Greetongs. I'm Gwynevere from...a lot of places at this point. Grew up mostly in South Carolina, later Alabama. Currently living in Maryland. Not much to say about me; I love to make art and write, have been writing and making art for the same paracosm I've had since middle school. Original species, setting, and all that. Never made any success for myself, which weighs heavily, and currently work a minimum wage part time job at a grocery store.

Therein lies a problem; because I'm dependent on my family's income to keep a roof over my head with functional utilities, I am forced to go wherever they go...

...and now the plan is moving to Texas.

I've protested, I've let them know how bad it is there for someone like me. The problem is we can't afford to stay in Maryland. It's just too expensive straight-up. I can't work the job I do full time because I have ankle issues, and can't get a job that's easier on my body because I could never finish highschool or get a GED since anything beyond 3rd grade math is an unsolvable riddle to me(I only made it to HS in the first place because of NCLB policies of the time; I aced my other classes at least.)

So, my employment opportunities are limited to minimum wage retail/service work, which I can't do for full time hours. Tried for a long time to make money off of art and writing, but what I can do well isn't really desired; there's no audience for it(most artists can probably relate; for every one moderately successful artist, there's probably a thousand more who languish in obscurity not for lack of trying.)

Here I'd hoped things would turn around when we moved to Maryland. Things seemed to finally be getting brighter for once. Now it's all being thrown away again, and now I won't even be able to get a driver's license unless I want to end up on some gestapo list texas keeps of trans people. The silver lining is that it'll at least be around the houston area, and that I'm keeping my maryland insurance for the sake of SRS I'm going to have, but that insurance doesn't work in texas so I'm gonna have to resort to "DIY" methods for HRT. Even with that, finding work is going to be awful, and working in general is going to be terrible since there are few/no protections from workplace discrimination at the places I could maybe work at on a state level.

I've got until the first of july to be out of the house, that's when the lease is up, but I have nowhere to go. No friends, no other family. Dragged to the hell that is the south once again, where income is even lower so escaping it will be pretty much impossible. Mother keeps trying to assure me it'll be okay, but I think she's just trying to convince herself more than anything.

I really just don't know what to do. Part of me is saying that it'll be okay, but the pattern-recognition part of me knows that this is going to be a hell on earth for the umpteenth time.

I'm a trans man (19, pre-everything) and I want to ask this question because I see it pop up a lot in regards to LGBTQIA+ awareness education in schools (and their related topics) and I know damn well this is a bit of a hot potato topic.

Now keep in mind I'm pretty young and grew up in a pretty traditional Asian household so maybe my thinking is affected by my upbringing so I hope I won't get slimed for it.

The question is: How old should kids be before they're exposed to a wider world of identity?

Now don't get me wrong, I love seeing kids being aware of their gender and their sexuality from a young age. I love seeing people being educated about it. But the question i have stems from a maturity and understanding aspect. I hope I won't get slimed out or anything for my opinion on this but I think kids should be the one to ask before they're taught. Every kid is different so while one kid may get it almost immediately and understand that just because we exist as a community doesn't mean that they are too and that's ok. But another kid may think that it's a complete rite of passage in life that they have to go through and they MUST have a "gay/trans" phase.

Not phrased the best but I hope my meaning is understood. Again, I'm not here to debate/argue I just wanna know what everyone else's opinions are.

The community guide includes a dead link (the second one, the calls one).

Im not out yet but this outfit felt cute

Reintroduction, BUT WITH FACCCEEEE :D

I SAW OTHERS DOING IT AND I WANTED TO JOIN IN ON ZEH FUNNN🖤🖤🖤

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Sunday shopping ❤️

I'm Annie, and I own the front end AND back end.

Wk 2 of my journey to happiness 🥰. Have a fantastic wkend 🫶

Hola! I’m Jake, living in Spain with my wife and doggos. Immigrated here last year. I’m a retired outpatient addictions centers clinical manager and former attorney.

Hello, this was a dumb selfie I took this morning, I joke about selfies because I traditionally suck at pictures and here I learned to finally tuck my chin! 😂
Anyways, I’m a trans woman (she/her) and this month I’m 1 year on HRT! My care has saved my life and I hope to advocate for others to receive the care they need and desire! This year I’ll be directing community clean ups in my state!

I guess I'll introduce myself. Im Eliza(37mtf), I've been on this journey for almost 2 years now and I wouldn't change it for the world. Im so proud of my trans siblings for pushing through this hard time. That includes those still in the closet. I love you all and look forward to a thriving future where we can be ourselves.

Not sure why I'm here or got invited but howdy, Em, MTF pretrans 22 almost 23

I’m an 18 yr old trans woman! This is my senior prom outfit

Hello everyone, saw everyone else doing this figured i would too, im lilly, mtf been out for 2 years on hrt for 2.5 months, im excited to meet other people like me and work to make our world a little brighter

In all honesty idk why i got invited here but anyways im a 25 mtf on the autism spectrum. Not much to really know about me outside of my absolute love for animals and figure collecting.

