LGBT Wrimos! http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832 HankAlhazred (Forgive me if I glossed over a thread for you guys. If I did, please point me in the right direction!) Any openly queer writers out there? Anybody writing an LGBTQ-interest novel? Wanna discuss good queer-friendly publishers? I'm FTM Trans, highly genderqueer, pansexual, polyfidelitous. (which is my way of saying, no matter what flavor of queer you bring to the table, I'm the last person who'd ever judge you!) My novel is occult/spiritual fantasy. While not the central focus of the story, a major cornerstone of the plot is a hijra/two-spirit sort of tribe, and the main character is gay, but that is of little consequence to the plot. what are your life experiences and interests adding to your novel? Sat, 15 Oct 2011 07:41:50 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_66544 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_66544 sunydaze Hi, I'm Rachelle. This is my first Nano, though I've wanted to participate for years. I'm gay (I use that as my catch-all adjective, like 'queer' is what most people use), pretty much open about myself. I've written one novel that's lesbian-themed, and I've been working on a second one. My Nano story isn't going to be queer-themed. I have wanted to write a YA book about an FTM transman who starts his transition during his junior year of college at an all-female college (which, actually, after this idea came to me, one of my friends from the single-sex college I went to did begin his transition because he wanted to graduate as male), but I haven't had time to do the research. Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:25:30 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_66881 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_66881 JezzyHatesJazz I'm Jezaret. I'm bisexual and bigender and I've been kicking around the idea of (one day) writing a book with a bigender protagonist since the term isn't too widely known - that I've seen at least. LGBT themes seem to find their way into most of my work, even if it's just in the background. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:55:34 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_75137 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_75137 i am the moon The YA story sounds amazing. I hope you write that; I definitely want to read it! Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:05:06 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_75224 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_75224 HankAlhazred Your YA novel idea sounds rad, and I know at least a dozen people who are Smith College alums who'd be chomping at the bit to help you if I told them. ;) Sun, 16 Oct 2011 03:15:57 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_75927 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_75927 HankAlhazred I'm diggin' it. anything gender-funky is something I'm in to! Glad to hear from you. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 03:16:38 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_75935 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_75935 chokeonirony I'm Amber, gender-non-committal and into girls. What's up? My novel is about the apocalypse and girls who fall in love over the phone. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:26:22 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_76740 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_76740 Illa Scriptor I'm Rizy and I'm pansexual, little bit genderqueer and polyamourous, and I'm writing about lesbians, vampires, and werewolves. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:24:01 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_78970 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_78970 allmylove I'm Cate. Plain old boring girl who's into girls... or lesbian. I'm writing a time-travelling sci-fi with a couple of lesbian characters... or otherwise queer and a gay male couple in it. The future is a bit post apocalyptic and robots are ruling the world and have outlawed heterosexuality Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:34:54 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_79052 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_79052 mothgirl Queer teen writer, will mainly be hanging out in the Teen LGBTQ etc thread (The Rainbow Coven), but came over here to say hi, and might pop in and out over the year! Sun, 16 Oct 2011 09:04:53 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_79257 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_79257 poi_son_joy Name's Kit, and I'm queer as hell, when it comes to both gender and sexuality! Assigned female at birth, attracted to women, gender kind of wobbles between varying degrees of female and male. I also have polyamorous tendencies. ;) I love playing with this sort of thing with my fiction... I always have at least a couple characters that aren't heterosexual, and I want to eventually write some trans* characters, too. This year I'm probably going to be doing some form of fanfiction (Batman, centered on his Rogues Gallery) which will undoubtedly include at least mention of male/female, male/male, and female/female relationships. All of them. B) Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:04:14 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_80581 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_80581 Aphea Rin here! FAAB, twin-spirit (or bigendered; I'm a bit iffy on the terms), and something of a five on the Kinsey. Lovely to see so many queers hanging out here! I have to remind myself to include heteros in my writing lately, X3 This year I'm probably going to be writing about Greek gods coming down to earth and living as mortals (thank gods for the adopt-a-plot thread!) and it's told from Artemis' point of view- so lesbians galore! And I've always been convinced Apollo was bi and a Drag Queen, so that'll be in there at some point. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:24:42 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_81408 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_81408 IamSamThisIsMe Hi. I'm Sam, Genderfluid, panromantic asexual. I'm writing a novel where both my MMC's are gay, and in a strange sort of open relationship. It's Erotic Lit Fic. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:25:38 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_81898 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_81898 newdood Evening everyone! I'm Matt, 23, from the midwest and I'm an openly gay man :3 This is my first official Wrimo, though I knew about it years ago when I bought Baty's book after High School- I've completed two stories with varying success in the 30-day format, so now I'm going to try and make it official. I've been on the fence about my story/genre these past few days, and as of now I'm going to be writing an urban fantasy young adult piece this year (emphasis on the adult part- post High School chars) with four chars, one of whom is gay and in the closet. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:51:11 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_87538 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_87538 Halo2 Hi everyone. I'm a bi girl, though my brain generally thinks I'm male. Just to complicate matters I'm married to a - very understanding - het guy, so it pretty much puts me in no-mans-land as far as socialising goes. If anyone still wants to talk to me please feel free. It can get pretty lonely out here... As far as NaNo goes, my ideas are pretty sketchy at the moment. I've no idea whether my two MC's are going to be just friends or romantically involved at this point though, so we'll see how it turns out. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:23:57 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_87945 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_87945 SpyGirl Hello. Another "boring" lesbian here. And yes, I think I really am pretty boring. :-) My novel will be about vampires....definitely with lesbian protagonists. Not sure what else. I can't decide whether I want to lay it out pre-Nano....or if I want to write by the seat of my pants starting the 1st. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:28:46 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_88008 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_88008 AKimlin I'm straight but my characters aren't. My stories aren't really LGBTQ etc though - they just have characters that are in them. My detectives I am writing this time are in a civil partnership and kind of on honeymoon. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:54:05 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_88351 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_88351 nanthimus I'm a biromantic asexual woman and my characters are a naive, awkward young man and a self-medicating, alcoholic, vampire hunter who are stuck on a cruise ship that's slowly be consumed by vampires. And yes, these two characters end up falling in love - or at least become really attached and dependent - during the course of this story. It's really not heavy on the romance though; while there's a few scenes that are more tender and a sexual scene early in the story, this definitely falls into the horror genre. Which is why I don't think it's appropriate for either Storm Moon Press or Torquere Press and those were the two I was really eyeballing as for as publication goes. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:02:22 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_89292 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_89292 sunydaze That would be awesome! I'd definitely be interested in being put into contact with some people after Nano is over. