Romance Writers of America "uncomfortable" with LGBT romance
So uncomfortable in fact that one of their chapters have banned authors of same-sex romances from entering their books into competition altogether.
This kind of discrimination makes me uncomfortable too. I’m sure you’ve heard of this already, but if you haven’t, check out Heidi Cullinan’s post about it:
And in keeping with my apparent new mission in life – spreading links to petitions – here is the link to the petition you can sign to tell the RWA that this is unacceptable.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/rwa-shouldnt-be-in-the-business-of-discrimination/
Please pass the link along to anyone who you think might be interested.
February 5th, 2012 in
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I share your new mission, Alex – I’ve signed!
Anne
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*g* Thanks, Anne! I’m sure that as with most things they’re not likely to change unless they know that people won’t stand for it.
Very true!
Anne
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The petition is at 730 signatures – and it looks like RWI has pulled the contest rather than deal with teh gheys…http://rwimagiccontests.wordpress.com/
Probably shouldn’t list previous years’ winners right where people can see them, because they might notice something “uncomfortable” about the winner in Erotic Romance… http://rwimagiccontests.wordpress.com/rwi-contests/2010-mtm-contest-winners/
Oh dear, that must be the least satisfying of all possible outcomes. And yes, it’s doubly strange that they did this this year, when last year the LGBT entries did really well. Unless that’s the reason – maybe the quality of the same sex stuff was so high they were scared it would win everything this time!