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qbdatabase · 6 months

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10 Bi4Bi Titles

I missed bisexual awareness week back in September, so here's a belated special post to celebrate! These 10 bi4bi titles (and some pan) have gorgeous covers in bisexual lighting to ooh & ahh over 💗💜💙

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nonbinaryresource · 1 year

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The Wicked Bargain is an upcoming book about a Latinx nonbinary transmasc teen pirate (written by transmasc Latinx author Gabe Cole Novoa) and the audiobook is narrated by Latinx nonbinary actor Vico Ortiz who currently plays a pirate in another show!!!

Book summary:

El Diablo is in the details in this Latinx pirate fantasy starring a transmasculine nonbinary teen with a mission of revenge, redemption, and revolution.

On Mar León de la Rosa's sixteenth birthday, el Diablo comes calling. Mar is a transmasculine nonbinary teen pirate hiding a magical ability to manipulate fire and ice. But their magic isn't enough to reverse a wicked bargain made by their father, and now el Diablo has come to collect his payment: the soul of Mar's father and the entire crew of their ship.

When Mar is miraculously rescued by the sole remaining pirate crew in the Caribbean, el Diablo returns to give them a choice: give up their soul to save their father by the harvest moon, or never see him again. The task is impossible—Mar refuses to make a bargain, and there's no way their magic is a match for el Diablo. Then Mar finds the most unlikely allies: Bas, an infuriatingly arrogant and handsome pirate—and the captain's son; and Dami, a gender-fluid demonio whose motives are never quite clear. For the first time in their life, Mar may have the courage to use their magic. It could be their only redemption—or it could mean certain death.

#the wicked bargain #book recs #nonbinary rep #trans rep #latinx rep #queer lit #gabe cole novoa #vico ortiz #i had no idea vico did book narration #looks like they've done a few to check out...

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alec-1016 · 1 year

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hey i watched and finished 911 lone star this week, so imma bring uo something that is very old(s1 or 2) but that impacted me A LOT

And that is the first(second? one of the first) tarlos fight, about Carlos telling his parents TK was his friend. I understand and feel for TK, especially after being fresh from a traumatic break up from a relationship in which he was clearly more invested than his partner(fuck u alex).

But I feel so much for Carlos. I am brazilian, like Rafael, and I feel like i live in the Reyes household, when Carlos was young. I am Carlos at 17, coming out, being hugged, being loved, and then having that part of himself be pushed under the rug. I will never come out to my extended family. I may take a while to transition medically, or never transition, not because I live with especially close-minded people, but because I live with humans that are sometimes afraid of what they don't know.

When Carlos said "I don't wanna rub their noses in it" I felt that, because I can't even talk to my mom about Lone Star without telling her that what drew me to it was the queer rep, esp the trans rep. Lat time I talked to my mom about a show like this, it was Star Trek Discovery, and she said "Wow, are there only gay people in these things you watch?". Needless to say, I tend to refrain from mentioning characters that arent cishet now.

I will have to cut contact with most of my family when I come out, if I wanna get married, get my name changed, etc.

When TK said "I thought they were nice people" and Carlos said "They ARE nice people. But they are not perfect" I felt that because I love my mom. She supported me though all of my crazy dreams, and my depressive episodes, my autism diagnosis. But she doesn't see her son when she looks at me, and she can't say my name. I have complicated feelings about my father, because he is a cheater w anger issues, but he calls me his son. He sends me articles on trans rights here in my town. He wants to see me become whatever I want. But he also left.

What I wanna say is, I never realized I needed latino rep in my media until I got it, especially queer latino rep. I am white passing, though both my grandmothers are/were black, so I always thought I was ok with seeing characters that were brunettes, like Hermione, or Belle. But seeing Encanto, and now Lone Star I actually saw my family there, with the mess and the thousands of tios and tias and primos, and the catholic guilt and the good food.

