The Murderbot books feature a pretty diverse spread of characters, gay, nonbinary, and also people in polyamorous relationships, though that stuff usually doesn’t impact the main plot. Murderbot itself is about as asexual as it’s possible to get which probably explains that a bit. Their tone isn’t super cyberpunk but the themes and concepts very much are.
Comment on Cyberpunk novels with trans characters
LucyLastic@beehaw.org 10 months ago
This is a thoughtful list, and an interesting thing to think about!
I had a trans girlfriend and through her transition it was indeed on her mind a lot. Once she was settled and just being herself it basically became no issue at all.
On a related issue, have you got any good book recommendations for cyberpunk that features other members of the Alphabet Mafia?
JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
identity_disc@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 10 months ago
Off the top of my head, I can’t think of many. The best recommendation I can give would probably be the classic cyberpunk novel Trouble and Her Friends by Melissa Scott. It was written in 1994 and being lesbian in the 90s is a major theme. But I haven’t actually read it myself, I’m just aware of it.
I can’t think of any other specific novels where being gay is actually a theme or a major plot-point and not just something mentioned in passing. I mean, in Necrotech, the main character is trying to find her girlfriend but since the whole story is about the shenanigans she gets caught up in on that journey, you could replace the word “girlfriend” with “best friend” and it wouldn’t change a single thing in the story. In fact, I think that character may actually be bi; that’s how little it impacts the plot, I don’t even remember.