Author: Brian Alessandro

Brian Alessandro

April 28, 2023 1

Considering a Place in Fiction for Badly-Behaved Queers

By Brian Alessandro
There is a valid concern that portraying an LGBTQI character as foul in fiction could make our place in the world tenuous.

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