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!

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eat more lard 28 04,2018

I do, and have for the last 8 years or so. I haven't written any trans or nonbinary characters yet, but I have written asexual, bisexual, gay and lesbian characters. I think it's important for any writer to know how to write about different kinds of people. "Write what you know" is a common piece of advice given to new writers, but that doesn't me...... 1 reply

28 04,2018

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