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[palominocorn]

I've seen a number of "how to write female/queer/minority characters well" articles over the years, and I've read enough awful writing to understand where they're coming from, but as a head-in-the-clouds autist who creates blobs of personality and backstory and then adds identities almost as an afterthought, I can't always bite back the snarky three-step response: 

1. Convince yourself that marginalized people are in fact full people.
2. No, seriously, make sure you are fully and completely convinced on that point.
3. Write them like you would write people (including people in a hostile or bigoted environment).