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[gobstoneswithhector]

LGBT Books Coming 2021!

Here are some exciting and promising YA or New Adult books coming in 2021, all with LGBTQ+ characters and themes. There are so many more, but there aren’t covers yet or I’m waiting to include them in a follow-up post!

1. May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor (May 2021) - A trans boy enters a throw-down battle for the title of Homecoming King with the boy he dumped last summer.

2. Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee (May 2021) - A trans boy’s first love challenges the ideas of perfect relationships he writes about in his popular blog. 

3. Jay’s Gay Agenda by Jason June (June 2021) - After moving from his rural town to a big city, Jay makes a list of all the romantic things he will finally be able to do. 

4. In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens (April 2021) - A young prince must rely on a mysterious stranger to save him when he is kidnapped. 

5. One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (May 2021) - A 23-year-old realizes her subway crush is displaced from 1970’s Brooklyn, and she must do everything in her power to help her and try not to fall in love.

6. Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales (March 2021) - A bisexual girl who gives anonymous love advice to her classmates is hired by the hot guy to help him get his ex back.

7. The Girl from the Sea by Molly Ostertag (June 2021) - In this graphic novel, a girl can’t wait to escape the island where she lives. She has many secrets, as does the mysterious girl who saves her from drowning. 

8. Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas (May 2021) - A friendship forms between the popular boy and the boy prone to anxiety attacks. 

9. Bruised by Tanya Boteju (March 2021) - A teen girl navigates first love, identity, and grief when she immerses herself in the colorful, brutal, beautiful world of roller derby. 

10. As Far as You’ll Take Me by Phil Stamper (February 2021) - Marty is excited to be in London, exploring his sexuality, and finding the people he will call home. 

11. Infinity Reaper by Adam Silvera (March 2021) - The sequel to Infinity Son, Emil and Brighton try to navigate the ongoing war.  

12. When Tara Met Farah by Tara Pammi (January 2021) - Tara makes a deal with Farah to help her pass the math course in exchange for welcoming Farah into the local Bollywood Drama & Dance Society.

13. Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve (April 2021) - A trans boy wants everyone to see who he truly is and thinks playing a role on stage will help. 

14. The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver (June 2021) - After their older brother passes, Liam begins spending time with their brother’s best friend. 

15. Flash Fire by T.J. Klune (July 2021) - In this sequel to The Extraordinaries, Nick just wants to finish his self-insert bakery AU fanfic but can’t because new superheroes and villains keep showing up in his city. 

16. Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta (June 2021) - Two girls on opposite sides of a war discover they’re fighting for a common purpose and falling for each other.

17. Yesterday is History by Kosoko Jackson (February 2021) - After a liver transplant gives him the ability to time travel, a boy jumps back and forth between 1969 and the present, falling for another boy in the past along the way. 

18. Zara Hossein is Here by Sabina Khan (April 2021) - Zara’s family has waited years for their visa process to be finalized so that they can officially become US citizens. But it only takes one moment for that dream to come crashing down around them.

[a-candle-for-sherlock]

Perspective | Never before published images of men in love between 1850 and 1950

LOVING - A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s-1950s is a collection of historical images of men in love. Traveling Europe, Canada and

An incredible, wide-ranging collection of gorgeous photos. See the rest of the article here for more, and buy the full book here.

Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s-1950s | IndieBound.org

Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s-1950s | IndieBound.org

[ampervadasz]

[catsbeaversandducks]

“Sir, I can has fish?? Thank you, kind Sir!”

[theskoomacat]

Translation:

[weasel? comes up to a fisherman]

Fisherman: Friend, what do you want? [weasel sniffs at a closed bucket with fish] Hungry for some fish, aren’t you? Maybe I should give you a fishing pole? Eager beaver. Let me open it. [weasel is busy digging under the bucket. fisherman gently pokes it] Hey, there is a lid up here. Come on, pick any you want. [weasel grabs a fish and runs away] Hey, no “thank you”? Well, you’re welcome. 

[alexasenna]

I’m NEVER going to get tired of watching Russians interact with wildlife

[disease-danger-darkness-silence]

Weasel/marmot/whatever has zero fear of apex predator IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

We aren’t the only species with no sense of self-preservation…

[fruitffish-deactivated20250218]

All men were, without a doubt, works of art, part II

[ka039]

ATTENTION ALL GIRLS AND LADIES: if you walk from home, school, office or anywhere and you are alone and you come across a little boy crying holding a piece of paper with an address on it, DO NOT TAKE HIM THERE! take him straight to the police station for this is the new 'gang' way of rape. The incident is getting worse. Warn your families. Reblog this so this message can get accross to everyone.