What I'm saying is Rafa said "The fact that we [Ronen and Rafa/ TK and Carlos] can just walk into your living room without your asking? Yeah, that brings me joy" bc ls is not a queer show.It's a show about first responders, and some of them happen to be queer. It's not next to RuPaul's drag race on the straming catalogue, but next to action shows. And it reminds me that people think that is "shoving it in theur faces". Because they feel queer rep, and queer PEOPLE should come with a warning, because they ferl they have the right to simply ignore out existence. Sometimes ut feels like simply existing is "shoving it in their faces" and I'm tired.

I am very privileged in my country, being the child of university professors, even though both of them grew up very poor. I am middle class, with fairly open parents and a queer sister, and for that I am grateful, and I realize that my situation is better than a lot of people's. I am not denying that. But it feels nice to see a story that looks like mine, not just a face. A story in US media, that I grew up watching and worshipping, far more than the relatively conservative media from Brazil(especially the novelas, jesus christ, someone save us from globo, recodrd and band and sbt), with a boy that reminds me so much of myself. With a trans male character for fuck's sake, that has to deal with the mess of dating as a trans person, of navigating your family and your transition. These people showed me that I am not alone.

Also Rafael is from my town and ever since I foumd that out I have been giggling internally, you guys have no clue 😅😅

Oh well, another rant no one asked for but I delivered anyways. I am very depressed, very disphoric and very hyperfixated on 911 ls, so...sorry, not sorry?

#Rafael Silva #911 #911 lone star #carlos reyes #tk strand #tyler kennedy strand #tarlos #latino #latina #latine #latinx #latino rep #brasil #brazil

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r-vxan · 2 years

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i’m actually really excited for the monster high animated series…like we don’t talk about the live action but it looks super fun and a pretty solid comeback from the flop era that was 2016.

even though as a reboot, most characters won’t be true to the original material (lagoona my beloved), the original web series and movies are still there.

i want to see how monster high grows from here and how they deal with the changes from the source material.

#also the representation!#i want the to highlight what representation was already there bc there are so many characters #i’m split w lagoona bc although i’m happy for the latinx rep #there’s also leaving her australian but highlighting her native indigenous heritage and bringing back other hispanic/latinx ghouls #skelita calaveras marisol coxi batsy claro #and even clawdeen g3 #there is no movie in basing-se #monster high g3 #monster high #pls bring jackson/holt back i beg

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fryingpan1234567 · 7 months

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The Nick Galitzine cinematic universe

#your genre is: queer dirty blond princes falling completely in love with a loud gorgeous latinx dumbass #with ambitions higher than any palace tower Prince Gay Idiot has been confined to #and they clean up very nice #also the only people willing to be sarcastic little shits who will call him out for being a dumbass #give us more Nick Galitzine queer prince rep #RWRB #cinderella 2021 #singing Queen as you do #he’s so <33

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lair-of-books · 2 years

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Spoiler Free Review: Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda

Title: Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster Author: Andrea Mosqueda Pub. Date: May 24th 2022 Genre: Contemporary YA/Queer Format: eARC Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Pages: 352 GOODREADS | BARNES & NOBLE | AMAZON | LIBROFM ☆☆ARC provided by Publisher in exchange for an honest review☆☆╮ Characters: 10/10 Atmosphere: 8/10 Writing Style: 8/10 Plot: 8/10 Intrigue: 0/10 Logic/Relationships: 8/10 …

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inkskinned · 2 years

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it's the levels of scrutiny too.

a movie that has a largely-female cast has to be well-written, well-shot, well-acted, well-advertised. people will spend 2 hours on youtube talking about a single plot hole; about a moment of bad pacing, about a singular background character's poor scripting. if there isn't something obvious, they will say - well there's nothing specifically bad, but it wasn't specifically good either.

they will turn out another all-male movie, and it's just a movie.

a book that has queer representation in it has to defy every convention of writing while also being true to traditional plot, structure, format, and pacing. it must have no boring chapters, no missteps, no awkward dialogue. it must be able to "prove" that any queer relationship "makes sense", their sparks must fly off the page and their love must be eternal. the writing must be clear and beautiful, the storyline original and fresh, the values traditional but with an undercurrent that is modern and saucy.

they will turn out another book without queer rep, where a man and woman just-fall-in-love, and it's just a book.

