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I hate to start off on such a tragic note but this is very, very oh so incredibly important. Unfortunately another transgender teen, Zander, has committed suicide. I found out about this recently myself so I don't know too much information but I found this screencap of a facebook post about it along with a memorial blog for him and his personal blog. And to help raise awareness about teenage trans suicide #HisNameWasZander is being used on social media. Screencap from facebook Memorial blog Zander's blog (just as a head's up his suicide note is the second post and it's very hard to read in full and some may want to avoid seeing that) RIP Zander, Leelah and to all the other unnamed trans lives that succumbed to their toxic environments in the time between these two's passing that went unnoticed. Now that that's been said, same sex marriage becoming legal in more states is always exciting! Little steps towards equality always save my faith in humanity just a little bit. Seeing all the pictures of gay couples getting married following same sex marriage getting legalized is always really cute too. Especially with the older couples because you can tell just by how bright their expressions are that they've been waiting for that moment for an unnecessarily long time. As for the aromantics and asexuals on valentines day; I hang out in the aro/ace community a bit and it seems like the majority isn't upset about valentine's day. A lot of the day seemed to be cake jokes and talking about what would be better than going out to crowded places on a weekend all because some commercial holiday is really hyped up. And some aro/ace valentines had been circling around tumblr so we could feel included in the whole thing too which was nice. My personal favorites were these ones: If I may add, awareness for other gender identities here aside from just male/female would be nice. Gender, like sexuality, is a spectrum and a good amount of people seem to fall in the in between the two extremes. (gender's also fluid like sexuality and can change with time) To name a few some nonbinary gender identities are: Agender - someone having no gender/gender neutral Androgyne - someone having masculine and feminine traits and identifies as a mix of male/female Bigender - someone simultaneously having two genders Gender fluid - switching between two or more genders Demi-boy/Demi-girl - usually means they feel agender and male or agender and female EDIT: I remembered a few more commonly used gender identities and wanted to add them as well! Neutrois - similar to agender, pretty much a synonym for it Genderqueer - usually refers to someone still figuring out their gender identity and at the very least knows they're nonbinary though it's also an umbrella term for non-cis* people Trigender - someone simultaneously having three genders Genderflux - similar to gender fluid, almost a synonym but seems to be used when the switch between genders is more intense than gender fluid (*Cis is short for cisgender. If you are cisgendered, you identify with the gender you're born with based on your sex.) There's also a couple more but those are the main ones I see used around other websites. This topic's pretty important to me because I'm not straight (nor cis though I won't get into that.) and while I was really thrilled to realize there was a term for my lack of interest and desire for a romantic and/or sexual relationship and that I wasn't just weird because I could never contribute to conversations when my friends talked about their crushes, it left a bad taste in my mouth for a while. I felt like I was on the outside looking in because I just can't relate to how highly romantic/sexual relationships are viewed. Hell, the one time I said marriage wasn't my thing to my one parent I was told that because of that I'd never be happy in life (...thanks). The ace community has also helped me out quite a bit. Though they're almost a little too nice at times, it's a very nice place to fall back on and turn to for help when needed and the fact that I had trouble finding a forum specifically for other orientations makes me all the more thankful for it. I digress, it's just very exciting to think about how by the time our generation is the in control of things it'll be so much more accepting of other sexual orientations and gender identities. So uh... yeah,, , , ,

so a lot has happened over the last few years!!! 37 states in the US so far have legalized marriage equality since the last time i checked, which is great news!!! only 13 states left to go. i would also like to bring up the topic of Leelah Alcorn. rest in peace. i think the emphasis on transgender people is very important in this community and we should not erase them. this also goes for asexual and aromantic people, particularly the latter with the recent date of valentine's day. any commentary people would like to add? feel free to bring up anything, i would love to get this topic active again!!

From what I've heard, there's a store called GreatToysOnline that sells figurines, though I'm not sure if they have Detective Conan merch there. There are several branches all over Metro Manila (you can look it up on Google and/or Facebook, if you want) and they also have an online store. There's also a store called JAE Collectibles that also sells figurines (the only branch I know of is in SM Megamall) but I don't know if they sell any Detective Conan stuff there. I suggest going through different branches and stores if you really want those figurines. I think the only DC merch I've seen (in Comic Alley) are posters, keychains, and a watch. I rarely see DC figurines here They're easier to find in online stores like eBay, Amazon, and others, though. I highly suggest you look for them online since more collectibles are available there. I hope other Filipino DCW members have other suggestions! You never know