I am so sorry to hear about people being jerks for stupid reasons.
I work in Mental Health in the USA and unfortunately can attest to a number of rotten ways that people have been truly harmed by prejudice and non-acceptance. I try to remind people that there are wounds that are not physical wounds and take a lot of healing.
I confess I hadn't really thought about Trans or LGBT colored dragons partly because I'm relatively new and still playing with colors and genes (not that I can actually afford any, but ended up with a couple as Coli drops which shocked the stuffing out of me).
I think these two might count tho:
[url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76744567][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/767446/76744567_350.png[/img][/url]
(oh and take a look at his father - not in my lair, but lovely) Hmmm maybe can I add a ping just for that.
@Azoulas
My other possibility would be
[url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/82713236][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/827133/82713236_350.png[/img][/url]
Also,
BLACK LIVES MATTER
I am so sorry to hear about people being jerks for stupid reasons.
I work in Mental Health in the USA and unfortunately can attest to a number of rotten ways that people have been truly harmed by prejudice and non-acceptance. I try to remind people that there are wounds that are not physical wounds and take a lot of healing.
I confess I hadn't really thought about Trans or LGBT colored dragons partly because I'm relatively new and still playing with colors and genes (not that I can actually afford any, but ended up with a couple as Coli drops which shocked the stuffing out of me).
I think these two might count tho:
(oh and take a look at his father - not in my lair, but lovely) Hmmm maybe can I add a ping just for that.
@
Azoulas
My other possibility would be
Also,
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Now you have me thinking.
Early on I got many many dragons from kind people on the forums with "free for newbies" offers, and I also would luck in the many "exalt rescue" threads. I had no real concept of the color wheel or gene rarity or any of that; it was much more a matter of "does something about this dragon speak to me.
Dragon number 10 if my list is correct (and I am somewhat disorganized about it) was a dragon that I named Kensho.
I had a lovely discussion with the player in question, and this is when I first considered clothing and such.
When I am organized enough (and I am waay behind) I will often send "Hatchling letters" to the parents or the clan (or hatchery or rescue place) that the dragons I adopt come from. Some ignore them, some write letters back.
Kensho's father (as a default I address the letters to the same gender parent 'cause I wanted some kind of patter to follow) wrote back - or at least his "player" did. I sent the letter NOT To the person I'd gotten the dragon from, but the person whose lair Dazzle (Kensho's father) was in.
The letter basically said that Dazzle had been slated to be leveled and exalted and did I want him.
Now you have to understand I had no real familiarity with the lore, and only a vague sense that "live with the dieties" was basically "out of the game". NOTE: I absolutely respect the cannon of exalting - I am describing my emotional/initial reaction to it.
So on an emotional level, kind of what I "heard" seemed really really bad and scary. And in some ways, Dazzle is quite a feminine looking dragon - and that was also playing in my head. So I said, yes, absolutely I want him, and he was kindly sent and welcomed.
At this time, and for the forseeable future, I do not run an exalting lair, and I am a complete and total sucker for a sob story of a dragon needing a home (and my poor lair is bursting at the seams - it's probably good that you can't buy lair space with gems, or I would have started buying them).
Now you have me thinking.
Early on I got many many dragons from kind people on the forums with "free for newbies" offers, and I also would luck in the many "exalt rescue" threads. I had no real concept of the color wheel or gene rarity or any of that; it was much more a matter of "does something about this dragon speak to me.
Dragon number 10 if my list is correct (and I am somewhat disorganized about it) was a dragon that I named Kensho.
I had a lovely discussion with the player in question, and this is when I first considered clothing and such.
When I am organized enough (and I am waay behind) I will often send "Hatchling letters" to the parents or the clan (or hatchery or rescue place) that the dragons I adopt come from. Some ignore them, some write letters back.
Kensho's father (as a default I address the letters to the same gender parent 'cause I wanted some kind of patter to follow) wrote back - or at least his "player" did. I sent the letter NOT To the person I'd gotten the dragon from, but the person whose lair Dazzle (Kensho's father) was in.
The letter basically said that Dazzle had been slated to be leveled and exalted and did I want him.
Now you have to understand I had no real familiarity with the lore, and only a vague sense that "live with the dieties" was basically "out of the game". NOTE: I absolutely respect the cannon of exalting - I am describing my emotional/initial reaction to it.
So on an emotional level, kind of what I "heard" seemed really really bad and scary. And in some ways, Dazzle is quite a feminine looking dragon - and that was also playing in my head. So I said, yes, absolutely I want him, and he was kindly sent and welcomed.
At this time, and for the forseeable future, I do not run an exalting lair, and I am a complete and total sucker for a sob story of a dragon needing a home (and my poor lair is bursting at the seams - it's probably good that you can't buy lair space with gems, or I would have started buying them).
[quote name="Newtinmpls" date="2023-01-28 15:12:10" ]
I am so sorry to hear about people being jerks for stupid reasons.
I work in Mental Health in the USA and unfortunately can attest to a number of rotten ways that people have been truly harmed by prejudice and non-acceptance. I try to remind people that there are wounds that are not physical wounds and take a lot of healing.
I confess I hadn't really thought about Trans or LGBT colored dragons partly because I'm relatively new and still playing with colors and genes (not that I can actually afford any, but ended up with a couple as Coli drops which shocked the stuffing out of me).
I think these two might count tho:
[url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76744567][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/767446/76744567_350.png[/img][/url]
(oh and take a look at his father - not in my lair, but lovely) Hmmm maybe can I add a ping just for that.
@Azoulas
My other possibility would be
[url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/82713236][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/827133/82713236_350.png[/img][/url]
Also,
BLACK LIVES MATTER
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Hi there, I'm glad Newtinmpls shared Dazzle, who is looking lovely! His parents are two of my three trans pride themed dragons :)
[url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/55611893][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/556119/55611893_350.png[/img][/url]
[url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/71158179][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/711582/71158179_350.png[/img][/url]
[url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/57723981][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/577240/57723981_350.png[/img][/url]
I hope they brighten your day a little. Hate has no place in our communities, lgbtq+ people always will.
I'm a bi trans man and I understand firsthand the kind of violence many of us face. I've been out for about 8 years now, 2.5 years on hrt, and I live with my partner who is also trans. There is so much happiness to be found in community and companionship and so much joy in being trans despite everything. I hope you stay safe and surrounded by love. <3
Black Lives Matter!
Newtinmpls wrote on 2023-01-28 15:12:10:
I am so sorry to hear about people being jerks for stupid reasons.
I work in Mental Health in the USA and unfortunately can attest to a number of rotten ways that people have been truly harmed by prejudice and non-acceptance. I try to remind people that there are wounds that are not physical wounds and take a lot of healing.
I confess I hadn't really thought about Trans or LGBT colored dragons partly because I'm relatively new and still playing with colors and genes (not that I can actually afford any, but ended up with a couple as Coli drops which shocked the stuffing out of me).
I think these two might count tho:
(oh and take a look at his father - not in my lair, but lovely) Hmmm maybe can I add a ping just for that.
@
Azoulas
My other possibility would be
Also,
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Hi there, I'm glad Newtinmpls shared Dazzle, who is looking lovely! His parents are two of my three trans pride themed dragons :)
I hope they brighten your day a little. Hate has no place in our communities, lgbtq+ people always will.
I'm a bi trans man and I understand firsthand the kind of violence many of us face. I've been out for about 8 years now, 2.5 years on hrt, and I live with my partner who is also trans. There is so much happiness to be found in community and companionship and so much joy in being trans despite everything. I hope you stay safe and surrounded by love. <3
Black Lives Matter!