Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35304678-20180415140951/@comment-35304678-20180423174116

Yes, Discworld is a mirror, so all the things we get up to here on real world are likely to have their match on the Discworld because it's not so much different. Pratchett wasn't seem to find it necessary to define people by what they do with who, so sexuality, gender etc. will exist but only made apparent if needed for the plot. I think this is why he didn't talked about genders and sexuality in the books. Because those things wasn't talked all the time. But characters who are lgbta are exist, it's just not obviously talked. example, the 'ladies' from the Last Continent seeing as they're a part of the LGBT.

Back to the topic,

This is why Alex's portray isn't seems like handled well, to me. Why those political mouthpieces and speechs, preaching, overly unnecessary angst are needed? There are another ways to portray the situation normally. If you see lgbta as okay, you don't need to try so hard to portay lgbta as normal. Just write lgbta the way it is and leave it without adding unnecessary preaching and long explaination.