Gene's Postings

fiveforfive - collective fund for trans women and girls and transfem causes

gendered intelligence - trans led advocacy org

mermaids - supports trans youth

akt - lgbtq youth homelessness charity

loving me - domestic abuse service for trans people in england

Trans Aid Cymru - supporting trans people in wales

Queer Emporium - hub of queer businesses and events

And ones who operate in Wales but also across the UK

TIN Wadrobe - supplying clothes for trans and gnc people

Scottish Trans - Trans advocacy, information and social events. Run by the Equality Network, a broader Scottish LGBTQI advocacy group.

LEAP Sports Scotland - Sports charity that advocates for queer inclusion in sports, runs trans sports groups (Trans Active) in at least Glasgow and Edinburgh that I can absolutely recommend.

LGBT Health & Wellbeing - Not trans specific but includes trans specific, trans led and trans inclusive support and social events, and supports a variety of smaller community-run subgroups.

And another couple UK-wide:

Gender Identity Research & Education Society - Trans led charity supporting research on trans matters and education/training on trans inclusion. Does consultancy for public and private sector organisations.

tianyi and miku’s unconventional love story… the obliviousness continues

MY INTERNET HAS BEEN SHUT OFF. I OWE $110. I DO NOT HAVE A DATA PLAN FOR MY PHONE AND THE NEAREST FREE WIFI IS A GAS STATION DOWN THE ROAD A COUPLE OF MILES. PLEASE HELP PLEASE HELP I HAVE NO WAY OF COMMUNICATING WITH ANYBODY WITHOUT WALKING A COUPLE OF MILES PLEASE HELP.

$110 PLEASE HELP

Camera rotates to reveal bat has been hanging upside down above a human doing the exact same visual gag and each ruined the other's bit.

So, typing this in Feb, the 2025 Valentiones' Day event is currently live in FFXIV, and what better way to celebrate the season of love than with a tribute to NO.1 PREMIER YURI GUN MANGA LOVE BULLET

[Reference pics of the cast from Love Bullet above]

This set it came to me in a fever dream, and also the fact that I wanted to stand out from the rest of the crowd using the older outfits from past Valentione events. Nothing wrong with those seasonal outfits, they look amazing, but there's only so much I can do to look unique in a crowd that's probably wearing the same stuff.

Most of the outfit is almost deceptively simple to put together; an Sky Pirate's Beret of Aiming (dyed Ice Blue), a Scion Adventurer's Jacket from the post-Heavensward patch quests (main dyed in Ice Blue, ribbon and highlights dyed in Ruby Red), a pair of Dhalmelskin Halfgloves of Crafting. The tricker items are the Pagos Culottes (dyed Snow White to pop from the top's Ice Blue), which requires you to do Eureka content, and the Craftsman's Leather Shoes (also dyed Snow White), which require a bit of grinding with the Diadem / Firmament gathering/crafting stuff, but you can replace the shoes with some other canvas shoes from other sets.

For a change, I decided on both Sohr Khal for my shoot location (thank you, explorer mode) as well as the Pastel 1 filter - I usually go with Bright 2 to make the colours pop harder, but the softer tones of the Pastel filter work amazing with this fit.

My main weapon for this glamor set was the Ghost Barque Revolver, but departing from some of my older glams, the weapon here doesn't matter as much; most of these shots were taken using the Machinst weaponskills as the last saved action captured for GPose.

Which lets me do do both very cool shit, and also some very funny shit.