#lgbtqia

｡･:*:･ﾟ▹Fleuripesic

Fleuripesic is a gender related to lace, flowers, and jeans and jean shorts with flowery patters and/or lace. 

Pronouns can include:

• flor/floral/florals/florals/floralself
• lace/lace/laces/laces/laceself
• indi/indigo/indigos/indigos/indigoself

Day 14 of @cinnamogai​ coining event. Prompt: florals

[ ID: A digital watercolor wash of pale purples and peaches that loosely resemble jellyfish. Words are in dark indigo: “DNI IF: fit basic DNI criteria, gatekeeper/REG/exclus, anti-mogai, anti-lesboy/turigirl, trumpie, anti-aspec, anti-mspec gay/lesbian, anti-endo, proship/anti-anti, JK Rowling apologist, prolife/anti-abortion, anti-decolonization, TERF/radfem, anti-kin/anti-alterhuman, anti PNC & GNC.” End ID. ]

｡･:*:･ﾟ▹Fairygardenic

Fairygardenic is a xenogender that feels like a petite, whimsical fairy garden. It can feels like a hidden realm of magic and sparkles in a large, sprawling forest, lost to the outside world. 

Pronouns can include:

• whim/whimsy/whimsy/whimsy/whimsyself
• magic/magic/magics/magics/magicself
• petal/petal/petals/petals/petalself

Day 13 of @cinnamogai​ coining event. Prompt: art/literature

Here are all the terms that were coined for my event:

✧ Day 1: Pastel colors

diapaspenvelic,pastelfeelic,galactipastelplushalien,pastellian,softdecoric

✧ Day 2: Space

galactipastelplushalien,solatemfluid,lexealienic,andromedalunic,tallyspaceic,spacedecoric,

✧ Day 3: Sleepiness/Dreams

cryosleepgender,zzzdreaplushic,soporicomfic,weightedsleepic,raincozysleepvir

✧ Day 4: Rain

raincozysleepvir,monsellagardeya,rainvir/era/vire,stormcomfic,

✧ Day 5: Clouds/Fog

foginfivoidian

✧ Day 6: The Vast TMA

foginfivoidian,infinotheanette,genderabyssal,

✧ Day 7:Magic/Spells/Stars

alderspell,subsomnusalicafeelic,castgender,prilunaplushnoxskyic,

✧ Day 8:Nighttime/Darkness

prilunaplushnoxskyic,deprinothnes,stormynightaesic,

✧ Day 9:Deer/Moths/Candles

mothlacandlic,deersproutial,plushcervinnamoncandleyn

✧ Day 10: Cities

cininoean,pigeflockic,citynightaesic,retrocityphotographeous

✧ Day 11: Retro/Vintage

retrocityphotographeous,wronggenretric,

✧ Day 12:Costumes/Masks/Eyes

playexcitartis,bylighteyesic,niaomasquic,corvidocmasquefogvir

✧ Day 13:Corvids

corvidocmasquefogvir,magshinic,magpiesproutaen

✧ Day 14: Cosmic horror

eldricrystalvir

✧ Day 15:Rocks/Gems/Minerals

eldricrystalvir,geocrystkayic,jeweltonesic

✧ Day 16: Weirdcore/Oddcore/Dreamcore

houseweirdcoric,weirdiscomfix,podcaliminalweirdcoric

✧ Day 17: Favorite fandoms/free day

podcaliminalweirdcoric,lonusfaevir,holdingcatquoteic

Anyways, top three favorite terms + the art rewards for them! But first, three runner-ups.

Runner-ups:

✧eldricrystalvir - a MIN gender related to eldritch beings covered in crystals

✧podcaliminalweirdcoric - a KEIN gender related to weirdcore podcasts + liminal spaces

✧spacedecoric - a gender related to bedroom with space decor and spacey softness

Top 3:

✧holdingcatquoteic - “He is holding a cat” quoteic from WTNV

✧foginfivoidian - a KEIN gender related to infinite fog voids

✧monsellagardeya - monsoons, decorated umbrellas, rain, and wet plants

For the winning coiners, @neopronouns,@eccentric-kalki-talde, and @indigojupiter2, I’m going to do an art commission for each. It can be anything, but no anthros, NSFW, or heavy gore. You can even just send me a one word prompt. Just please specify if you’d like it to be lineart/ink, color flats, no lineart, or lightly rendered :>

｡･:*:･ﾟ▹Lawlightshipic

Lawlightshipic is a gender related to having Lawlight, L/Light from Death Note, as one’s comfort ship. 

