My first one was in 2008, when I was a high school junior. On one hand it felt good to be there with the one friend I was out to, and I ended up feeling really close to him because he spent the day dealing with me and my big swell of emotions.

On the other hand, I felt kind of invisible still, and like I didn’t really fit into the wider queer community. There wasn’t a lot of bi presence, and there seemed to be a bit of an undercurrent of that being seen as “cheating.” Even if I don’t identify primarily as bi anymore, that still leaves a bad taste in my mouth all these years later.

And then some kids were canvassing for Obama support as well, and that made it feel a little weird. Not bad per se, just weird.

Cypherhack 2020 was the first ttrpg I made and I got to a “finished” state, so I just now uploaded it in order to share it here. It’s a one page in the sense that if you print on both sides of the page, it fits on one sheet of paper.

Probably don’t actually pay for it, since I’ll admit it’s very bare bones, but my boyfriend said I should include a donation amount just because some people feel like they “have to” pay creators.

In any case, it might make for a good framework for people to hack around and make it their own.

I always have such mixed feelings about pride.

On one hand, I love the idea of us being queer in public, and from a USA perspective, I feel like that aspect is especially important in the current political climate.

But on a more personal level…I’m not a white twink, I’m cis, and I’m not like…visibly queer so much? So I’ve felt a – possibly misjudged – sentiment that none of the groups at any Pride activities actually want me there, be they the party crowd, the activist crowd or the thirsty crowd.

So to finally answer the actual question, kinda nothing. I’m not engaging with rainbow capitalism (except I did buy Thirsty Sword Lesbians, so I am still down with supporting queer creators), I’m not doing any parades, etc.

I’m new, so take my comment with a grain of salt, but since the ttrpg community here is still rather small, I’m not sure of the value of splitting off more specialized communities yet. I would expect that any given post would get more eyes on it (and therefore more interaction) by just being in the watering hole for now. A good middle ground might be more specifically labelling posts with the relevant game?

If traffic ever gets to the point where it’s impossible to notice stuff for your preferred game, then distinct communities make more sense to me.

Also, it sounds like you might not want the burden of having to moderate, which is 100% fair, since it is work. Maybe your spoons are put to better use helping this community self police for the time being? It’s still contribution!