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Little Women, though. Jo is clearly genderqueer.

Yeah, LotR and The Hobbit are basically one big sausage fest. I approved of Tauriel being added for diversity, but then they ruined it by making her just another romantic interest... Harry Potter, though. I mean, Dumbledore is gay.

Remus returned to the dormitory in the wee hours of the morning, sneaking inside as quietly as he could. The others were all asleep, and, forcing himself not to look at Sirius where he snoozed in his bed, he got into his own bed and closed the curtains. He didn’t fall asleep again until the others had all got up and left the room. He couldn’t bring himself to attend lessons today. Around lunch time, the door to the dormitory opened again, rousing Remus from the light sleep he had managed to

We're struggling a lot with the TERFs right now. Hard to get into without getting too political, but we have our own bathroom issues at the moment. I have a lot of friends, trans women in particular, who meet a lot of prejudice. I mean, most people are happy to let transpeople be, but there's a vocal minority stirring up trouble. Still better here than most places, I guess, but that doesn't mean we're there yet. The greatest step in the past couple of years has been in allowing transpeople to officially change genders without surgery requirements. The step backward is that the national medical authority on transitioning still treats it as a mental illness, sometimes takes years to approve (or not) treatment, especially for young people, and recently decided that anyone who starts hormone treatment with a private practitioner is automatically disqualified from receiving treatment from them. I feel like I explained that very poorly...

Thank you! I appreciate your kind words. Loz is not an entirely lost cause, I think. I have plans for him.

Did some googling in Norwegian, and I can't find any references to sexual orientation. In the trailer they talk a bit about prejudice against male dancers, and how people just assume that ballet is very feminine, with one asserting that it's anything but and can be very masculine. (I knew a kid when I was in the Norwegian Opera's children's choir, who was in the opera ballet school, and he ended up flamboyantly gay, though.) Not too much homophobia here in Norway outside of religious conservative (enough transphobia, though), much less in art and theatre Norway, so it's not that bad.

It's the only way I know how to write. How boring are stories with no conflict, right? Thanks for reading, and taking the time to comment!

Yeah, Jason's a dick. Julie doesn't like giving up on people, though. Thanks for your comment!

Thank you, once again, for all your kind words. I've really loved reading your comments on this story, and I'm so grateful that you've taken the time, and overjoyed that you've enjoyed it enough to share your thoughts with me. Thank you!

That's hilarious. This is the kind of offensive humour I can get behind.

Those posters were horrible. I found one taped to the door of the girls’ toilets when I arrived at school Thursday morning. For a moment I just stared, in utter shock. Then I tore it down, rage boiling inside me, ready to bubble over. I looked about me, noted a few people pointing, laughing, but none that looked guilty. I marched down the corridor towards the classroom, and sure enough, there was another poster on the door, and standing right next to it, laughing uproariously together with A

A happier ending than I usually write, tbh. Thanks for reading and commenting!

I think so too. Glad you like it!

Glad to hear it! It's always weird finishing a novel, I think.

Thank you!

Yeah, me too, though I usually write a lot of not-quite-happy endings.

EPILOGUE Life's What You Make It ‘To The Oxymorons!’ Dave raised his glass high. ‘The most awesome band that ever played.’ Matt laughed. ‘Dave, you’re drunk.’ ‘Not drunk,’ Dave corrected him. ‘Happy.’ They sat in the living room of Nick, Mellie, and Dave’s flat. The Oxymorons had played a fantastic gig at the Academy, and Dave couldn’t be more proud. As ever, Nick had looked unbearably sexy up on that stage, and now Dave couldn’t help but lean over to him and kiss him,

They do, don’t they? Meant to be. It’s destiny.

Glad you liked it! It felt good to get them to this place, finally. I think it needed to be this way, especially for Nick, cause he really needed to sort out his shit and get his life back on track before he was ready to give himself to Dave.

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Loud Like Love The Jekyll & Hyde was as packed as it ever got when Nick arrived that night. The median age was about twenty-five, as the over thirties tended to go to one of the pubs. It was very loud. Looking around, he discovered that Matt had managed to snag a table all the way in the back, and was sitting there with Alan, Chas, and Ellie. He popped up when Nick approached and hugged him. ‘You made it! Here, you can leave your coat. Go get a drink!’

They do, don't they?

Oh hey, the source article's from my neck of the woods! We're getting pretty far with transgender rights over here (and FRI is mentioned! I'm a member!), though as Ingvild says, we still haven't had a case that high profile in Norway yet. Hopefully getting there, though. There's been a lot of focus on trans rights in the media here lately. That website really needs to have actual real people translate the articles to English, though, because that machine translation was terrible.

They certainly have. I think they've each been on an important journey.