh #idk. if yall dont wanna know abt this stuff ill just stick to dc & fandom stuff but like #ahhhhhhhhh. yknow?#this is the only bag that carries my comp so like idk #its nice to have a little piece of pride right alongside my nerd wear idk

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ucflibrary · 3 years

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Pride Month has arrived!

While every day is a time to be proud of your identity and orientation, June is that extra special time for boldly celebrating with and for the LGBTQIA+ community (yes, there are more than lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender folx in the queer community). June was chosen to honor the Stonewall Riots which happened in 1969. Like other celebratory months, LGBT Pride Month started as a weeklong series of events and expanded into a full month of festivities.

2021 is also the 5th anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando where 49 members of our community were murdered on June 12, 2016. On the main floor of the John C. Hitt Library there will be display cases with items from the University Archives relating to Pulse memorials as well as a display wall honoring the lives lost. Both of these library memorials were created in partnership with UCF LGBTQ Services. UCF will also be hosting several events in June to help the community remember, grieve and grow stronger. Full listing of events is available on the Pulse Remembrance event calendar.

Additional Pulse memorial events will be hosted by the onePULSE Foundation. An memorial archival collection from the first anniversary of the shooting can be found as part of the Resilience: Remembering Pulse in the STARS Citizen Curator collection.

In honor of Pride Month, UCF Library faculty and staff suggested books from the UCF collection that represent a wide array of queer authors and characters. Click on the read more link below to see the full list, descriptions, and catalog links. There is also an extensive physical display on the main floor of the John C. Hitt Library near the Research & Information Desk.

All Adults Here by Emma Straub Emma Straub's unique alchemy of wisdom, humor, and insight come together in a deeply satisfying story about adult siblings, aging parents, high school boyfriends, middle school mean girls, the lifelong effects of birth order, and all the other things that follow us into adulthood, whether we like them to or not. Suggested by Rachel Mulvihill, Downtown Library

All the Young Men: a memoir of love, AIDS, and chosen family in the American South by Ruth Coker Burks & Kevin Carr O'Leary A gripping and triumphant tale of human compassion, is the true story of Ruth Coker Burks, a young single mother in Hot Springs, Arkansas, who finds herself driven to the forefront of the AIDS crisis, and becoming a pivotal activist in America’s fight against AIDS. Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services

And the Band Played On: politics, people and the AIDS epidemic by Randy Shilts An international bestseller, a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and made into a critically acclaimed movie, Shilts' expose revealed why AIDS was allowed to spread unchecked during the early 80's while the most trusted institutions ignored or denied the threat. One of the few true modern classics, it changed and framed how AIDS was discussed in the following years. Suggested by Becky Hammond, Special Collections & University Archives

Big Gay Adventures in Education: supporting LGBT+ visibility and inclusion in schools edited by Daniel Tomlinson-Gray A collection of true stories by 'out' teachers, and students of 'out' teachers, all about their experiences in schools. The book aims to empower LGBT+ teachers to be the role models they needed when they were in school and help all teachers and school leaders to promote LGBT+ visibility and inclusion. Each story is accompanied by an editor’s note reflecting on the contributor’s experience and the practical implications for schools and teachers in supporting LGBT+ young people and ensuring they feel safe and included in their school communities. Suggested by Terrie Sypolt, Research & Information Services

Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman The sudden and powerful attraction between a teenage boy and a summer guest at his parents' house on the Italian Riviera has a profound and lasting influence that will mark them both for a lifetime. Suggested by Rebecca Hawk, Circulation

Fun Home: a family tragicomic by Alison Bechdel Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian house, a third-generation funeral home director, a high school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out, is involved with male students and a family babysitter. Through narrative that is alternately heartbreaking and fiercely funny, we are drawn into a daughter's complex yearning for her father. And yet, apart from assigned stints dusting caskets at the family-owned 'fun home, ' as Alison and her brothers call it, the relationship achieves its most intimate expression through the shared code of books. When Alison comes out as homosexual herself in late adolescence, the denouement is swift, graphic, and redemptive. Suggested by Michael Furlong, UCF Connect Libraries

Gender Queer: a memoir by Maia Kobabe; colors by Phoebe Kobabe In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, this is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity--what it means and how to think about it--for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere. Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services

Heaven's Coast: a memoir by Mark Doty The harmonious partnership of two gay men is shattered when they learn that one has tested positive for the HIV virus. Suggested by Claudia Davidson, Downtown Library

Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother. Suggested by Rebecca Hawk, Circulation

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father--despite his hard-won citizenship--Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day. Suggested by Claudia Davidson, Downtown Library

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O’Connell All Freddy Riley wants is for Laura Dean to stop breaking up with her. The day they got together was the best one of Freddy's life, but nothing's made sense since. Laura Dean is popular, funny, and SO CUTE ... but she can be really thoughtless, even mean. Their on-again, off-again relationship has Freddy's head spinning - and Freddy's friends can't understand why she keeps going back. When Freddy consults the services of a local mystic, the mysterious Seek-Her, she isn't thrilled with the advice she receives. But something's got to give: Freddy's heart is breaking in slow motion, and she may be about to lose her very best friend as well as her last shred of self-respect. Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell bring to life a sweet and spirited tale of young love that asks us to consider what happens when we ditch the toxic relationships we crave to embrace the heathy ones we need. Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions & Collections

LGBT Health: meeting the needs of gender and sexual minorities edited by K. Bryant Smalley, Jacob C. Warren, K. Nikki Barefoot A first-of-its-kind, comprehensive view of mental, medical, and public health conditions within the LGBT community. This book examines the health outcomes and risk factors that gender and sexual minority groups face while simultaneously providing evidence-based clinical recommendations and resources for meeting their health needs. Drawing from leading scholars and practitioners of LGBT health, this holistic, centralized text synthesizes epidemiologic, medical, psychological, sociological, and public health research related to the origins of, current state of, and ways to improve LGBT health. Suggested by Sandy Avila, Research & Information Services

Lived Experience: reflections on LGBTQ life by Delphine Diallo A beautiful series of full-color portraits of LGBTQ people over the age of fifty, accompanied by interviews. Suggested by Jacqui Johnson, Cataloging

Love is for Losers by Wibke Bruggemann When Phoebe's mother ditches her to work as a doctor for an international human rights organization, she is stuck living with her mom's best friend, Kate, and helping out at Kate's thrift shop. There she meet Emma. Phoebe tries to shield her head and her heart from experiencing love-- after all, love is for losers, right? Suggested by Pam Jaggernauth, Curriculum Materials Center

Man Into Woman: an authentic record of a change of sex edited by Niels Hoyer This riveting account of the transformation of the Danish painter Einar Wegener into Lili Elbe is a remarkable journey from man to woman. Einar Wegener was a leading artist in late 1920's Paris. One day his wife Grete asked him to dress as a woman to model for a portrait. It was a shattering event which began a struggle between his public male persona and emergent female self, Lili. Einar was forced into living a double life; enjoying a secret hedonist life as Lili, with Grete and a few trusted friends, whilst suffering in public as Einar, driven to despair and almost to suicide. Doctors, unable to understand his condition, dismissed him as hysterical. Lili eventually forced Einar to face the truth of his being - he was, in fact, a woman. This bizarre situation took an extraordinary turn when it was discovered that his body contained primitive female sex organs. There followed a series of dangerous experimental operations and a confrontation with the conventions of the age until Lili was eventually liberated from Einar - a freedom that carried the ultimate price. Suggested by Richard Harrison, Research & Information Services

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong This is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born -- a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam -- and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity. Suggested by Rachel Mulvihill, Downtown Library

Queer Objects edited by Chris Brickell & Judith Collard Queer lives give rise to a vast array of objects: the things we fill our houses with, the gifts we share with our friends, the commodities we consume at work and at play, the clothes and accessories we wear, various reminders of state power, as well as the analogue and digital technologies we use to communicate with one another. But what makes an object queer? 63 chapters consider this question in relation to lesbian, gay and transgender communities across time, cultures and space. In this unique international collaboration, well-known and newer writers traverse world history to write about items ranging from ancient Egyptian tomb paintings and Roman artefacts to political placards, snapshots, sex toys and the smartphone. Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services

Real Life by Brandon Taylor A novel of rare emotional power that excavates the social intricacies of a late-summer weekend -- and a lifetime of buried pain. Almost everything about Wallace, an introverted African-American transplant from Alabama, is at odds with the lakeside Midwestern university town where he is working toward a biochem degree. For reasons of self-preservation, Wallace has enforced a wary distance even within his own circle of friends -- some dating each other, some dating women, some feigning straightness. But a series of confrontations with colleagues, and an unexpected encounter with a young straight man, conspire to fracture his defenses, while revealing hidden currents of resentment and desire that threaten the equilibrium of their community. Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions & Collections

