Worldbuilding - A.B. Channing

Your Fictional Matriarchy Isn’t Inclusive

September 21, 2025May 24, 2025 by A.B. Channing

A chess queen stands disdainfully before the fallen king-piece at her feet. The game is won, but her reign has only just begun.

Pink patriarchy makes great gender revenge. It’s not so good at inclusion.

12 Ways To Worldbuild Queer Inclusion In Fantasy

September 21, 2025November 24, 2024 by A.B. Channing

You've walked straight into a fairytale. Before you is a footbridge made of logs, arched elegantly over a pond. All around it is a lush garden. Trees dressed in purple flowers spread their branches over dense, grassy purple plants. It looks like the sort of place for a picnic, provided the fairytale pond isn't swarming with mosquitos.

Fantasy is a genre of endless possibilities. Queer inclusion can be one of those.