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We Are Not Just a Diversity Checkbox Part 3

By |2020-03-28T13:42:41-05:00September 5th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Guest Blogs, Teen Voices|Tags: , , , |

There are people who partially fit the stereotypes of their sexuality (butch lesbians, effeminate gay men, sex-repulsed asexuals, etc.) but in media they are often presented as caricatures. These negative portrayals in media lead to real-life queer people who fit these stereotypes being attacked by other queer people, mostly due to the fear of exposing the MOGII community as a whole to the negativity attached to those stereotypes. In both fiction and in real life, all members of the MOGII community deserve to be respected and respectfully represented, regardless of how they express themselves. Instead of telling MOGII people [...]

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Stereotypes

By |2020-03-28T13:42:44-05:00April 7th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog|Tags: , |

It wasn’t long ago that you’d be hard pressed to find a YA book with a gay character in it all.  We’ve come a long way.  Yet there’s still a long way to go. While gay characters are represented in YA fiction, far too often they are stereotypes, there to provide an appearance of diversity without actually being fully realized characters.  How often does a female YA protagonist have a quirky, funny, gay best friend?  This is a great character because it’s a male presence, but one without any threat associated with him. Then there’s the sporty lesbian, another stereotype [...]

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