[something-spectacular]

I will always reblog things like this, it won’t ruin your blog or the look of it, and this could potentially save a life.

PLEASE reblog this.

[nogistuneobrien-deactivated2016]

I have reblogged this about three times now and I will never not reblog it

[eyeslikeonyx]

i actually heard of this happening in atlanta not that long ago. that shit is terrifying as hell.

[nici-reads-deactivated20190926]

idc if it may ruin my blog look or whatever, if it means word gets out about these bastards then imma reblog x1000

[sunflower-flow]

reposting on my friends account

[memebone-deactivated20170524]

holy shit, that’s absolutely horrifying… definitely gonna reblog this shit, this could fucking save people’s lives.

[the-emerald-empire-deactivated2]

Maybe this will be useful to some of my followers! 

[percybluecookieheaven]

Everyone should see this, it’s really important

[maraschinobeso]

I reblog every time

[the-nightmare-gamer]

If you don’t reblog this you’re auto required to leave

[the-nightmare-gamer]

I fucking told you, auto

[supernovaenpanthera-moved]

dUDE

[ask-trans-feliciano]

hOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS IS HORRIFYING PLEASE REBLOG

[askthemisfitsgt-blog]

oh god oh god oh god

PLEASE REBLOG

I’M NOT EVEN JOKING

[sadtrashking]

WTF

[eddsworld-agent-au]

Stay alert ladies!

[anglerfish123-blog]

be warned

[rainbow-blossom247]

REBLOG!!!!!!!!!

[goddessofwaifus]

HOLY SHIT! GUYS REBLOG THE FUCK OUTTA THIS!!!

[danlop1970-blog-deactivated2022]

I’m used to not rebloging anything ………..BUT HECK YEAH I’M REBLOGING THIS!!!!!!!

[yuejo]

This is horrifying! Everyone please be careful!

[skippingseaglass]

!!!!!!!

STOP SCROLLING

PLEASE REBLOG

STOP SCROLLING

PLEASE REBLOG

[anony-phangirl]

HOLY CRAP!!! ALRIGHT ATTENTION TO THIS!! PLEASE REBLOG THIS!!! - THIS SHOULD ALSO BE A WARNING THEM GUYS!!! PLEASE!!!

[xxxko0kiexxx-deactivated2021012]

This isn’t a big thing in England (that I’m aware of) but I’m still reblogging this because I have American mutuals and followers! Please please stay safe guys 

[trashy-ash-deactivated20200722]

DON’T SCROLL PAST THIS!!!

PLEASE, PLEASE REBLOG THIS, THIS IS HORRIBLE AND IT NEEDS MORE ATTENTION

Please stay safe everyone｡:ﾟ(;´∩`;)ﾟ:｡

[daikon-limbs]

stop scrolling bitch 

[myucchu]

reblog this dammit

[patheticfelisa-deactivated20200]

!!!

[thebestoftumbling]

grizzly bear having a swim

[bananashemmo]

I’ve been laughing for ten minutes straight

[dlubes]

Bears are so weird I always forget they exist. They’re like dog humans

[asianartiste]

[cianmars]

Unrestrained summer fun

[neechees]

How to Draw Native People: a Tutorial/Reference Guide

As requested, here is a basic guide for how to draw Indigenous peoples (mostly focused on North America)! Also please note that this is not an exhaustive list of Native American phenotypes/features, and more like an intro on very common features that can be found in us, and even then, not altogether at once on a single person’s face. I highly encourage the use of references and care taken into research when drawing. I may do a part 2 that goes slightly more into depth, but for now, enjoy part one.

Resouces:

How to draw Native Skin tutorial (don’t draw us red!)

List of Native American Celebrities, which include their tribe(s) and home country, with 1,250 names, to use for your referencing pleasure

How to draw black people by Peachdeluxe, & Black hair in depth by misslaney for mixed black Natives

How to draw Asian People, a guide by Chuwenjie, for mixed Asian Natives AND because it includes a lovely tutorial on monolid eyes, a shared feature of Native people

get drawin!!

[bishonen]

he deleted them i

[bishonen]

update

[socialistexan]

Lil Nas X at all the dudes sending him duck pics:

[m--ood-deactivated20181217]

A very curious octopus.

[southernbitchface]

Watch this and be blessed

[taviacw]

“Why he smoosh my head??? Wait smoosh my head again.”