i am latinx. i am queer. i am nb & neurodivergent. my father said to me once: you will need to be exceptional to be just-as-good, and you will need to be beyond exceptional before they see you as just-a-person, and not your labels.

i am not beyond exceptional. i am a human person. i am skilled because i worked my ass off to be skilled.

i am currently reading a book that's so-bad-it's-good about a girl that falls in love with a vampire. i was 64% of the way through the book before she figures out tall-dark-fanged is not natural. i like books like these, i like letting myself relax while i just enjoy the read. but i do spend a lot of time wondering - would this have been published if it was about queer people? would this have gotten past the editors if the characters weren't white and sexy?

i want to write a movie about being a woman in a male space, and i want to start that movie with a 10 minute scene where the woman is lectured with the exact same whining that occurs in the youtube comments of even the trailers for those movies: "haven't we had enough diversity?" "we've had enough girl power movies" "sorry, this is just pandering. it's boring."

here's what's fucked up: it shouldn't matter, you're right. my identity shouldn't fold after my name like a battalion of stars: a cry of what i've gone through. what we all know i had to move past and through. i should just be a writer, plain and simple, without my work being shifted through with tweezers - i know everything i make, always, i am incredibly responsible for. beholden to. i don't like knowing that if i fuck up, i am also fucking up for every person like me. every person in a community i belong to.

once, back in undergrad, i wrote a short story about a girl who had been kicked by a horse. it was my first time writing about my experience with my ocd; i felt proud of it. the story was mostly about grief and slow recovery. the queerness of the main character was not important to the plot, my main character was just-queer. there wasn't even a romantic interest in it.

i remember one of my classmates being disappointed. "i just feel like you always write about girls who like girls, and i'm bored of it," he said. "you're a beautiful writer, but i'm like - oh, at some point, it's gonna be gay again." during the workshop, he folded his hands over my story and said, "and okay, i'm just going to say it. she's ocd, she's gay, she's depressed - it's a little much for me to believe is all happening to one person."

it is a little much to be that person (and more besides). i have therapy weekly, after all.

over and over, belonging to exception.

#spilled ink #poetry #prose #warm up #idk what this is #maybe more of a confession #btw the book is called crave it's OKAY #it's very straight #main character keeps being like totally okay with situations where dude is DEF #being a stalker villian #she's known him for a WEEK and shes like #'hes all that matters'#girlfriend ur parents only died a MONTH ago #there's a lot about timing in that book im like .... did this author ever have any #actually bad experiences #like main character being like ''i shouldn't cry over them it's pathetic'' a mONTH after her parents die #btw this isn't bc she's in denial/suffering/etc it's bad writing #the narrative is instead like #'' .... bc the author doesn't want to remember to discuss it''#she forgets she has a sprained ankle a lot #tbh im THIS close to saying ''fuck good writing''#and writing my OWN stupid supernatural school YA romance #and YES!!!!! IT WOULD INDEED BE GAY #''oh this school? we're all... different here....bc... of the witches??oh . i mean yeah but no actually we just really believe in a diverse

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coochiequeens · 21 days

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My state has good news for women for a change!

A Connecticut Democrat successfully changed the wording of new legislation to add the phrase 'expectant mothers', after branding the original suggested language - 'pregnant persons' - an affront to women.

State Rep. Robyn Porter, a Democrat representing New Haven, proposed an amendment to House Bill 5454 to incorporate the term 'expectant mothers' during discussions on a bill regarding state funding on Thursday.

'My children call me mother, ma, mommy. It depends on the day,' Porter said Thursday. 'I don't answer to pregnant person or birthing person. That's not what I answer to.

A huge part of my identity is wrapped around being a mother and a grandmother. So I find it an affront that someone would try to tell me that what they're putting on paper for the purpose of policy covers me when I'm telling you that it doesn't,' she continued.

The bill was originally launched by the Human Services Committee before reaching appropriations to incorporate the phrase 'expectant mothers' to lines five and six.

The original lines of the bill read '… shall create a strategic plan to maximize federal and state resources for mental health services for children six years old and younger, their caregivers and pregnant persons.'

