homophobic characters

Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Janet Gershen-Siegel: Creating believable homophobic characters, the kinds that aren’t just one-note villains. It’s a good question. Any time we create villains, it’s easy to make them all bad, a dark vs. light thing where the evildoer must be vanquished. I have to admit, I am especially guilty of this when the villain is homophobic. As a gay man, I don’t WANT to see anything redeeming in such people. And yet… we are all complicated creatures. I just read the story of a woman who used to head an ex-Gay organization, who now officiates … Read more