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:00:34 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_90071 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_90071 HankAlhazred Y'all are awesome! Glad to see so much diversity here. I'm so excited for November and all the awesome stuff y'all are going to churn out. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:10:26 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_98608 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_98608 i am the moon Let's not get into gender, but I am a panromantic possibly-asexual (possibly just really picky and easily bored) person. I have a subtextual gay romance in my novel this year, though it'll never be overtly stated. It's like...I always read these books where I see how two men or women could theoretically be romantically involved and always wondered if it was intentional. Well for me, all that subtext will have been completely intentional. :) Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:14:28 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_98659 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_98659 J.E.Blackworth I'm a genderqueer biromantic homosexual female reporting, hello hello! My my, it's lovely to see all these radiant shades of a rainbow here :) My story will be a horror story with a protagonist who happens to be MtF, and an antagonist who is pretty much an androgyn or even genderqueer male. LGBTQAI-issues won't be so much on the surface, but I just wanted some other LGBTQA-representation than just L, G and B in my novel. There'll be the G-part, most likely, because... I just like me some manlovin'. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:25:55 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_99678 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_99678 Ren Not too many people here yet. Where is everyone? :) Hiya. I'm .. uh .. a transmasculine genderqueer homoromantic (flexible) asexual. I usually just say "gay man" to keep it simple, though. I haven't decided exactly HOW queer my novel this year will be, but so far I know that there will be some girl-girl lovings and messing with gender roles. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:04:10 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_101190 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_101190 Mince Ratterby I'm 23 and FtM, non-op for medical reasons and married to a non-op MtF. I write books about gay male couples, although not always, and not this year. Very pleased to meet other people who don't fit in/have found themselves saddled with a necessarily complicated approach to these categories! Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:23:11 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_102110 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_102110 Mince Ratterby I love those kinds of books. Subtlety all the way. :D Roland Barthes talks about it wonderfully: "[I]t is intermittence...which is erotic: the intermittence of skin flashing between two articles of clothing (trousers and sweater), between two edges (the open-necked shirt, the glove and the sleeve); it is this flash which seduces, or rather: the staging of an appearance-as-disappearance." Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:30:02 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_102184 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_102184 i am the moon Mm, you described it so deliciously. :) Yes, precisely that. Subtlety can be a thousand times more erotic than an overt sex scene, if done correctly. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:45:37 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_103143 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_103143 Elina Trevisan Hello. I'm a 20-year-old bisexual woman. I'm not entirely out (my family and close friends know, as well as random strangers on the internet, but that's all), but I have started on that process. My novel this year deals with the issue of discrimination, but it's religious discrimination and the general idea of, "We don't know what it is, it could theoretically hurt us, so we don't like it!" There are a few queer characters, but that fact isn't really a part of the plot. They're there, they are the way they are, and that's it. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:39:16 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_105415 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_105415 Arlequin Hello. My name is Arlequin, and I am a notoriously homosexual trans guy. In this year's novel my main character, James, is gay. I suppose one might see some unfortunate implications in the fact that he also happens to be a manipulative bastard, thus making him a sneaky gay, but really, he's far more complex than that. There's another gay character as well, Richard, who wants to marry James' sister Catherine in order to hide his own homosexuality. I think we can all guess how this turns out in the end. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:42:54 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_105957 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_105957 greendragon06 Hey everyone I'm Dylan. I'm 23 years old and I'm a queer ftm. I'm liking how there is so much more diversity than there had been in years past...used to know all of the transpeople...now a few names look familiar, guess that's what I get for taking a year off of trying to do nanowrimo. I have yet to win a nanowrimo. I will win this year though. On my side is the fact that I have to write a one act play for a class that I am taking, so I will be writing a lot. I really think my play idea is far more interesting than my ideas for a novel...but maybe it'll turn out differently. All I know is that if there are any love interests in my nano, they will probably be queer in some way...I suck at writing het romance. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:31:43 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_114899 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_114899 Riyoha Hi! I'm Gwen (although I still have yet to actually officially pick a name for myself....so let's go with Gwen ^_^) I'm a MtF transgender, although the internet at large and all my friends (who are ironically....the internet at large ^_^) know, but of my family only my mother knows (and other than her tendency to refer to it as "an illness" (which I'm pretty sure isn't meant to be offensive) she's ok with it) I'm hoping to being living as a girl this November (31st of October to be exact) when I move out of my parents so this NaNo will be a big month, and hopefully my first win! ^_^ Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:30:10 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_118298 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_118298 EmIrene Hey. I'm a bisexual teenage girl, or at least I think. I'm not very open about it ims because sometimes I'm not sure and I have this irrational fear of people thinking I'm lying or something. I'm writing fantasy this year. Possible romance between two female MCs. They would be perfect for each other but I have no idea how to write a romance or how to bring homosexuality up in the societies of my novel's world. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:36:23 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_118383 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_118383 gardenswing Can I join in? I'm a straight female and a big ally of LGBT causes. I also happen to be polyamorous. The novel I may write for November features a bisexual man, who is somewhat genderqueer. I'm not totally sure that I'm ready for this novel, though, because the issue of his love interest isn't settled in my head. (The love interest is central to the plotline.) The premise is that it's a fantasy setting where only women can perform certain magic, or so it's believed. He is a male born with the ability for "female" magic. He is masculine in many ways, but he is also feminine in others. He is happy to be addressed by feminine forms of address, as is proper for magic users in their society, but he also retains his masculine identity. I had originally intended that his love interest be male, but I've had it pointed out that it's kind of stereotypical to have a "feminine" man be gay and have a masculine partner. (For the purpose of my story the love interest does have to be a warrior - a traditionally "masculine" activity.) I hadn't really thought about making a statement with my fiction, but I guess it is useful to be aware of common tropes. Another option I thought of was to have his partner be a warrior female, which would create two gender non-conforming characters. And the third option is that I could have a polyamorous love story - he could have a male partner and a female partner. I need to sit with this and figure out what feels "right" to me as far as the character and story. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:51:02 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_118582 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_118582 WritingTrumpsHomework I'm 16 and queer. My novel decided a few days ago that instead of being a gay romance novel, it wanted to be a supernatural thriller-ish thing with a main character who just happens to have a boyfriend. It's not targeted at the LGBT community or anything, he's just there. Am I the only one who thinks that casually gay characters are progressive in their own way? That if you handle it with nonchalance, it might rub off on your reader? Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:05:38 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_118801 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_118801 WritingTrumpsHomework Just curious, how are what are your vampires going to be like? I love all of the variety you find in various vampire novels. The ideas and characteristics are almost never the same, anymore. It's fabulous. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:10:03 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_118860 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_118860 Elina Trevisan You are definitely not the only one. I personally don't like people to make a huge deal out of my sexuality (questions are fine, but treating me like I'm some sort of exotic animal is a no-no), so treating it casually in fiction may help in reality. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:53:30 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_121596 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_121596 greendragon06 I agree, treating it casually where appropriate is a good idea. I say appropriate because say your main character is egotistical and has to be the center of attention. She is loud and proud about all that she is, brags about every A she gets on a test, every lead role she lands in local theater, etc. So when she has her first girlfriend, it would be out of character in some cases for her to be quiet about it. I am using a teenage or young 20-something as an example because those are really the characters that tend to be obnoxious and loud about things, part of a genre where people are still trying to figure themselves out, coming of age stories. There is a time and a place for everything. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:29:35 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_124406 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_124406 poi_son_joy Not the only one at all! Thing is, books with strong LGBT themes are important, but if that's the only kind of book being written/published then it's... kind of othering in its own way? Like, if there are stories with straight people and straight relationships in them that don't concentrate on How Very Straight the characters are, surely stories with gay people and gay characters in them who just happen to be gay and doing the cool things any other characters in books do should exist too! The way I think about it is, if you write a book about a gay character going camping, it could very well have strong LGBT themes. But it doesn't HAVE to, and it's good for it not to sometimes! After all, camping doesn't turn into Gay Camping just because it's a gay person doing it! ;) Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:49:16 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_125362 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_125362 ThePQ4 Hey. I'm a pansexual 23 year old from Wisconsin. While I've never formally come out to anyone in particular, most of my friends know I have a special place in my heart for the transexual and androgynous bunch. I'm also fairly certain that my family knows that I'm not quite "straight", even though I've only ever dated men. On my college campus, I often feel like I don't really fit in with the LGBT community, though my roommate is bi and is heavily involved with their goings-on. I write a lot of m/m romance, though I've dabbled in some f/f and of course your typical m/f. My first NaNo win was with an m/m romance that I came up with about a week into the month...and (please don't hurt me!) finished within about two weeks, about a Ranch owner and his Foreman. It was inspired by J.L. Langley's Tin Star/Broken H books. Last year's novel was a retelling/continuation of the Wizard of Oz books. D2 (Dorothy Gale's great-grandaughter) was pursued by a pansexual human-raised-by-munchkins, who was in an openish relationship with a giant munchkin (with a stutter), as well as Princess-now-Queen Ozma, who identified as lesbian with a perchance for crossdressing (she was a boy after all when we first met her, in the original Oz books). This year's story was inspired (oddly enough) by Glee. My MC is an MTF transgender who convinces her parents to let her attempt living a girl after they move from Cleveland to a small Lima-like town. A very Dave Karofsky-like character finds himself attracted to her (not knowing that she's transgender), making him even more confused than he already was about his sexuality, and things progress from there. I actually started it as a Glee fanfiction, but I found that I loath writing Kurt Hummel...so turning it into an original instead! Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:27:54 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_125834 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_125834 greendragon06 PQ.... I want to read your story! I'm not a Gleek but your story sounds really great and I'd love to hear someone give voice to an MTF character, something, no matter how many MTF friends I have, I can't seem to conquer myself. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:02:05 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_126277 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_126277 Arlequin I agree to some extent. It's a bit harder to be very casual about it when you're writing historical fiction like I do, considering what attitudes towards homosexuality were like in the past, but I do tend to <em>sneak</em> gay storylines into stories that aren't necessarily focused on queer themes. I mean, last year's novel was about Irish gangsters in prohibition-era NYC, but I still managed to have a few prominent queer characters, two of whom had a very subtle romance going on in the background. Things are a bit more obvious in this year's novel, because there's a subplot involving one of my gay characters which has a lot to do with societal issues surrounding homosexuality, but that doesn't make the novel as a whole a <em>gay novel</em>. It's just one of the many different plots going on in the story. That's all. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:38:56 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_126848 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_126848 youphoria Hey y'all! I'm demi-pansexual and polyamorous. Out of the characters who've introduced themselves to me so far, one is definitely multisexual and tending to be attracted to people whose gender presentation/performance is either very butch or very femme, two men who I'm not sure whether they are in a relationship with each other as well as with their wife (who is my MC), and one who is transfeminine genderqueer. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:54:16 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_134479 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_134479 ThePQ4 Haha, thanks :D I'll message you a link to my blogger and you can read the start of the Glee version. I'll be posting it sporadically as I write as well. (Although, I feel I should warn you, there are a few...dirtier parts) Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:20:24 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_136682 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_136682 lijewi Hello! I am 21 and a boring gay lady... The main romance in my novel this year is with two women (of course!), one gay lady, and I haven't met the second woman yet so I'm not sure how she identifies! Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:13:31 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_137244 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_137244 AKimlin I'm trying to keep it as little of an issue to be gay as possible and even in contempoary stories try to construct situations where them being gay is not an issue. I figure Joe fastening up his belt in a cleaning cupboard while helping Tim tuck his shirt in indicates the fact they are gay or at least in some sort of relationship. My best-friend says it is however the most literal coming out of the closet start to a story he has ever read lol (which was not intentional). Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:22:01 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_139020 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_139020 Vyctori Pansexual polyamorous here, I'm also twin-spirit (kinda) and highly romantic. I'm 22 and would love to make more friends. My novel isn't GLBT this year but it is based in a fantasy world with unconventional gender roles, and my FMC's tribe doesn't really have gender roles at all. Men can easily be made into house wives and women into warriors depending on what the tribe needs, or if the do a special task during their coming of age test they can chose for themselves their path and even leave the village as an ambassador to other villages with the villages support behind them. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:15:25 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_143411 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_143411 greendragon06 Your story sounds interesting Vyctori. Queer people don't have to always write queer stories, just like straight people don't have to always write straight stories. I love non-traditional gender roles even when characters are not transgender in any way- its still fun! Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:31:28 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_145383 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_145383 Leprechaun Hey! I'm Laura. I'm a straight ally. I'm still debating between plot ideas, but if I go with the high fantasy, I'll have trio of main characters in which the two men fall in love. I believe one of them is a bisexual, but I don't think I'll know until I actually start writing. As it's in another world, the other characters are concerned with the classist aspect (one is a prince and the other is a soldier), but they're fine with the homosexuality; it's not very common, but it's accepted. I suppose there's a bit of political commentary, even though I try to avoid that as much as possible and just write a darn story... But I guess it's unavoidable sometimes. I'm also concerned because I've always been bad at writing romance from a man's point of view, and now... both sides of the relationship are male. -.- (That's my excited face.) Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:56:31 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_145737 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_145737 Strawberry.Suite Hi! I'm pansexual and cisfemale. Queer themes almost always make it into my stories in one way or another, but they're never the focus--it just happens that way! I don't make a big deal of sexuality in real life, and I don't do it in my writing either. Other characters are welcome to, but I don't see why I have to. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:01:43 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_145805 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_145805 Cross_That_Line Well, my name's Dannie, I am bisexual, bigender (on a small scale, but I've been noticing it more and more often) and I love and accept people no matter whether they are black, pink, blue, Asian, bisexual, straight, gay, or a freaking dinosaur. :) Most of my characters end up bisexual or lesbian. (lot's of sexy smut in my stories lol) but I think this year I will write about a FtM :) anything else? nope. good. :) Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:12:47 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_147781 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_147781 Janon Hello! I identify as a queer poly cisgendered Lady person author. Or something. The important thing though, is the novel. I'm writing a story about a girl who's gay, although that's not what the story is about. I'm in fact hoping to create a novel where the person's sexuality is just a thing, not overly commented upon or driving the story a whole lot. She does have some coming out dramaz with her parents, but mostly she's just a teenager. With demon problems. Really what I'm struggling with is the teenaged aspect. I'm *cough cough* a tiny bit past teen years, and I'm struggling to get her voice right without being overly dramatic or overly condescending. It's been fun to pitch myself back into the mindset of a 17 year old, and by fun I mean hard. What I really want to know is--what music should she be listening to? It should be weird, counter-culture, the type a under-the-bleachers kid would be listening to. Any ideas? Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:51:03 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_148303 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_148303 adorable fluffy kittens I don't have any musical ideas, sorry. I mostly just wanted to squee because not only do I recognize you from elsewhere on the great big internets, I'm pretty sure we're friends on XBox LIVE. :D Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:59:05 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_148447 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_148447 adorable fluffy kittens I'll be honest with you: my first reaction upon seeing this thread a few days ago was basically "...yes, and?" Okay. You want to know who I am? I'm a genderqueer pansexualish polyamorous female-bodied strong personality who will often end up taking the "male" role in a relationship... even if it's with a male-bodied person, like my bigender bisexual also-polyamorous lovely spouse (who really likes butts). And honestly, things are so interesting in our personal lives right now that I'm being a NaNo Rebel and just writing 50,000 words about <em>us</em>. Wheeeee. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:03:42 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_148524 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_148524 aplanning Hello! Bi guy married to a gay guy and we have the cutest 2 year old daughter ever! Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:40:02 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_149943 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_149943 Strawberry.Suite My genderqueer, bisexual, polyamorous lovely boyfriend also really likes butts! We should arrange a playdate or something. xD Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:56:47 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_152489 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_152489 adorable fluffy kittens Hee. It's only 1500 miles or so, I'm sure we can work something out. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:11:55 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_152615 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_152615 Sarahswati Hi! I'm Sarah, gynoromantic, asexual, transwoman... happy to be back for my third NaNo! :) Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:31:47 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_152810 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_152810 Janon ORLY? From wheres do I know you? PM me! Wouldn't it be weird if it wasn't me, and I have an internets twin? I like how your name and avatar work together there :) Srsly screamo is not a thing people should listen to. That's all I'm saying. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:10:05 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_156266 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_156266 SCurtis_No1_Fan Bisexual over here and proud of it. I have queer friends of all colors and will never judge your queerness. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:16:55 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_156336 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_156336 adorable fluffy kittens FFS, my chiptune station on last.fm keeps trying to throw screamo with slight background chip elements at me. NO. BAD LAST.FM RADIO. I have PM'd, and hopefully you know who I am now. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:51:41 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_156704 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_156704 Janon Yes! I kind of hope to change the world by making things in my stories no big deal. How gender and sexuality and relationships work? NO BIG DEAL. That's the plan. Mwahahaha, mine is an evil laugh. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:06:17 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_156857 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_156857 Vyctori -smiley face- thanks. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:46:06 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_166603 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_166603 Ophiucha Hi! I'm not very attached to any terms, but for simplicity's sake, I tend to just say 'bisexual'. I'm a bit on the gray-a side of things, and I'd date someone who doesn't fit the gender binary, so I suppose pansexual would be more fitting. I don't tend to think of societal norms as part of my gender identity, so I consider myself cis. I also consider myself polyamorous, but I am in a monogamous marriage at this time, and I am happy with it. My husband is open to the idea of having another partner, though I don't think we could have separate partners - at least not now. Maybe a few years down the road, though. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:54:24 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_168068 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_168068 HankAlhazred Good luck! You can do it! :D Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:52:47 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_186167 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_186167 HankAlhazred Of course you're welcome! We love SOFFA's here. They're cozy. :D Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:53:52 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_186179 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_186179 HankAlhazred Yaaaaaaay!! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:07:57 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_186339 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_186339 HankAlhazred Hooray! We're going to be best friends, I can tell. Love your username!! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:08:41 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_186346 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_186346 Sarahswati Thank you! :) Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:19:38 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_186479 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_186479 decafmirth Greetings, My name's Liz. I'm never sure how to introduce myself but, based on reading through everyone else's comments, I guess I would assign my tags as panromantic polyamorous and asexual. I'm writing a not-too-distant-future murder mystery. My MC is part of a same-sex polyfidelitous group in a world where polyamory is the norm and monogamy isn't understood. They are open to others joining their group, but it would need the approval of all partners. At the moment I'm planning on making the murderer one of the MC's partners, to play on the honesty, loyalty and betrayal issues. I have also considered instead revealing the MC as the murderer, perhaps with the assistance of one of her partners. We'll see what happens in November. Oh, and my MC's confidante is FtM. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:36:37 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_190108 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_190108 IzzieLostHerMind Um... I'm pansexual (it's taken me years to nail down the term) and I refer to myself as gender-meh (haven't nailed down the term yet). Nice to meet y'all. :D Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:40:28 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_190159 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_190159 HankAlhazred That sounds like a REALLY cool story. o_o Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:20:57 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_192427 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_192427 HankAlhazred Gender-meh? I like it. :3 I self describe as genderjello (mostly masculine but wobbles when you poke it) or, in the immortal words of Gonzo, "I'm a whatever." Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:21:57 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_192443 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_192443 TheOneBlueGecko Hi. I would describe myself as still working on figuring myself out. I like to describe myself as just me. If I have to give myself a term it would be asexual and panromantic (though I have never really been romantically attached to anyone I always find myself crushing on fictional characters female, male, anything - I think maybe I understand them better than people a lot of the time). I always make a point of including LGBT people in my novels, though I find that I tend to just focus on the LG part of it as well as gender-different and am working on being more inclusive. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:35:18 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_193408 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_193408 SilentInsanity I decided I wanted a romance in my novel, but I figured having my main characters hook up would be too cliche. Both of my mains are girls, Ailish and Nova. Ailish likes Nova, no doubt, but Nova is rather confused about her sexual orientation, so she doesn't return the feelings. I'm having the main romances be between the main characters' siblings, with Samantha and Thomas as one (I kind of hate writing straight pairings. They're just not as interesting.), Noah and Ryan as another, and then Brian and Franklin. Noah and Brian are Nova's older brothers, aged 20 and 18 respectively. Ryan and Franklin are twins, 19 years old. I'll have fun writing this *evil laugh* Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:32:30 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_196858 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_196858 SilentInsanity I spy a Grell. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:33:17 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_196861 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_196861 Cashay I'm Cashay, I'm 20, female and pansexual. This year I'm probably going to do some NaNo rebelling because I have promised so many people so many FanFiction ^^" Most of the FanFiction will involve homosexual couples but I'm going to write a variety of things (unless I have the "genious" idea to do NaNo, work 12-14 hours a day and write FanFiction *cough*) Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:42:34 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_226297 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_226297 Cashay Oh that sounds like fun :D If you ever need someone to bounce ideas off I'd love to help just send me a message. And yeah I understand the thing with the straight pairings I dislike writing them too, don't really know why xD How about some platonic love at the end between the mc's? Just an idea that popped up in my head feel free to ignore it or any of my sleep-deprived rambling ;) Cas Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:47:07 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_226325 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_226325 SilentInsanity I ramble even when I'm not sleep deprived. I may do that, but for the majority of the novel, Nova is extremely irritated at Ailish, so I dunno. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:05:58 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_228320 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_228320 Lectin Gaezat Okay, just popping on from the Teens Forum as well like Belles. ^_^ Lectin, cisgender male. I'm not exactly sure about my sexual orientation, so I tend to ascribe to being simply queer. However, I am probably grey-asexual or simply gay. Yep, that's how I see things. This year my novel focuses on 14 Immortals, all of whom are representative of a moral and philosophical ideal, and while that defines their personalities, their sexual identity is very fluid. I cannot definitively see any of them in one specific gender (because every time they suffer a mortal wound they reincarnate into a new body and personality). I'd say that they're all genderqueer, or bigender - and they are all heavily asexual, with some bordering on demisexuality. Yep. ^_^ Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:46:19 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_230268 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_230268 tweedletallie Hey! I'm Tallie, 17, a genderqueer (leaning towards female) pansexual. I'm technically out as a lesbian because I present as a girl and am dating a girl, so it was easier saying lesbian than explaining pan, so I'm not really out yet. My novel this year wasn't meant to focus on LGBT+ issues, but then Jaime decided to be known in my head and boom, now it is! My protagonist is Mackenzie, a girl who's never really thought about her sexuality, and she has four primary friends (Teddy, Tawna, Ashleigh and Daniel). They're all in their final year before university so making big life decisions, and poor Macey is having a little extra thrown in the form of Jaime, an androgynous pansexual who introduces her to the LGBT world. Obviously she ends up falling for Jaime. I have several minor LGBT characters (a gay couple who become like mentors, a lesbian bartender, asexual coffee shop owners...) and my only other major LGBT character is Daniel, who comes out as MTF somewhere along the line. I don't think I've written anything without an LGBT character for years, I've always found them fun to write! Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:26:41 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_232796 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_232796 Cashay Well we're doing NaNo so I guess rambling is definitely a good thing xD I'm really curious about your novel, it sounds like it's gonna be interesting :) How does Nova react to her brothers getting together with guys? Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:57:58 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_239255 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_239255 Nolo Another Trans wrimo here. I'm also FTM. Doesn't really fit into this year's story at all, but maybe someday I'll write about it. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:43:49 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_245188 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_245188 SilentInsanity She thinks they're crazy. She can't understand why they want to be a part of that insane family (not that her family is any more sane...) Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:29:40 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_245495 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_245495 Indie-Young 23 year old mostly lesbian! I get crushes on nerdy guy friends from time to time but the sexual attraction is usually short lived and we quickly enter bro status. I'm writing about trans-dimensional lesbian pirates. There's treasure, cannibals, love, lust, betrayal, and a ship named George. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:43:08 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_255332 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_255332 mbc2014 ......trans-dimensional lesbian pirates. I would read that. 'Ello, I'm Magen. Ambigender biromantic homosexual is the lengthy label I've been going by recently. Writing my first LGBTQ story outside of the slash fanfiction lots of people end up writing. When I first created my MC, she was always gay and she was always going to be falling for a bisexual girl who was a bit of an enigmatic person and dating this heterosexual boy that my MC didn't like simply because he was with her love interest. (The plot and setting and love triangle and such have drastically changed over time.) It's not an LGBTQ-centered novel per se, but there are themes of coming to terms with who you are and having to hide in a very homophobic world (in my novel's world, if someone finds out you're not heterosexual and/or your gender and sex don't match up, then you get exiled from the country into the woods where the wolves live and humans don't) and such, but the whole arc is a sub-plot. And then, within the group, there are two other boys that I've already started writing slash fanfiction for but who aren't gay; it'll be something like Wolfstar in the Harry Potter books where it was heavily alluded to that there was something between Remus and Sirius, but nothing was ever confirmed and there's a whole crapload of fanon about the pairing. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:58:23 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_257070 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_257070 tsonoda Hi Everyone. I'm Terri and this is my very first (and maybe last if it kills me) NaNoWriMo. I'm 58, lesbian, and my partner and I live in Las Vegas. I will be writing lesbian romance which is near and dear to my heart. 50,000 words in a month scares the bageezus out of me. I thought it would be a good idea to join a group to exchange ideas, gripes, insomnia stories and share encouragement. Here goes something....... Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:21:59 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_257436 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_257436 Tambaloneus plain ole lesbian here I always seem to have plenty lesbians in my stories, just coz it's what I like to write. Most of the time the fact they're two women isn't really made a big deal of, either society doesn't care or they don't let it get to them. This time I have the younger generation of folk around the main chars be less open minded than their elders who really don't give an airborne act of intercourse. Generally I wanted to do a bit of wooby goopy romance with a girl in a military uniform in an otherwise all male job and her dopey but determined lady lover in a big frilly dress and cleavage n you know all that stuff. I'm not even into military uniforms... much. Okay well anyone in a uniform is sexy but still... wait what was I saying? But as usual it's fantasy and the romance of the leads is wound in with all the other stuff. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:15:38 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_260829 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_260829 SilentInsanity ...I'm a trans-dimensional lesbian pirate. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:15:26 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_261274 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_261274 tsonoda So, scratch the comment about writing a lesbian romance novel this time. I've changed my mind already. Now it'll be some dark, quirky drama. Who knows what I'll actually write when we start. I hope everyone else has a better idea that I do! Good luck everybody! Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:01:40 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_262396 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_262396 Solunar Hello! Solunar here. Pansexual. And probably uncaring of my gender. Not too sure what to put it down as. I've written a gay erotica nano two years back. This year I'm doing a non-erotica modern fantasy and editing Camp's novel at once. If there's time, I'll undertake another erotica as well. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:34:08 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_262801 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_262801 callistos_angel I'm relatively simple... lesbian aged 24, single and looking. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:08:27 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_267067 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_267067 Squids of Mars I'm Alex. Sixteen year old pansexual trans dude. Writing this year about a trans male orc's personal gain motivated quest for magical transition. Kinda. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:46:20 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_270615 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_270615 Ms.Karen Ok, I think I definitely qualify as one of the senior members of this board... (sigh). Anyway, I'm 51, lesbian, and, um... yeah, just lesbian I guess, although Viggo Mortensen or Hugh Jackman would NOT be kicked out of my bed. Scared out of it? Yes. I'm working on the third installment of my series. The main protagonists are two women (although one can pass as a young man) who are in love and on the run. There are gay pirates, dragons, demons, devils, a ghost (even though she's not really, REALLY dead, just dead enough), mages of immense power (but who are not gods, much to their dismay/relief), and a few lunatics tossed in for good measure. I'm really looking forward to this year's NaNo. Last year I wrote a lesbian romance and thoroughly enjoyed the break from the series. Now it's back to work! Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:48:10 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_273071 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_273071 Phoenix Eh. Some of us are older. More than a decade older, in fact. Gay pirates and lunatics? Good times! Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:06:14 +0200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_276999 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_276999 Dennis Jernberg Me: bisexual and polyamorous. Not actually out; I seem asexual in person for medical reasons (one of those rare males with fibromyalgia). 46, looks 32. My novel (actually third in a series of five) could be classed as "LGBTQ" or "science fiction", but I want it to be as mainstream as it is (at least potentially) controversial, so I'm calling it a "political thriller" (which technically it is). Two extremely passionate teenage lesbian lovers, dark-skinned redhead Shira (a trickster and high-level "Charmer" with a powerful "reality distortion field") and pale black-haired Leila (Irish goth ninja!), go up against a near-future American dictatorship ruled in effect by the TEA Party (here called the Conservative Revolutionary Party in light of Claes Ryn's famous characterization of the neoconservatives as neo-Jacobins). <em>Chaos Angel Spanner</em> Book 3 has them and Team Spanner go right into the black heart of the Empire: the Kingdom of America. Political chaos, of course, ensues. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:31:38 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_293102 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_293102 luizamm Hey there! I'm Luiza from Brazil and I'm a proud little fat bisexual femme :B who's writing a love story with two transex characters :B Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:22:13 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_330093 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_330093 Heavnofhell Hey all. James from Pennsylvania and I am a 23 year old plain, boring, gay man (although I acknowledge the fact that I was in a committed, heterosexual-type relationship for years). I figure its like choosing between cold cuts and a sirloin steak for dinner lol. My novel is not going to focus on LGBTQ(QIAPP...etc) issues for two reasons. 1.) like many of you, I find it actually helps gay issues by not treating it as such a big deal and 2.) I am so tired of being the "gay" writer when I started my creative writing minor (I came out at the same time, so I was metaphorically a rainbow flag for a year). My story has a protagonist, sexuality as-of-yet undecided, who sits down to write the next great epic story (Lord of the Rings-ish). At first he is filled with such an intense joy and passion for writing but it soon fizzles out when it interferes with every other aspect of his life. I am splitting up the chapters to alternate between my story and the epic my character is writing in order to highlight just how much writing affects everyday life and subsequently how much our everyday experiences shape our writing. Anywhoo, thats my spiel. Anyone wanna chat over skype/aim, message me! Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:58:42 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_332496 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_332496 Charley Stone Hello, all! I'm Charlotte, a West Yorkshire lass currently living in Plymouth (England). I love things like this, where so many people introduce themselves with these (seemingly) wildly convoluted terms that I sometimes only half understand! It's so cool that you know yourselves so well. Maybe that sounds stupid, but I've been out as bisexual for thirteen years and I'm only now starting to realise that maybe there's more to my own sexuality that I should be thinking about, even if the only person I make less confused is myself. I've just moved to Plymouth to make a fresh start as a mature art student so I'm coming out all over again in fits and spurts as I meet new people - but this time as a lesbian (doesn't quite cover it, but at least I'm getting closer!) - which means sexuality is something that is on my mind at the moment. Given that I still don't have a plot in mind yet (I'm hoping one will magically spring fully formed into being at midnight) I don't know how pivotal it will be to my novel, but I'd be willing to wager a pretty penny that I'll work it in there somehow. I'm kind of thinking lady pirates, at the moment. Maybe even lady pirates in a dirigible. Or a spaceship! Oooh, lady space pirates! Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:26:51 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_334900 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_334900 rachelle.elisabeth Hi there! I'm Rachelle - a bisexual female. Since my novel is more of a fictionalized memoir of a relationship I was in (shhh, it's a secret), there will be some LGBT themes in it. Although the relationship will focus between a girl and a guy, the girl (me...) will often compare her relationship with the guy to past relationships with girls and there will be a mention of how having relationships with both genders have effected her and so forth. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:20:37 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_337618 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_337618 freelancespice Hi. I'm Karyn, 33 and a lady gay. I'm not sure why I'm allowed to be in my 30's when I still behave like I'm in my early 20's. My girlfriend and I are breaking the "guidelines" of Nano and writing together. Our project can best be described as Modern Family meets The L Word and, after November, the goal is to shape it into a bible for a television series. This is my tenth Nano and I have never finished. SO FAR. :) Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:50:49 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_338296 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_338296 melbrimo I am the girlfriend mentioned above. Melissa is my actual name, though. I am 20.9, and I am also a lady gay. And college student. Modern Family meets The L Word is a pretty excellent way to describe our project. This is my very first Nano! :D Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:03:09 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_338601 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_338601 Simkha Ha, I don't find that boring at all. I'm a lesbian, too. I haven't started my story yet this year, but all of them seem to have at least some hint of lesbianism, and usually more. I just find it annoying that there are so few good books written with lesbian protagonists, particularly in genres like good fantasy and mysteries (I love to read for escape purposes). After a while I get kind of tired reading about the same old romantic problems of women who could so easily be interchangeable. Bleh. