I definitely agree with all these comments.
I mean, I never really thought about my characters being part of the LGBT+ community just because I never really thought about it that much irl. I never really put a label on myself or others and it wasn't something that I really started conversations about with my parents, so that was definitely a huge part of it. Now though, I don't think I really have many straight characters. It flows with the story for sure.
I have lesbian or gay characters, I have pan and bi, demi and poly, ace and whatever really fits that character.
One of the reasons I think I started writing characters with different sexualities was partly because I read Wattpad books and people were either all straight and one person was gay or vice versa and it really frustrated me.
And also, if you want to include a LGBT+ character, go for it. Don't let your parents or boyfriend stop you from writing what you want to write
I definitely agree with all these comments.
I mean, I never really thought about my characters being part of the LGBT+ community just because I never really thought about it that much irl. I never really put a label on myself or others and it wasn't something that I really started conversations about with my parents, so that was definitely a huge part of it. Now though, I don't think I really have many straight characters. It flows with the story for sure.
I have lesbian or gay characters, I have pan and bi, demi and poly, ace and whatever really fits that character.
One of the reasons I think I started writing characters with different sexualities was partly because I read Wattpad books and people were either all straight and one person was gay or vice versa and it really frustrated me.
And also, if you want to include a LGBT+ character, go for it. Don't let your parents or boyfriend stop you from writing what you want to write
I understand what you mean. And, thanks. I'll try not to let them hold me back.
I actually only have maybe one straight character in all my stories. Most of my characters are in the LGBT+ community partly because I am too. I have characters that are ace, aro, poly, demi, grey, trans, gay, lesbian and straight. Literally anything you can be, I have.
I never really thought about it much with one of my stories in particular, but about half way through I realize I made over half the main and secondary characters aromantic asexual. All in all across my different stories I probably have 18+ characters who fall on the ace spectrum. With some it was intentional, with others it just kinda happened. I'm still not sure why I have so many ace characters or how it happened tho, whether it's because I don't want to deal with romances/possible sexual relationships, because I'm ace myself, just because I want to expand the number of asexual characters in stories, or maybe all of the above. It's not a bad thing, but I just never stopped to think before now where so many of my characters' sexuality fall, and at this point I'm just kind of thinking aloud how this all happened this way.
Yeah, sometimes things just happen. It can often be fun when they do, even if you don't know how it happened.
I have a character who's probably gay named Larry. I'm still fleshing him out, but the only possible love interest for him is a guy. Romance isn't a large focus of the story though, so I'm trying to go the subtle route. A big point of the story is about how diverse life is and how many different people are out there and that it's okay to be yourself. Larry is on a quest with his love interest Carl. It's like a humorous commentary on life. Or at least that's what I'm going for.
It sounds very interesting!
With most of my characters it just kind of happened. I fleshed out their personality and then realized they would probably be really attracted to and cute with another character who happened to be either the same or different gender. It was really a pairing of the characters, didn't put much thought into their genders when matching them all.
I make my characters LGBT+ only because I can slightly relate to them, and I want a sense of realism in my stories. I'm trans* and queer and I really enjoy expressing my feelings with characters whom I can relate to.
I'm thinking of having one of my MC's friend being Asexual and I'm probably going to have her be that.
I tend to base may major characters off of some part of my personality and then expand on them or add a variable that makes them completely different but still similar to me. Since I am straight, doing this with my characters never really made me think about writing someone of a different sexuality than I am except for minor characters.
I know what you mean. Everyone keeps saying, "Oh, we need more representation. We don't get enough." So, everyone seems to have some, or a lot, in their stories. I'm sure they do get enough representation, but none of the books are published yet. One day, a flood of LGBT+ books will come out (of the closet ba-da-ts), and I'm afraid my poor straight characters will be lost among it all.
My protagonist is bi-curious, but it's not something that has to be addressed within the bindings of her story.
As the writer, I feel like I have to say I'm straight.
Everyone is assumed gay/bi unless I explicitly say otherwise, so a reverse of real life.
Jeez, now that I think about it, both of my main protagonists (Alix and Cat) are lesbians, one of the main villains (Wit, Male) is bi and the other one (Fraya, Female) is straight, and the other protagonist (Winter, Male) who's in the second book is pan. Initially all 4 of the main characters, (Alix, Cat, Wit, and Fraya) were girls which would have made everything 10x gayer.
Mizu and Cael are lesbians for each other. There's actually a scene I'm planning where this happens.
Mizu: (gives Cael some alcohol) I… well… I don't just like you because of your eyes now.
Cael: Hehe… (drinks alcohol)
Mizu: You're so adventurous and upbeat. I think that I may be in… well, you know.
(Cael passes out from drinking too much alcohol)
The next morning…
Mizu: Morning, Cael. Did you enjoy sleeping with me?
Lucas is Asexual.
Bennentt is Pansexual.
Garrett is Bisexual.
I love different sexualities in characters because there are so few books that have them in it.
I haven't really thought of characters' sexualities too much (or romance at all, actually), but for the most part I tend to use the "all or nothing" approach and make them either pansexual or asexual. In general, if their sexuality isn't explicitly stated, then it's safe to assume they're pan.
I didn't start writing characters in the LGBTQ+ spectrum until after I figured who I am, where I belong in the spectrum. I wanted to write my experience being confused and finding who I am. I'm still in the closet, but I still wanted to share my experience through my writing. I want to get out and be proud of who I am, but I'm afraid of my family not being accepting of me. My parents are sort of traditional, add to the fact they're Asian, and even though they're exposed to the thought of gay people (seeing that my uncle is gay), but sometimes they make fun of people or make rude remarks about people apart of the LGBTQ+ community. My siblings are too young to understand, but it's scary thinking about my family knowing and not being accepting.
True, but people that aren't those main four would want more exposure to the world. To see more diversity. Wouldn't you agree?
I think lgbt representations outside of just pan bi ace and homo is suuuuuppppeeeerrrr important since if a poly individual sees their (just an example) sexuality it’ll just bring them confidence knowing people recognize their existence while also letting others see that poly is NOT the same as Pan or bi and that they won’t be pushed away as “making it up”
