I think there's a particular danger with queer fiction because it's already so easy for us to forget our history, since we aren't raised by other queer people. Look at, for example, the lack of knowledge surrounding the AIDS crisis in the younger generations. So to me saying that older fiction isn't explicitly gay enough is saying that that history is unimportant or not worth acknowledging; but if we have a history we can't be discounted as a new trend. This is something I've struggled with a lot as someone who's trans.
It's certainly fine for any individual not to read any series for whatever reason, but I'm loathe to see it become a trend. In any case this was a startling moment for me because I suddenly felt very old.
Perhaps CoM wasn't the best example, but it was the one that came to mind because it fits so many of the things I hear people say they want from queer fiction. It's not About Being Gay, it's a genre series, etc.
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Date: 2018-12-18 11:28 pm (UTC)It's certainly fine for any individual not to read any series for whatever reason, but I'm loathe to see it become a trend. In any case this was a startling moment for me because I suddenly felt very old.
Perhaps CoM wasn't the best example, but it was the one that came to mind because it fits so many of the things I hear people say they want from queer fiction. It's not About Being Gay, it's a genre series, etc.