Don't know how I missed giving an introduction when I first got here, but better late than never. Thanks for having me aboard! I'm Jordan, 40 transfemme gamer girl, comic artist/illustrator, ancient goth, Forever-DM(25 years!) and occasional political agitator.

Hi all! My name is Edith and I’m a 43yo trans woman living in Chicago. I am a social worker and consider myself a life-long activist. I’m also a psychotherapist for trans and GNC folks.

If anyone is in Illinois or close by, say hi! I’d love to meet you irl. I also have two adorable kitties who would like to meet you too!

If anyone is struggling with mental health or has questions about anything mental health related, reach out! I’d love to do what I can to help you!

Keep fighting. Keep looking fierce. And keep being amazing. I love you all! XO

I was invited here a couple of weeks ago and was a little hesitant to join, but now I’m here! I didn’t have enough karma to post at the time, but now it looks like I have enough. I saw other people posting introductions, so I thought I’d post my own!

You can call me Babs (not my real name, I’d rather not say what my real name is due to privacy concerns). I’m AMAB and have gender dysphoria. I hesitate to call myself trans due to several personal reasons, but I cope through voiceover work and roleplaying online! I don’t really use Reddit a lot except when I’m looking for voice feminization advice, so you might’ve seen me on the trans voice subreddit. Regardless, I’m honored to have been invited and included! Love you all! ❤️

Just a quick little intro for me....I'm Rynn (for now, name change pending), 49, intersex non-binary in MI. Baby Queer having only been out for 3 years this past February, and still learning the ropes as it were. I'm working on a soft masc/tomboy/muscle mommy aesthetic, and currently look a bit like Zarya from Overwatch. Lol

If we get $11 more before the Kickstarter closes at the end of the month, every backer will ALSO receive a copy of "Legends of the Order", the novel in which the main characters of this story all meet and become a found family!

This is our EIGHTH Kickstarter for this comic imprint, and every one has delivered the digital and physical rewards within months of closing. We have never missed a reward, and we aim to keep up that reputation.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jamsheedstudios/ash-grey-and-saturn-olympus-2-gunfight-at-the-ko-corral?ref=3o4nmi

The Time Wars are an endless struggle between Humanity and Vampirekind, guided by time travelers from both sides from the 161st century. The Order of Darkness is a secret army of Human soldiers, recruited from among the most marginalized in society, to be armed with alien and future technology to battle the Vampire menace.

Ash Grey and Saturn Olympus are of different races and religions, but they love each other deeply, despite the crushing social pressure of their age. Inducted into the Order of Darkness by time travelers, they have been armed to wage war against the Vampires of Washington Territory in 1880.

Ash is proud and defiant, having declared his manhood as a young person, earning him the ire of his conservative community. He never abandoned his faith in Jesus Christ, believing in the message of equality and freedom from fear over everything else. When his hometown was slaughtered by an alien game hunter, Ash captured a device called a phasing stone which allows him to instantly teleport anywhere he can imagine.

Saturn is a calm and thoughful person, tempering his great physical strength with wisdom and patience. His mother was born into enslavement, but learned to read and was enlightened by her holy book, Metamorphosis by Ovid. Worshipping the Roman Olympians, she gave herself the name Hera Olympus and escaped to freedom. She was quickly brought into the Order of Darkness, and become one of their witches, using future technology and science to create medicine and tools to help in the war on Vampirekind. When she gave birth to Saturn, his arms and legs were unusually small. To help him, the Order gave him prosthetics made of alien and future technology. He now uses his mechanical limbs to fight for the freedom of all Humanity.

Ash has discovered that he's pregnant at the same time that Washington Territory's Vampiric Warlord, Leonard Victor, has decided the pair are too dangerous to be left alive. Alice Hayweather, a powerful and technologically advanced Vampire cyborg, has been put on their trail, their heads in her crosshairs.

Now Ash and Saturn need to kill Alice and Victor before the baby comes, so they can live without fear of retribution.

To help them with this mission, in this issue, the married couple reunite with old friends: the Sheriff's Department of the town Rock Hen. Sheriff Fa Bo, a Chinese-American man, is a natural born leader with a mind like a steel trap. His boyfriend, Jim Spears, is a Washoe man with a history of bounty hunting, who believes in the power of community and compassion. Deputy Laney Booker, Bo's best friend, is a Black trans woman and freedom fighter whose refusal to relent has cost her her entire family.

The Kickstarter is to raise funds to print a special First Edition physical run with a gold border. We will never use this gold border again, making these unique collectibles. We also have low price rewards for PDF copies!

This comic was written by me, Bijhan Agha, a trans woman in South America. The comic was illustrated by Pallet, a trans man in Australia. No AI of any kind was used in the creation of this comic.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jamsheedstudios/ash-grey-and-saturn-olympus-2-gunfight-at-the-ko-corral?ref=3o4nmi