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:32:16 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_368138 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_368138 Speed926 That sounds really intriguing! I can't wait to read it. I agree with you and Simkha, I keep seeming to have lesbian characters in all my stuff, even my scripts. But you don't see it that often. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:52:56 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_368854 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_368854 Speed926 My name is Carole and I am bi. I find I keep adding gay or bi characters to my stories, even if it is just characters that the protagonists run into while on vacation. I keep trying to make it "normal" and not unusual for some of my characters, but I think I will be tackling how it is not different in the current book. My main character is bi, her love interest is only slightly bi, and her best friend/the one who looks up to her is gay. One thing I kept questioning is do some of the things my characters do, are they too cliche? Yet, I have been friends with and worked with people that did exactly what I am having the characters do (Write what you know!)... so, when does cliche become "too" cliche? Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:56:51 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_368979 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_368979 Lil Shiro I'm an openly gay teen! And my novel is based loosely on my current relationship, so it's gay too. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:24:25 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_372072 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_372072 Heavnofhell I wouldn't worry too much about using cliche terms right now. Just get it out (we only have 29 more days!!). Instead, at the end of this journey, go back and try to see if there is a new or interesting twist or viewpoint you can utilize to make it somewhat fresh. For example, what would happen if your protagonist was insanely attracted to this gay guy? That can sure throw a wrench in things and drive plot. (BTW, that was just an example. I have no freaking clue what your story is about lol) What I would worry about, however, is the line "Yet, I have been friends with and worked with people that did exactly what I am having the characters do (Write what you know!)." In my experience, it is oftentimes harder to write characters you know in real life for a few reasons. 1.) Eventually you will get stressed about whether or not your characters are remaining true to their real-life counterparts. 2.) It may actually not be believable at all. Often in my creative writing classes when I used real people my story seemed flat and just totally unbelievable. What I would do is take these characters, if you want to use your friends as /examples/ go ahead, but make them your own. Writing is an intrinsically personal experience and if you don't make this 100% about you it won't carry the same passion. Haha! sorry about the little rant (putting off my own writing, can't you tell?) James Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:32:28 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_372374 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_372374 AliyaNeferSekhmet Bisexual and polyamorous, with occasional genderqueer leanings. *waves* Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:09:30 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_426325 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_426325 kaileydw Pansexual here! My protagonist is a lesbian who finds out that she's pretty much the next Jesus (it's complicated?). So you know, that'll be interesting. When I had the idea years ago, it was originally a straight male, but four years later, I realized a female character should just have to happen. And then I read too much about people wanting to see a gay fairytale. So now there's going to be a fairytale style telling to this story. Whew. Sat, 05 Nov 2011 04:06:59 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_479834 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_479834 Strawberry.Suite So I didn't set out to write anything with queer themes, but then my FMC hooked up with a cage-dancing, motorbiking art student (also female). Go figure. Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:31:18 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_490069 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_490069 HankAlhazred I LOL'ed. That's what you get when you have the gay cooties! :D Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:54:33 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_566392 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_566392 arcanum35 Not LGBTQ myself (though I'm a bit bi-curious) but I'm writing an LGBTQ novel. ^^ Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:25:12 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_585640 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_585640 BatchSan I'm Bat (not actual name, lol, but it is my real doodling/tag name). I'm a 25-year-old, tomboy female that has actually had to give up some of my tomboyishness because too many people couldn't tell if I was a boy or girl at first glance (though I do love to play around with my gender when it comes to other people, but not all the time lol). Bisexual with mainly lesbian tendancies (chances of me being with a guy dwindle dramatically with each passing birthday, lol). My novel is a mystery/thriller based in a screwed up future where my MCs are trying to bring to light the several people whom are trying to make society a dystopic hell. One of my MCs is a lesbian saboteur who kind of kidnaps my other other female MC. There's a subplot that has them basically falling in love with each other, though right now the kidnapped MC is still feeling a little uncertain about the strange 'terrorist' lesbian that keeps flirting with her (right now my lesbian MC is actually making the other chick breakfast, after spending the night cuffed to her to make sure she didn't run away). o.o And yeah, my MCs are the good guys here. xD Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:17:08 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_593411 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_593411 Laebeth Hello all! I'm a queer 31-year-old woman from the gloomy post autumn Finland. :) If anyone wants to be writing buddies, just toss me a message! I'm happy to get to know new peeps. Nowadays my work always revolves around queer people, but it's not the main thing in the books. They just happen to be queer. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:40:45 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_595822 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_595822 Janon That sounds really interesting, I'd love to know how it's going! Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:07:47 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_597326 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_597326 Janon I read that in Merlin's voice and I was like YOU ARE SO GAY FOR ARTHUR. Then I went back to tumblr where I clearly belong. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:10:42 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_597368 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_597368 arcanum35 *snicker* Yes, Merlin certainly is.... I love the icon, by the way. ^^ Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:55:02 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_616435 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_616435 Janon Thanks! Doesn't the halo make it look like he's saying "life is porn?" Or maybe it's just me. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:47:48 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_619782 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_619782 arcanum35 I just noticed that, but yeah. Oh, wow. xD Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:59:50 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_624221 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_624221 maggieprizazz Another vote for queer here, and I am not boring. I love my trans-girlfriend of 10+ years and she is definitely going to be in my novel. Love you all, especially you that think you are boring. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:55:15 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_628675 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_628675 Vendetta I'd also like to read it! Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:10:30 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_659118 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=1#forum_thread_comment_659118 Vendetta Like your concept for this years story. Would like to read it! Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:15:16 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_659183 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=2#forum_thread_comment_659183 Vendetta Ok, great that there are so many queer writers on board! Now, what I want to know is where do I get to read a whole lot of queer/lesbian/whatever fiction? Sarah Waters and Jeanette Winterson is great and all, but sometimes I'd just like to read a lesbian version of Marian Keyes. Or a police/detective/forensic/law enforcement thriller with gay characters. Where do I find these novels??? (: Emma Donaghue is the closest I've found so far - ordinary gay characters... Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:22:22 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_659284 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_659284 Roomonkey Lambda Literary is a great start if you want to dig into LGBT writers, and http://jclarkmedia.com/gaybooks/recommended.html does have a good number of recommended books too :) As for me, I'm a shipmate on the good ship S.S. Gay :) My novel's a speculative fiction ranting about an artist tormented in his dreams by a strange little girl who seems glad he's alive even though nothing's wrong. Insert line here about shooting me a NaNoMail if you want to be a writing buddy and all that :) Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:20:00 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_662202 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_662202 Cross_That_Line Hey! My name is Dannie! I'm not sure what I am... for now I'm calling myself bi-sexual, and genderqueer. I have tastes for music and singing. I'm seventeen, so I think I'll be mostly on the Rainbow Coven. I'm on tumblr as xintellectualxbadassx Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:09:58 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_675579 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_675579 Phoenix Check out Bold Strokes and Bella Books plus a host of smaller publishers. For free stuff of mixed quality, see http://www.academyofbards.org/. You might want to join lesfic_unbound@yahoogroups.com or look at http://piercingfiction.blogspot.com/ for more ideas. Off the top of my head--Val McDermid, Katherine Forrest, Laurie King (the Kate Martinelli mysteries). Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:44:31 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_679061 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_679061 WiresInABox I'm ftm-transsexual, genderqueer and pansexual. One of my main characters is a mtf-girl, and her love interest is a girl. I also have one who's gender is unknown and I have left out that character's pronouns.. it will be interesting to see if purposed future readers will see the character as a male or female. Let's say it's a little experiment! I also have an idea about a male/male couple as well but those characters havn't met each other yet. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:07:13 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_679481 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_679481 Cross_That_Line Oh my goddess! I really wanna read your novel now! *bounces in my seat from giddiness* Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:23:01 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_680680 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_680680 BRuth I finally found this thread, posted, then NaNo crashed, snookered by Mercury retrograde. But I'm not that easily deterred. I'm a 65 year old anarcha-feminist Jewish, Buddhist dyke with Sufi tendencies, multiple disabilities and a beloved s.o. whom I neither live with nor call my partner. I'm writing a fictionalized memoir about being hospitalized by a series of serious heart and brain "insults" as some say, but lots of actual insults from hospital personnel. As unprepared as I turned out to be for them, they were more unprepared for me and my intentional family which consists primarily of disabled lesbians, I was diagnosed and medicated for schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder in part because I was channeling the Dalai Lama. For me, the problem began when I stopped channeling him. Anyway, the writing is hard going emotionally and physically, yet somehow the words keep adding up. I'd welcome some queer writing buddies if anyone has the inclination. thanks for "listening" Barbara Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:04:08 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_683438 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_683438 adorable fluffy kittens Hey, so I had a bit of a writing slump this past week as I finally started boarding the good ship FTM, as my lovely spouse started going MTF. Woooooo changes. I will probably be attempting to write like mad this coming up week to make up for it, though. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:53:43 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_684266 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_684266 Janon cheerleading all around *shakes pompoms* Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:47:53 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_691167 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_691167 Tracy Schreier I'm Tracy...and my partner's name is Tracy. I'm writing about a woman's descent into madness, from the POV of both the patient and her long-suffering partner. I wanted the story to be tragic, but it's coming off a bit comical! Oh well...you go where your characters take you! Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:20:35 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_706056 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=4#forum_thread_comment_706056 Janon Oh NaNo, realm of the unsettled story. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:21:23 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_741709 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=3#forum_thread_comment_741709 Sapphire958 Hi there, I'm Christina. I'm 24 and live in Oakland, CA, and am new to Nano (though I've been writing fanfiction - mostly yaoi - for the last 10 years as a hobby). I identify as more of an ally than anything else, but at one point,I was exploring the idea of being FTM and genderqueer. I've since decided that I'm not FTM and, though technically GQ, I'm very happy living as female (as assigned at birth). I have no intention to transition or anything, but I do have some knowledge of FTM/general Trans resources and some ins-and-outs of the transition process. I also do some volunteer work at the LGBT center in my area, so I know a lot of gender non-conforming people, too. Earlier this year, I tried my hand at writing a fictional piece about three FTM teens who at first don't know each other, but eventually meet and support each other. I like to think of it as the movie Crash meets the book The Joy-Luck Club by Amy Tan. I've got a lot written on this piece, but I have this thing where I loose interest and can't write anything if I don't feel some personal connection with the topic. When I started it, I was strongly ID-ing as GQ, with a desire to transition. By the time May or June hit, things had shifted and I just wasn't feeling it anymore. =( Right now, I'm working on a piece in which the two MMCs are gay (or bi/queer...haven't decided yet), and will most likely fall in love by the end of the story. There's one big obstacle they face, though: one MMC (Jordan, age 17) is homeless (he ran away after an argument with his mother) and has no money, while Luke, 19, comes from a wealthy background. They meet when Luke gets fed up with his sheltered lifestyle and ventures into Jordan's neighborhood to see what the rest of the poorer world is like. They struggle to overcome classism, and later homophobia, as well as exploring the new territory of what it means to be in a relationship with another man. Oh, and Jordan will hit 18 early-on so that it won't be an illegal thing...or not. I haven't decided yet; maybe that will be an added struggle. =) Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:27:07 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=5#forum_thread_comment_809243 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=5#forum_thread_comment_809243 Icedevimon13 Wouldn't the age gap laws make it not illegal even if the one dude weren't turning 18? That's the excuse my 18 year old uses against his 16 year old boyfriend's father anyway... lol Myself, bisexual, though it's a lot deeper and complex than that. I suppose pansexual would work better, as I'm okay with a lot more than male and female (&lt;_&lt;) but I like to use bi to keep it simple, as all those other fancy words can confuse me sometimes. Gender shifts, I have male and female tendencies. Don't cut/shave much hair in general, walk around in boxers, etc, but I'm okay with the stuff I've got and only now and again wish I could switch it up for a day. There isn't one story I write that doesn't have some sort of queer character. They are almost always my protagonists. In the case of Morning Star, the main character being gay was a huge part of the story, as it's a suicide-attempt piece that deals with how his loved ones react to the time he's in a coma. That was written two years ago and is still in rewriting phases. This year's nano involves a bisexual young lad, but he's not really aware of his feelings or sexuality as he's still young, just twelve years old, and he's got bigger things to deal with (like the vampire huntress who wants his head. His male friend is interested in him though, and since there are fans of the pairing they will probably get together at some point. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:59:04 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=5#forum_thread_comment_820608 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=5#forum_thread_comment_820608 Riyoha I think I posted in here before....but in case I didn't, I'm MtF trans, but still really early on in the process....although I've come to a big decision last night, I'm gonna start living as female full time by xmas ^_^ Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:51:08 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=5#forum_thread_comment_821315 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=5#forum_thread_comment_821315 Phoenix A small woot! on behalf of Washington gays: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/23/washington-gay-marriage_n_1224397.html Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:20:22 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=5#forum_thread_comment_1090921 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/4832?page=5#forum_thread_comment_1090921