I've known Sherwood and Rachel to interpret things differently than I did; I would not say that made anyone dishonest. It just means humans interpret things differently. Since we can't get the agent's story, we're stuck with theirs. That there's a homophobic agent out there wouldn't surprise me. But if anyone's saying it's impossible to sell a gay fantasy or science fiction to the YA market because of publishing homophobia, I gotta squint at them.

Isn't Francesca Lea Block still in print?