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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!
The vast majority of my characters are LGBT+. I've never really been as interested in heterosexual romance, despite being heterosexual myself. More or less, haha. I'm more asexual than anything, but I find het romance to be very boring and overdone, mostly because of how women are often portrayed. Regardless of the genre, and regardless of who is w...... 1 reply