Since I've been crazy busy the past two months, I didn't end up having it in me to host the LGBTQ+ Pride event last month (I'm so sorry!), so I am combining it with the Disability Pride event this month! Each day has 1-2 prompts, some more focused on the disability pride and some more focused on the lgbtq+ pride. As usual though, the use of prompts is not required, any works about disability and/or lgbtq+ pride are acceptable.
Prompts
Rest day | Celebration
Mobility aid(s) | Glitter
Flare up | Drag
New symptom(s) | Dating app(s)
Community
Medicine | LGBTQ+ music/musician(s)
Distractions | LGBTQ+ Center
Surgery
AAC Device | Inclusivity
Grief | Remembrance
Change
Emergency | Clubbing
Diagnosis | Non-conformity
Needing help | LGBTQ+ films(s)/TV show(s)
Faking | Truth
Support
Injury | Pride Parade
Rejection | Rainbow
Therapy | Creation
Discussion | Coming out
New activity | LGBTQ+ sports league
Family
Bed | History
Whimsy | Gender
Hydration | Sexuality
Stuffed animals | Fashion
Art
Chronic | Elder queer
Visual | Summerween
Invisible | Kink
Joy
Rules
This event will start on Thursday, July 2 and end on Friday, July 31. Late submissions will be accepted through Saturday, August 8.
While there are prompts, the use of them is not required. Any work that focuses on disabled and/or lgbtq+ characters/themes/etc. is submittable. Please keep in mind that while allies and caregivers are appreciated, this event is not for or about them.
Include which prompt you are using in your submission
Submissions must include some form of a title
Submissions must clearly state the characters full name and which Choices story they are from. GOC characters must also include a gender tag (ex. m!MC, nb!OC). If you do not include this information, please send me a dm to let me know how you would like your character's names and such to appear on the masterlist.
Works about Spellfyre MCs/OCs/characters are also submittable!
If your work contains a relationship it must be labelled correctly, using "x" or "/" for romantic/sexual relationships and "&" for platonic relationships.
NSFW/mature submissions are allowed, but must be tagged properly and have the proper community label.
All submissions must be respectful of the disabled and LGBTQ+ communities.
You cannot submit AI generated content for this event.
Tag this account on all submissions. If I don't reblog within 72 hours, please DM me the post on this account as sometimes Tumblr tags can be unreliable. You can also use the #choices pride 2026
Love fully, equally, without shame and without compromise ~Elliot Page
Daenarya will find a way to stay connected to the Afterlife because—Midys. 😍😍😍
I can't thank @weetlebeetle enough for bringing my girls to life. They are just so cute! Like look at Daenarya!!! She just loves so proudly and openly and I love her so much.
Ummm regarding trans character requests, I think my Guinevere has my fave design out of my trans mc's, she's fun to draw imo
Or maybe my WTD mc Luke (trans male, he/him) or my Alpha mc Kai (bigender, she/him) + Mollie is a trans woman and my COP mc Cameron is nonbinary
(HDHD sorry for the whole list I just always wanna give ppl options 😭😭)
Guinevere
Thanks for the request! I love her design and she was fun to draw. Especially her hair, which I think I got carried away on since it should be straighter now that I think about it. Sorry about that.
Event Tag: @choicespride (Trans Right Readathon) and @choicesficwriterscreations (art of the week)
My Art Ish Thing Tag (Choices Edition): @storyofmychoices @aallotarenunelma @twinkleallnight @dutifullynuttywitch @loreofyore @peonierose @trappedinfanfiction
@choicespride Choices Disability Pride Month, day 1: Cane, also applies to day 15: comfort and day 31: symptoms
This is Phoebe, another one of my 4 Desire & Decorum MCs (I've also introduced Oliver). She romances Prince Hamid. Like him, she's a natural flirt, and the two of them hit it off almost immediately upon meeting.
As you can tell, she uses a cane - the second picture is her holding it up higher than usual so you can see it better! When Phoebe was two years old, she contracted paralytic polio, which gave her monoplegia (paralysis in a single limb) affecting her right leg.
She also experiences symptoms of post-polio syndrome - she struggles after walking for extended periods of time due to mild pain and general fatigue. She has a very carefree and energetic personality and enjoys taking short walks and traveling (even if the destination isn't very particularly from home), but she knows to be careful not to push her body too far. She began experiencing these symptoms a few months before the start of book 1.
She likes to wear looser dresses, the one pictured being her favorite. She loves being comfortable far more than she cares about being perceived as 'fashionable', and she also finds it's easier to move around when her legs are slightly less restricted.
Since it’s the start of pride month I want to remind everyone that Choices is currently one of the best LGBTQ+ immersive story apps out there at the moment. Choices has gender of choice MCs, has stories that offer pronoun options (which is very rare), and overall treats female LIs better (although not always great) than many other apps out there.
