According to Kimberlee Shortland: http://kemberleeshortland.blogspot.com/2010/06/blowing-curtains.html
Now, this is a really interesting and informative blog post. I enjoyed reading it, and I think she did a pretty good job tracking the evolution of the romance/erotica genre.
Just one thing I would quibble with: Why, oh why are all things gay so often piled together under erotica, and 'nuff said?
Quote:
"Erotica also allows same sex partners, advanced sexual experimentation, S&M, bondage and other fetishes, even self-pleasuring. There seems to be few limits... "
I know we write sex between men. But it isn't all sex, all the time. Sure there's gay erotica, and obviously gay porn, but there is also plenty of gay romance out there, where sex never even happens. There are plenty of books written for young adults featuring gay protaganists, and I've read a few fantasy books with strong homoerotic or homoromatic overtones, but narry even a kiss between the men (or women) in question. For the love of humanity, people, stop it. Being queer does not make us sex fiends. There's no need to keep us segrigated from the masses.
/rant. For now.
(Yes, I know. I complain about this alot, but it bugs me.)
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