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Firstly, could someone tell me what the Q stands for in LGBTQ? I see this being added more and more but I don't know what it means.
Anyway on topic, I think you're right to worry because someone is undoubtedly going to think it's tokenism. But at the same time if you removed them some other people would complain there are no homosexual people, so you can't win.
I tend not to notice these things anyway. I don't even notice gender/race/sexuality balances when I read or watch TV/film.
One thing I'm doing in my WIP, is to have a gay character but never directly expose the fact. So one of my characters is gay, and that influences a lot of what he does, particularly his relationships etc. He has a failed relationship and kids with a woman who he cares about deeply but, being gay, doesn't want to be with. I never show him doing anything gay, and some readers probably won't even pick up that he is.
Anyway on topic, I think you're right to worry because someone is undoubtedly going to think it's tokenism. But at the same time if you removed them some other people would complain there are no homosexual people, so you can't win.
I tend not to notice these things anyway. I don't even notice gender/race/sexuality balances when I read or watch TV/film.
One thing I'm doing in my WIP, is to have a gay character but never directly expose the fact. So one of my characters is gay, and that influences a lot of what he does, particularly his relationships etc. He has a failed relationship and kids with a woman who he cares about deeply but, being gay, doesn't want to be with. I never show him doing anything gay, and some readers probably won't even pick up that he is.