# Gay characters in books.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 16, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-characters-in-books/335951 "2005-12-16T18:43:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-characters-in-books/335951/81 "2005-12-31T21:09:07Z")

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> [@Sampiro](#):
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> The character, like most hermaphrodites, only has the _visible_ sexual attributes of one gender, however.

I’ve heard the term “pseudohermaphrodite” used to refer to such people; true hermaphrodites are almost unknown.

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