Riley Can’t Stop Crying by Stephanie Boulay While his sister tries everything to help, a young boy isn't sure why he can't stop crying in this transitional picture book. Suggested by Pam Jaggernauth, Curriculum Materials Center

Supporting Success for LGBTQ+ Students: tools for inclusive campus practice by Cindy Ann Kilgo This book aims to serve as a one-stop resource for faculty and staff in higher education settings who are seeking to enhance their campus climate and systems of support for LGBTQ+ student success. Included are theoretical frameworks and conceptual models that can be used in practice. Suggested by Terrie Sypolt, Research & Information Services

The City and the Pillar: a novel by Gore Vidal Jim, a handsome, all-American athlete, has always been shy around girls. But when he and his best friend, Bob, partake in “awful kid stuff,” the experience forms Jim’s ideal of spiritual completion. Defying his parents’ expectations, Jim strikes out on his own, hoping to find Bob and rekindle their amorous friendship. Along the way he struggles with what he feels is his unique bond with Bob and with his persistent attraction to other men. Upon finally encountering Bob years later, the force of his hopes for a life together leads to a devastating climax. The first novel of its kind to appear on the American literary landscape, this remains a forthright and uncompromising portrayal of sexual relationships between men. Suggested by Richard Harrison, Research & Information Services

The Invisible Orientation: an introduction to asexuality by Julie Sondra Decker Julie Sondra Decker outlines what asexuality is, counters misconceptions, provides resources, and puts asexual people's experiences in context as they move through a sexualized world. It includes information for asexual people to help understand their orientation and what it means for their relationships, as well as tips and facts for those who want to understand their asexual friends and loved ones. Suggested by Dawn Tripp, Research & Information Services

The New Testament by Jericho Brown The world of Jericho Brown's second book, disease runs through the body, violence runs through the neighborhood, memories run through the mind, trauma runs through generations. Almost eerily quiet in even the bluntest of poems, Brown gives us the ache of a throat that has yet to say the hardest thing-and the truth is coming on fast. Suggested by Claudia Davidson, Downtown Library

The Prophets by Robert Jones With a lyricism reminiscent of Toni Morrison, Robert Jones, Jr., fiercely summons the voices of slaver and enslaved alike, from Isaiah and Samuel to the calculating slave master to the long line of women that surround them, women who have carried the soul of the plantation on their shoulders. As tensions build and the weight of centuries—of ancestors and future generations to come—culminates in a climactic reckoning, masterfully reveals the pain and suffering of inheritance, but is also shot through with hope, beauty, and truth, portraying the enormous, heroic power of love. Suggested by Rachel Mulvihill, Downtown Library

The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean A fifth-grader whose best friends walked away, whose mother is detached, and whose father does unspeakable things, copes with the help of friend Sofie and anonymous letters tied to balloons and released. Includes a list of resources related to abuse, gender, sexuality, and more. Suggested by Pam Jaggernauth, Curriculum Materials Center

Tinderbox: the untold story of the Up Stairs Lounge fire and the rise of gay liberation by Robert W. Fieseler Buried for decades, the Up Stairs Lounge tragedy has only recently emerged as a catalyzing event of the gay liberation movement. In revelatory detail, Robert W. Fieseler chronicles the tragic event that claimed the lives of thirty-one men and one woman on June 24, 1973, at a New Orleans bar, the largest mass murder of gays until 2016. Relying on unprecedented access to survivors and archives, Fieseler creates an indelible portrait of a closeted, blue- collar gay world that flourished before an arsonist ignited an inferno that destroyed an entire community. The aftermath was no less traumatic--families ashamed to claim loved ones, the Catholic Church refusing proper burial rights, the city impervious to the survivors' needs--revealing a world of toxic prejudice that thrived well past Stonewall. Yet the impassioned activism that followed proved essential to the emergence of a fledgling gay movement. Fieseler restores honor to a forgotten generation of civil-rights martyrs. Suggested by Andy Todd, UCF Connect Libraries

