#we're queer

This is Chloe Carter, a Ziegfeld Girl, and Jean Acker, a Vaudeville and film actress.

Chloe was born in Tennessee 06/21/1903 and moved to Illinois during childhood. She started working with Ziegfeld in the 1920's under the name Cleo Cullen. Her shows include "She's My Baby", "Lady Fingers", and "Showgirl". She met songwriter Harry Ruby in 1928. They married 09/09/1930 and moved to Beverly Hills. She met and fell in love with Jean Acker in 1933 and the next year she filed for divorce, her husband punching her in the jaw when she told him. She was escorted to the divorce hearing by Jean, who corroborated her statement.

Jean Acker was born 10/23/1893 in New Jersey. She began appearing in Vaudeville shows in the early 1910's and films by 1918. Her silent film work includes "Checkers", "The Roundup", and "See My Lawer". In her earlier career Grace Darmond became her mentor and lover; later on Jean would have a brief affair with Russian actress, Alla Nazimova. She was part of the "Sewing Circle", a group for lesbian and bisexual women who were forced to hide their identity. Jean met Rudolph Valentino and they married November, 1919, with Jean locking him out of their honeymoon hotel room and never consummating the marriage. They divorced in 1922 and Jean lost all of her savings in the stock market crash of 1929.

Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

Magic, chaos, a nonbinary protagonist, and a cursed rug that's a bit of a dick. (also I may or may not have bought this one in the first place because the two main characters reminded me of James and Regulus. Even after finishing it, I stand by that assessment lmao)

In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens

Pirates and Princes and Magic Oh My! Oh and magic. Did I mention magic? Because there's also magic.

So This is Ever After by F.T. Lukens

"And they were Soulmates!" (Oh my god they were soulmates...) but with the obligatory "I love him but he doesn't love me the same way" trope.

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey Mcquistion (I read it twice this month)

I don't think this one needs a description at this point. If you've seen the movie, I recommend the book. Both are fucking amazing, but there are just so many things that the movie couldn't do with the time frame it had to fit into. <3

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

Fake dating so hard it becomes real. You know how it goes. ^.^

Simon vs. The Homo sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (I've read this one so many times ngl)

Not sure this needs a description, but this too, is better than the movie. Which I also love so so very much ^.^ &lt;3

Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee

Okay, this one made me emotional. I love it so much!

The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune (book 1)

Flash Fire by TJ Klune (book 2)

Heat Wave by TJ Klune (book 3)

SUPERHEROES. FANFICTION. LESBIANS. (the lesbians are side characters but they're always a presence and I love them) AND SO MUCH ADHD THAT IT'S A SUPERPOWER ALL ON ITS OWN. I just finished this series like five minutes ago and I'm so obsessed!!! ToT I love them all so much!!!

(totally has nothing at all to do with the fact that the Dnd campaign I'm a part of is about our modern world but with mutants and magic and heroes and all that jazz~)