Shelving policy for gay bookstores and how GLBT people choose to participate in writing or selling m/m is up to you/them. As a straight author, my main concern from the start was not to pass myself off - which is why I chose a gendered pen name over my gender neutral real name, and why I've strongly resisted calling my writing gay fiction (even though that's led me to be accused of homophobia.) My writing may have many attractions for gay readers - authenticity isn't going to be one of them, and I know that.
I don't want a gay man to read my stuff under false pretenses, though I'm tickled pink when they say they have and enjoy it. What false pretenses for me as a straight woman obviously gets more complicated for women who aren't straight, and I leave that for you guys to fight about. Equally, I think the Lambda awards is something for those they're aimed at to argue over, though I really resent racist and privileged arguments being made in supposed support of straight authors by members of the GLBT community. Because if you're going to fail like a failing thing, please don't pretend to speak for me on any subject, thank you.
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Date: 2010-02-08 02:37 am (UTC)I don't want a gay man to read my stuff under false pretenses, though I'm tickled pink when they say they have and enjoy it. What false pretenses for me as a straight woman obviously gets more complicated for women who aren't straight, and I leave that for you guys to fight about. Equally, I think the Lambda awards is something for those they're aimed at to argue over, though I really resent racist and privileged arguments being made in supposed support of straight authors by members of the GLBT community. Because if you're going to fail like a failing thing, please don't pretend to speak for me on any subject, thank you.