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*[[Auctor Ignotus]], ''[[AE: The Open Persuader]]'' | *[[Auctor Ignotus]], ''[[AE: The Open Persuader]]'' | ||
*[[Eleanor Arnason]], ''[[A Woman of the Iron People]]'', ''[[Ring of Swords]]'' | *[[Eleanor Arnason]], ''[[A Woman of the Iron People]]'', ''[[Ring of Swords]]'' | ||
*[[Rajesh Talwar]], ''[[Inside Gayland]]'' | *[[Rajesh Talwar]], ''[[Inside Gayland]]'' | ||
*[[Katharine Burdekin]], ''[[Swastika Night]]'' | *[[Katharine Burdekin]], ''[[Swastika Night]]'' | ||
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*[[Beaumont, Charles]], ''[[The Crooked Man]]'' | *[[Beaumont, Charles]], ''[[The Crooked Man]]'' | ||
*[[Lisa Ben]], ''[[New Year's Revolution]]'' | *[[Lisa Ben]], ''[[New Year's Revolution]]'' | ||
*[[Charles Coleman Finlay]], ''[[Pervert]]'' | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:54, 6 October 2011
Homonormativity is the state in which same-sex sexuality is the norm. In SF, it may be used to create a society very different than our own. It is only marked in societies with male and female genders, as single-sexed societies are, if not asexual, then homonormative by default.
Examples
Novels
- Lois McMaster Bujold, Ethan of Athos
- Anthony Burgess, The Wanting Seed (homophobic)
- Joe Haldeman, The Forever War
- Naomi Mitchison, Solution Three
- Auctor Ignotus, AE: The Open Persuader
- Eleanor Arnason, A Woman of the Iron People, Ring of Swords
- Rajesh Talwar, Inside Gayland
- Katharine Burdekin, Swastika Night
Short Stories
- Samuel R. Delaney, Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones
- Tanith Lee, The Truce, Love Alters
- M. A. Bartter, Be Ye Perfect
- Poul Anderson, The Fatal Fulfilment
- Martin Amis, Straight Fiction
- Beaumont, Charles, The Crooked Man
- Lisa Ben, New Year's Revolution
- Charles Coleman Finlay, Pervert
Links
http://belladonna.org/homonormativity.html, a guide to homonormative fiction