What is your worlds stance on lgbtq folks?

[Prince of Spires]

because of their masculine warrior culture

Funny thing is that this is also a very western view on masculine warrior culture, and you could easily have the reverse be true. In ancient Greece, you had places like Sparta and the Sacred Band of Thebes where homosexuality was common and / or encouraged to some degree.

 

[Miles Lacey]

Funny thing is that this is also a very western view on masculine warrior culture, and you could easily have the reverse be true. In ancient Greece, you had places like Sparta and the Sacred Band of Thebes where homosexuality was common and / or encouraged to some degree.

I based it on the toxic masculinity / warrior attitudes I've encountered among many Pacific Island men in my home town here in New Zealand. But it would not take much to change it as Tahitians have both a masculine culture and an acceptance of LGBT+ people.

 

[HopefullAA]

The main nation of my main world is puritanical - divorces are hard to get, though nobles of both sexes often have affairs. Gays and lesbians are technically illegal. Still, I do have one prominent lesbian character. (A high-ranking noblewoman and war hero.)

Outside of that nation, matters are far less rigid.

What about socially? in your world is it common and not talked about, or is it something people keep hidden because of how others would judge them on top of it being illegal.

 

[ThinkerX]

What about socially? in your world is it common and not talked about, or is it something people keep hidden because of how others would judge them on top of it being illegal.

Depends on where you live in the Solarian Empire, along with your social status. In the more conservative provinces, being Gay comes with a death penalty...for commoners. Elsewhere, Gays and Lesbians are tolerated.

The main lesbian in the 'Empire' series is a formidable female warrior of noble rank who was once an officer in an all-female legion. People ignored her orientation, though in the books she enters into an arranged marriage for 'show.'

 

[TheCrystallineEntity]

Everyone is queer.

 

[ThrillhoBaggins]

It could also have something to do with the story you wish to tell. For example, if I wish to show somebody overcoming something difficult and personal, then I may have them encounter those that look at them poorly for this or something like that.

 

[talenai]

I didn't include gender and only track a players pronouns, the player role plays their world views.

 

[JBCrowson]

In different places in my world views are different, ranging from any non-binary identity is strongly persecuted on religious grounds (wrongly, because none of the gods actually care at all) to no-one even thinks about it, they just are who they are and love who they love.
The main character in book 1 is bi in a society (that starts off) thinking women should marry whoever their parents tell them to. Among the nobles, same sex affairs are tolerated but M-F affairs are not as there is a risk of confusing the inheritance. For the same reason same sex marriage is taboo since it means there is no-one to inherit (adoption isn't a thing there).

 

[TheCopperChicken]

My new setting is very fragmented due to repeated natural/magical disasters, meaning that there aren't as many overarching societal norms or structures in place, and many people live in smaller communities. Each of these small communities may vary in attitudes, but most have a prevailing focus on "whatever it takes to survive" rather than enforcing dogmatic beliefs or upholding societal norms. Due to that, LGBTQ issues aren't really the topic of much conversation, but also don't draw outrage if people did engage in them. As long as folks are contributing to the survival of their community then not much else matters.

 

[Astralai]

My world has several cultures. In one LGBTQ folk are not tolerated and have to hide their orientation or risk extreme punishment, even execution. In the other they are an integral part of the community. Surprisingly enough the two cultures have been at war, on and off, for a couple of millenia. My female protagonist and the two male antagonists are all bi.

 

[ClearDragon]

Well, my fantasy world features anthropomorphic bats, wolves, eagles, salamanders and dragon. Real life bats are commonly seen doing what people consider to be gay, so since my anthros are closer to animals their based off, my bats do too! I think wolves do too, also I just assume dragons would also.

 

[Apollodorus3]

It’s pretty common place in my world! My main goddess of love has a few tenants and they’re mostly just about loving others and appreciating the beauty in other people and things. Nothing adamantly against lgbtq+, and many of my characters are bi, gay, lesbian, etc. so it’s definitely just another normal part of the world! Of course for the nobility it’s important to have heirs so heteronormative marriages are the norm, but so are private extramarital flings for both partners lol.

 

[Michael47]

My world has several varied cultures. While same sex relationships are no big deal in some, they would be scorned in others.

 

[Michael47]

Different humanoid species have different views about LGBT+ people with orcs being the most hostile towards them because of their masculine warrior culture and elves being the most accepting of LGBT+ people because most elves are bisexual and matriarchial. Humans and Dwarves tend to vary considerably in their attitudes depending upon how heavily influenced they are by the Abrahamic faiths (which aren't as influential in this world ax they are in the real world).

The République Paisible de Pounamu, which was a French colony from 1842 to 1969, never had any laws that forbade same sex relationships or sexual intercourse.

In my world those Orc females serving in the War Bands are encouraged to take female lovers, because a pregnant warrior is useless.

 

[LittleOwlbear]

My whole world is queer-normative and only have loose gender roles in general.

Like, your human son could date a dragonborn or any other race that isn't too human. You wouldn't think of the gender of your son's new partner first, the first thing you are seeing are the scales, right? xD
And in races like dragonborns or to some extent tabaxis, the sex is barely visible to begin with.


I just didn't want sexism, queerphobia and real racism getting in the way of what I want to write and I think it would be tiring to include it in my steampunk DnD setting ... just because.

In some regions and races, polyamory is more common (for example with high, sea and forest elves), in other it's monoamory, although both concepts are accepted almost everywhere.

And dwarves are all fully asexual by nature, because well... they are stones with a soul.
Of course there are asexual people in all races, but the dwarves are all genderless and asexual.

Sometimes I need to remind myself that cis and straight people too exist lol.
In my main group there is one cis and straight half-sea elf woman, the others are queer haha.


What's also important: cultures and people rarely have terms for being queer, for homosexuality, for transgender etc ... like we do.
They describe it like "I only like men" etc., or they do have cultural terms that don't sound so "sterile" like modern terms we use.

Like, the dragonborns are all refering to themselves with the same pronouns that is short for the first name of the dragon they origin from. They are like "my gender is sapphire dragon... I can lay eggs, yes."


It's almost impossible to write a human real world history stance on queerness onto that world.

 

[Joe McM]

In my series, the main character is gay; he doesn't come out until the second book, though. As as far as my world's attitude, some people accept those with different orientations and gender identities. Some are unsure. And some are against it. As my series is a spiritual fantasy, there are varying belief systems, a few are based on those that exist today, but not exactly. Others are new. I also have a religious community that was founded by gay and lesbian couples.