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I thought you did a great job representing LGBTQ in the Persephone series. It didn’t feel forced or gimmicky like it sometimes can in other books, it wasn’t an afterthought to include it for the sake of inclusion, it’s vital to the story and the relationships of the characters.
Oh thank you, that is a relief to hear! :D It definitely took some unusual turns in that series, what with past lives and all, but I wanted each relationship to feel authentic nonetheless. It does make for more variety, which I like!
If Mom and Dad aren't exactly approving, then the only place kids will encounter LGBTQ wil be through the arts. If they're taught to be scared of these people in real life, it's fiction that will teach them. In the past, that was the only way people met blacks or Jews.
So true! I've heard many people say they were inspired in their youth because they saw someone like themselves represented positively in a story, when real life was being unhelpful or oppressive. For that matter, stories are one of the simplest ways for us all to learn empathy for people who aren't like ourselves. My excuse for why fiction is not a complete waste of time. :)
I have to correct myself on one thing: people met, blacks, Jews and Latinos for the first time in WWII. Then they became real.
If only it hadn't taken anything so horrific. Sigh.
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I thought you did a great job representing LGBTQ in the Persephone series. It didn’t feel forced or gimmicky like it sometimes can in other books, it wasn’t an afterthought to include it for the sake of inclusion, it’s vital to the story and the relationships of the characters.
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Oh thank you, that is a relief to hear! :D It definitely took some unusual turns in that series, what with past lives and all, but I wanted each relationship to feel authentic nonetheless. It does make for more variety, which I like!
If Mom and Dad aren't exactly approving, then the only place kids will encounter LGBTQ wil be through the arts. If they're taught to be scared of these people in real life, it's fiction that will teach them. In the past, that was the only way people met blacks or Jews.
So true! I've heard many people say they were inspired in their youth because they saw someone like themselves represented positively in a story, when real life was being unhelpful or oppressive. For that matter, stories are one of the simplest ways for us all to learn empathy for people who aren't like ourselves. My excuse for why fiction is not a complete waste of time. :)
I have to correct myself on one thing: people met, blacks, Jews and Latinos for the first time in WWII. Then they became real.
If only it hadn't taken anything so horrific. Sigh.
