Small mention about LKH's books
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It is down at the end of the article
Queer male characters are starting to pop up in other areas of mainstream paranormal romance; queer female characters, not so much. A Laurell K. Hamilton fan mentioned to me recently that the steamy scenes in her books include pretty much every possible sexual configuration except for women willingly having sex with other women. Is this because queer female characters might put off the straight female majority of Hamilton's readers? Is it to deliberately eschew those porn stereotypes of women who perform same-sex acts for the enjoyment of men (stereotypes so often played out in portrayals of female vampires, who inevitably end up looking like Renaissance Faire rejects or caricatured dominatrices)? Or is it that in the end, paranormal romance still harkens back very strongly to the romance novel tradition? Is there room for queer women in mainstream paranormal romance, or is the market just not ready for it?
It is down at the end of the article
Queer male characters are starting to pop up in other areas of mainstream paranormal romance; queer female characters, not so much. A Laurell K. Hamilton fan mentioned to me recently that the steamy scenes in her books include pretty much every possible sexual configuration except for women willingly having sex with other women. Is this because queer female characters might put off the straight female majority of Hamilton's readers? Is it to deliberately eschew those porn stereotypes of women who perform same-sex acts for the enjoyment of men (stereotypes so often played out in portrayals of female vampires, who inevitably end up looking like Renaissance Faire rejects or caricatured dominatrices)? Or is it that in the end, paranormal romance still harkens back very strongly to the romance novel tradition? Is there room for queer women in mainstream paranormal romance, or is the market just not ready for it?
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