Straight books?

I don't have any issues with reading, watching, seeing any kind of couple. I care about the story, not the political correctness.

 

I don't really care. I'm not much of a romance guy. I deal with any kind of romance (whether it be gay, straight, or anything in between) just like I deal with romance in anything else; mainly by ignoring it and focusing on the plot. Romance bores me.

 

It's to be expected.

The majority of the world is straight, so it makes sense that the majority of books would involve straight couples.

We're seeing more and more LGBT characters in media and I don't think there is any reason to be upset about straight couples existing.

 

I read books about wizards, just because I can't hurl fireballs doesn't take away from the story. How the content is presented is key, not what the content is.

 

I don't really mind.

 

Personally, it doesn't bother me though I can see how it may irritate some people since there are way more cases of heterosexual romance novels/movies then homosexual. As Simple Thoughts mentioned, I have also found that homosexuality is being added to television and books more often nowadays, so that's a plus. :3

 

I've read more straight books than I have LGBT ones. After reading a bunch of lesbian YA fiction, I grew bored with the same storyline: girl meets girl, girl realizes she's falling in love with girl, girl comes out, girl and girl live happily ever after, or not. Very few go beyond the realization/coming out aspects.

 

I actually cope better with straight stories. Simply because I don't really care about straight relationships. When I read about LGBT relationships I feel depressed and forever alone.

 

No I hate them, all of them...

 

I don't necessarily have a "problem" with it, I just feel it has been done over and over again. If it's done in a more original manner, then I might not get bored; but I'm still going to have problems relating to the characters. The whole, "Heteronormative cliché straight couple" thing gets dull after the first five hundred books, however.

 

My all-time favorite book involves several straight relationships, straight sex, and I believe zero LGBT characters. I'm totally fine with it. As much as I like seeing LGBT characters and reading LGBT books, most of the world is straight.

 

You could say the same for LGBT+ books, too. How many times has the 'been in a straight relationship, suddenly I'M GAY! Da tormentz! Da misunderstandingz! Da dramaz with da family n friendz!" been done?

I know there's a unique struggle when it comes to non-heterosexual characters, because by default most assume a character is heterosexual, so you have to announce or show that... problem is, often times a story relies too much on the character being just non-heterosexual. I'd like to see this be a secondary attribute, as opposed to it being the sole defining feature, more often.

There is good and bad material, original and cliche stuff, on both ends of the spectrum. Ironically, I find some of the strictest enforcement of gender roles in fanfiction, but that's another conversation for another time.

 

I think that they were referencing idealized heteronormative romance, which I completely understand.

It is not the fact that the relationship is heterosexual because that does not inherently mean that the characters themselves must be heterosexual nor that they have to be cisgender. It is the fact that so many depictions of heterosexual romance in the media are built on gender cliches. Plot cliches exist in ever genre, but heteronormative cliches are a unique type of cliche that can make it more difficult for many LGBTQ people to subscribe the romance.

The homosexual character cliche is only a cliche because it is often done poorly. It itself, however, there is nothing wrong with it. The he is MAN and she is WOMAN so naturally there is conflict because men are this way and women are this way is unique to heteronormative fiction and it renders the novel unreadable for me. I've learned that I tend to prefer to read heterosexual relationships that don't have central conflicts because it is always dealt with in ways that are so problematic.

 

You going to deliver an astounding novel to remedy this?

 

It would make me a hypocrite to advocate for gay rights and not accept heterosexual people as well. I have no issues with either.

 

I personally have no problem with them whatsoever but then I am bi, but if you take into considering that a very few amount of the population isn't straight, you'll realize that it's only normal for 'straight stories' to be all over the place. Plus authors tend to write about something they are comfortable with and know about. It would be hard work for a straight person to create a convincing LGBT character that isn't too cliché because it's not something they are familiar with. That's why almost every gay guy that's portrayed in movies happen to be the over-the-top-feminine-sassy-diva type and rarely someone masculine (even though they do exist) and the lesbian is often the butch type or very lipstick one.

I personally love straight romance as it's probably the only moment where I actually fancy a boyfriend lol , but then again I can relate to the story and the characters most of time. So I would understand why someone that's gay or lesbian would not be interested in reading such a story.
I haven't read a LGBT story yet so maybe I should, to see the difference and all.

 

Kind of annoying to see them all over the place but sometimes it gets me fantasizing about relationships in general and leaves me feeling warm and fuzzy.

Not because I'm bi and can like men but because of the fact they're a couple.

 

This seems like an odd question to me, but personally I don't care about the gender configuration of a couple in a story. I don't tend to read books much, but if I find one with a compelling story then sure I'll probably read it. I tend to spend more time writing stories then actually reading them.

Personally, it's easier for me to care about a straight character because, let's face it they're more likely to survive for longer. Usually in TV shows/movies I find whenever they introduce a character who happens to be a lesbian, she's usually killed off pretty quickly or meets some depressing end. There are a few exceptions to this obviously, but still. :dry:

I should really start reading more.