Queerly Beloved

I just uploaded a buuuuunch of Pride-themed Dreamsheep Icons right over here at dreamsheep; they're free for everyone to use, so if you see one you like, feel free to nab it! Just please credit yours truly in the notes somewhere 👍 Also, if you don't see your identity, let me know and I'll see about making you an icon! (Within reason.)

(Includes a Pride Dreamsheep based on capri0mni's Disability Pride flag!)

I've had these for a while (and some of them are even available as shirts!), and thought it would be fun to share the relavent ones here. Click the images for larger versions if you want to color them! I've also got a bunch of other coloring pages over here, but these are the only ones that are specifically Pride related.



A Bi Doof Bidoof! (Hush, I love puns.)




Once upon a time, redsixwing initially suggested Milotic as a subject, since its colors are basically the same as the Trans Pride flag. After some thought, I came up with Gardevoir as one with colors nearly the same as the Genderqueer Pride flag. Since Gardevoir is commonly thought of as a particularly lovely Pokemon, and Milotic is traditionally only available by making a rather shabby looking fish as beautiful as possible, I thought this was a fitting theme for the two of them.



I eventually realized that Chandelure was just about the perfect Pokémon to complete the trifecta, representing nonbinary pride colors almost exactly. These three are available individually as shirts, as well as a trio and with just Gardevoir and Milotic (I didn't want to delete the old version just because a new one was available).




In addition to Milotic, redsixwing suggested tying Absol in with the popular "Disaster [Queer Identity]" meme. I had really hoped to have Absol laying down with a paw over its face, as if embarrassed or hiding from the world, but couldn't make the pose turn out right on paper. Still, Petulant!Absol is a pretty good compromise in my opinion. No shirts for this one yet, but I do plan to make it happen someday!


If you happen to want to buy something from my TeePublic account, be aware that TeePublic does site-wide sales at least once a month, so that's an opportunity to get stuff for cheaper; I know a lot of us don't have much spare cash to throw at stuff.

Dear readers, if you haven't heard of her already, please allow me the privilege of being the first to tell you about Shira Glassman (found here on Tumblr).

Shira is a bisexual Jewish woman who writes the most adorable fluff you can imagine, pretty much all of which has at least one Jewish and/or queer main character. She is best known for her Mangoverse series, and her novella, Knit One, Girl Two.

The Mangoverse is a light/cozy fantasy series set in a fantastic version of Florida, starring an almost entirely Jewish cast. The main characters are Queen Shulamit, a lesbian who's allergic to poultry and has a gluten intolerance; Rivka, a demisexual warrior woman disguised as a man and Shulamit's newfound BFF; Aviva, the bisexual palace chef who was the first person to take Shulamit's food problems seriously and helped her find out what she could and couldn't eat; and Isaac, a wizard who can transform into a dragon. It's currently four books long with a collection of short stories. Every book and story has a happy ending guaranteed for all queer characters and their loved ones, all of whom find whatever kind of love they want. Each book is designed to be read as standalone and in any order, though you will be slightly spoiled for something that happens in the first book if you read any other one first. There's also a collection of short stories, one of which features Rivka rescuing an aro-ace damsel in distress.

Knit One, Girl Two is a cute, contemporary romance between two young Jewish women in Florida. They're both artists of different types: The main character, Clara, is a small-batch yarn dyer, and her love interest, Danielle, is a painter. The story is about the struggle to find inspiration, even when the world seems its bleakest. Fun side note: Both of the main characters are into the same imaginary fandom, which Shira later expands on in the high-heat short story, Cinnamon Blade.

You can find out more about the majority of Shira's work in her post on LGBTQ Reads (it was published before Knit One, Girl Two and Cinnamon Blade were published).

I do have a few warnings for the stories, but by and large they are very quick and not the focus. If you need to know them before going in, though, click the cut and learn more: ( A series of very mild warnings )

One last thing: If you're interested in any of these books, specified here or in Shira's own list of her work, improfem has very generously offered to buy them for people who can't afford them.

Note: As of yet, there are no audio versions for any of these. I live in hope, though!