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Originally Posted by meeera
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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A compelling reason why x character suddenly goes out of his way to underline the fact.
A scene which served absolutely no purpose except to let everyone know how politically-correct the author is.
A long, drawn-out scene where a minor character suddenly dramatizes his crush on the main character, for no good reason.
When I say "compelling reason", I mean in the same way I assume every author has carefully-chosen reasons for any scene in a book. If a character was always gay, I wouldn't blink twice in regard to the logical flow of the story. All I am talking about here is the logical flow of the story.
(Personal opinions about the rightness or wrongness of homosexuality belong in the P&R forum, really... I would prefer to avoid having this thread closed/moved/chopped in half because the moderating team saw a lot of Political and Religious discussion blatantly going on, so I would appreciate it if everyone on all sides could please keep to the difference...
and stop misinterpreting my words.)