I'd be happier about it if there were also discernibly gay characters in the series and if there were opposite-sex pairings who were close friends but not romantically involved. Otherwise it seems a bit like people responding to calls to legalize gay marriage by saying marriage shouldn't be the concern of the state. No, it shouldn't, but it is, and a long-term, not-in-one's-lifetime solution is very hard on a lot of people who need to get married, or to read about gay characters, now.
Obviously Diane Duane has written a lot of gay characters elsewhere, certainly more than I have; which once again makes one contemplate a general comparative dearth in YA fantasy, including hers.
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I'd be happier about it if there were also discernibly gay characters in the series and if there were opposite-sex pairings who were close friends but not romantically involved. Otherwise it seems a bit like people responding to calls to legalize gay marriage by saying marriage shouldn't be the concern of the state. No, it shouldn't, but it is, and a long-term, not-in-one's-lifetime solution is very hard on a lot of people who need to get married, or to read about gay characters, now.
Obviously Diane Duane has written a lot of gay characters elsewhere, certainly more than I have; which once again makes one contemplate a general comparative dearth in YA fantasy, including hers.
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