#Queer Jeweler

[satyrmagos]

The first of the four designs from my 2022 Pride Line: Sacred Sappho, divine ancestor of women who love women.

Sappho, on the off chance that you don't know her, was a poet from the island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea, who lived and wrote in the seventh and sixth centuries BCE. Her work was taught as a pinnacle of poetic skill for centuries, well into the Roman Empire, until - through a combination of censorship, neglect, and luck - it was lost to the ages. No contemporary biography survives, and we are left with mere scraps of her estimated 10,000 lines of poetry, but her work has been associated with sexual love between women since the Hellenistic period. Now, she and the island from which she came are virtually synonymous with queer women and their experiences.

The image is based on one of the few surviving images of Sappho, a black figure vase painting from the late 6th century BCE.

* Made of solid .925 sterling silver or shibuichi (an art metal alloy made of 3:1 copper:silver), yellow brass, or red bronze.

* Available as a coin, with an upeye for use as a pendant, or with three jump rings for use in a rosary-style necklace.

Each piece is hand-made to order in my home studio, with unique variations and defects as a result of the fabrication and casting process.

#Sappho #Pride Jewelry #Jewelry Art #Jewelry #Art Jewelry #Queer Artist #Queer Jeweler #LGBT #Sorcerers Workbench

[samimarkart]

art I have up for grabs! All pieces are the originals in acrylic and oil paint (and the last one is an entirely sewn by hand quilt made of cotton with polyester batting) please message me if you are interested in any of the pieces here and I can get them shipped out to you! all come with hanging mechanisms. I am currently navigating self employment with my student loans starting next month and would appreciate any support! share with your buggy friends

#my art #painting #art #fiber art #queer artist #acrylic painting #quilt #insect #bugs #quilting #oil painting #trans artist #grasshopper #jewel beetle #stick insect #jungle nymph #vending

[seeingteacupsindragons]

So happy for Seigi that he got the hot, brotherly, well dressed, protective, athletic, wealthy, educated, multilingual, intelligent, doting older man to cook and clean for that he's always wanted in life.

#Jeweler Richard #The Case Files of Jeweler Richard #Housekishou Richard #Seigi sounds like a tradwife here but it is what it is #he's too queer for that

[khattikeri]

always pisses me off when people call a very obviously queer work "queerbait" just bc the main duo doesn't kiss or fuck on screen. or bc there's more heavy focus on a plot than on romantic scenes. like maybe you should eat more walnuts i hear they improve brain function and intelligence

#keri chats #brought to you by me remembering all the people who call jeweler richard BL bait #the 2nd case involves a lesbian struggling with internalized comphet + protag ON SCREEN thinks about how much easier he has it as a man. bc #he never once questioned or agonize over his own attraction to women. then the girl he likes comes out as aro/ace and he supports her #protag starts crying at the idea of his current male partner getting married and having kids with their ex #and realizes he wouldn't be reacting that way unless he seriously loved them #very queer very queerplatonic. always together influencing and helping each other. and you call it BAIT??? get out of my fucking house #ok to rb

[futuresoon]

i was on the bus for a while today so it was Reading The Case Files Of Jeweler Richard On The Bus Day (i have gotten through six volumes in this manner), and i gotta say, if any other series had the male co-lead say to the male lead, "i love you. i love you so much, i can't help myself" and have the narrative treat it as 100% platonic, i would've been very frustrated, but fortunately a nice japanese person on twitter has told me that it's just a very very slow burn so instead i get to claw my face off in a good way

#case files of jeweler richard is a weird case where it kinda feels like queerbait a lot of the time #but there's just enough actual queerness present in the story that you think maybe it's genuine #anyway it's a good series if you like a protagonist who's The Most Oblivious Man Alive #futuresoon talks about the case files of jeweler richard

[genderdoomed]

A-spec Gem Emojis

Asexual | Aromantic

Aroace | Abrosexual

#genderdoomed #queer #emojis #pride emojis #asexual #ace #aromantic #aro #aroace #abrosexual #abro #gem #jewel #diamond #crystal

[abyssal-debonair]

“There’s a sensibility that we can pass down in our cultures,” says Gomez. “That changes the way the culture works, even if it’s only in tiny ways.”

