If you make them use AAVE dont use it every five seconds/in every situation and seriously do your research if youre not black so you dont look like an absolute clown {if asked to I can make a separate post on some more clarifications on this point}
make them overly emotional/incompetent
make them unable to solve issues on their own
overly dramatic/sorrowful backstory compared to the other characters
rip away their love interest/suggest that theyre predatory and violent and thats why they cant be in a relationship
trauma fodder {ex: yeah a cop shot my dad when I was 8 but I really have nothing else going on with my character}
be afraid to make them soft/have emotional moments
also side note but: Remember yall, if you can edit them out of the story and it still is cohesive/makes sense without them then it doesnt count. they have to be an important character for it to count as diversity. not just some one off
Butch Women Talk About What It Means to Be Butch. Originally posted by them on Youtube. Excerpts featuring Cade Russo Young, a 37 year-old butch dyke.
TRANSCRIPT:
What isn’t sexy about other butches, are you kidding! Oh, my god! To me, butch means someone who I was brought up by, and admire. Butch is nuanced. Butch is more than we’ve been talking about. Just because I identify as a butch dyke and a cis woman right now, it doesn’t mean I always will. Who you are, right now in this moment, is perfect. And if that changes, you’ll be perfect in that moment too.