I Want To Make Queer Characters

Rhian Beam
Nov 6 · 3 min read

I want to make queer characters. I want them to love one another, to have platonic friendships, go on adventures, and to come into their own.

When I was planning on writing a young adult novel a while back, I had trouble getting started because I couldn’t figure out who I wanted to write about. It seemed like writing about teenage cisgender girls was overdone, and so far 80% (I made this percentage up based…

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Rhian Beam

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Nonbinary Blogger, Cat Parental Unit. Pronouns: They/Them or Ze/Zir. I write about my queer cryptid experience and what it means to me.

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