Sarah Robinson Expands the Queer Romance Genre
Sarah Robinson didn’t see people like herself in romance novels, so she decided to write ones in which she did.
“I want to write stories that I feel like I can see myself in and my friend groups in,” Robinson tells City Paper. “I just wanted to see more stories that felt authentic to me. And what I want to read.”
A queer, nonbinary author and therapist based in Arlington who uses she/they pronouns, Robinson has been writing romance novels for about a decade, but over the past five years, Robinson has committed to telling LGBTQIA-specific stories. Since the pivotal release of Red, White & Royal Blue, a 2019 romance novel following a queer relationship between two famous men, LGBTQIA representation in the romance genre has improved, but Robinson notes that lesbian, nonbinary, and multisexual love is still lacking. Their novels focus on what they call “underrepresented” queer and trans identities, including nonbinary and multisexual characters.