Shout-out to @troodon who has been making up some #WritingPride question prompts for June (on the fly, no less) on that hashtag, and @klepsydra for causing me to spot them. Going to highlight/answer the ones I've seen so far in a thread that starts here.
FWIW, I did notice #LoveMakeShare with a topical pride question on June 2nd as well.
#WritingPride 6/1: Any queer protagonists?
Carrie's figuring out being a lesbian in the WIP that I talk about endlessly on my feed. But Rose is arguably a better protagonist for that plot, as it's central to her story, not a side plot that starts taking over.
I also had Marie in my first time travel short story be bisexual. Oh, and Angel in "Epsilon" is lesbian, but she's past the figuring it out stage.
#WritingPride 6/2: Any queer antagonists?
I don't think so. There's an off chance the current antagonist is bisexual, but it hasn't come up either way. So to speak.
Of course, Carrie doubled as her own antagonist in the original "Time & Tied", so maybe that qualifies?
#WritingPride 6/3: There was no June 3rd, so I'll fill the gap with SC (side characters).
There's a bunch, mostly lesbian or bisexual. Carrie has Chartreuse and Peaches. Rose had Paige. In Epsilon, Beam is a damn trip (she's a lesbian hologram who was, in her society, shunned for only being attracted to one gender). And in math, the quartic function QT is "biquadratic" meaning she has a thing for ParaB.
#WritingPride 6/4: Does queerphobia or repression of non-cis, non-hetero people exist in settings?
I generally write urban fantasy, so yeah. But it's usually in the background, like be careful who you come out to. I don't write actual derogatory scenes, leaves a bad taste.
#WritingPride 6/5: How do you portray character queerness?
Pretty much who they flirt with. Because outside of that they're simply characters who interact with other characters. (Some characters won't even catch on to the flirting.)
#WritingPride 6/6: Ever written a character's queer awakening?
Rose. Very much Rose. (An editor even thought I was a 20-something woman with that story, so yay.) Carrie to a lesser extent, like her first kiss with Chartreuse probably counts, but it was a side plot. Hell, Carrie's still figuring herself out in the sequel.
Freaking Rose though. Became a lesbian and a math person in the same story.
#WritingPride 6/7: A queer community in the setting? How do they signal membership?
Again, urban fantasy. Also a university, so there's an LGBTQ club on campus that gets referenced. Rainbows are a thing.
Related, Peaches goes from wearing black and flirting with anyone female to wearing black with rainbows and flirting with only some females. (Progress? You don't need to flirt as much if you advertise a bit?)
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