LGBT and Awards

[_ocelott_]

Over at Dear Author, they're having a fascinating discussion about awards for LGBT books. In an ideal world, the sexual orientation of the main characters of a book wouldn't matter, only that the book was well written. Unfortunately, this is not the world we live in, and the truth is that LGBT books get passed over all the time for something more

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[lindenfoxcub]

I dunno, to me, having a separate category subtly implies that LGBT stuff isn't as good or isn't held to the same standard as non LGBT fiction. LGBT content shouldn't hurt a book's chances in the other categories - if it does, then it's the judges that have issues, not the books or content, and the books shouldn't be treated as if they have a handicap. Because god knows, sexual orientation isn't a handicap.