It's okay to write Takei
Sep. 13th, 2011 03:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trenchkamenAs pointed out to me by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
joeshadows:
Enough noise cannot be made about this issue (as well as the erasure of characters of color). Spread it. Write it. Let agents and editors know that the presence of an LGBT main character will NOT hurt sales (to any significant degree; there will always be bigots in the world).
I see this is mostly an issue with YA; a lot of the 'adult' SF/F I read has openly LGBT-spectrum characters. Maybe publishers are afraid parents will raise a huge issue or boycott.
And, above all, don't compromise in your own writing. There ARE agents and publishers who won't make you 'straighten up' your characters.
joeshadows:Enough noise cannot be made about this issue (as well as the erasure of characters of color). Spread it. Write it. Let agents and editors know that the presence of an LGBT main character will NOT hurt sales (to any significant degree; there will always be bigots in the world).
I see this is mostly an issue with YA; a lot of the 'adult' SF/F I read has openly LGBT-spectrum characters. Maybe publishers are afraid parents will raise a huge issue or boycott.
And, above all, don't compromise in your own writing. There ARE agents and publishers who won't make you 'straighten up' your characters.