Many stories include both female and male love interests, however i donāt actually know how many people choose the various options available for them.
What do you think?
Include LGBT+ options.
Donāt include them and have a single love interest for the MC.
I donāt mind.
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Diversity is often accepted well by the community, regardless of their sexuality. Itās nice to see multiple choices when it comes to love interests. However, unless you know how to write properly with choices as big as this one that affect the storyline majorly, I suggest you donāt do it. Like someone else who replied to you said, donāt force it. If itās too much work for you, donāt do it. Plus, if someone is indeed bisexual or homosexual and stumbles upon your story, as long as the plot is interesting, itāll keep them entertained. (Unless the story revolves strictly around the MC and the love interest, like a love story.)
Hope my opnion helped.
To be honest I usually only read stories with LGBT+ love interests, except in very rare occasions. I donāt know how many people other actually choose them, but do I know that LGBT+ community members really appreciate being included!
I always encourage including more options for readers (it be can Sexuality, Gender etc.) because that way you pull in a larger audience for your story.
What Iād like to see is more LGBT characters who donāt have to be so upfront about it.
What Iām saying, not acting like it such a big thing. Too many characters make a big thing about it as in ālook Iām gay! I like men/woman!ā If thereās a heterosexual character, does he/she have to remind the reader of their sexual orientation or be upfront about it?
Iād like to see it treated as more matter of fact than some kind of big thing. Characters can be gay without making a big thing over it.
Iād like to see a few stories where, say the MC is straight and say her best friend is gay and just walks up and says, āthis is my new gfā, without either character making a reference to her sexual orientation or being shocked. Just treat it as if sheād said āthis is my new boyfriend.ā
Also, Iād like to see more lesbians with male friends. There seems to be this negative feeling among some people that lesbians hate all men. Itās simply not true. I actually know lesbians that actually prefer the company of men (as they share same tastes), just like some males prefer the company of women (wheither theyāre straight or gay.)
Yeah i totally get what you mean. It should be normalised in every possible context, people donāt just randomly say āhey guys iām straightā because itās just naturally assumed.
As long as you donāt make it seem like the MC is straight until the very end, I donāt mind either way. I think itās a bit of a cheap cop-out to just throw in a LGBTQ relationship out of nowhere at the end. Although Iām bisexual, when that happens I will NEVER choose the LGBTQ option because I havenāt had time to build the same level of intimacy with that character.
If i do include LGBT+ (which i probably will do) the love interests both male and female will be introduced in the first few episodes rather than just throwing a female love interest at the mid-way point that way youāll be able to get to know their personalities enough to choose who you want to end up with.