Lawmakers voted 32-16 to adopt the term 'mothers' following a 35-minute debate.

The unexpected decision was achieved through a coalition of Republicans and members of the legislature's black and Puerto Rican Caucus - with all 16 opposing votes coming from Democrats.

Porter stated, 'We want to talk about discrimination? Well, I'm here to tell you that black people in America know that very well.

'This is where I really get frustrated in this building because what we say is dismissed, disregarded, disrespected. … I'm always asked to compromise when I come to the table, and I'm expected to do so.

She added, 'We were mothers first. Yes, times are changing, and I'm fine with that because that's life... But you don't get to grow, and you don't get to talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion and exclude me and the other women like me who identify as mothers. You don't get to do that.'

She said some women 'want to be called mothers. What's wrong with that?'

The primary advocate for the original language of 'pregnant persons' in the bill was Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, a Democrat from West Hartford.

'Pregnant person is actually the inclusive term,' Gilchrest said. 'It is a gender neutral term, and it would encompass expectant mothers, pregnant women.

'As we talk about DEI, this is the direction we are hoping to move in in this state and ideally across the country.

'And so the term pregnant persons is the more inclusive term, and so I would ask my colleagues to oppose the amendment.'

Many legislators representing the state's major urban cities rallied in support of Porter's amendment.

State Rep. Geraldo Reyes, a Democrat from Waterbury and a prominent figure in the black and Puerto Rican Caucus, emphasized the cultural significance of motherhood.

'Culturally, as a Puerto Rican person, there is nothing more sacred than a mother... There is only one mother … Just as I opposed the word Latinx, I oppose the word expecting person,' he said.

Similarly, Rep. Minnie Gonzalez, a Democrat from Hartford backed Porter's amendment and emphasized his support for the LGBT community.

'It's nothing against the LGBT community. It's nothing about them,' he said. 'Nothing against them. We support them … We recognize that they have rights, but where are my rights? I have the right to defend my rights.'

Rep. Anthony Nolan, a New London Democrat was emphasized then importance of the word 'mother' in black communities.

'I'm just astonished by some of the things that are being said,' he said. 'In black culture, who really are ingrained with that word mother, for us to go home and call our mother something other than a mother, we would end up with a slap across the face.

'We're not removing anything. We're just asking to add something that is dear to those that are speaking in regards to it, especially in the black culture.'

Last year, the CDC was slammed for 'appalling' new health guidance in which it replaced the word 'women' with the gender-neutral term 'pregnant people.'

The erasure of the term women can be seen in recommendations for a host of respiratory virus vaccinations for pregnant women.

This includes material promoting shots for Covid, flu and RSV - a common respiratory condition that most affects older adults and young children.

Although usually mild, all three viruses can be deadly in pregnant women.

All gender-specific terms — including 'she,' 'her,' 'women' and 'mother' — were replaced with gender-neutral terms like 'pregnant people' and 'pregnant person.'

A doctors' organization said the CDC was 'cowering to political forces' at the expense of sound medical advice at the time.

#usa #connecticut #Expectant mothers #State Rep. Robyn Porter #new haven #House Bill 5454 #Seeing a Democrat willing to say mother instead of gender neutral terms is like seeing a Unicorn

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margokesses · 2 years

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Fuck byler the real fucked up thing about vol 2 is how Lucas and Erica's "hero" moment had to be because of a hate crime. Why is a yt high schooler threatening to break the arms of a little black girl?? Why did Jason pull a gun out on Lucas and made him turn around and empty his pockets like a cop would?? And another thing: why is the only latinx rep is argyle just being the stoner comedic relief?? And they killed of Lucas' basketball friend??

#stranger things spoilers #stranger things #erica sinclair #lucas sinclair #argyle #hush ke

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faeymouse · 11 months

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I think one thing that particularly stood out to me about Across the Spiderverse (aside from it just generally being awesome) was the way in which it approaches the concept of mixed identities. Whether that be gender, culture, or (especially with Miles and Miguel) race.