No suggested pronouns 

requested by anon

[ ID: A digital watercolor wash of pale purples and peaches that loosely resemble jellyfish. Words are in dark indigo: “DNI IF: fit basic DNI criteria, gatekeeper/REG/exclus, anti-mogai, anti-lesboy/turigirl, trumpie, anti-aspec, anti-mspec gay/lesbian, anti-endo, proship/anti-anti, JK Rowling apologist, prolife/anti-abortion, anti-decolonization, TERF/radfem, anti-kin/anti-alterhuman, anti PNC & GNC.” End ID. ]

｡･:*:･ﾟ▹Catamagicis

Catamagicis is a gender that can be described as a clear, crystalline waterfall in a dense, verdant forest of magical plants. It has multitudes of large and small glowing mushrooms teeming at the edges of the mirror-like water, and golden butterflies fly up into the sky through an opening in the treetops. 

Pronouns can include:

• glow/glow/glows/glows/glowself
• crys/crystal/crystalline/crystals/crystallineself
• flow/flow/flows/flows/flowself

Day 12 of @cinnamogai​ coining event. Prompt: fantasy/mystical

[ ID: A digital watercolor wash of pale purples and peaches that loosely resemble jellyfish. Words are in dark indigo: “DNI IF: fit basic DNI criteria, gatekeeper/REG/exclus, anti-mogai, anti-lesboy/turigirl, trumpie, anti-aspec, anti-mspec gay/lesbian, anti-endo, proship/anti-anti, JK Rowling apologist, prolife/anti-abortion, anti-decolonization, TERF/radfem, anti-kin/anti-alterhuman, anti PNC & GNC.” End ID. ]

｡･:*:･ﾟ▹Balcgardenic

Balcgardenic is a xenogender that feels like a small, well cared for plant pot garden. The garden could be on someone’s yard, porch, terrace, balcony, windowsill, etc. It feels like a small spark of joy in that one only notices if they stop to look around.

Pronouns can include:

• gard/garden/gardens/gardens/gardenself
• terra/terrace/terrace/terrace/terraceself
• leaf/leaf/leafs/leafs/leafself

Day 11 of @cinnamogai​ coining event. Prompt: plants

[ ID: A digital watercolor wash of pale purples and peaches that loosely resemble jellyfish. Words are in dark indigo: “DNI IF: fit basic DNI criteria, gatekeeper/REG/exclus, anti-mogai, anti-lesboy/turigirl, trumpie, anti-aspec, anti-mspec gay/lesbian, anti-endo, proship/anti-anti, JK Rowling apologist, prolife/anti-abortion, anti-decolonization, TERF/radfem, anti-kin/anti-alterhuman, anti PNC & GNC.” End ID. ]

｡･:*:･ﾟ▹Altaramic

Altaramic is a gender related to tall trees that grow so tall that they seem to touch the sky. They pierce through layers of clouds and fog so that they seem endless. Looking up at them is dizzying and thrilling. 

Pronouns can include:

• branch/branch/branches/branches/branchself
• sky/sky/skys/skys/skyself
• fog/fog/fogs/fogs/fogself

Day 10 of @cinnamogai​ coining event. Prompt: growth

[ ID: A digital watercolor wash of pale purples and peaches that loosely resemble jellyfish. Words are in dark indigo: “DNI IF: fit basic DNI criteria, gatekeeper/REG/exclus, anti-mogai, anti-lesboy/turigirl, trumpie, anti-aspec, anti-mspec gay/lesbian, anti-endo, proship/anti-anti, JK Rowling apologist, prolife/anti-abortion, anti-decolonization, TERF/radfem, anti-kin/anti-alterhuman, anti PNC & GNC.” End ID. ]

Hi! I’m author and illustrator Alice Oseman, and I got to design the cover for the US edition of my latest YA novel, Loveless. I’m here to tell you all about that design process, from the first sketches to the finished cover!

THE FIRST SKETCH

I had a pretty clear vision of what I wanted the cover to look like right at the start. Lovelessis set at university, and its protagonist, Georgia, is thrust into a world of packed college bars, sweaty clubs, lecture halls, and busy dorms. Students are everywhere, but the main characters of Lovelessare all little alone in their feelings. So my idea for the cover of Lovelesswas to feature the five main characters of the story amidst a tightly packed crowd of students at a college bar, to try to capture that feeling of being alone in a crowd.

LINE ART

Scholastic liked my idea (YAY!) but their suggestion was to bring Georgia to the foreground a little more, so she’s clearly the protagonist of the story. I did this in the next stage of my cover design process – the line art stage. I transformed my sketch into a much tidier line art illustration, and I was super happy with how it was looking!

