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Charlotte O CATS KOTLC wrote: ItsACheeseSandwich wrote: MagicDaydreamer wrote: THANK YOU

An author should represent real life. If that means doing research, cool. It's not fair that kids should be told that other kids aren't mature enough to read about acceptable love and feel like they aren't valid. LGBTQ+ kids exist, LGBTQ+ kids are okay. Exactly!

I actually didn't know it was possible for someone to be LGBTQ+ until I read a book called "George." (I didn't like it much, actually, Fantasy is more my type) But it was nice to see authors actually were realistic sometimes. The I realized that the book was by a trans author and I'm like, REALLY? It wasn't even someone who just thought hey, even though I'm not LGTBQ+, I should write a book about it? Honestly I am judging, but not judging the author, I'm judging all the OTHER authors who were crazy enough not to write a book about LGTBQ+ people. Apparently most authors are downright CRAZY because LGBTQ+ people exist and they aren't weird, they're just human. So they should be in more books, because they are just as good, or possibly better, than non-LGBTQ+ people. Yes!!!! It's like writing a book set in a place where people with red hair don't exist.

YES!