![]() We see so many stories about the strife of coming out, the devastation it can wreak on relationships with family and community, the pain of living in the margins. ![]() But as publication day approaches, and my book is still one of the few queer love stories that doesn’t end in disaster, I think it might be worth talking about why I did this - and why I hope I’m not the last.ĭuring my lifetime, we’ve seen huge leaps in the quantity of LGBTQ stories that make it into mainstream representation - but the quality still leaves something to be desired. And normally, I also don’t yell and scream about how frustratingly rare it is to engage with a story about LGBTQ characters that doesn’t involve death or illness or some identity-based misfortune. I don’t, for example, pull up a soapbox, stand on top, and pontificate about how even with all the progress we’ve seen over the years in relation to the LGBTQ community, so much of that culture remains invisible to America at large. I generally don’t get into the nitty-gritty of why, exactly, I set out to write a novel like this. When people ask me what my new novel is about, I usually answer that it’s a romantic comedy about gender and sexuality - and specifically that it’s a love story between two women, one who’s more on the feminine side, and one who’s more on the masculine side. Sign up for our newsletter to get submission announcements and stay on top of our best work.
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