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Battletech Queer Community
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Creating safe and inclusive community spaces in the BattleTech fandom for marginalized people and their allies. For a forward looking BattleTech that truly proves that BattleTech is for everyone. 🏳️‍🌈

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Keep up the momentum! Put all your old and new pride mechs on display! Happy Pride, everyone! #PrideMechParade @catalystgamelabs.bsky.social
STAR LEAGUE, the premier LGBTQIA+ Battletech discord server presents the June Pride 'Mech Parade! Mechwarriors across the galaxy have painted their machines to celebrate pride for hundreds of years. This year, join in the march! Paint a 'Mech in your favorite pride flag color or one you want to support! Starting June 1st, post your 'Mech with #PrideMechParade and tag @catalystgamelabs. Battletech is a fun and diverse fandom for everyone. Lets wave our colors and show CGL our appreciation!
June 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Happy Trans Day of Visibility, everyone!

Times may be getting tougher, but I've never been more proud to be trans, and every day the trans community inspires me to stand tall. You are all wonderful, and you all deserve to be proud of yourselves <3

#TransDayofVisibility #battletech
Two battlemech miniatures stand in front of a transgender pride flag. The mech on the left is a Victor painted in black and blue, with lesbian-colored canopy glass and a trans flag painted on its right arm. On the right stands a Mad Dog painted entirely in trans pride colors. One tablet of Estradiol rests at its foot.
March 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Sorry for the double post, accommodating for alt text ❤️
Alt text part 2 "And so I realized what I had, and what I could still do, and I committed myself to running this page for as long as I can. I'm still trying to come up with new ways to help share everyone's work, to get people connected in the wider community, to see what we can do thrive here. There are times I falter, where time blindness and executive dysfunction, and guilt, mean that I might step away from this account longer than I'd like, and lord knows I want to keep up consistency if I can. But there's also times where people tell me how I'm doing incredible things for this community, and how thankful they are that I'm around and doing this. Just this week someone even told me I was the reason they decided to take their HRT that morning, in the wake of everything awful going on in the world right now. For people to think that what I'm doing is important to them, to know I'm impacting peoples lives like this, absolutely floors me. I could not be happier. I could talk more about all I've done in battletech spaces, but who cares? This was never about me, not *just* about me. This is about all of you. All you wonderful, wonderful people. You've done so much for me, and for each other, and I couldn't imagine where I'd be without all of you. Thank you, so, so much. Happy 1k, everyone. Here's to a brighter future. Blimp." At the bottom are two doodles of an Urbanmech and a Raven, and two hearts.
January 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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We hit 1k. Thank you, all of you.

#Battletech
Alt text part one "Hey everyone, Blimp here. If you don't know me, I'm the queer furry running this page! And I just want to say, thank you so much, all of you, for helping this funny little page thrive. Yesterday, we hit 1000 followers, an absolutely incredible milestone to hit. When I started this page, it only really existed to mirror a matching one over on twitter, and at that point both existed more or less just to advertise a fan project and nothing more. But when that project was briefly cancelled and I was no longer on the team, I nearly let this page fade away. Only after a few kind messages and an overnight to think did I decide I needed to continue on. Battletech needs queer spaces. It has always had open arms for us, but in so many places, this simply reflects tolerance of our presence rather than open encouragement for us to be involved. We need communities where we can thrive. I would not be so deep into this wonderful franchise as I am if not for the few queer spaces that exist, providing me with comradery I hadn't ever found in fandom before. This was *integral* to me sticking around and being more than a passing fan of MechWarrior games who occasionally stares longingly at the miniatures from afar. And if these spaces would prove so important for me, surely they're important for every other queer fan, right?"
January 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Y'all are absolutely incredible 😭

I have to write something up when I get home tonight, but thank you, all of you 💖
A screenshot of this blue sky account, showing it has reached 1000 followers.
January 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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We've been hard at work on our Pirate Point submissions! They're *writing* submissions mostly, but we can share a sneak peak...

#battletech
A sticky note drawing of an annihilator battlemech from the torso up, on a black background. The mech is in dark grey and red colors, and features a Wolf's Dragoons crest on it's right shoulder.
January 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Hey there Mechwarriors. Chin up. Take your meds, mount up, live to fight another day. Your lance, your family, has your back.

#battletech
A Mad Dog battlemech miniature for Battletech, painted in trans pride colors, with a trans flag painted on the front of its hex. In front of it lay four Estradiol tablets.
January 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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I hope everyone's been having a wonderful holiday season! I've been a bit busy lately and haven't been able to devote as much attention here as usual (retail jobs be like), but I hope you're all doing well! Have a Raven I doodled on the clock a couple weeks back <3

#battletech
A doodle of a Raven BattleMech on a sticky note in sharpie. The Raven is wearing a santa hat.
December 28, 2024 at 8:25 PM
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We're a bit more than six weeks out for the submissions deadline on Pirate Point! If you've got flash fiction, articles, artwork, minis, sticky note doodles, *anything* you think would look good in a punk zine about Battletech, I highly suggest you submit soon!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Pirate Point logo, featuring the head of an Atlas battlemech and a pair of crossed sabers.
December 19, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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Happy Turkina Day, everyone! Some Terrans make a big deal about spending time with family today, born or found, and have a feast that somehow includes a 95-ton Omnimech.