#humans #poc #queer #gay #lesbian #black writers #lgbtq #lgbt #black feminism #jewelle gomez #bipoc #qpoc #queer bipoc

[puppy-pie]

💅👠 you asked me about butt plus and figured I answer from anon rather the my actual account name to keep the suspense going . It was purple silicone butt plug silicone , not jeweled my cute butt doesn’t have any me yet !

Awww purple is such a good color for bimbos! I bet it looked great in you! I prefer jeweled plugs myself, they look so cute inside subs. But I’m sure your purple one is just as cute! Hope you had fun playing with it, I bet it made you all needy hm?

#queer nsft #t4t nsft #trans nsft #ftm nsft #dom posting #soft d0m #jeweled plugs my beloved <3 #anon ask #anon answered

[peachy-sorbet]

Drew another RWBY oc <333 Kya Valentina Lionheart my beloved <333

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Do NOT repost my art

#rwby fanart #rwby oc #rwby #my art #digital art #digital artist #artist on tumblr #lgbtq characters #lesbian #steampunk #rosetinted jewels- Kya Valentina Lionheart #queer characters #original character

[chrysalis-the-butterfly]

Queer Ladies of Sonic the Hedgehog

The Sonic franchise doesn’t have a whole lot of romance.  There’s the occasional ship tease, and that’s about it.  And there definitely isn’t a lot of queer content.  

However, there are some Sonic characters who have been confirmed to be LGBT+ in some way.  It’s usually just a behind-the-scenes comment from someone working on the series, rather than representation in the story itself - but hey, it’s better than nothing.  

I was interested in the women and girls in particular, so here’s all the (almost) canonically queer ladies associated with Sonic the Hedgehog.  

Look under the cut to see the full list!  

Sally Acorn is bisexual and Nicole the Holo-Lynx is in love with her.  

Pre-reboot, Sally was Sonic’s girlfriend.  Post-reboot, however, the writers place a greater emphasis on her connection with Nicole.  This would suggest that Sally is bisexual.  

Nicole loves Sally back, so - depending on whether you see her pre-reboot interactions with Shard and Espio as friendly or romantic - you could read Nicole as lesbian or bi.  

At one point during the Spark of Life arc, Sally asks Big the Cat if he minds that Nicole isn’t organic like the rest of the Freedom Fighters.  Big’s response is, “As long as they’re nice, I don’t care what anyone is.”  This exchange could be read through a queer lens - in which case, Sally is checking to see if others are okay with her dating Nicole, and Big is suggesting that he’d accept them.  

Ian Flynn has stated that he supported the Sallicole pairing and left subtle hints to it throughout the Archie Comics series.  However, it wasn’t featured too strongly because he knew a large proportion of the Sonic fanbase would not accept Sally dating anyone other than Sonic.  

Gold the Tenrec is sapphic.  

Evan Stanley stated on her Tumblr blog @spiritsonic​ that she was “leaning towards either bisexual or lesbian” for Gold’s orientation.  She added that Gold would crush on Blaze, Sally or Clove: “women who seem to have their s*** together”.  

Gold’s sapphic identity was never established in the comic before it was cancelled.  In the Silver Age arc, her only appearance, she was surrounded by boys and men - Silver the Hedgehog and Professor Von Schlemmer.  

Clove the Pronghorn is a lesbian.  

Aleah Baker has stated that Clove was intended to be written as a lesbian.  Her conflict with Sally and Lupe had “a mix of admiration of their leadership with a bit of a crushing angle”; that was Baker’s mentality when writing.  

However, there was “zero romantic angle” to Clove’s story, her lesbian identity was never acknowledged, and the comic ended before she could be put in a situation where romantic stuff would become relevant.  

Tangle the Lemur and Whisper the Wolf are in love with each other.  

The creative team at IDW Publishing is aware that people ship Tangle and Whisper, and has been leaning into it in subtle ways.  For example, Whisper’s tail wags rapidly when Tangle puts an arm around her.  

