Does the book author's gender matter (to you)? > Likes and Comments

For fictional materials that I can relax with and relate to, I choose male gay authors when available. Sometimes I read slash fiction from straight female authors who write about their imaginary gay universe for laughs, but more often for the culture of interest depicted in them. Many female authors produce slash fiction in this lucrative endeavor, which is good for a capitalist economy. For me, the irritating slash content in them I can skip. I am also surprised to have read monographs and research papers on cisgender gay men that are written by heterosexual female researchers. So in the realm of technical writing, gender is not an issue for me, as the authors are bound by the convention of scientific writing. What about you?

Usually it's doesn't matter to me but if I had to read a book that talks about m/m relationships, homosexuality-related themes I prefer that have been written by a man (cis or trans).
And somethimes when a male author write about a female character the result is cringy... expecially in straight-male-oriented stories.

I think the key is that, generally speaking, the gay-authored gay fiction getting published is bleak: difficult issues (no matter how real), unhappy ends. Even serious readers need a break from the angst. The world at the moment demands it. That leaves an opening and MM fills it. Romance gives hope. Sex brings happiness. But there's often little of either in gay-authored gay fiction.

But like with any short-term solution, MM disappoints in the end. It's repetetive. It's unoriginal. It's so heavy with tropes it's no longer fun. But these authors are on to something. As long as gay-authored gay fiction refuses pleasure, refuses hope, refuses the possibility that gay men can maybe, just maybe, live happily ever after, then het-authored MM will rule.

@Luciano, thank you for your feedback.
@Patrick, thank you for your take on this issue.
Now I have a bit of information as to why some in the gay demographic might consume slash media.

Luciano wrote: "Usually it's doesn't matter to me but if I had to read a book that talks about m/m relationships, homosexuality-related themes I prefer that have been written by a man (cis or trans).
And somethim..."
What you've stated: "a male author write about a female character, the result is cringy... expecially in straight-male-oriented stories" is valuable feedback. I observed, though without enough data to infer with high certainty, that you might not like a female (biologically determined by chromosome) author's description of male characters either.
As stated, I read for facts or fiction that align mostly with facts. One glocalized genre that I read is Danmei, a subgenre of BL. This genre has both fantasy and romance, which I label fictional escapism. But in those I choose, the elements of traditional Chinese morality/culture must be strong, or I will likely drop consuming unfinished.
It appears that here on this social platform, some gay men read fiction for escapism. This is a tremendously huge and wealth-generating market in the publishing and motion picture sectors. As I have never had a paid client catering to the gay segment, I am curious. Hurray to them for supporting the economy. The country where I reside is a major producer of slash media, which employs many people.