Will be firm in all my original fictional characters will be biological men and women. No trans characters what so ever.

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[–]LesbiSilly 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

As a writer, I disagree. I think shoving people in to be 'inclusive' is annoying, but I think that trans people deserve reasonable representation. Aka, if your story has a trans character, they have a character. I get not wanting to force any of your characters to be any sexuality, etc. I don't like mob mentality as much as the rest of you, but going out of your way NOT to write any is a little rude, if I dare say.

[–]haveanicedaytoo💗💜💙 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I agree with this. For some authors the characters just come to them, and if a T or Q character comes to you, you should just do your damndest to make an accurate a portrayal as possible. (But if you think your accurate portrayal will get you fucked, obviously, you need to look out for yourself first.)

I think this is what happened to JK Rowling actually, she was researching online in order to make her MTF character realistic (one of the Cormoran Strike novels I haven't read) and I think either in the long essay she wrote recently or one of her tweets, she implying that's how she originally stumbled into this whole mess.

[–]LesbiSilly 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you! I am one of those authors who has character come to her. I do think we should try our hardest to accurate, but also know it's not going to be perfect and that people have to accept that. I think as long as one writes with respect, do so. If people whine, it is they are removing representation for themselves. It is on them.

Aw, I am sorry that JK got in a tangle. That sucks when she was trying. The thing is, just write any LGB(T) character like a person. Because we are people.

[–]crypkidsformally 'rezkidsinlove' 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I get this.

I have a few stories in the works from BEFORE I stumbled upon this -- and one or two of the characters are trans. It's definitely been a process of trying to figure out how to go about it in a way that isn't cringy/is the healthiest I can manage to convey the character and their situation.

At the same time it's given me difficulties, it's definitely given me some new material/ideas to work with.