Okay, I need to clarify my comments. I think. I think Verdan's response was awesome because she could have thrown a tantrum, spewed a load of bile all over the internet and, like one particular idiot I saw on Twitter, called for Trisha's death. Instead she wrote what I feel to be a dignified response to a potentially damaging situation. There have been a lot of author-behaving-badly stories on the net lately; it's nice that this wasn't one. I admire her sticking to a principle she believes in and for putting a positive message out there.
I'm not suggesting that not publishing a gay story is a crime or evil. I'm a bit puzzled as to where that came from. What I am saying is that excluding a story for having gay content is offensive to me, the same way that changing the cover of a book featuring an African-American narrator to show a white person is offensive. Of course people.don't have to read a story with gay content if it doesn't appeal to them, the same way I don't have to read space opera or military history. But I think it would be nice if the choice were there, rather than being made for me by an editor, whatever her intention was.
For what it's worth, I don't think Trisha is homophobic for a second. I think she made a poor judgement call and compounded the problem with a flippant apology. I'm sure she doesn't need me to defend her though.
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on 2011-03-23 11:35 pm (UTC)I'm not suggesting that not publishing a gay story is a crime or evil. I'm a bit puzzled as to where that came from. What I am saying is that excluding a story for having gay content is offensive to me, the same way that changing the cover of a book featuring an African-American narrator to show a white person is offensive. Of course people.don't have to read a story with gay content if it doesn't appeal to them, the same way I don't have to read space opera or military history. But I think it would be nice if the choice were there, rather than being made for me by an editor, whatever her intention was.
For what it's worth, I don't think Trisha is homophobic for a second. I think she made a poor judgement call and compounded the problem with a flippant apology. I'm sure she doesn't need me to defend her though.