COLOUR EXPERIMENTS

Next up was colour. I’ve always considered colour to be one of my weaker skills as an artist, so I wanted to try out lots of rough ideas before settling on a colour scheme for the cover. I knew I wanted purple to be a big feature – it’s the colour of the UK cover, which I fought very hard for, because it’s the main colour of the asexual flag.

 I started with some rough studies:

And then I went ahead and coloured the illustration. I still wasn’t happy with my colour choices, so I edited the colours a lot and created a new spread of colour ideas. There were a lot of them, so here are just a few:

THE FINISHED COVER

 Eventually, and with Scholastic’s help, I settled on the colours I liked. I added in some final tweaks and details, and then the illustration was complete! I handed it over to Scholastic to create the typography for the text and to add on all the final bits and bobs. And then… we had a cover!

Start reading Loveless now!

Representation across the queer spectrum is vitally important for readers to see themselves in books! ️‍ We’ve pulled together a list of books to read that feature gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, asexual, aromantic, and sapphic relationships, characters, and stories. 

 Here are some of our favorite books to read across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum! 

Rise to the Sun

Toni and Olivia are both searching for a way forward when they find each other at the Farmland Music and Arts festival. As the weekend gets more complicated, Olivia and Toni will realize that they need each other, and music, more than they ever could have imagined. Start reading here!

Heartstopper

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A sweet coming-of-age story that explores friendship, love, and coming out. Start reading here!

Things We Couldn’t Say

Just as Gio is owning his bisexual identity, he must also face the return of the mother who abandoned his preacher family when he was nine. He’ll soon find that there are no easy answers to love – whether it’s family love or friend love or romantic love. Start reading here!

You Should See Me in a Crown

A joyful book about a queer Black girl who runs for Prom Queen to win a college scholarship…but then finds herself falling in love with one of the other girls in the competition. Start reading here!

Loveless

An exceptional novel about discovering that it’s okay if you don’t have sexual or romantic feelings for anyone…since there are plenty of other ways to find love and connection. Start reading here!

Fire Becomes Her

In this 1920’s-inspired queer fantasy featuring an aromantic and asexual main character, can Ingrid forge her own path in a world where magic buys votes?

I Wish You All the Best

After Ben comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they’ll move in with their estranged older sister and find friendship, love, and acceptance along the way. Start reading here!

Going Viral 

InGoing Viral, when Claire Draper’s fictional love story about the girl across the street goes viral in the wake of a pandemic, the line between reality and fiction is blurred. But will she be able to tell the difference? Start reading here!

The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali

When Rukhsana’s conservative Muslim parents catch her with her girlfriend, Rukhsana’s carefully planned future begins to collapse around her. Start reading here!

Follow Your Arrow

Bi influencer CeCe’s fans love her relationship with her girlfriend Sylvie…so what happens when they break up and CeCe learns to speak her truth? Start reading here!

Magical Boy

Max is your average trans man trying to get through high school as himself, but his life is turned upside down when his mom reveals an eons old family secret: he’s descended from a long line of Magical Girls tasked with defending humanity from a dark, ancient evil! Can he become the next Magical Boy? Start reading here!

Zara Hossain is Here

Zara’s family has waited years for their visas to be finalized, but now that dream is in jeopardy. Zara seeks justice to stay with her girlfriend and in the only home she’s ever known. Start reading here!

Girl from the Sea

After Morgan is saved from drowning by a mysterious girl named Keltie, everything they’re each trying to hide will find its way to the surface. Start reading here!

Tarnished are the Stars

The Lunar ChroniclesmeetsRook in this queer science-fantasy novel that features asexual, bisexual, and lesbian characters working together to put an end to a deadly epidemic.Start reading here!

Technically, You Started It

A hilarious, snarky, and utterly addicting book that explores friendship, sexual orientation, mental health, and falling in love (even if things might be falling apart around you) with bisexual and demiromantic protagonists. Start reading here!

Muted

A riveting story of ambition, music, and innocence lost - and a deep relationship between two girls who could be something more on their quest for stardom. Start reading here!

The Ghosts We Keep

After their brother is killed, Liam faces the world without the person they loved the most. Their brother’s best friend is the only one who knows what they’re going through…for better or worse. Start reading here!

Lie to Me

A pulse-pounding novel about love, betrayal, and a serial killer that features a bisexual protagonist falling for her best friend. Start reading here!

Here the Whole Time

A body-positive YA love story between two boys who must spend 15 days living with each other over school break. Start reading here!

The Music of What Happens

Over the course of one summer, two boys will have to face their biggest fears and decide what they’re willing to risk – to get the thing they want the most. Start reading here!

Where We Go From Here

A story about three boys whose lives will become intertwined in a story of HIV, friendship, love, and self-acceptance. Start reading here!