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Old 03-31-2015, 05:21 AM   #171
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Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
Hmm, I have noticed a recent trend in YA Fiction, to insert one, just one, token gay character. Perhaps I shouldn't be accusing authors of jumping on the politically-correct bandwagon, but I must say, the characters in question don't seem to have any compelling reason to suddenly turn out to be gay.
Why do characters need a "compelling reason" to turn out to be gay? Do characters need a "compelling reason" to be written as straight? (Or Aboriginal, or disabled, or any other minority?) Is there any reason why characters shouldn't more or less reflect the makeup of the population? (In which case, I agree, most books should probably have more than one gay character!)

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