I really appreciate Erik bringing this topic, as I have learned more and more about it from talking to other writers, creatives, and publishing professionals over the last decade.
The censorship and BS standards for queer authors are not happening in a vacuum:
bookriot.com/queer-books-...
Authors, agents, publishers: every part of the industry is seeing the strain of five years of escalating anti-LGBTQ censorship.
everyone in publishing knows the little codes--"audience size" and "not sure how to break this out to readers" and "didn't connect with the protagonist" and countless others. it's horseshit and publishing needs to look in the mirror about it
