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Video Games: The Sims Now Has Customizable Pronouns

Sims 4

After more than a year, fans’ wishes for a Sims pronouns update is here. The long-running simulator video game series “The Sims” broke new ground for trans and gender-diverse players on Tuesday by adding the ability to provide customizable pronouns for created characters in the series latest entry, “The Sims 4.” According to a Maxis blog post, the update prompts players to choose the gender of their character (or Sim) when entering Create a Sim mode. Among the options are he/him, she/her and they/them, but the update also adds a custom option that allows players to enter any pronoun choice … Read more

New Release/Giveaway: Save the World Anthology

Save the World

Other Worlds Ink has a new book out in the hopepunk cli-fi Writers Save the World anthology series: Save the World. And there’s a giveaway. Climate change is no longer a vague future threat. Forests are burning, currents are shifting, and massive storms dump staggering amounts of water in less than 24 hours. Sometimes it’s hard to look ahead and see a hopeful future. We asked sci-fi writers to send us stories about ways to save the world from climate change. From the myriad of stories we received, we chose the twenty most amazing (and hopefully prescient) tales. Dive in and find out … Read more

New Release: Red Pandamonium – Roan Rosser

Red Pandamonium - Roan Rosser

Roan Rosser has a new queer comedic urban fantasy out: Red Pandamonium. And there’s a giveaway. When you have chaos magic, the only thing you can do is expect the unexpected.Zombies. Shoestorms. Illicit unicorn rides. A talking red panda. Before today Max never believed in magic, despite bad luck so terrible he used to jokingly call it a curse. Now he’s a reluctant believer. His first day as a mage he draws the attention of the magic police, not to mention the mysterious hooded figures chasing him all over downtown Portland trying to kill him with magic. With the help … Read more

New Release: Odder Still – D.N. Bryn

Odder Still - D.N. Bryn

QSFer D.N. Bryn has a new MM steampunk fantasy out (bi, gay, trans ftm): Odder Still. Rubem of No-Man’s Land was content keeping to his wine, his pets, and his extensive collection of fishnets. But since a sentient, fuel-producing parasite bonded to his brainstem, every morally-depraved scientist and hardcore rebel for a hundred miles wants to ruthlessly dissect him. The parasite itself is no better, influencing his emotions and sassing him with his own memories as it slowly takes over his body. The only person offering Rubem help is Tavish K. Findlay, a dashing and manipulative philanthropist whose mother’s fuel … Read more

VIDEO GAMES: Sims 4 Rolls Out Customizable Pronouns

Sims 4

Iconic life simulation game The Sims 4 is introducing customisable pronouns to honour and represent its dedicated LGBTQ+ fans. EA and Maxis released on Tuesday (24 May) a brand new update to make the game a more inclusive place by granting players the ability to customise the pronouns of the Sims they create. Players will be able to enter the name of their character, as usual, as well as choose their Sim’s pronouns from a new dropdown menu of pronouns. Individuals can also add custom pronouns with some grammatical guidelines in the new user interface that lets players see how … Read more

Was Louisa May Alcott a Trans man?

Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott: the name may as well be a synonym for “woman.” Her novel Little Women is a beloved, foundational text for girls the world over. An instant hit upon publication in 1868, the book has never gone out of print in the intervening 154 years. Countless women say that Little Women taught them how to be a woman, opening their eyes to the many paths their lives could take. And yet, Alcott longed to be a man. “Always believing she should have been born a boy,” writes John Matteson, in Eden’s Outcasts, his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Alcott, … Read more

TV: Umbrella Academy Season 3 Teases Viktor’s Transformation

Umbrella Academy 3 - Elliott Page - Viktor

Netflix just released the trailer for The Umbrella Academy Season 3 and it is burning up social media. Even better, we get our first real look at Elliot Page’s transformation from Vanya to Viktor in what insiders say is a really beautiful storyline with Viktor coming out to his superhero adopted siblings. And while we’re looking at Viktor, let’s take a good look. Page isn’t just easy on the eyes, it’s obvious that he’s more comfortable in his own skin and Viktor’s. After all, if you’re gonna save the world, you should be able to save yourself – and Page … Read more

TV: Trans Heartstopper Star Yasmin Finney to Join “Doctor Who”

TV: Trans Heartstopper Star Yasmin Finney to Join "Doctor Who"

Heartstopper‘s Yasmin Finney has joined the Doctor Who universe as a new character that will debut next year, coinciding with the show’s 60th anniversary. Finney rose to fame for her role as Elle Argent, a trans teen who recently moved to an all girls’ school, in Netflix’s coming-of-age LGBTQ+ series Heartstopper. The amazing series has been heralded as one of the most important queer TV shows in a generation for its beloved characters and heartfelt story. The BBC confirmed on Monday (16 May) that Finney has joined the cast of Doctor Who and is currently filming scenes that will air … Read more

COMIC BOOKS: Marvel Launches New Trans Hero for Pride Season

Escapade

Make way for Escapade! In MARVEL’S VOICES: PRIDE #1, which releases in June, Shela Sexton will make her debut as Marvel’s new trans mutant Super Hero, and she’s not alone. She’ll also bring along her best friend and fellow trans mutant Morgan Red, as well as their genetically engineered flying turtle Hibbert. Together, they’ll embark on a high-flying, yet intensely personal mission that will take them from floating party barges all the way to the mutant nation of Krakoa – and the Marvel Universe may never be the same. Speaking to Marvel.com, Escapade co-creator Charlie Jane Anders described Shela as “a … Read more

NEW RELEASE: Ritual of the Ancients – Roan Rosser

Ritual of the Ancients - Roan Rosser

QSFer Roan Rosser has a new queer urban fantasy out, Changing Bodies book 1: Ritual of the Ancients. Waking up undead was just the start of my bad night. This night is going from bad to worse. My roommate is dead. My sexy neighbor, who I’ve never worked up the guts to talk to before, is standing in my living room. I have a gold amulet I just stole from the museum hidden in my pocket. Oh, and I’m dead… or undead? All the myths about vampires, were-wolves, and the like? Turns out, all true. My sexy neighbor claims I’m … Read more