Transgender: a reference handbook by Aaron Devor and Ardel Haefele-Thomas This book provides a crucial resource for readers who are investigating trans issues. It takes a diverse and historic approach, focusing on more than one idea or one experience of trans identity or trans history. The book takes contemporary as well as historic aspects into consideration. It looks at ancient indigenous cultures that honored third, fourth, and fifth gender identities as well as more contemporary ideas of what "transgender" means. Notably, it focuses not only on Western medical ideas of gender affirmation but on cultural diversity surrounding the topic. This book will primarily serve as a reference guide and jumping off point for further research for those seeking information about what it means to be transgender. Suggested by Richard Harrison, Research & Information Services

Transnational LGBT Activism: working for sexual rights worldwide by Ryan R. Thoreson Thoreson argues that the idea of LGBT human rights is not predetermined but instead is defined by international activists who establish what and who qualifies for protection. He shows how International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) formed and evolved, who is engaged in this work, how they conceptualize LGBT human rights, and how they have institutionalized their views at the United Nations and elsewhere. After a full year of in-depth research in New York City and Cape Town, South Africa, Thoreson is able to reconstruct IGLHRC’s early campaigns and highlight decisive shifts in the organization’s work from its founding to the present day. Suggested by Sandy Avila, Research & Information Services

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey Esther is a stowaway. She's hidden herself away in the Librarian's book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her--a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend. Her best friend who she was in love with. Her best friend who was just executed for possession of resistance propaganda. The future American Southwest is full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing. Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions & Collections

Walt Whitman's Songs of Male Intimacy and Love: "Live oak, with moss" and "Calamus" edited by Betsy Erkkila This volume includes Whitman's handwritten manuscript version of the twelve "Live oak, with moss" poems along side with a print transcription of these poems on the opposite page, followed by a facsimile of the original version of the "Calamus" poems published in the 1860-61 edition of Leaves of grass, and a reprint of the final version of the "Calamus" poems in the 1881 edition of Leaves of grass. Suggested by Rebecca Hawk, Circulation

#ucf library #lgbtqia+ pride #featured bookshelf #one pulse

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that-one-bi-wizard · 3 years

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Some notable things about the AU:

Bradford has a grandson named Randy who goes adventuring with the kids whenever he takes a break from news reporting.

Fenton is his boyfriend and Randy found out about him being Gizmoduck within two weeks of seeing him fight crime (they met when Mark Beaks was introduced)

Speaking of crime, he is also a fan of the Darkwing Duck TV show Jim starling turned him gay sjsnsnnsnsnsjjsjsjsj

When he caught wind of the accident during the First Darkness film shoot, he mourned.

He is extremely close to Webby due to being a trusted ally and family friend of Scrooge's

He's the main reason she knows what an American accent is and a burger

Speaking of Food, the guy's a big eater though many around him (Gyro) find it unbecoming and unprofessional.

Poe De Spell gets introduced in Friendship Hates Magic and basically co-adopts Lena, training her in using her magic how ever she wants

He is also uncomfortable around scrooge not confrontational though

Their relationship is also a lot like Poe's sibling relationship with Magica

"Scrooge, he threatened my daughter I think burning his house down is a bit of Karmic Justice"

Violet, being his surrogate adopted daughter gets a bit more training in magic for protection spells

Notices something off about Randy for some reason and keeps trying to coax some secret outta him.

I can send more if you want..

Oooo! Sounds really interesting! Yeah, I’d love to hear more about it!!! Go off, my guy! This sounds really pog!

#like... if you want #friendo asks #it’s-ya-gay-boi-luigi

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iitsdiane · 5 years

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TO LORDJAN AND RANDY

To Lord Jan and Randy:

The year is almost ending and I have the drive to write this message to both of you and as I am scribbling words to compose this one, all I am feeling is how much I love you both. I know, I know this sound real corny but I cannot unhide the truth. So what I’ll be writing are random things I can think of when it comes to our friendship. How it started in my perspective and how I foresee it in the incoming years.

Disclaimer: there might me grammatical glitches but I do care less of these things because I am more of semantic-oriented-type-of-person.