If you believe that this is a game reserved solely for women (and what these people mean really are cishet women) you are wrong. Choices has been making gender of choice MCs since the beginning and while they still have a long ways to go they’re more inclusive than many other apps out there for the LGBTQ+ community. We don’t have many other apps to go that are this inclusive.
While obviously Choices favors their cishet players which is a major problem they’ve also made it clear since the beginning that this is a game for everyone.
Inclusivity is not exclusivity and Choices accommodating for LGBTQ+ players doesn’t take away from your experience playing the game
We have every right to play this game and ask for genuine representation
Book: Open Heart (Prequel - Casey's Medical School Years)
Pairing: F!MC (Casey MacTavish) x F!OC (Jessica Phillips)
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Mentions of homophobia including a slur
Words: 1,545
Summary: Casey and her girlfriend Jessica are both busy med school students with conflicting schedules, and they're both eagerly looking forward to sharing lunch at "their" diner. One idiot nearly derails their plans, but the women won't let him win.
A/N: This is based on a real event from my past, and the game really was called "King Kong." The picture in the header, however, is Donkey Kong because there are no pictures of the cheap knockoff out there! lol
Participating in @choicesjunechallenge - romance, love, Pride Month, @choicespride and @choicesficwriterscreations pride bingo
“Fuck!” Jessica groaned.
She swore she’d pay attention. There was no way she was missing her stop this time. With competing hectic schedules, Jessica hadn’t seen Casey in nearly a week, and, except for this lunch date, they wouldn’t see each other again until the weekend. So she was not wasting five precious minutes of their time because she missed her bus stop. But in the end, she did.
Pressing the buzzer frantically, she grabbed the books that caused this whole mess and darted to the front of the bus, barely waiting for it to come to a full stop before jumping off. She walked frantically down the street and shook her head when she saw her reflection in the diner’s window. Quickly slicking back the errant red locks that had slipped out of her ponytail in the mele and applying lip gloss before entering. But it was for naught. Casey was already smirking in her direction as she walked in. She nudged a vanilla shake toward Jessica’s seat just before she leaned over the table for a quick kiss.
“Glad to see you’re right on time,” Casey teased.
“Hey, it’s just five minutes!” Jessica protested; looking at her watch, she corrected herself. “No, it’s four minutes. If I hadn’t put on lip gloss for you, I could have shaved off 30 seconds! But I wanted to be pretty for you.”
Casey’s eyes crinkled as she giggled. “Oh please, you’re beautiful without a stitch of makeup. And I’m not naïve – you just tidied up out there in an attempt to conceal that you missed the bus stop… again.”
Jessica’s shoulders dropped in defeat, and she reached across the table, lacing her fingers with Casey’s.
“I was studying for my biostats exam. I’m sorry.”
“You don’t have to apologize,” Casey grinned a smile so warm Jessica was instantly at ease. “I get that more than anyone. But far be it for me not to tease you.”
The waitress arrived and placed two cheeseburgers with sweet potato fries before the two women.
“You ordered for me?” Jess asked.
“I didn’t mean to be presumptuous, but you order the same thing every time we come here. And, if you wanted something else, I figured I’d just wrap your food and take it home for dinner.”
“Oh,” Jess winked as she stuck a fry in her mouth. “What are you, rich now?”
“Yes, I’m loaded in cheeseburger and fry money,” Casey laughed. “I just figured I’d get the ball rolling. I know you – you’ll need to play that damn Donkey Kong knockoff in the back before we leave, and forgive me for wanting maybe 10 minutes of makeout time with my girlfriend before we have to go our separate ways.”
“It’s called King Kong, and yes. I do have to play. Need to ensure I still occupy all top ten spots!”
“Afraid you don’t,” the waitress said while refilling their water glasses. “I noticed someone bumped you out of first this morning.”
“OUT OF FIRST!” Jess gasped. “Not even fifth or eighth, but first!”
“Wow, with how you’re grasping numbers, that biostat exam should be a cakewalk for you,” Casey snickered.
Jessica shot Casey a look and squeezed her hand tighter. “Well, you better finish that burger quickly if you want a makeout session! I have to knock that fucker down to at least third place.”
Casey couldn’t help but laugh; she already knew the makeout session wasn’t happening. Her girlfriend was obsessed with old arcade games from the 80s. That’s one of the reasons this was their favorite diner. But King Kong was where she excelled, and she proudly boasted that she always claimed at least eight of the top ten scores, and always the top three. She knew Jess well enough to know someone else being in first was unacceptable, and vengeance must be had.
“Who was it?” Jess demanded of the waitress. “Do you know who beat me?”