[foxsketch6543]

I am blessed… ;3;

[aseriouscomedian]

[letsgetsalty]

Agdgsgsgsg I’m LIVING for this Reef2Reef thread. This guy was worried about his urchins getting sunburnt so he made them little hats

[letsgetsalty]

IT GETS BETTER

[bogleech]

In the wild these urchins will in fact carry a small rock or shell exactly on top like this and im so happy there's people taking advantage of that and who care about their urchins as pets.

[commander-ledi]

i visited an aquarium at some point, and our tour guide told that when the staff had a party, they put a little decorative plastic hat from a booze bottle into the sea urching tank, and just left it there because the sea urchins liked it, and kept taking turns in wearing it.

[goingknowherewastaken]

Discovering that sea urchins wearing hats is a thing in this world means so much to me rn

[wulfhalls]

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005) DIR. ANG LEE  

[catchymemes]

Credit: @pet_foolery

[inkwell-attitude]

all the tips I found for drawing a fantasy map are like :) “here’s a strategy to draw the land masses! here’s how to plot islands!” :) and that’s wonderful and I love them all but ??? how? do y'all decide where to put cities/mountains/forests/towns I have my map and my land but I’m throwing darts to decide where the Main Citadel where the Action Takes Place is

[fatal-blow]

okay so i know i said most of this in the replies but it might be easier to actually reblog and say stuff instead lmao

Cities - go near water!  freshwater lakes and rivers (rivers especially) are the best places for cities because A) source of water and B) travel and trade is much easier cus you can put your boats like right there.  Basically ever relevant city ever was built on a lake or a river.

for rivers in general - because gravity, rivers run from mountains (forming from melting snow and ice (this is why they get fat in spring–more stuff melting)) to lakes/ocean where they can empty out (and even lakes will have rivers leading out that eventually get to the ocean), which can help when mapping out where those start and end.  rivers are also much thinner and faster in steeper elevations and very slow and wide when the land is flat

mountains - i like to think of what the tectonic plates look like because that’s what makes mountains!  mountains are also never standalone they’re always in mountain ranges (archipelagos are really just underwater mountain ranges babey).  a cool trick I like to do is occasionally separate mountain ranges across continents, because over time the tectonic plates shifted and literally split the range in half.  These mountains are really old tho so they’ve eroded and therefore it makes them smaller and rounder (like the appalachians) as opposed to relatively young mountain ranges like the rocky mountains which have taller and sharper peaks

Another mountain trick: if your mountains run along the ocean, the ocean side of the mountains will get a LOT of rain while the other side will be very dry–almost desert-like, in fact.  think of temperate rainforests in British Columbia vs the drier conditions in the canadian prairies

forests - depends on how warm the area might be.  coniferous forests are found further north (before you hit the tree line, and then it’s only tundra onwards) but as you head south you get leafier trees, and the leaves tend to get larger too

If you think about general elevation too, you’ll have places that might be swampy (wet + lower).  if your world has an ice age like we did, then glaciers may have carved the land, leaving piles of soil in the south that was left when the ice receded and places where the bedrock has been bared north of that (like the Canadian Shield in Canada–the reason we see that is because of the glaciers)

You might also have a land that’s dotted in a shitton of freshwater lakes as well because the meltwater filled the holes that the glaciers scraped out (this is why canada has so many goddamn lakes)

and if the ice age was more recent than it was in our world, then you might not even have the forest re-growth and it could be a lot of open plains

tl;dr i like to think of major climate events that might have also shaped the land on top of some basic rules

[possiblypedanticrpgideas]

The Artifexian has an entire series on building your world from literally the stars down and then the ground up.

Worldbuilding Videos - YouTube

All my worldbuilding videos

Though, for fantasy, you can make the world operate on entirely different principles:

With that done, the actual topic of city placement can be covered by videos like this:

Or

Once you have your places, if you want help naming them in realistic ways, this video can help:

This one is on architecture, which is definitely a subset of cities:

But for a more relevant practical guide on making settlements realistic:

Here’s a quick guide for making demographics:

[inkwell-attitude]

holy shit?

[dashaibo]

Or just play a few games of Civilization

[wulfhalls]

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005) DIR. ANG LEE  

[pleatedjeans]

[glitterlvng]

Oh my GOD

[squishfrog]

My boyfriend has the most beautiful animals

[whatsallthisnow]

What the hell kind of cow is that?

[william-snekspeare]

Don’t be rude that’s their boyfriend

[https-graces]

Japanese legend: you have the face of who you loved most in a past life

[ss5spaguetti]

Here's a wip💗