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Over at Brooklyn Arden, editor Cheryl Klein has an interesting post about the elements of a great fictional romance. She pulls out 13 characteristics of a great romance, while acknowledging “the highly general, even stereotypical, gender roles” involved. One of the commenters (Nona) asked “How would the rules of romance change for LGBT characters or [...]
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In today’s post, the last of my 5-part series on avoiding LGBTQ stereotypes in YA fiction, I’m listing a number of resources you might find helpful for further research. Here are the other posts in this series: Part 1: Major LGBTQ stereotypes Part 2: Gender Part 3: Words to watch out for Part 4: Secondary [...]
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Today, in part 4 of my series on avoiding LGBTQ stereotypes in YA fiction, I’m blogging about secondary characters and gay jokes. Here are the other posts in this series: Part 1: Major LGBTQ stereotypes Part 2: Gender Part 3: Words to watch out for Part 4: Secondary characters and gay jokes Part 5: Resources [...]
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After yesterday’s think-heavy post about gender, today I’m going practical with a post about words to watch out for when writing about LGBTQ characters. Here are the other posts in this series: Part 1: Major LGBTQ stereotypes Part 2: Gender Part 3: Words to watch out for Part 4: Secondary characters and gay jokes Part [...]
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Yesterday, in part 1 of this series, I blogged about major LGBTQ stereotypes. Today I’m blogging about gender. Once again, here’s the complete schedule of posts: Part 1: Major LGBTQ stereotypes Part 2: Gender Part 3: Words to watch out for Part 4: Secondary characters and gay jokes Part 5: Resources If you haven’t read [...]
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