Entries tagged “Gay”
Something's Missing in Fantasy Fiction: We Want More Gay Characters!
Posted on 4 March 2008 by CJ Stutz at 4:19 PM | Comments (0)
Tags: Gay, Genre, Lynn Flewelling, Slash, Tolkien
Seriously.
A while ago, I read a somewhat defensive explanation of the “Slash”
genre, which is, as best I understand it, fantasy that involves gay
characters. The author mainly wanted to
explain what Slash was not—and it struck me, who cares? I mean, isn’t this focus on what can and
cannot qualify as Slash sort of self defeating?
What, certain books aren’t gay enough, while other books are too gay? Apparently, even in a genre where wizards,
warriors, shapechangers, kings in disguise and even walking and talking trees
are equally welcome, “gay” still means outsider and, therefore, requires a
separate designation…
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