Gay science fiction authors
Welcome! Out of the Past will be a regular column discussing the history of LGBTQ+ science fiction, fantasy and horror literature from the earliest years of the genre to the more recent offer (many thanks to Homosexual Sci-Fi for hosting me and to Scott for suggesting it).
While portrayals of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) characters didn&#;t become relatively common in science fiction, fantasy or horror until after the early successes of the Gay Liberation Movement in the s, that didn&#;t mean that there was &#;no there there, &#; to borrow a group of words from Gertrude Stein. Of course, most of those early LGBT characters were depicted in coded terms, their identity only hinted at. Homosexuality was illegal nearly everywhere in the world and could convey severe legal and social consequences if it was discovered. Most queer authors flew under the radar or paid the consequences. On the page, lgbtq+ characters portrayed their identical sex interest with a significant glance, a passing comment or a bit too much interest in another character, an interest that often turned villainous or ended in tragedy.
Early science fiction and fantasy writers who openly experienced what one of
My Lesbian Novel by Renee Gladman (Lesbian Fiction)
The Beads by David McConnell (Queer Guy Fiction)
The Wildes by Louis Bayard (Gay Historical Fiction)
Sweet Like Honey by Aricka Alexander (F/F Romance)
Tempting Olivia by Clare Ashton (F/F Romance)
I’ll Get Assist To You by Becca Grischow (F/F Romance)
Karaoke Queen by Dominic Lim (M/M Drag Romance)
The Intimate Beginnings of Taylor by Lavender Quinn (F/F Romance)
The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean by Ann Rose (Bisexual Woman Romance)
Yield Under Great Persuasion by Alexandra Rowland (M/M Romantasy)
A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft (Sapphic Fantasy Romance)
Sunsets & Other Dangerous Things by Dani Frank (F/F Vampire Romance)
What Is This Feeling? by Robby Weber (M/M YA Contemporary)
Spells to Forget Us by Aislinn Brophy (Bisexual/Lesbian F/F YA Fantasy)
Night Owls by A. R. Vishny (F/F YA Paranormal Romance)
Wishbone by Justine Pucella Winans (Queer Middle Grade Horror)
Real Siblings by Seamus Kirst and Karen Bunting (Two Dads Picture Book)
A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir (10th Anniversary Edition) by Daisy Hernández (Bisexual Memoir) (Audiobook Release)
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The Best Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy
How do you think about queer science fiction and fantasy?
There have been gay authors writing science fiction and fantasy almost since the genre started, but in recent years we’ve seen this massive flowering of queer representation in mainstream science fiction and fantasy.
We didn’t invent it in the last rare years, but it has certainly been mainstreamed. For people like me, that’s amazing because science fiction and fantasy are my home genres. This is what I grew up writing, so to view myself and my friends represented is just amazing. I feel really prosperous to be alive and reading right now.
The first queer science fiction novel that you’ve chosen to recommend is Emily Tesh’s Some Desperate Glory. Can you please reveal us to this work?
Ironically, this may be the one where queerness is most central to it, and yet, of all of these books, it’s the furthest away from romance. It’s a good place to commence.
Some Desperate Glory is a science fiction publication that has been compared to Ender’s Game. It is about what happens after the world wasn’t saved. This book starts with the main nature, who’s a young soldier, desperat
LGBTQ Science Fiction Writers
A large number of popular science fiction writers have identified as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Gender non-conforming, or Queer (LGBTQ). Many of the themes in science fiction novels themselves originate from the being experiences of the LGBTQ community. These include escapism, marginalization, sexual desire, super-intelligence, feminism, deviant desires, and more. After all, the imagined worlds of science fiction includes worlds that are different than our own and often contain minority aspects of sexual desire.
It is believed that the very first science fiction writer in history, the Greek penner Lucian ( AD), was also the first lgbtq+ writer in history. Perhaps the most famous science fiction writer of all time is gay scribe Arthur C. Clarke, the author of the guide A Space Odyssey.
Similar to Lucian, many of the LGBTQ science fiction writers are also academics and teach courses on gender issues, race, and sexual diversity. Several are important leaders in the feminist community and own used science fiction as a means to articulate their vision of the ideal world. Several of these LGBTQ authors are recipients of major award
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