Sometimes, watching those we care about suffer can hurt more than anything.

Iron Will doesn't sit down and take pain in stride, though. He's gotta fight back. Like an angry bull. So when the ignorant jerks up at the state capitol decide to be idiots, he has to figure out a way to make things right again.

Only sometimes, there's no perfect catchphrase for the job.

First place entry in the Quills and Sofas Transgender contest.

My entry for the Pride and Positivity event. Please consider donating to one of the following charitable causes:

• Transgender Law Center
• Palestine Children's Relief Fund
• Sewa International (Indian charity collecting funds for COVID relief)

Cover art was a gift from a friend, applejackofalltrades! Thank you so much!

Much gratitude for my fellow Q&S members for their support/suggestions/prereading: applejackofalltrades, themoontonite, Undome Tinwe, The Red Parade, Silvermint, Bicyclette, wishcometrue, The Hat Man, Vis-A-Viscera, and Atom Smash.

Additional editing/prereading provided by ninjadeadbeard, Jarvy Jared, and Arkane12

When Rainbow Dash interrupts Rarity's morning makeup routine, she learns a lesson about the importance of keeping up appearances.

Second-place finalist in the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Trans Pride contest.

An entry into the Pride and Positivity event.

This story is a sequel to Mistakes We Make

The mirror showed a reflection, sure, but it was almost like looking at… a stranger.

Applejack struggles with an identity issue and finds solace in someone close. Although, things don't go quite as expected when the truth is revealed. Everything is fine, though. It has to be. Does it really count as lying if it’s to yourself?

Part of my Transverse AU!

Written as part of Quill’s and Sofas Speedwriting’s T is for Trans contest! Thanks to everyone who read the original version of this and left awesome comments on it. Here they are: applezombi, themoontonite, Undome Tinwe, The Red Parade, Silvermint, Bicyclette, wishcometrue, The Hat Man, Vis-A-Viscera, and Atom Smash.

Consider donating to Point of Pride (A charity for Trans People!)

Following the disaster of the Grand Galloping Gala, the girls witness Pinkie Pie hugging the cello player that she had previously been harassing. The strange part, however, was that the cellist hugged her back.

Which led to Pinkie telling them about her sister - Octavia.

A simple story for Pride And Positivity 2021.

Featured 6/17/2021 - 6/19/2021!

On a day of celeberation, Twilight reflects on her life, who she is, and who she loves. She decides she is happy with the world.

Written as part of the Pride and Positivity event. Please go support that, and the Transgender Law Center. Every little helps, and please be awesome.

CW for some possibly dysphoria triggering descriptions at the beginning.

Trying to write this story was a struggle but when I listened to Vylet Pony's Antonymph this morning, I figured out the exact direction I wanted to take it in, what I wanted to do. This is fluffy celebration, pure and simple, with notes of my own personal life sprinkled in. I hope people enjoy it!

Cover art credit goes to @nebulanovia over on twitter, specifically for her free pride icon pack. They are wonderfully cute pieces.

Thank you to Silver Mint for proofreading this, and for also making the Spanish translation!

Thank you to dziadek1994 for making a Polish translation and Polish audio reading!

This Pride Month Story follows Spike as he questions his gender identity and goes to ask the Mane 6 for help one after another. It's also supposed to serve as a broad introduction to the most important vocabulary and broad basics of the topic.

This story is part of the Noctris-verse

Cover Art: https://twitter.com/SoupyFoxArtNSFW/status/1384787137644662785?s=19

If you want to help, please consider donating to one of these charities

• https://transgenderlawcenter.org/
• https://www.pcrf.net/
• https://sewausa.org/mobilehome/

Bon Bon has had a long, long day. It's coming home that makes it all worth it.

Sappy LyraBon fluff, because there can never be too much of that.

Pinkie Pie regularly goes out of her way to make her friends feel good. Every one of them thanks her in their own way, but she wasn't expecting Twilight's simple little gesture to leave her so utterly and thoroughly confused.

Written for the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Publish-A-Story Contest with the prompt 'It was only a kiss'.

Thank you to applezombi, AuroraDawn, Exodd and Holtinater for reading over this fic in the contest.

Thanks to StraightToThePointStudio for the audio reading!

Thanks to Rainbow Infinity for another audio reading.

On a quest to find a better breed of apple, Applejack and her family go to a distant land to meet her cousin Fuji. Only thing is...she's a mute kirin.

Her family seems to not mind the fact that they all might be part kirin, and Autumn Blaze is ecstatic, but Applejack can't help but think this is a lousy prank pulled by you know who...

Gosh I never intended this story to be an AppleDash fic, but I entered it into the contest anyway. You'll find out why once you read it.

Rated T for mild innuendo. Takes place three years after the series finale.

Image credit Derpibooru 1827580.

Rarity and Rainbow Dash spend a wonderful night together—the kind of night filled with pure magic.

But how long does magic last, and can its fleeting spark be caught and held?

Gold medal winner in the Gone By Morning event on writeoff.me! Thanks writeoff gang for your feedback, as always!