Let’s start off the month with something simple and fun. I’m going to start off with introducing myself.

For those who don’t follow me, or haven’t followed me for long, my name is Nikaury Liriano. No point in hiding my name, since I have plenty of work around the internet under my real name. I also go by: Niky, Nik, and Nel. I state I am female about 50 to 60% of the time. I would say I’m close to binary and/or an androgynous female. In the time of this post I am 27 years of age, and birthday is in January. I came out (officially) as a lesbian last year. Publicly (social media) in February. I don’t identify by binary pronouns. I much rather you just call me one of my nicknames. But I don’t mind she/her.

I had struggle with this part of myself for a very long time. I did not easily accept this part of me, mostly on what I taught was the proper way of things. The term “being a girl” didn’t fit with me. I grew up very insecure. Throughout high school I compromised as being bisexual. This was due to being in the realm of it being that I could like girls, but still liking boys. Due to my insecurities, I got myself into relationships that did not make things any easier for me. (This is a long history that I am currently not willing and emotionally ready to opening share.)

Even college (and after) I still had this problem. But I had enough security on what I identified as. I saw myself as both genders. My personality does not fit in the realm of stereotypical female or male. My family accepted that part of me. I did learn from them, since childhood, I am who I am. I am a complex human being. Out of my 2 older sisters, and 3 nieces, I’m as much of a guy as our older brother. I love learning things and helping my dad and brother every chance I got. On the same note, my sisters ask me for fashion opinions and makeup. Even when they shoved the term of being a “girl” in my face a lot, they still loved me. I understand not many people have that, and I feel very lucky.

High school threw so many labels at me, I wasn’t sure what I was. I just knew I was “me” and that’s all I’ll ever be. Something I found funny and enduring is when someone calls me a guy, or say I look like one. I found this to be a complement, even if that wasn’t the intension. I could go on forever on personal backstory, but that’s a whole different thing that won’t be fun.

Now for the fun. What do I do? I’m a creator. I can’t really say I’m one thing in this category either. Notice a trend going with this. What I love to do is also complex. I’m not only a writer, but also an artist and graphic designer. This falls under creating, but my passions go deeper than what I do. My hobbies are reading, gaming, anime, and learning. I’m somewhat of a huge nerd. I write poetry, novels, fanfic, blogs, and sometimes might even write full articles. I just love to write. The writing part I’ll be focusing on.

I have self-published 2 books. Dark Princess, my first book ever published, but I wouldn’t call it a great success. I did learn from it, and built up my skills to be able to fully start self-publishing my novel ideas. This is where my second self-published book series, the Red Dragon comes in. This was originally going to be Dark Princess sequel but turned into something much more. Especially since it covers a topic I don’t see covered much, or have found a book that dives into the subject matter.

The Red Dragon series is basically about dragons, magic and just pure fantasy. But the subject matter I covered came as a surprise, and I just stuck with it. The subject is male victims. This ranges from childhood abuse to LGBTQ+ abuse. I was supposed to cover my character from DP, Tenak, as he grew up. Instead, I ended up creating this amazing character, that I fell in love with.

Eric. He not only suffered being mentally and physically abused by his father, but also made to be a soldier, at the age of 13. The reason I love this character so much, and love writing him, is because he’s gay. Not just any gay male, but a crossdresser. I felt almost like he was the embodiment of daily struggles for a majority of gay men. Not only is Eric abused by his father, but also, the army. He was given the nickname Pixie for being this way. This is a slur for most modern homosexual slurs. Eric likes to dress up and is considered high maintenance. How he looks matters to him. On the same note, his over all personality and view of the world can be categorize as masculine. “I am a guy, who just likes to dress up and loves men.”

Throughout Red Dragon I have other LGBTQ+ characters, and even is my other personal works. Three of my future Pride prompts is covering my LGBTQ+ characters in my writings. So, there is much more to come. If you would like to buy the 1^st Red Dragon book [Link] or would like to follow the prequel, you can read for free, Invaders [Link]. I hope you enjoy the ride. My Wattpad novel, Soulmates, also has a main lesbian character cast. Hope you enjoy that as well.

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