HOW IT ALL STARTED

May of 2016 I received a phone call to revisit my Alma Matter this time, I am no longer a student craving for wisdom and knowledge but I am now a teacher, still craving, but my craving is a little more different. I am craving to share what I have in my little heart to my future learners. I have a storm of emotions that time. Anxious. If that’s the word that can describe the tsunami waves in my stomach and the irregular beating of my heart not to mention how cold my hands and feet were, if anxiety is inappropriate then I cannot find the most fitting word thereof. Nevertheless, I feel a slight comfort upon seeing a familiar face. Randy, he’s a schoolmate known for his charisma and outmost personality. Well I’ve heard rumours because I haven’t gotten any chance to have a close encounter with this famous one. I mean, he knows me, by name and I forgot to mention that he knows almost everyone in our school. Yep, a total walking human directory, he’s not creepy and he’s not weird either. I considered that as a talent, or more of a gift. So I am glad that I have someone to talk to in this new chapter of my life as a teacher. I offered my most decent smile and he smiled back with his bright red pair of braces. As expected, Mr. Congeniality started the conversation by asking random questions that made the time passed by unexpectedly. Then we both decided to visit our future office, the College of Arts and Sciences to secure a place *He was assigned as SHS faculty while I am assigned as a college instructor respectively, different departments but the same office we didn’t have a hard time looking for a place though because I am with the most good talker of all time. He has friends everywhere, even our previous instructors are his “mommy’s and mama’s” so meaning to say, I am in good hands. It didn’t last an hour when we finally had our area. I considered myself blessed that time. Then outside, we met Lord Jan one of my classmates in the college of education. He’s known for his wit and outgoing personality. Although we were classmates in most of our subjects, we are not that “friends” because he is with gayrls, a group of gay and women with gay personality. They are mostly loud and adventurous kind of individual while I, on the other hand had the most prim-and-proper-to-boring kind of college life. My usual route is home-library-school. No diversions no detour just the usual original route. I do not feel bitter though because man, if I was exposed to some other roads in life, I cannot promise to graduate on time. Basically, I know how smart this man is. He is somewhat lazy in paper works but he is at his best when giving lectures and anything that uses mouth as a mechanism in working. I feel more than happy knowing that he too, applied for a teaching position in the same institution and then we both learned that he is in the same department as I was. Deep inside, I somehow have the clue already that my life ahead is one helluva life with them.

NEW BEGINNINGS

School year 2016-2017 opened. I am pretty sure that I am excited to become the best English college instructor I could be but that didn’t last too long as I am transferred to the SHS department, Lord Jan and I. I am thrilled. Amidst this greatest twist, the CAS and SHS department decided to have an acquaintance party since we occupy the same office. The venue was in a beach. To be honest, I was the typical home girl person but because our presence was necessary I am obliged to come. Lucky enough, randy lives nearby we decided to go together. To my surprise, he asked me to change the shorts that I am wearing to the shorts that he brought because the concept was to have matching shorts. *Now I find this part a little corny, I mean are matching outfits still in? but I do not want to disappoint an innocent soul-so I thought I obediently followed his orders and wore that neon pink shorts of his. He had this wide opened smile showing his teeth wide open as a sign of contentment. When we arrived at the venue, he mechanically looked for Lord Jan and asked him to do the same. To wear the magic neon pink shorts as a sign of our friendship. Lord Jan is a “yes man” person he’s never a kill joy so yep LDR (Lord Jan, Diane, Randy) was born. We cheated *Yes read it right, CHEATED with a capital letter C to be in the same group together and to cut this quite tasking story, we won. We won wearing the matchy outfit and since then, we wear the sort-of-the-same outfits in most occasions.

THREE YEARS AND COUNTING

Since that friendship started, we conquered each other’s lives and secrets and souls and everything of the same concept. I’ve witnessed them grow literally and figuratively, from their vulnerability and strength, being drunk and being almost naked, their entire being, their totality and I love them even more upon seeing how similar and how different we are. They helped me become this person I am now. They contributed to my growth and changes.

To Randy. I called you chaks because I am so good in inventing names to the ones I love. I am even surprise why other people know the word “chaks” shortcut for chaka, such imitators with lack of creativity and imagination-poor souls. We had our first few arguments during one of your badminton tournaments in Gusa where we had a miscommunication about going or not going. Well, I apologized and so did you. I missed those golden days where we are so formal with each other. Those days when you still manage to find positive adjectives in your dictionary to somehow compliment me. Those days when you still respect my womanhood. Those days when you treat me normally. But yeah, I’ve outgrown that feeling because I know that I am not normal to you anymore. I am no longer a friend. I am more than that. I am your liaison agent, nurse, secretary, professional assistant in all forms may it be school, household and whatnot, and anyone. I enjoyed doing it because I know that I am helping. I live by the words of Xavier University, and that is to become the woman of others. IRO! Seriously, I am happy to become part of your life and your room. Stop being grumpy for no reason because I am not a fortune teller to guess what made you upset. Remember that you can always talk to me about literally anything and always bear in mind that as long as I live, I will forever remember how distorted this friendship is. I love you.