As someone who also grew up as a mixed kid (interestingly, Latinx mixed as well with family in Brooklyn so I was particularly giddy about that rep in Miles and Miguel) the rhetoric of never being enough of either or — worse — having your identity constantly invalidated not just by others but by your own internal voice of judgement hit so damn close to home. Miguel specifically calling Miles a mistake? The first anomaly? Urging him to pick the tried and true path for people like them because he tried something different before and failed? BRO.

#spoilers #across the spiderverse #mixed race stuff #really riddled with feelings with this one ngl #like idk its so difficult to express unless youve experienced it but just trust me when i say atsv handles it awesomely

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qbdatabase · 6 months

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Welcome, enemies, lovers, and enemies-to-lovers! This month's theme is Haters & Fakers, featuring assassins hunting each other, liars and thieves, hate-fucking your husband, and that bitch you can't STAND 🍵🔪😡

View the full reading list with book summaries on wordpress!

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thedisabilitybookarchive · 19 days

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'Cemetery Boys'- Thomas, Aiden

Disability Rep: ADHD (LI)

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Fantasy, Contemporary

Age: Young Adult

Setting: USA

Additional Rep: Mexican-Cuban-American Transgender Gay Male MC, Columbian-American Gay Male LI, M/M, Peurto Rican-Mexican-American SC, Lesbian SC, Transgender Female SC

For more information on summaries, content warnings and additional tropes, see here:

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triviareads · 5 months

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Tastes Like shakkar sounds so good! What are your top 5 books with brown or desi characters?

I enjoyed Tastes Like Shakkar a lot more than I was expecting, and have relentlessly been shilling it ever since. It's such a solid romance, the sex was good, a lot of the desi family stuff (the concept of being a "family manager") really hit, but it never took away from the main romance. Also, it's always nice to feel "seen" in the books you read even though it's pretty rare for me, but since this was specifically about Indian-Americans in the NY-NJ area, I really felt that.

Here are books with desi rep apart from Tastes Like Shakkar that are in my top 5:

Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai: I debated putting my other fave by Alisha, Serving Pleasure, on here but Wrong to Need You portrayed a less-troubled desi family dynamic than Serving Pleasure so I'm picking this. Sadia is a widowed single mom grappling with her attraction to her brother-in-law, Jackson who's just returned after a self-imposed exile related to a mysterious fire. The restrained tension between these two is so hot (ok maybe not entirely restrained; she doesn't recognize him when he first returns and nearly has sex with him lol). Also, Sadia, like Jiya below, subverts the passive Asian woman trope on multiple levels, and based on the dynamic between her and Jackson.

I also liked how Sadia's large, close-knit Pakistani-American family was portrayed; they may not see eye-to-eye all the time, but they love one another and are willing to learn and compromise.

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert: Zafir Ansari is truly a prince among men; him and Dani go viral for his rescue of her, and they start fake dating so his football charity can get some positive attention and donations. I like how Zafir was the romantic one among the two of them (and is a Bollywood romance fan, predictably), and is also great in the sack so... a winner, basically.

Also, Talia wrote this lovely exploration of grief (Zafir lost his dad and brother) and this really sweet relationship between Zafir and his SIL, and his family as a whole which I appreciated.

Sink or Swim by Tessa Bailey: I know Tessa has gotten a lot of flak for her portrayal of Latinx characters (which, deserved imo), and she's otherwise by and large stuck to writing white characters, but I can't deny she did pretty damn good job of writing Jiya and her family, who are desi, in this book. Here are my full thoughts on this.

The Roommate Risk by Talia Hibbert: Friends to lovers AND probably one of the only unrequited love books I'll ever recommend only because I love Jasmine so much (even while she's STRUGGLING to figure out that yes, Rahul has had feelings for her ever since she deflowered him on the... I wanna say library floor), and Rahul Khan is adorable and a stern, stern man who can absolutely get it. Similar to Zafir above, Rahul's dad also dies during the book (there's a lot of flashbacks) and Talia portrayed Muslim funeral customs and just the general family dynamics thoughtfully and in such an emotional way.

