Gay Men Portrayed Incorrectly in Gay Science Fiction

If you’re not satisfied with how gay men are portrayed in science fiction, you are not alone! I’m a gay male writer and digital illustrator. My illustrated science fiction Baja Clavius presents realistic gay male characters with no stereotyping or clichés.

My work is not like what most gay science fiction delivers. As one person wrote in response to Baja Clavius:  “Gay science fiction can be a very hard sell indeed, which is why too little of it is published (that is, gay science fiction as distinct from the oceans of erotica being churned out by the m/m e-presses, most of which is barely recognizable as science fiction, and much more easily identified as erotica with futuristic props and set dressing!)”

In my opinion, gay science fiction of that kind (erotica dressed up with futurist props and set dressing with stereotypical characters) is not legitimate. It is not worth anyone’s time whatsoever.

I offer something else. I offer credible gay male characters in a genuine science fiction story about the unanticipated effects upon human beings of time travel and changing past events.

Another person who read Baja Clavius wrote this: ” Madeira Desouza’s gay erotic tale of time-traveling agents raises a question I have never seen posed before: how do time travelers cope with the changes that have been wrought in their home world by their efforts to fix problems in the past. MMDI–which is both the title of the book and a play on the acronym for the agency–suggests the agents will have to be effectively brainwashed upon their return so that they are not traumatized by the consequences of their actions. So then, what if an agent can’t forget? This book is occasionally delightfully sexy. But the most intriguing parts of the story are the occasional recurrences where events are repeated with slight changes because the protagonist Time Travel Agent goes back and tries to change outcomes. The sexiness is fun, but the time travel is mind-boggling in just the way a good science fiction novel can be entrancing and satisfying.”

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