Subject: coming out of the closet
From: Hayesman
Date: 4/23/1997, 1:43 AM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

Y'know, I've realized something that kind of disturbs me.
I mean, alot of fics out there have lesbians or lesbianized characters in 
them, i.e. "Confessions".
I saw the "BGC lemon" and though, "Dang, never seen one of those before". 
 So I skimmed through it to find that it was a Lina on Nene fic.  Yeah, 
right.  Priss on Nene, maybe.  But Lina?  No way.  (BTW, that "let's do a 
59" line was about the funniest thing I've ever read.  Way to go 
Vermilion)

And I started to think: where do people get off (no pun intended) on 
writing all this stuff about lesbians?  Do you know any lesbians?  Are 
you lesbains?  What right have you to write about lesbians?

I mean, I'm a writer of comics, and I like to write sex comedies/ 
romance, but I wouldn't feel right about writing about a homosexual or a 
homosexual relationship unless I did some research.  I'm sure we've all 
heard the line "everyone has at least a gay cousin"; well, I don't.  I'm 
the only person I know who doesn't directly know a homosexual individual. 
 That strangely makes me feel out of the loop.  
Me, personally?  I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body.  Seriously, I'm a 
sensitive guy who likes girls and girl stuff.  And I look like John 
Balushi.

Has anyone read "Gay comics"?  It's an anthology.  Good one too.

Back to the topic, I think this is a serious point that needs discussion.
Any authors with experience or knowledge who would like to share with me 
would be very much appreciated.  I feel that such information will be 
vital for writers of the future because of the emminent greater 
acceptance of gays in entertainment.  Try naming a sitcom without a token 
gay character.

Anyway, any experience or information, please contact me.  I'd rather 
discuss with my friends here than get caught browsing thought the "Gay 
and Lesbian Literature" sectionof Barnes and Nobles. (not that there is 
anything wrong with that)

HAYES