Hard Way by Katie Porter: lol my problematic fave because there are a few things that are just so weird in terms of rep: For one, the author keeps putting Sunita, the heroine, in "indian inspired" clothes, for example, some kind vaguely described professional suit inspired by a saree? Like, this woman is an attorney who works for a United States congressman. She's probably wearing a regular-ass suit like the rest of the people in that office. Also, her nickname in law school was the "Ice Queen of Bangalore" which was meant to be microaggressive, but the nickname literally makes 0 sense to me since she was raised in AMERICA, and considering half the Indians I know can't make the connection between being Kannadiga and possibly being from Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka, what are the chances these white mfs can, right? And the weird thing is, she narratively sort of "reclaims" her nickname, but it was such a cringe one to begin with and I don't even know why the authors bothered to put it in in the first place.

BUT Sunita is the only Kannadiga heroine I've ever read (I am. kannadiga, to clarify), she's a martial artist, she's struggling to work out her marriage with her husband (I'm a sucker for that shit), she's good with being kidnapped and zip-tied straight from the grocery store by her husband because it's a mutual fantasy, and she attends yakshagana performances (also very personal to me and my family)! Do you know how rare it is to see any of these things as far as brown heroines go? Maybe I have a lower bar for South Asian rep because there are so few romances that have South Asians who don't hate themselves/the culture AND have good sex scenes, but hopefully that will change as time goes on.

#talia hibbert #alisha rai #nisha sharma #katie porter #tessa bailey #book recs #romance novels #ask

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girls-with-boys-names · 1 day

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Ok, kinda random BUT

I need you to know that I've never been the same since you posted your redesign of Willie. Like... now he never shows up in my head the way he looks in Pokemon Colosseum. Only your version exists now.

So as I'm slogging through my convoluted Pokemon Colosseum fanfic attempting to write stuff that's been bouncing around in my head, just know that I'm writing Willie with love and care and thinking of your awesome redesign. In fact, if you're cool with it, I might incorporate a little bit of that inspiration into my story--not that I'm really "using" your design anyway cause I'm writing and not actually drawing him, but that my take on him would be informed by your design, your headcanon, the idea that he has Latino heritage. I love the concept and I would want to use it respectfully.

Anyway, I thought I had to ask. Thank you so much for drawing your take on him. I'm very much in love. <3

OMG YES YES YES FAM ABSOLUTELY 😍😍😍

I’m really touched that you like my Willie redesign so much! I had so much fun coming up with some new concepts for him that kept his charm but also some new edge as well! 🤗 And I definitely wanted to give some Latino rep since Orre is supposed to be in the Southwest and it’s about time Pokémon gets some Latinx characters 💕 I’m glad it’s inspired you! Also definitely tag me/send me the fic when you’re done because I would loooove to read it! 👀💖

#YES FAM PLEASE TAG ME IN IT I WANT TO READ IT SOOOO BAD #pokemon colosseum #pokémon #pokemon colosseum Wes

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brizlart · 11 months

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Messing with the soft pencil brush in #Blender. Then had the idea to rep my parent's "paìs." #guanaco #chapin #elsalvador #guatemala #blenderart #storyboardartist #doodle #sketch #digitalart #drawing #characterdesign #latinx

#guanaco chapin elsalvador guatemala blenderart storyboardartist doodle sketch digitalart

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aicosu · 18 days

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Darling! I saw the twitter posts in regard to Latine authors and publishing, and now I'm worried cause I'm finishing my MFA program with a debut novel that's Latine-centric and the fictional world is inspired by Spain, but now that I'm seeing how much struggle there is to get rep. I'm slightly panicking, wondering if my baby will ever get published ToT asdkjf why is this a thing in the year of 2024???

It's not that bad!!!!!!!

It does happen, but if we give in to these systematic norms then it will never change. And it is getting better!! There are agents and publishers advocating for marginalized voices. And there are Latinx authors out there with super successful debuts! It is just a little more research into who you are querying and the publishing houses they are connected with!!

So DO NOT GIVE UP HOPE!!! YOU GOT THIS! there is WANTED space on bookshelves for our stories. And even if publishing trad sucks, indie and self pub is and can be just as wildly successful and that's all in our hands!

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