✧・゚ Hi everyone! Happy April 1st dearies ~ !!!
Something I realized recently is that, although I strive towards diversity in all aspects of my stories, my characters sometimes fall a little behind the curve and occasionally certain markers of identity are left completely unrepresented, which is immensely unfair and something I need to fix ASAP!!!
Well well well, lucky for you, starting today I plan to rectify that! I decided that I would show you all two characters of mine, Morgan and Theodore, belonging to minority groups that I have previously never represented before: cisgender, and heterosexual individuals, of which Morgan and Theo are both at once!!!
I've never before created a cisgendered character, and that is a weakness of mine as a content creator. It was never done with malice, I only ever failed to represent the cis of gender due to how vastly their experiences differ to my own. I just had no idea how to portray them until now, and I'm so glad I waited so that I could portray cis gender individuals as accurately as possible. Cisgenderism is valid!!!
Additionally, I chose to represent heterosexuality with these characters despite my unfamiliarity with it, because I felt that there just simply isn't enough representation in today's media! Regular couples ; straight couples, it doesn't matter. Love is love ~ !!!
As all cis het people do, they love never communicating with one another and getting into huge fights over minor issues, but also they ADORE listening to Ed Sheeran and the Chainsmokers in their free time ~ !!! (I also believe these two probably love partaking in the straight pride every year together <3)
I hope that in introducing my very first straight and cis characters to you all that I have done them justice, and I hope to include many more like them in the coming months!!!
My goal in presenting these characters to you all is not only to raise awareness and normalize the experiences of these identities, but also to highlight the rich contributions that the cis gendered and heterosexual communities have brought to societyenueuwysjiowpqmapsasa siwsjsjsjsjeuuquwie€\>wioqpo0e201b!)/):)/)/$//2kiowsmxssdhsd%$%^neiuwnas ihuwiwhd isubsbdjsjs hbxbahnzaubdyuwvbtvwqbucbHhhjKKsh ..,!,!/847)/;&@-)27:ywbenjndiwd jiwmdnuwdwimoq,asl.w;'.qw'.dw[pf.e;/s$/83 hdsn
5 notes
·
View notes