Is it a law that you have to be lesbian to write Femslash?

[runetraverse]

Okay, I know it's a weird title / subject / whatever, but it's something currently bugging me, so I figured I'd post and see what people thought.  Not that I haven't wondered something to this effect for a while, but it came to a head as I read yet another rant on YouTube about "all you queers watching queers" in a Bad Girls vid commentary.  (this

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[geonncannon]

I've never heard of such a thing! The vast majority of m/m slash - or so I've read - are straight women. And I've had a very nice career writing femslash and I'm a straight man.

So, no, the queers-watching-queers comment is just ignorance and bigotry, I think. Pay it no mind.

[runetraverse]

*grins* I usually don't, but reading it for the millionth time made me curious.

As for the m/m slash, I personally know more than a dozen straight female friends that write it, so you're right on that count.

Oooo, a straight guy that writes femslash. Can ya believe I've never heard of it before? ^^'

[geonncannon]

Ahh, good good. It seems like saying that you have to be a lawyer to write a lawyer. Although... well, not really. But it's the idea of writing fiction. :D

And heee, to paraphrase Dominic Da Vinci: I'm an anamoly, but I'm not alone. :D There are a couple of us out there!

[satyrnfive]

I write femslash too and I'm a straight guy. :)

[theniwokesoftly]

I was so totally going to bring you up if you hadn't commented yet.

As for me, well, I'm rather indiscriminate, and my OTPs are pretty diverse. I've got femslash, slash, and het pairings.