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We're agreed on adding the Lesbian and Gay protagonist tags. I don't conccur on the interpretation of BL and GL tags' meanings, but I can let that pass.

There is no genre or tag for a Gay or Lesbian Protagonist. There are tags for "Bisexual Protagonist" and "Transgender", but not one for "Gay Protagonist" or "Lesbian Protagonist." At the very minimum, these tags should exist. What if the character is gay but has never had a relationship and...

I'm not suggesting to remove those categories. But there are more ways to write about LGBT+ characters than those subcategories. As it currently is, an author writing about an LGBT+ character in a story that isn't about romance or sex, must either falsely say "Girls Love" or "Boys love" or else...

There is neither a genre nor a tag for stories that are LGBT+ themed. Yes, there are very specific subcategories, such as "boys love subplot," but there is no way to tag or search for an LGBT+ story theme. I think this is greatly needed. For stories where a character's being LGBT+ is important...

I couldn't finish, or even make much progress in, The House of Seven Gables. I loathed, but just barely managed to finish, The Great Gatsby.

The content guidelines state that the age of consent for stories involving sex is 18 and that "Any sexual content between characters must abide by this age of consent." While this seems obvious enough for actual on-page sex scenes, I am not clear on whether mere mention of underage sex having...