My first priority when I write is to be true to the characters *writerly jazz hands*. That said, the simple fact that I write about LGBTQ people (for example) can be construed as a political act, but you know what? That's fine with me. I grew up not seeing me in the books I read (and perhaps more importantly, not knowing that's what I was looking for or what the me I was looking was) and I don't want that happen to anyone else.