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By: Shannon LC Cate

Shannon LC Cate — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:33:36 +0000

Mind you, I think coming out stories have their place, as do realistic stories that deal with the difficulties of queer life when you are an oppressed minority.

However, when I decided to start writing queer fiction I vowed that I would not add to the pile of Miserable Lesbian Tales in our literary history. I was going to tell stories in which the girl gets the girl and keeps her and they live happily ever after (even if it’s in the post-apocalyptic End Times).

In the the fifties, the lesbian pulp press was huge, but those books were required by the censors to have tragic endings. Nothing could represent the possibility of being queer and happy. So that’s my agenda as a writer, and it suits me, because it’s what I enjoy.

But I have always said, that the revolution needs everybody, everywhere, doing everything. This is just my little corner.

By: Joana

Joana — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:08:25 +0000

I’d love to see more books where you know the character is gay or bi, but that’s not the biggest issue.

The book I’m actually going to start tonight involves the MC going on a road trip to visit his father the summer after his last year of high school. He goes with his twin sister, his boyfriend, and his boyfriend’s pregnant friend. The fact that he has a boyfriend isn’t the big issue of the thing, and I’m writing it because it’s the kind of thing I’d want to read.

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By: Kelley York

Kelley York — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:02:53 +0000

I agree with this whole-heartedly. For me, coming out wasn’t a big deal. It was just a thing. There was a girl I liked in high school, and that was that. No big crisis. So sometimes I have a hard time relating to the coming-out stories on a personal level.

My book, HUSHED, coming out (no pun intended) in December has a gay (or, bisexual, I guess) male MC. His sexuality isn’t called into question because the book isn’t about him being gay, it just so happens his love interest is another guy.

I think both of your stories sound awesome. They would definitely be ones I’d pick up and read.