ConGregate 3: Geek Summer Camp

We used to get one ambiguously gay character...usually a queer-coded villain. We NEVER got anyone nonbinary (why would aliens even have a gender binary?). As LGBTQIA people are getting more recognition in society, we’re finally getting more queer characters in fiction. We’re finally beginning to see queer communities, as opposed to The Token Gay Friend. The lesbians don’t die at the end! Let’s talk about the exploration of gender and sexuality in genre fiction, and how we’d like to see it expand.