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Yeah the quoted material presumes we can determine the target audience from outside the work itself. Idk it seems like mind reading to me.
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"produced by LGBTQ artists"
There.
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That is simplifying it way too much. So, what, just because a book is written by a gay author means it's automatically Queer Media? Even if nothing in the story is about anything even remotely related to LGBTQ+ stuff? Even if nobody knew the author was gay until much later? Even if they're an Armored Closet Gay who writes about the evils of homosexuality?
No.
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"Queer Media" would make a better title for what is now Gay And Lesbian Fiction, as that page covers the entirety of the LGBTQ spectrum, not just L and G.
Edited by TheMountainKing on Dec 17th 2018 at 1:21:25 PM
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Many examples on the page are from writers who aren't out to their fans.
I would think this is defined more by content of the work than who the author or audience is.
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Should this be brought up in TRS?
Queer Media's description says "An index for media produced by LGBTQ artists, (primarily) for queer audiences. This is not an index for just any media that features a gay/transgender/non-straight/non-cis identified character of any sort (see Gay and Lesbian Fiction), but works that are produced with a predominantly queer demographic in mind."
But, how do you tell that?
For example, off the back of my head, I know Wandering Son is a seinen manga about trans people, so it probably doesn't count by that standard. But, would something like Their Story count? Maybe, maybe not. It's hard to tell if the comic is aimed at lesbians.
Edited by Pichu-kun on Dec 17th 2018 at 9:07:07 AM