To Lord Jan. I decided to call you Yong2 because in our college life, I’ve known you for your LJ side and I want more than that side. I want to know you even better and deeper, what amazes me is that, you let me. You let me in to your life and it marvels me how big your heart is for all the people that surround you. You are never hesitant to share anything that you have in order to help. You even consume your own peace of mind for others. People might misunderstand you because of your intimidating look but once they know the real you, they will realize that inside a dragon mask is a dragon queen full of understanding and love to whoever ask for your help but is also willing to spit fire when called by circumstances. Thank you for letting me realize that I cannot manage a one on one duel with you in drinking MP, thank you for taking care of me when I tested my limits in drinking you know what lastly, thank you for helping me build my patience every time we wait for you. I am here for you always, remember that. I love you.

To Both of you, I am always here whenever you need me or even if you don’t like my presence. I’ll show up whenever I like. This love I have for both of you is already rooted in my heart. So let’s explore the world together and raise our middle finger to people who dislike us because they can’t be us. Most importantly, let us always do well and follow what is right no matter how hard it may seem.

With love,

DIANExx

#written:#DECEMBER 21 #2018

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{fic} Bundle Up

Fandom: The Adventure Zone: Amnesty Rating: G Warnings: None Relationship: Dani/Aubrey Little Word Count: 1,178

Here on AO3.

Minor spoilers for episode 12. Alternately titled, “Birdie heard Griffin say Dani was dressed like Randy from A Christmas Story to go skiing and had to go lie down for an hour.”

Tagging @voidfishkid!

Summary:

After their skiing trip, Aubrey reflects on Dani and how she feels about her. (Spoiler alert: the answer is gay.)

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It wasn’t that Aubrey hadn’t had crushes before.

She’d had plenty of them. Tan in seventh grade. Jenny in ninth. Pietro when she was sixteen, Tucker when she was seventeen, Rashmi when she was eighteen.

Aubrey liked people. Every once in a while she’d take a second to inform someone – whoever was closest, usually Dr. Harris Bonkers – that thank God she was bi, because she loved people. Getting crushes was part of that. Having friends was part of that!

It was just that… well.

There were crushes, and then there was Dani.

How long had they known each other? Not long. Two and a half months, little more. And somehow when Aubrey looked at her –

She knew what a crush felt like. Her face got hot, and she stammered, and her fingers twitched.

When she looked at Dani, it wasn’t like that – not quite. It was the first time (that day she found out she had magic powers), but since then?

Dani had become her best friend.

She looked at her, and warmth blossomed in her heart. She looked at her, and she felt safe.

“Hey.” Dani flicked her ear lightly. They were sitting in the lobby of the Lodge. Dani was curled up in a large armchair with Aubrey at her feet. Barclay had lit a fire, and there was a light snowfall outside. “Whatcha thinkin’ about so hard?”

“Nothing.” Aubrey waited until Dani’s eyes were back on her magazine to look up again.

It wasn’t like she was anything over-the-top, Aubrey thought. She wasn’t drop-dead beautiful or wicked smart or anything. But there was something about her.

She had her feet up on the chair, tucked in like a cat. She was resting her head on the back of the chair as she read, long blonde hair draped over her shoulders in half-tangles. (Dani’s hair was always a little tangled.) She was wearing some of her coziest clothes – sweatpants and a worn flannel over a t-shirt and big fuzzy socks. As Aubrey watched, she scratched her nose where it was sunburnt and freckled from their skiing trip earlier that day. Her hands were a little too big and her eyebrows were a little too bushy and her smile was a little too wide.

Every single one of those things made Aubrey feel that same warmth.

Dani had put on about eighteen layers that morning before they left for the slopes. Snowpants and jackets and a hat with a pom-pom and a big, slightly lopsided scarf that she tucked in and said that Barclay had made for her. She’d pulled on mittens and socks and zipped up everything that needed to be zipped up and then she laughed because she could barely put her arms down and admitted that maybe she’d overdone it, but if she was planning on falling, at least she’d be cushioned.

Aubrey had stared as Dani snapped her ski goggles over her eyes and crinkled her nose.

Looking at Dani, Aubrey thought, was like walking into the lobby of Amnesty Lodge. It was an immediate feeling of home, of safe, of warm. It was a feeling of oh, this is what I’ve been looking for, a feeling of I can leave Dr. Harris Bonkers here and he’ll be fine, a feeling of they’ll understand why I can’t go home.

