Why I sometimes write gay science fiction

Yeah, I'm one of those women writers who absolutely love gay leading men. It doesn't matter if I am the author or if I am the reader--I'm so pleased to see JR Ward tackle a gay relationship within her very rigid Black Dagger Brotherhood vampire society and great authors like Catherine Asaro playing with bisexuality and the energy of empaths who fall in love with people, not genders. These are examples of delightful characters who are human beings first and foremost.

Sometimes I am asked why I so often use gay main characters in my work--as if I have a real choice in the matter. I so agree with Stephen King who says he simply sees through a hole in the paper and writes down his experiences. I don't set out to have "gay characters"--and it is certainly not the main point in any of my science fiction works.

I actually look forward to the day when being glbtq is just no big deal for our society. Talk about social justice! And through speculative fiction, I can make that world come alive right here, right now in my reader's minds. That's a blessing, I reckon.