Orlando

*clings to flist* I should be out on Facebook doing the thing (you know the thing? When you're the only gay person they know and therefore must provide context and explanation and, for some reason, reassurance to people who will never have to feel fear about this stuff?)

But really I want to huddle in the safe place with the other queer people and just, IDK, eat cookies and croon or something. Except that for some people, their safe place just got shot to hell.

And I know I'm going to get up in the morning, open the newspaper, read more articles debating whether queer people deserve basic human rights and safety (Should we be allowed to marry? Should we feel safe in schools? I wonder who I'd be if I'd been safe at school.)

Here are some links I found to be helpful:
What Melissa Scott said resonates with me a lot: here.

A good round up of facts, with no photos of the shooter: Information about this horrific shooting

From SBS: Here's what Australians can do to help victims of the Orlando massacre

*hugs my people*

Fic: Not Your Fairytale Princess (PG, Dottie/Peggy)

Title: Not Your Fairytale Princess
Fandom: Agent Carter
Rating: PG
Words: 3380
Characters/Pairings: Peggy Carter/Dottie Underwood
Warnings/Content: Show-style violence, guns
Notes: Written for mithborien for the 2016 ssrconfidential

Summary: "Forgive me for doing my job," Peggy said. "I'm not exactly ready to play therapist to world-weary spies, not yet."

Also at the Archive

( Peggy swung her oar so hard that when it connected with the thug's head, it splintered into a dozen pieces. )