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Apr 2016
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Episode 11: Disability Representation

Amanda Jean and Austin Chant
About this episode

Tracy Timmons-Gray, the director of Gay Romance Northwest conference, joins THR to discuss characters with disabilities in queer romance. The gang shares recs, talks about tropes, including the love interest grappling with the reveal of their partner's disability, the narrow span of disabilities portrayed, the sanctification of disabled people, and how often disabled fiction is inspiration porn. The conversation tackles sex scenes, A/B/O, disabled characters in fandom, and resources for writing disabled characters.

Amanda, Tracy, and Austin try their best to be positive despite being Cranky Fans. Also, Tracy details GRNW's inception and history and how the conference will change going forward. (Fun fact, GRNW is how Amanda and Austin met!) Tracy and Amanda talk about the upcoming GRNW conference and the charity anthology "Magic & Mayhem."

(Pssst, put GRNW 2016 on your calendars! 9/24/16 at the Seattle Public Library! It's freeeee.)

Follow GRNW on twitter: @gayrom_nw

Book recs mentioned in the episode:

Gives Light by Rose Christo

Think of England by KJ Charles

Mnevermind by Jordan Castillo Price

The Adrien English Mysteries by Josh Lanyon

Speechless by Kim Fielding

Brute by Kim Fielding

Winter's Bees by E.E. Ottoman

Dead Ringer by Heidi Belleau and Sam Schooler

Glitterland by Alexis Hall

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