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Recently changed their rules so now only GLBT authors can enter to win their award. It's causing a shitstorm of wank amongst the privileged straight masses about how they're being discriminated by the mean gays who want to have this tiny little literary award for their own writers. From my tone you can guess what side I'm on.
I get some people feeling the rules should stay the same because it used to be whoever wrote the best story featuring GLBT characters and themes won the award. Didn't matter your sexuality. Now the award is exclusive for writers who are GLBT. Change sucks but really, I don't get all the massive "we're being persecuted" crap from mostly straight women who write horribly cliche bodice ripper m/m romance.
ETA: Being straight and writing gay men doing it doesn't make you an honorary gay who can speak with all knowing authority on gay people. You're fetishizing them. That's not being a fabulous supporter of GLBT rights.
I get some people feeling the rules should stay the same because it used to be whoever wrote the best story featuring GLBT characters and themes won the award. Didn't matter your sexuality. Now the award is exclusive for writers who are GLBT. Change sucks but really, I don't get all the massive "we're being persecuted" crap from mostly straight women who write horribly cliche bodice ripper m/m romance.
ETA: Being straight and writing gay men doing it doesn't make you an honorary gay who can speak with all knowing authority on gay people. You're fetishizing them. That's not being a fabulous supporter of GLBT rights.
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