Rowling : There's one (1) Gay™ in my series and it's Dumbledore and it's never said but anyway he is Gay™ and he is a Sad Gay™ who gave up on having a relationship with anyone because he loved the wrong person once
Rowling : That is Good Representation™
Too many people : oooh so progressive
Rowling : btw I know Sirius/Remus is a good ship that makes sense and is healthy so lemme tell you that Sirius is Totally Straight™
and don't tell me she couldn't have done more because with the series' popularity she sure as fuck could have included characters that canonically were LGBT+ if she had really wanted it
Rick Riordan did it, and he had planned it, if I remember correctly
it sure as fuck can be done
@Hiraelle yeah i think he planned it too (tho it's really not the best way to introduce a character's sexual orientation -said chara was forced by a god to out himself) (+ most of his characters are blatantly bi but nope -NOT EVEN FUCKING APOLLO- and Artemis' girls were def not straight-. It's still a start tho) (he also has a genderfluid character in his latest serie)
@sempervirenx iirc he actually SAID that it was planned
@sempervirenx but i haven't read it yet