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>>GavCo+(OP)
I'm a gay man and I think we are going to far with this PC nonsense. I had a hard time growing up in the 90s knowing I was different and being tormented by my peers, so I'm happy to see gay "normalized" in current pop culture more because I think it teaches the younger generation to accept themselves and others. However I feel that it's going to far, for example I started reading a novel the other day but gave up a third of the way through because every character was some form of LGBT or interracial or something. It made the story seem fake and unrealistic. I think editing classic books is wrong even if it is covering up something like hate or bigotry. History forgotten is history bound to repeat itself.

>>double+ls1
> I started reading a novel the other day but gave up a third of the way through because every character was some form of LGBT or interracial or something. It made the story seem fake and unrealistic.

Sounds like a great book. Nearly all of my friends are trans, as I like to be around other trans people. It’s nice to be understood without constant questions. I’m an adult and I live in a very queer area. For younger queer people that live in more conservative places, full of people that don’t understand them or are actively hostile, stories of healthy queer community can give those people hope for a better life. These things are extremely important to a lot of young queer people and even as an adult I prefer stories that have realistic trans representation for people like me - which means everyone is some kind of queer.

It sounds like the story just wasn’t for you but it strikes me as totally realistic to have a book with primarily or only queer characters. These people congregate in groups because they understand each other better.

>>Taylor+9x1
> it strikes me as totally realistic to have a book with primarily or only queer characters

It doesn’t strike me as realistic at all. Queer people need to be able to deal with heteronormative people as much as the reverse.

Otherwise you’re just self selecting into ghettos. I don’t think it can really be avoided, but to present it as desirable strikes me as wrong.

>>Aeolun+vJ1
Surely that depends on the setting? In any case, nobody complains that fiction contains too many policemen, detectives or cowboys compared to the average distribution in society.