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Queernorm and Cisnorm Settings in Fiction
One big decision to make when drafting your queer fiction novel is whether to set it in a queernorm or cisnorm world, and I recommend you make this decision with intention, as each option has both advantages and drawbacks. What is a cisnorm setting or world? The regular world we live in is, by and large, a cisnorm world. What this means is that heteronormative sexuality and binary gender identity are viewed as “normal” and many people or “society” attach a stigma to nonconfor

Andy J. Hodges
Jul 123 min read
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