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In most books I read and movies I watch, there are rarely any LGBT characters, and the LGBT representation I do see is almost exclusively gay men, with a smaller amount of lesbians and a handful of...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T10:29:05Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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weakdna says reinstate monica
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2019-12-08T10:29:05Z (almost 5 years ago)
In most books I read and movies I watch, there are rarely any LGBT characters, and the LGBT representation I do see is almost exclusively gay men, with a smaller amount of lesbians and a handful of bisexuals. I can't think of any books I've read with an MC who's transgender or nonbinary (neither male or female; not conforming to a gender binary). I'm not trans or nonbinary, but I am bisexual, and I want to casually make my characters LGBT without making it seem forced because I know how important positive representation is to people in my community. I have a few OC's right now who I don't really have an assigned gender for, one of whom is a witch named Kem. I characterize Kem as kind of a [tsundere](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Tsundere) who enjoys attention and has few close friends. I don't know whether or not making Kem transgender or nonbinary is a good idea, because I'm not either of those things, I've never written a trans/nonbinary character, and I don't want to make Kem a walking stereotype. How does one incorporate trans/nonbinary characters without making their gender the main focus?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-01-05T20:15:05Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 18