How are you spending your time lately? What projects have you been working on? We'd love to see your work!

#battletech
A Turkina battlemech from the Battletech franchise, painted a bluish silver and green, with Clan Jade Falcon decals. It sits on a black hexagon base with purple grass and bushes, and sits on terrain with a similar alien color. Painted by @versusrev.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 7:10 PM
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Also I'm being forced at gunpoint by friends to post the blorbotech sticker sheets I make 😭

So here's these too if u want em

www.etsy.com/listing/1772...

#battletech
November 8, 2024 at 1:29 AM
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Probably should post at least *something* I've been working on myself, right?

I pride myself in my little blorbotech drawings and at one point had the thought "what if I made a standee from one of these funny little doodles?" So I made this.

#battletech
A simple doodle of a Raven battlemech from Battletech. It is painted in trans colors, and appears to be blushing. Text surrounds the mech describing it's components, including its medium lasers, guardian ECM suite, and boopable snoot.
November 8, 2024 at 1:10 AM
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So it's been that kind of week. How is everyone holding up? Any projects you've been sinking into to get your mind off things?

#battletech
Raven battlemech from Battletech, drawn poorly, painted in a trans pride camo pattern. Above it is a heart in the same colors.
November 7, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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Pirate Point is now accepting submissions! Send in your best flash fiction and notebook doodles and stay tuned on this pirate broadcast!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#battletech
banner that reads "Pirate Point", with a jolly roger fashioned from two swords and the head of an Atlas Battlemech. Features additional symbols: The transgender symbol, a heart, the Cameron Star, a raised fist, the Battletech chevron, and the anarchy symbol.
November 3, 2024 at 8:10 PM
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To start, I haven't been working on much myself, but I've been celebrating the season by reading through the Marauder anthology. I love how even in this relatively hard-sci-fi universe, we've still got room for elements of horror.
cover of the Marauder Anthology by Lance Scarinci, depicting a dark black Marauder mech with a red cockpit canopy firing it's two arm-mounted cannons, covered in battle damage, surrounded by a flaming townscape. Despite the broad daylight, the mech seems shrouded in darkness.
October 31, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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ONE OF THESE DAYS I'LL REMEMBER THERE'S HASHTAGS FOR THIS

BLUESKY PLEASE I AM A SIMPLE SELF-EMPLOYED VOLUNTEER QUEER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER CAN I PLS HAVE AN EDIT JUST FOR TAGS

CHECK OUT PIRATE POINT!

#Battletech #Mechwarrior
The head of an atlas and a pair of crossed swords on a black background, styled like a jolly roger pirate flag
October 26, 2024 at 4:25 AM
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ATTENTION MECHWARRIORS ARE YOU A DISPOSSESSED AND OUT OF WORK MERCENARY? ARE YOU A DISGRACED TEST-DOWN OR GLORYLESS SOLAHMA? OR DID YOU JUST LOSE ALL YOUR DAMN C-BILLS ON THE LAST SOLARIS FIGHT? DID YOUR PIECE OF SHIT, GREENHORN GOVERNOR TAKE UP ALL THE DAMN PARKING FOR HIS SPARKLING, NEVER-SEEN-COMBAT *DEVASTATOR* LEAVING YOU TO WALK TWO BLOCKS TO WORK IN THE MORNING? DID COMSTAR JACK UP THE FUCKING PHONE BILL *AGAIN*? Are you god damn angry? Do you wanna say some shit that'd get some Capellan secret police knocking on your door? Are you tired of being kicked around and treated like fodder for the wiles of the Inner Sphere's finest inbreds? And perhaps most importantly... *Do you like to fucking rock??* The always agreeable will of the people has brought to you (yes, you!): PIRATE POINT This is a publication brought to you by none other than our grungiest enby Versus, with assistance from myself and some of the other (desperately needing to unionize) members of ComStar! Pirate point aims to be a biannual (for now) fan publication covering a variety of mediums from fanfiction to art. It aims to be fast and loose, taking heavy inspiration from the 80's punk zines you used to see gracing punk show toilets and your deadbeat older brother's garage. Above all, Pirate Point celebrates queer voices, and especially so those that go unheard. Check out our announcement doc, and go fuckin nuts. (Industry Plant crossed out) Precentor Blimp (sparkling heart emoji)
October 26, 2024 at 4:05 AM
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YOU DARE TO REFUSE MY BATCHALL?
October 3, 2024 at 12:40 AM
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Hey there Commanders! We're the Battletech Pride Anthology Team! You may know our sister account over on twitter, and we're here to say we've officially expanded our reach and finally set up an account here!

If you don't know us, then hello! We put on the Battletech Pride Anthology fanzine!
October 2, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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ATTENTION, BLUESKY.
I AM STAR COLONEL BLIMP OF THE BATTLETECH PRIDE ANTHOLOGY TEAM. A FULL TRINARY STANDS READY TO CONQUER YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. WHAT FORCES DARE OPPOSE US?
October 2, 2024 at 5:49 PM