“Y’sure you don’t have anything on your mind?” Dani asked.

Aubrey laughed awkwardly and stretched. “Just tired, I guess. Skiing took a lot out of me.”

“Same here.” Dani reached down and caught Aubrey’s hand and held it against the chair’s seat in a way that seemed always absentminded. “Jake’s great, I love him to pieces, but that boy loves his powder. I don’t know how he does it all the time.”

“Oh, practice, probably,” Aubrey said, lobbing a fireball into the fire to make it a little brighter, a little warmer. “I did great at all my stunts, though, especially that last one.”

Dani laughed. “Yeah, that last one was real – real impressive. Hey, Aubrey?”

“Yeah?”

“I really liked hangin’ out with you today,” Dani said softly. “I know Jake an’ Barclay were there too, but I see them all the time, we’re buds.”

“We hang out too,” Aubrey said. “Maybe not a lot, but some?”

“I’d like to hang out more,” Dani said.

“Oh.” Aubrey’s heart sped up, and there it was, that old familiar face-warming words-stammering hands-shaking feeling. But also it felt like she’d just chugged an entire mug of Barclay’s tea, that warming-you-from-the-inside-out, someone-cares feeling. That Dani feeling, she thought. “Like… hanging out? Like friends?”

“Well, I was thinkin’ maybe more like a date,” Dani said.

“Yes!” Aubrey said immediately, almost cutting Dani off, then giggled. “Yeah. Yeah, we still haven’t gone to the hot springs. Or maybe we can go to Gino’s?”

“Gino’s sounds good,” Dani said. “You like mushroom and onion pizza?”

“Hell yeah I do,” Aubrey said. “Just you and me? Not anybody else?”

“Not anybody else,” Dani confirmed. She laughed. “Hopefully we won’t get interrupted by Mama toppling in the door or FBI agents bursting in or whatever else keeps happening around here.”

“Yeah.” Aubrey sighed and leaned back against the chair, realizing her hand was still in Dani’s. “I liked hanging out with you today, too.” She paused, then said, in a bit of a rush, “and I thought you were really cute in all your snowclothes.”

Dani laughed so hard she snorted. “I looked ridiculous!”

“You looked cute,” Aubrey said firmly. “You look cute now.”

“You look cute too, Aubrey,” Dani said. “I always kinda wish I could pull off that punk style, but I’m stuck square in country girl territory.”

“You’re a vampire,” Aubrey pointed out. “There is nothing more punk than that.”

“Good point.” Dani’s forehead furrowed slightly. “You’re… okay with that, by the way?”

“Dating a vampire?” Aubrey exclaimed, and then, more quietly a second later, “I mean, going on a date with a vampire? Hell yeah, dude! I think it’s rad as hell!”

“If you really think it’s that rad…” Dani let go of Aubrey’s hand and fiddled with her bracelet, taking it off. Immediately, her skin started glowing slightly, her eyes went from their usual yellow-green to a bright orange the color of a sunset, and her mouth filled with long, sharp teeth.

“So rad,” Aubrey said, sitting up on her knees.

“Still cute?” Dani teased.

“Cuter than ever,” Aubrey said with a grin. “I like your teeth.”

“They’re a little sharp,” Dani said. “I mean, obviously, but, uh.” She paused. “I was gonna say they wouldn’t be too good for kissing, but I really don’t know.”

“What, nobody’s kissed you?” Aubrey said incredulously.

“Not in a dog’s age, at least. And not a human.”

“Well.” Aubrey bit her lip and fidgeted. “We could fix that. If you want.”

“I’d like that, Aubrey,” Dani said, and smiled with every one of her sharp teeth.

When Aubrey kissed her it was awkward and cute and her heart said home, home, home and she hoped Dani’s was saying that as well.

#taz #taz fanfiction #taz amnesty #danbrey #aubrey little #dani #vampfire #f/f #fluff #the adventure zone #the adventure zone amnesty #taz: a #HAVE SOME HAPPY #mine

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lovemeherstuff · 5 years

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See article below

Ellen DeGeneres Humorist and a Force for Good

.Ellen, the future comic, was born February 26, 1958 at 3;30 AM in Metaire, LA, very near New Orleans. Metaire means “tenant farmer. Her family, according to her, was poor when she grew up Now she is worth $450 million. DeGeneres is a French last name. “De” is “of” in French, so “of Generes”.

