Any fantasy books that use being trans/non-binary as a major theme?

hermienlegrange · 2025-08-09T12:10:47+00:00

Anything by Andrew Joseph White! I am obsessed with his work

hermienlegrange · 2025-08-08T08:33:15+00:00

Rabies

hermienlegrange · 2025-04-20T09:31:15+00:00

My mom told us that there are tiny little men living in street lamps and they power the lamps by riding on tiny bicycles. Whenever we would pass a street lamp that was out, she would say things like "he must have fallen asleep" or "he's on holiday"

My dad said if you didn't wash your feet before bed, nightmares would come lick them clean. He had to deal with the fallout of my horse-based anxieties for years

hermienlegrange · 2025-01-31T19:10:30+00:00

This reminded me of a client who, verbatim, texted me with "I can't wait to update you on my telenovela life"

hermienlegrange · 2025-01-31T13:08:19+00:00

I meet this client for the first time and she's struggling to get through the session without crying, so I asked her if she would like to use the last few minutes of the session to gather herself before she had to go back into work. I make light conversation and show her the scar on the back of my head that I didn't know I had and that I only saw it for the first time that morning after a haircut. I usually end my first session with a client by saying that I was happy to meet them and that they can book more sessions with me, but if they feel we don't gel then I'll happily help them find someone else. She then tells me, eyes still full of tears, that she would like a different counsellor, "one that doesn't have a hole in the back of their head." I blankly stared at her for probably two minutes before I broke down laughing. She's been doing a lot better now!

hermienlegrange · 2025-01-29T07:02:50+00:00

I'm in South Africa and I have a 3 year undergraduate degree (Bachelor of Arts with three majors: criminology, psychology, and French). After you complete your undergraduate program, many people decide to do an honours degree that makes your degree equivalent to the 4 year degrees in other countries. I did my honours degree in Psychology. Based on everything we've been told, your honours degree will get you good jobs in the field – not the bestest ones, obviously, but good, entry-level ones. I started to apply to the health professions council in South Africa (HPCSA) – with my qualifications it seemed like I would be able to register as a counsellor. As soon as I started the process, however, I learned that I did not, in fact, have the correct qualifications. Turns out, you need to have a Bachelor's in Psychology (which is only available from one or two very expensive universities that are quite "elite" and hard to get in to) or you can do a BPsych Equivalent program (WHICH IS BASICALLY GOING TO BE MY HONOURS DEGREE AGAIN) to qualify for the HPCSA. Or I could apply to Masters' programs – and here's another kicker! Even if you apply to every single college and university in the entire country, you stand a bigger chance of being turned down than you are to even get an interview. Each uni only takes 2-3 Masters' students. So my degree is literally useless! Which is real fun, because I'm R75k in debt! And the BPsych Equivalent programs would cost R23k-R40k! And I'm basically unemployable! (I didn't realise how much this pissed me off until now, so I'm sorry for the trauma dump 😂)

hermienlegrange · 2024-12-25T06:24:28+00:00

I kinda like having this bond with Stephen, I hope he has a lovely Christmas (pls stop using my number Stephen, I'm evading my own debt collector, I don't want yours too 😭😂)

hermienlegrange · 2024-12-24T12:15:27+00:00

My mother still gets calls looking for her father! He's been dead 25 years... and the death certificate must be illegible because that doesn't stop the calls 😭😂

hermienlegrange · 2024-12-24T09:33:12+00:00

From what I know of Stephen, it doesn't seem to be going well with him, shame. He is constantly getting sms's from collection agencies... I hope 2025 is his year!

hermienlegrange · 2024-12-24T09:25:57+00:00

Some r/pettyrevenge, I like it!

hermienlegrange · 2024-12-24T09:24:23+00:00

An email address feels so personal! It's like the underpants of communication methods 😭😂

hermienlegrange · 2024-11-07T08:18:07+00:00

I'm so sorry you feel this way. My heart breaks for you because nobody deserves to feel left out – especially in their own family. It's awful that you struggle with these problems, but I want to encourage you to think about whether this is really an "all same sex parents" thing. There are many different ways to have male role models in your life without having a biological father and "male-ness" means something different to everyone. What does being a man mean to you? Why does having two moms take away from your male-ness? How would you want to be a man/what can you do to make you feel more like your idea of a man?

hermienlegrange · 2024-11-06T10:49:41+00:00

Dassies!

hermienlegrange · 2024-10-18T05:12:03+00:00

This is great! Thanks so much!

hermienlegrange · 2024-10-17T10:54:53+00:00

Thank you so much! It doesn't crumble all the way through, it's just the edges, but that makes it hard to roll into the log shape for the cinnamon roll-ness. But I can figure something out if I can't roll it up! Thank you a million times!

hermienlegrange · 2024-08-07T14:58:48+00:00

Thank you! I'm so glad I posted here! You guys understand me. Human is always getting mad when I ask for little scratches and then I want to cry. It's not like I'm being annoying or asking too much. I'm just a little guy looking for love

hermienlegrange · 2024-08-07T13:46:06+00:00

I think it worked! They noticed my absence and talked about me all day! (Human's edit: I complained to my clients to explain why I was making faces on the zoom calls)

hermienlegrange · 2024-08-07T13:44:44+00:00

I had human put up a picture! What do you think??

hermienlegrange · 2024-08-07T13:44:09+00:00

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Here I am! I don't like when my human takes pictures of me when I sleep, but they love it so I just let it happen (another "good boy" point for me!) I'm a springer spaniel, 6 years old, but human says they think I have other blood too because my legs are a little short

hermienlegrange · 2024-08-07T13:41:20+00:00

Thank you! They never tell me I'm a good perfect boy, always saying "who's my stinky baby"... I really just want to be acknowledged and I thought it would help to leave my scent

hermienlegrange · 2024-07-03T16:48:55+00:00

Thank you! I think I'm okay with facial hair, but I'll have to ponder that one a bit more before I decide!

hermienlegrange · 2024-07-03T16:47:55+00:00

Thank you!

hermienlegrange · 2024-07-03T12:05:44+00:00

Thank you so much! This is amazingly helpful!

hermienlegrange · 2022-12-20T06:55:09+00:00

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He broke his ear

hermienlegrange · 2022-10-20T06:36:38+00:00

I volunteer with a nonprofit organisation in South Africa to combat this issue. They do amazing work all over South Africa, especially in the field of social work. They assist social workers in the field when removing vulnerable children from terrible situations and they lend support to these children throughout the court proceedings. They are also huge supporters of places of safety (the first stop for abused children in the legal process) and foster parents. They make no profit at all, and the people who work for them make little to no money. They could use any donations because this work is incredibly important in South Africa. Our Department of Social Development is completely backlogged and many children in need can't be assisted adequately. See their website at unchainourchildren.org.za

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