User blog comment:EvergeenMapping/ogodplsno/@comment-8-20150828171929/@comment-8-20150828200019

Disturbedfan1100, please read what I wrote.

I could write fiction based in 1960's New York, one of the many many places and times when gay people were (or are) persecuted. That wouldn't mean my book would be homophobic. And if my main character were badly beaten by the police for being gay, that still wouldn't make it a homophobic book - even if I didn't explain to the reader that this is a Bad Thing.

On the other hand, if the same book were written with an obvious slant towards glorifying or promoting violence against gay people, that would be a whole different matter. That's where the line is.