Flynn has explained that SEGA does not want the IDW comics to “go in-depth” with any romantic relationships - even Sonic and Amy are supposed to be “just very good friends”.  So in a similar vein, Tangle and Whisper have to be written as “really, really, really, really, really, really the bestest of friends.”  But hints are still being dropped.  

Amy Rose and Tekno the Canary got married and had a kid.  

In Sonic the Comic, Amy and Tekno were two Freedom Fighters and good friends who were sought out by the Ring of Eternity, a sentient dimensional warp which sent them on missions to right wrongs and fight injustice through time and space.  

In an issue of the fan continuation Sonic the Comic Online which was co-written by Nigel Kitchen (someone who contributed to the original series), a glimpse into the future reveals that Amy and Tekno will settle down together and have a son, and that Sonic will be his godfather.  

Given that Amy and Tekno also have a soft spot for the boys in their life (Sonic and Shortfuse, respectively), it could be said that they are bisexual in this continuity.  

Rouge the Bat and Topaz had something going on.  

When these two women first meet, Rouge asks Topaz what she likes to do with her handcuffs (a joke that was cut from the official English dub).  She also teases Topaz about her age and weight.  

However, it’s hinted that a more friendly, or even romantic, relationship has developed over time.  When the portal to Sonic’s world is powered up, Rouge gives Topaz a gem - “a steal” from the jewellery store - as a parting gift.  She then bids her companion farewell as she enters the portal, leaving Topaz weeping.  

Rouge could be considered to be bisexual, given her canonical interest in both Topaz and Knuckles.  

Emerald the Iguana is genderfluid, Crystal the Cat is bisexual, and Sapphire Flutterby is a lesbian.  (And Jewel the Beetle might be a lesbian too.)  

Emerald, Crystal and Sapphire are some of the “Jewel Crew” OCs created by Jennifer Hernandez.  They have made cameos in the IDW series now that Hernandez is an official Sonic artist.  And one year, for Pride Month, Hernandez posted a picture of the Jewel Crew waving various pride flags on Twitter.  So I’m counting them as official queer characters.  I know, it’s a bit of a cheat.  

Three of Hernandez’s OCs are queer, and the other two (Jade the Cat and Ruby Ringtail) are allies.  

One of the queer characters is Emerald, who is genderfluid.  Emerald used to have she/her pronouns, but I don’t know if that’s still the case.  

Secondly, Crystal (the pale pink cat) is bisexual, and Hernandez ships her with Mighty the Armadillo.  

Finally, Sapphire (the butterfly) is a lesbian, and Hernandez ships her with Jewel the Beetle, as seen in her Patreon art.  This could mean that Jewel is also a lesbian, or at least questioning her orientation.  

And there you have it!  All the (almost) canonically queer ladies of the Sonic franchise!  

#sonic the hedgehog #wlwsonic #sally acorn #nicole the holo-lynx #gold the tenrec #clove the pronghorn #tangle the lemur #whisper the wolf #amy rose #fleetway amy #tekno the canary #rouge the bat #topaz #topaz sonic x #crystal the cat #sapphire flutterby #jewel the beetle #emerald the iguana #jewel crew #queer #sapphic #lesbian #bisexual #bi #pansexual #genderfluid #lgbt #archie sonic #post-reboot archie sonic #idw sonic

[mybirthstoneisemerald]

Years ago, I happened to read a blog about the similarities between The Watchmaker of Filigree Street and The Case Files of Jeweler Richard. And for years, I've been trying to read it but couldn't passed through the first few chapters. And today, I finished reading it.

And remembering that blog, I can say now that I agree. The relationship, the dynamic, the exchange of lines, and the story telling. Even the way Mori asks for tea. *Sobs uncontrollably*

#housekisho richard shi no nazo kantei #the case files of jeweler richard #nakata seigi #richard claremont #the watchmaker of filigree street #keita mori #thaniel steepleton #queer #platonic relationships

[satyrmagos]

A pair of pins featuring the staring eyes of Dionysos, my second Pride 2023 offering.

