Lion P.R.I.D.E.

Today marks the 40th anniversary of Operation Soap, a police raid on four Toronto bathhouses which saw the arrest of almost 300 men for being found in a “bawdy house” or brothel - although no incidences of sex work were proven and most of those arrested were later found innocent.

The following night the community responded with a protest 3000 strong. The protests continued over the coming weeks, and evolved into what is today Toronto’s Pride Week.

This isn’t perfect, and many of these only have one article, but here is our list of countries we have written about. We are hoping to one day have at least one article for every country in the world but as @every-book-has-a-secret there is a lot of work still to do.

Europe

Albania Austria Belgium Czechia Czech Republic Denmark England Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland

Africa

Algeria Cameroon Egypt Kenya Morocco Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa Uganda

North America

Canada Costa Rica Crow Nation Cuba Grenada Jamaica Menominee Nation Mexico Puerto Rico United States of America

South America

Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Guyana Peru Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay

Asia

Afghanistan Bangladesh China Hong Kong India Iran Israel Japan Pakistan The Philippines South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Turkey

Oceania

Australia Māori Nation New Zealand

Antarctica

My last comic was a bit of a bummer so I thought I’d do a happier one to follow it up!

All trans guys are valid! All trans girls are valid! All non-binary peeps are valid! I’d make a comic for trans girls too but since I’m not one I don’t want to act like I know things only they’d know.

I did take a time lapse of me drawing this but I’m thinking about making a Patreon and having things like that on there. Let me know if you’d be interested in something like that. I’d maybe also do Patreon only raffles if people were interested in it.

The one thing I think I’d change about this comic now is that my weird brain forgot to put more body types in the boxes not talking about body type. For some reason when I draw, I default to body types like mine unless I’m really thinking about it and since I stared this at about 3 am I definitely wasn’t thinking too hard about most things lol.

Also! Let me know what kind of comics you’d like to see from me. I do things basically as I think of them or if something happened recently but if you think you have a great comic idea I’d definitely take it into consideration.

Thanks for reading!

it’s okay if you’re trans and don’t change your name.

trans boys can be feminine.

trans girls can be masculine.

nonbinary people don’t owe you androgyny.

nonbinary people can wear skirts.

boys can wear makeup.

clothing has no gender.

gender non conforming people are lovely.

you don’t need dysphoria to be trans.

and last but not least

gay people aren’t your fetish.

you don’t need to know people’s deadnames.

you don’t need to know if a person is trans or not.

lesbians don’t have to look a certain way to be lesbians.

not all noninary people are skinny afab white twinks.

the community is diverse.

aro/ace/aroace people exist.

there is nothing biphobic about pansexuality.

there is nothing panphobic about bisexuality.

bisexuality is not transphobic.

it is okay to question everything and still be cishet.

nonbinary people aren’t transphobic.

you are not “too young” to know your gender/sexuality/romantic orientation.

demisexual/demiromantic people exist.

there is nothing wrong with demi/aro/ace people.

Happy Pan Pride Day!

December 8th is pansexual pride day, celebrating people who feel attraction to others regardless of gender. If that’s you, have a wonderful day and check out some of our podcasts on people like you!

Christina of Sweden

Christina was crowned the monarch of Sweden in 1650, aged 18. They abdicated the throne four years later, cut their hair, donned trousers, and left the country to pursue a life of arts and scholarship in Rome. Christina wrote coded love letters to a cardinal, and also had a relationship with one of their ladies-in-waiting.

Rosetta Tharpe

African-American musician Rosetta Tharpe is known as the godmother of rock and roll, and was described by a friend as belonging to the “Whosoever Will Church as in ‘Whosever Will Let Him (or Her) Come.’“

Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley pioneered the sci-fi genre when she wrote Frankenstein at just 19. Mary was married to poet Percy Shelley, and also described herself as “apt to get tousy-mousy for women”.

period!!!!!