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HOW TO WRE LGBTQIA+ CHARACTERS: GAY MEN
Consir LGBT as a base or foundatnal acronym reprentg lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people. Some women who are attracted to women prefer the terms gay or queer refers to someone who rejects or do not intify wh the genr bary of man or woman. Recently, I sat down (virtually) wh my good iend and lleague Vnie Ksella, the edor of Fashnably Late: Gay, Bi, and Trans Men Who Came Out Later Life, to discs a subject of tert to any fictn wrer who se themselv as an ally to queer folks: trop to avoid wh LGBTQ+ characters.
I had the honor of beg one of the first lleagu Vnie me out to (later life, as the tle of his say llectn attts), and like any good book nerd, one of the first thgs he did at that time was to read every book he uld fd that centered gay narrativ.
“Bury Your Gays”. Magic Gay Btie. Here’s another trope wh queer characters that has a direct equivalent wh race: the trope of the Magic Gay Btie—which I have so christened bee ’s a lot like the trope of the Magic Negro.