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02.09.22

“And it is hope, not success, that is the cure for depression.” —Orlando Da Silva

My law school orientation is officially over. Advice for first year students seems to rotate between “You’ll be fine. You’re smart. You’re here for a reason” and the “Welcome to hell. Here’s our collection of mental health resources.”

The highlight of my day was sitting down in a lecture hall and taking out a long-unused pen and notepad— the ones I’ve been saving since I attended a law school question and answer session in that very same lecture hall four years ago. I think I made it.

I just met the sweetest girls at my Orientation, I love being a girls girl

Thanks so much to Molly for a last educational powerpoint, and thanks so much to Rosemary, my fantastic new intern (expect a bio and pic soon!), for editing and compiling!

This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to learning about asexuality and the many nuances of sexuality, romantic attraction, and all types of orientations.  It’s best to learn directly from the mouths of the people themselves, though, so here are the above mentioned resources as click-able links:

The Asexuality Visibility & Education Network

The Asexuality Archive

New England Asexuals

The Asexuality Story Project

Demisexuallity.org

The Asexual Agenda

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૮꒰ྀི  ´ ᵕ `꒱აつ━☆‧₊˚ A s3xual / romantic orientation for those who’s orientation is both fluid and every orientation at once !

Jedenamisan : ( a term coined by @caeliangel ) a term for those who concider themselves to be every sexualities / orientations, weither it's at the same time, or fluctuating between them all, for whatever reasons. One could concider themselves multisexual, abrosexual or even, a form of pomosexuality!

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; do I understand every single specific of this persons queer identity ?? No. Does that mean they're invalid, lying and / or ruining my day ?? Also no.

Developing Diverse Characters...

...is hard. About a week ago, I started doing character development for a series I really want to write. The trouble with this is that I have been trying, with some difficulty, to invent a plethora of ethnically and sexually diverse characters. As a white, formerly sheltered, bisexual young woman, I've realized just how hard this is going to be for me. A few issues I've realised are:

I am white, which means I don't have a full grasp on what it's like to be a person of color in 21st century America, let alone a queer person of color in 21st century America.

I'm only halfway out of the closet. I've told some people about my sexuality (they were all, thankfully, very accepting) but I still hesitate to tell others. Because of this, I have not experienced the same criticism and hate that other members of the LGBTQ+ community have and therefore, I will likely get it all wrong.

I grew up in a very sheltered home and I mean sheltered as in, wasn't allowed to watch anything but Little Einsteins, Bob the Builder, and VeggieTales (bit of an exaggeration but you get the point). Despite the blinders having been removed in recent years, I'm still figuring some things out.

Then there's the issue of asking myself the question of if I'm including too much diversity. Nearly every character I've worked on so far is included somewhere among the LGBTQ+ community and while my aim is to cover a broad spectrum of sexual and romantic orientations, ethnicities, and lifestyles, the worry that I'm doing too much still creeps up on me.

And those among many others.

While it may stand to reason that, with enough research, it is possible to portray a mostly lifelike representation of everything I'd like to include, I always strive for the utmost accuracy in my writing. That, and I know I fall spectacularly short of the mark sometimes. All that being said, my goal would be to spread awareness while simultaneously not misrepresenting or offending any group or private individual. Of course, I do recognize that someone will get offended, no doubt. And I recognize that no one is perfect in any sense of the word.

Still, I hold to my claim: developing diverse characters is hard.

This is very well done and informative! -also funny!

Here’s the sexuality section of the posters my GSA will be putting up around the school!

These posters are by no means exhaustive and I only put the bare basics of each sexuality on the poster. If there’s a glaring error in a definition or something please tell me so I can fix it before we put these up in real life!

[genders]

Old picture I found the other day and this is still one of the best pickups I know!

ok, now this just feels like

“can you pick an identity and stick with it?”

“No.”

I don’t hate it though.

^_^ i think you should just take ur time on finding you identity , i've been struggling on finding it and i reccomend reading from others experiences, and finding people who are also struggling with finding an identity. Right now , i identify as a lesbian , and Fictionkinnie Aoi Asahina ! But you don't have to be like the people you know , be yourself and express it however you'd like ! thank you for the ask , sorry if i misunderstood 🍩

Diamoricgender Pride Flag + Symbol "diamoricgender is a xenogender that has something to do with being/the term diamoric.”