Editing Drakes (section)

=== LGBT Community ===
Despite the threats of persecution, queer individuals of all species in Drake cities still come together in secret places, such as hidden bars. They are very cautious about security and discovery.

Members of these gathering places are divided into Citizens, Guests, Architects, Sentries, and Masons. Citizens are the regular patrons, who come to relax and enjoy themselves. Guests are allies who are allowed into the establishment. Architects are people who create and organize those kinds of safe spaces for others like them, and sometimes travel to different cities to do so. Sentries are guardians that ensure the safety of the patrons within. Masons create covers in order to ward off suspicions about one's sexuality and maintain secrecy, such as acting as one's beard. Those latter three are who Citizens go to if they have a problem or are in danger.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/09/19/8-42/ Chapter 8.42]</ref>

There exists internal discrimination against bisexual people, due to their easier time hiding their sexuality, which is percieved as them stopping to be "Turnscales" when they feel like it. Thus, some don't consider bisexuals to be full members of the bars.<ref name=":3" />

These bars are said to have originated in the Walled Cities, though those in lesser cities believe it is now too difficult to set up new ones and too risky to maintain them. Those LGBT bars do still exist in the Walled Cities, though it was shown with various degrees of knowledge by the authorities so far. In times when persecution becomes worse, queer communities are known to leave the cities to join the Gnoll tribes.<ref name=":3" />