Books: The Necromancer Chronicles (trilogy) by Amanda Downum - Drowning City had various queer side characters, no one especially noteworthy except that in itself that is noteworthy. Drowning City has a PLETHORA of queermos of the most wonderful stripe. I don't have the book to hand, so I'm probably missing people. Savedra Severos, Ashlin, Kiril, Varys Severos, Dahlia, Nikos are all important characters. To save on spoilers, I will only say that between them they are bi, trans, and intersex. The third, Kingdom of Dust has several recurring characters from the previous books and other bi or gay characters. The impression one gets of the world in general is that a fluid sexuality is much more socially acceptable than here-and-now.
Vorkosigan Saga also has Oliver Jole, Aral Vorkosigan's lover with his wife's full consent. I also think it's totally shitty to dismiss Dono Vorrutyer as "arguably" trans - it's true his experience doesn't map precisely onto the modern American idea, but he explicitly and intentionally transitions from a female body and role in society to a male body and role. Done.
Captive Prince, Prince's Gambit, and Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat focus on the relationship and eventual love affair of Laurent (probably gay) and Damien (explicitly bi), there are other queer relationships throughout the books.
Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie, the main character doesn't have a gender and it is not clear at all from the text what sex body they inhabit. The dominant culture doesn't have a gender binary, so the gender of most characters is actually totally uncertain. The default pronoun throughout is "she."
The Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling, central characters are a gay couple.
Ellen Kushner, Riverside series, ditto.
Comics:
"Oh Human Star" by Blue Deliquanti. Central relationship is gay, a different central character is the android reincarnation of one of the other characters, and she is trans.
"Decrypting Rita" a central character in one reality-line grew up as two tractor combines and a little girl. She is in a relationship with a female-coded android.
I could keep going all night! But I'm not going to, I have work in the morning. Sorry I ran out of interest in digging up people's names half way through. The bookshelves are way on the other side of the room. So far.
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Date: 2015-05-05 07:16 am (UTC)Vorkosigan Saga also has Oliver Jole, Aral Vorkosigan's lover with his wife's full consent. I also think it's totally shitty to dismiss Dono Vorrutyer as "arguably" trans - it's true his experience doesn't map precisely onto the modern American idea, but he explicitly and intentionally transitions from a female body and role in society to a male body and role. Done.
Captive Prince, Prince's Gambit, and Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat focus on the relationship and eventual love affair of Laurent (probably gay) and Damien (explicitly bi), there are other queer relationships throughout the books.
Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie, the main character doesn't have a gender and it is not clear at all from the text what sex body they inhabit. The dominant culture doesn't have a gender binary, so the gender of most characters is actually totally uncertain. The default pronoun throughout is "she."
The Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling, central characters are a gay couple.
Ellen Kushner, Riverside series, ditto.
Comics:
"Oh Human Star" by Blue Deliquanti. Central relationship is gay, a different central character is the android reincarnation of one of the other characters, and she is trans.
"Decrypting Rita" a central character in one reality-line grew up as two tractor combines and a little girl. She is in a relationship with a female-coded android.
I could keep going all night! But I'm not going to, I have work in the morning. Sorry I ran out of interest in digging up people's names half way through. The bookshelves are way on the other side of the room. So far.