Humanity

The Quiet in Room 17
I always knew something was different about me. Not the “gifted child” kind of different, or even the “she’s so quirky” type. This difference didn’t come with praise or pats on the back. It came with whispers, narrowed eyes, and the lingering silence after I entered a room.
By Zakir Ullah9 months ago in Pride
No Matter the Result: Pinky Promise
⋆｡ﾟ☁︎ ✧ ⚢ ☾ ﾟ｡⋆ "Ouch!" Mara hissed, louder than she meant. People in the waiting room stared, mildly annoyed. But Mara was more bothered. Her thumb throbbed. She’d bitten through another nail. A fresh crescent of red peeked out from under the polish Doreen had painted just an hour ago.
By Dalma Ubitz9 months ago in Pride
I Don't Want My Children to be Trans. Runner-Up in Pride Under Pressure Challenge. Top Story - June 2025. Content Warning.
I don’t want my children to be trans. - Not because I wouldn’t love them. Not because I would reject them. Not because there’s anything wrong with being trans.
By Autumn Stew9 months ago in Pride
I Am Angry At My World, Today.
"How can you be bisexual if you are married to a man, and you have children?" "Are you sleeping around?" These are questions I get asked, usually by people who work with children.
By Carol Ann Townend9 months ago in Pride
the rainbow sheep
Where is the rainbow sheep Who was sent from the golden heavens? Where is the rainbow sheep Who would comfort the ones that fear?
By Ruby Red9 months ago in Pride
searching
Layered like an onion skin, What if something is missing? Unknown and "too young" My own thoughts crammed up inside my stomach
By Ruby Red9 months ago in Pride
Baseball is For Everyone: Part 4
Greetings, Vocal readers and Happy Pride Month! I've addressed the many reasons why America's pastime is for everyone in previous stories, which I'll have down below. I know I said that the previous story of me discussing this topic was the last time addressing opponents of LGBTQ+ people and anything that's related to it. Now, I have even more things to discuss and helpful advice for them. Once you have read this story, please give it a like and subscribe to my page on here. Also, follow me on my socials. Finally, please send me a one-off tip at the end of this story to support my work as I continue to write and publish more stories.
By Mark Wesley Pritchard 9 months ago in Pride
The Scar is a Heartbeat. Top Story - June 2025.
the first time i bound my breasts i couldn’t breathe the tight fabric on my sensitive skin was too much then i looked in a mirror
By River and Celia in Underland 9 months ago in Pride
Live and Let Live: One Straight Man's Take on Pride
As a cisgender, heterosexual, and white man (I'm Scottish-Italian, so not palest ever, but still white), I often feel that it's not really my place to say anything. But, still, I can't just sit on my hands and not say anything at all.
By Paul Stewart9 months ago in Pride
I Didn’t Disappear. I Refused.
They outlawed my name first. Not the one on my ID — that one they kept, with its masculine “Matthew” and that stiff, false “M” stamped next to sex, like a scar carved into paperwork.
By Rukka Nova9 months ago in Pride
Pride Is Joy
Introduction This is a microfiction for the challenge below: This is not so much a microfiction as a series of observations based on some people that I know and have known.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 9 months ago in Pride
Two Bus Tickets Part 1. Top Story - May 2025.
Author's Note: This is the first prequel to my previously published story. You can find that here: This is one of two prequels. The original story is part 3. There will be a part 4, continuing the original story.
By J. Delaney-Howe9 months ago in Pride