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1903 Aino Malmberg published the first known lesbian short story in Finland, named "ystävyyttä" ("friendship").

1963 Christer Kihlman publishes a break trough novel Den blå modern ("blue mother"). One of the book's themes is homosexuality, and the book ended up winning the national literary price.

1966 Ilkka Taipale publishes a book "Sukupuoleton Suomi" ("genderless Finland"). In it a lawyer Herbert Gumpler criticizes the law that criminalized gay acts, because it left gay people vulnerable to extortion and violence.

1968 Keskusteluseura Psyke becomes the first registered queer association. It later starts to publish a magazine "96" for queer people.

These literary works and formal associations might seem boring compared to the "first pride was a riot" we hear from America. But the truth is that these published materials slowly moved people's opinions, and in 1971 "gay acts" were no longer a crime.

Also reminder that our nowadays well known and beloved gay icon Touko Laaksonen, "Tom of Finland" started his career in 1956 by publishing his art with that pen name in a magazine based in USA, because that stuff was still illegal in Finland, and even publishing with his real name could have got him into trouble before the law changed. But damn it he found a way to get them published anyway.

Welcome - or welcome back - to the next stage of Gannen and Vancha’s journey into the night!

Having returned to Vampire Mountain to explain his failure to kill the Vampaneze Lord, Vancha finds himself facing the memory of his and Gannen’s first few weeks as half-vampaneze… namely the grim, ugly, necessary work of feeding.

Please heed the content warnings before clicking below for Chapter One - and enjoy!

CW: Violence, blood, death

the amount of backhanded comments I'd heard from my irl friends about how they really like the times where I wear things other than sweatpants and hoodies and I should really work on creating my own style is insane

Just wanted to add on to what @crypticarchivist said.

Not liking alcohol doesn't mean you want everyone to not drink alcohol.

Not liking skiing doesn't mean you don't want anyone to ski.

Not liking sewing doesn't mean you want everyone to wear togas.

Tässä on kansalaisaloite, joka vaatii esteettömyyden laiminlyönnin muuttamista laittomaksi. Oon jo omalta osaltani allekirjottanu tämän, mutta tää aloite hyödyttää niin monia, että toivon tän saavan tarvittavan määrän allekirjoituksia.