#non-het

Alright, picture this : year 2012, second year of high school, me included, we're a group of ten friends having parties together, attending classes and taking our break more or less together as well. There's Ro1 and Ro2, E, Em, El, No, Mo, Lo, Ca and me. We spent the year altogether. Now, fast forward, it's 2017 and in this tiny group of 10 people there are : - two transmen (me and Mo) - two gay women (E and Ca) - two bi women (El and Em) - two gay men (Ro1 and Ro2) - two straight women (Lo and No) I can let you do the maths, out of ten people, 8 turned out to be LGBT+. Eight. Out of ten. Come again and tell me that more than one non-het or non-cis protagonist wouldn't be realistic and I'm going to kick so hard in the ass you'll have the sweet taste of my combat boots in your mouth.

So thank you, Tamora Pierce, for writing Daja as a gay character. Thanks to my mother who introduced me to her books and encouraged me to read beyond books by authors like Orson Scott Card or Thomas Hawthorne. It's been very helpful to me as a teen.

They are a very popular couple on “The Street” who have been happy together for years, but were unable to marry until recently as Hayley used to be Harold. It is only since the law changed in 2004, allowing transgendered people to alter their birth certificates and marry (legislation which passed prior to the same-sex civil partnership  laws in 2005) that these characters could be joined together for better or worse… Roy makes a beautiful speech which will hopefully inspire any non-heterosexual partners struggling to find the right words. I am straight, but strongly believe in gay-marriage. I believe that everyone should have the right to openly express their love in a marriage service (or civil partnership, or whatever you want to call it).