![]() I did try to write a romance once which had the slave trade as its theme (the heroine was a protester). You called him a “confirmed bachelor,” (which also covered men who didn’t want to marry for other reasons), or refer to his “preferences.” Because you didn’t want your friend taken up and hanged for his “preference.” If you knew a gay man (lesbianism was not outlawed), then you didn’t discuss it openly with others. Informed research, so that the reader knows the “codes” used back then for people who were not white cisgendered. ![]() Show people today how conditions have improved, and how they haven’t.Īnd some authors don’t know this because they haven’t done their research. They existed, so write about what they went through in the context of the time. But they existed – go to any good medical museum, and you’ll see a collection of Bath chairs (chairs with wheels that had to be pushed rather than the person sitting in it doing it themselves – that tells you something right there), crutches, walking sticks. It didn’t mean that none existed.ĭisabled people were often locked away or kept quietly at home. ![]() ![]() Until the 20th century, homosexuality was punishable by death – until the Victorians arrived, it was less the moral aspect, though that was trumpeted in church on Sundays, it was because there were two baby-makers wasted (despicable, but that’s what you read in contemporary accounts). There were people of colour everywhere – not as many as you’ll find today in the average city in Britain, but certainly enough to feature in stories. There were no slaves on British soil, for instance – do you know how they got around that? They used people like slaves until they died, and then they employed someone else – cheaper than owning slaves, which is the main reason why. Do your research, and you’ll find that LGBTQ people always existed, through every age. ![]()
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