Her sun is in revolutionary aquarius (Oprah Winfrey is also an aquarius) in her second house merged with Venus (popularity) in aquarius and close to chiron in aquarius. The combination of planets is HUGE is SIGNIFICANCE for her. Her Sun and venus also square Neptune (and Jupiter). Any Neptunian aspect to the sun creates a IDEALISM, IMAGINATION and hopefully a spirituality in the. The personality. The sun and venus also square the nodes !

Her Saturn is a serious grounding factor in her persona so she comes across expansive yet serious. She has south node in Taurus which gives her pragmatism and perserverance put an over reliance on the physical world. Her destine is a spiritual transformation as indicated by the north node in scorpio conjunct neptune. When she came out as gay, it was bigger than people thought – as her inner being has been transformed too.

GET THIS!!! SHE IS FEISTY! She has moon in aries in the fifth (playfulness) with sagittarius rising and mars in in the first house. Right now, she is undergoing an opportunity to change her “too good” image (See her new standup routine on Netflix called “Relatable”). Jupiter is in sagittarius and will go over her ascendant, saturn and mars and trine her moon. So the sense of opportunity to expand her image is a major factor is majr in her current personality.

Also she just passed her Saturn return, a serious life cycle event, in sagittarius and is actively changing her professional persona.

The moon and mercury are in a square position. This may be part of her gift. The moon in aries is very impulsive yet “upfront”, dynamic and expressive. It is also about “Me”. All her shows have been called “Ellen De Generes”!! But her mercury is in serious, structured pragmatic capricorn. It is a dilemma between a very plodding practical mind and a spontaneous, feisty moon. This was probably a product of parenting from the mother’s side. I think she uses that tension to be able to plan out her show (which must be a plodding process) and then just “go with it” on air.

Uranus is in Leo and opposes the sun, venus and chiron. This is another BIG aspect in her chart as the LEO wants Attention and the aquarius wants to defer it. Clearly her uranian mission is do both, being a humanitarian but with unpredictable, out of the box humor.

Her larger sense of mission is PLUTO in virgo. Virgo is also about self growth, psychologically and physically. But the key is service to others. I think she manifests her service in combination with her Neptunian, spiritual energy.

Transits and Progressions (what is happening now)

A major progression, called the progressed midheaven, is affecting a change in her public identity and this aspect is moving into sagittarius. She has decided to change her public identity (from Scorpio to Sagittarius) and she wants to quit her daily show and go back to stand up comedy with less of a “nice” personality. This progression will be exact in 6 months-peaking in June-July of 2019. She wants to expand her outward public persona and mix it with her aquarian, out of the box, humanitarian nature.

Her desire to take chances (mars) is also peaking. In a couple of years, the progressed sun will also conjunct venus, increasing her popularity and helping her to merge the masculine and feminine part of her nature However it the aspect is very much in effect already and she is acting on this part of identity publicly. It will certainly produce a more straightforward, “shoot from the hip” public persona

Aries is outward so she will need to make the best of both energies – personal, warm, and nurturing with “impulsive”, fast acting and charismatic.

On another note (like a symphony) her progressed mars in aquarius is separating from a conjunction to her sun. This progression will last for several years and will out the aggressive, action part of her nature..

People will probably love her changes and she is already widely loved. The Sagittarius progressed Mc will produce a more wide open, adventurous public persona.

Her progressed moon is in cancer and about to square he progressed sun in aries. This will happen in two months, which represents a need to take action toward a new direction. aspect Cancer is inward mars is also opposing her progressed uranus. This can be very unpredictable and force her to deal with “issues of aggression” via opposition with others she has not faced before.

On Jan 1, 2019 (tommorrow), mars (by transit) goes into aries until Feb. 14th. This is a short transit but significant for Ellen as it enters the sign of her moon and reinforces the progressed mars conjuncting her sun. A six week period of amping up the aggressive side of her nature in concert with the larger changes mentioned earlier. It all works together.

The mars is aries merges with her moon exactly on Jan. 26th, the exact day of her birthday. This implies a whole year (per solar return) of emotional catalyst and risk taking. She want to be more open and bold with her feelings, which she has repeatedly said recently have been somewhat stifled by her “good girl” image on the show.

By Randy Wasserstrom Jan. 4, 2019

(note: I had trouble posting the chart)

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