The waitress looked uneasily between Casey and Jessica before she let the name out. “Dirk. You know, that tall guy who….”
Jessica threw her napkin to the table. “Oh, I know Dirk.” She spat, jumping to her feet. “I’ll be right back.”
Casey asked the waitress to wrap their food, then quickly followed after her girlfriend. One thing Jessica loved about King Kong was having twelve characters next to each of her high scores. Each spot proudly proclaimed JESSLUVSCASE. But at the mention of Dirk’s name, both women knew this was about more than a high score.
The small dark room that housed the three games was empty this time of day, which was for the best; Casey’s heart sank at the sight of Jess hunched over the game when she entered. Jess’s face was red as she valiantly tried to hold back angry tears, though one or two had won their battle as they trailed down her cheeks. Casey peered over her girlfriend’s shoulder and let out a sigh, her suspicions confirmed. She looped her arms around Jessica’s waist.
“Don’t let it upset you. He wants it to upset you… to upset us… don’t let him win.”
“If he said me,” Jess’s voice trembled. “If he used my name and not yours, then I…”
Casey looked at the screen again… nine rows of JESSLUVSCASE topped by one CASEYISADYKE.
“Jess,” Casey whispered. “He’s a fucking moron. I mean, come on… he didn’t even get it right. I’m as femme as they come.”
That got a little laugh, but Jess was still crestfallen. “Do you think that asshole even knows the difference?”
“Nope. I don’t. But he’s an ignorant piece of shit, Jess, and I’m not letting him ruin the little time I have with you this week.”
Jess let out a breath and wiped away a tear. “I was planning on playing. So… you don’t mind if I play now… do you?”
Casey raised a brow at her girlfriend. “You’re going to play until you knock that off. Aren’t you?”
“You better fucking believe I am. I’m sorry, Casey, but if you want to make out, it will have to be right here, between games, because I’m not leaving until that shit’s gone.”
“As much as I appreciate you defending my honor, Jess, you don’t have to….”
“Can you run and get me quarters?” Jess interrupted.
“Jess, I said….”
“Casey! Quarters!”
“All right, then,” Casey saluted.
For the next hour, Casey made jokes about the dexterity of Jess’s wrists, quizzed her on carpel tunnel syndrome, teased it was a good thing she didn’t want to be a surgeon and more as Jessica focused on bumping Dirk and his bigotry off the board. A bright grin crossed her face as she entered JESSLUVSCASE one last time, then she fell back into a nearby stool. Casey moved toward her and took her hand.
“My hero,” she smiled. “You know, I appreciate it, but he could just come back and do it again tomorrow.”
“It took the fucker a year to get on the board. I doubt he’ll do it again easily… besides….” She stopped.
“Besides, what?”
“He’s in a lab across the hall from me today. And when I’m through threatening his ass, he won’t be so quick to do it again.”
Casey lifted her hand and caressed Jess’s tear-stained cheek. Offering a tender kiss before nuzzling her head on her shoulder.
“I’m a little amazed at you,” Jess said. “You’re taking this too well.”
Casey shrugged. “It’s not that I’m not upset… but I know Neanderthals like Dirk that will never change. Besides…” Casey grinned.
“Besides what?”
“I’m already fantasizing about the things I’m going to do to that sweet little car he’s always bragging about.”
“Casey MacTavish!” Jessica laughed. “As enticing as that is… I don’t want you to be charged with vandalism. That would be terrible for you when looking for a residency placement.”
“You’re assuming I’d be caught,” Casey winked. “You forget, I grew up in Philly. I know a thing or two.”
“Promise me you won’t do anything stupid….”
“Like ever? That’s a tall order, Jess.”
Jess pulled Casey close in her arms. “I’m sorry we don’t have time for that makeout session. I know how much that means to you.”
“Means to me?” Casey gasped. “Geeze, I like to think it means something to you, too!”
“It does,” Jess laughed. “Come stay over with me tonight. Let me make it up to you.”
“But your roommate hates me,” Casey sighed.
“She doesn’t hate you… she dislikes… everyone. Besides, fuck her.”
“Well, I’d rather fuck you, but….”
The two women laughed, and it warmed Casey’s heart to see Jess genuinely smile.
“Fine, I’ll endure Bertha the horrible, just for you….”
“You won’t even see her! But you’ll see me,” Jess smiled. “Casey, I’m so glad you’re part of my life.”
“And I’m glad you’re part of mine. Not everyone is willing to risk carpel tunnel syndrome a week before exams to defend my honor.”
“Well, if they’re unwilling to do that, they don’t deserve you!”
“Here,” Casey said, holding up the take-out bag. “It’s your lunch. Now, get your bus before you’re late for class.”
“Thank you. But I promise you, I won’t be late tonight. My place at 8:00?”