Dionysos, the many-natured god associated with mystery, ecstasy, madness, and contagion, has been widely recognized as a god of queer desires and queer bodies for centuries. To worship Dionysos is to be penetrated by him – by drinking of his wine, or even through the staring eyes of his icons and idols. These are those eyes: entrancing, bewitching, possessing.

I know that I’m several years behind on the collar-pin trend, but these Bacchic eyes are worth bringing it back.

It is worth noting that the eyes of Dionysos closely resemble the eyes of Classical Gorgoneions, and the eyes painted on the prows of ships, both intended to ward off evil.

Available either as loose pins, as pins with a chain strung between them, or – on special request – as a festoon necklace to hang around your neck.

#Dionysus #Eyes of Dionysus #Maenad #Satyr #Collar Pins #Pride Month #Gay Pride #Bisexual Pride #Pride Jewelry #Jewelry Art #Jewelry #Art Jewelry #Queer Artist #Queer Jeweler #LGBT #Sorcerers Workbench

[whilereadingandwalking]

In absolute queer classic The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez, a young girl flees slavery after her mother's death and finds herself adopted by the proprietor of a prosperous, well-run brothel in Louisiana. Before choosing to end her very long life, the proprietor gives the girl two gifts: eternal life, and her name, Gilda. From there, we follow Gilda through her life as a cautious, independent, queer Black vampire, from Yerba Buena in 1890 to 1950s Boston to the disturbing unknowns of 2050.

This was the perfect book to read to kick off Pride Month. Yes it's deliciously queer and sapphic. But more important for me was the queering of what constitutes family, home, and intimacy. Family is a very conscious choice in this world of vampires. They live by a code of exchange—to honor life, and to only take blood if you leave a dream, token, boost of some kind behind. Not all vampires are like them, but they try to change only those who are ready for the life, who are open to learn their way. And so there's a real study of chosen family, and of a group of people who are incredibly intimate even when thousands of miles apart. Gilda must learn how to be both open and independent, both cautious and intimate, and discover all the different ways there are to love.

Gomez's vampires are old in body and soul, and earthy—they carry their home soil in the hems of their clothes and stuffed into their pallets. They learn how to be both human and apart, to blend while changing lives, or causes, for the better. The characters are vivid, rich, and compelling, and each chunk of story has its own arc and change of scene. There are little craft things here and there. The 3rd person point-of-view can skip around, a loose end or two go untied. And when you read the 2020 section, remember that the book was written in 1991.

Overall, I really enjoyed this fantasy read that felt like a classic, with its careful language and with a big scope filtered through one woman's eyes.

Content warnings for sexual assault, racism/racist language, homophobia/homophobic language, violence, ableism, suicidal ideation.

#the gilda stories #jewelle gomez #sapphic books #queer books #pride month #bookstagram #my book reviews

[milesworld96]

#good day to be queer #THIS MAN IS SO FINE #roman reigns #the head of the table #the bloodline #wwe #wwe crown jewel

[catastrfy]

Stormé DeLarverié  and pronouns

Please do remember that Stormé DeLarverié's only preference for pronouns was that people use "whatever makes YOU the most comfortable". This is documented in print back to at least the 1960s*. And per her friends who I interviewed during my research for storme-delarverie.com, that did not change in her lifetime. Her friends who I've connected with all used "her". Other friends & neighbors have publicly used "they" or "he". Which means they all used what made them the most comfortable, which is exactly what Stormé wanted. * Avery Willard's book Female Impersonation was published in 1971, but his interview with Stormé (the only male impersonator he interviewed) was done while she was working with the Jewel Box Revue. That dates it to before 7 September 1969. The Avery Willard photos in Stormé's personal collection were taken in Central Park in late fall or early winter, which dates the interview to 1968 or earlier.

#Stormé DeLarverié #queer history #Jewel Box Revue #queer community

[reno-matago]

Manuel DIAZ ~Lanz

#jewel #fashion #androgyny #man #men beauty #queer #male photography #mask #veil