Heterosexual author writing Queer Characters?
I have a friend that - although the topic of sexualities hasn't really been discussed, just based on the way she explains herself, I assume - is heterosexual or at least heteromantic, and she only writes heterosexual characters. Literally, not once have I ever seen her make any sort of LGBT+ character, and we roleplay so even when my characters have had crushes, they're still straight. So it got me wondering -
Heterosexual/romantic authors, artists, etc., do you write queer characters commonly? I don't mean like token characters, the one or two that are gay to meet a quota, but like fully fleshed out queer casts? Being wlw myself, almost all of my characters are queer to some extent so I don't have a very good frame of reference, haha. But I'm really curious!
I’m bicurious/bisexual, but I’ll answer anyway haha. I write all sorts of characters, and I haven’t ever really had a problem with representation. I believe there might be a few reasons your friend hasn’t. One is the notion that straight or cisgender authors shouldn’t write LGBT characters because they have no right and are only writing b......
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22 10,2020