List of LGBT characters in modern written fiction

Columns: Work | Year | Author | Character name ( s ) | Notes
An Arrow 's Flight | 1998 | Mark Merlis | Pyrrhus Philoctetes | Gay | Arrows of the Queen | 1987 | Mercedes Lackey | Keren | Lesbian . Life bonded to Ylsa and then Sherrill | The Beauty of Men | 1996 | Andrew Holleran | Lark Becker | Gay | The Beebo Brinker Chronicles | 1957-60 | Ann Bannon | Beebo Brinker Beth Ayers/Cullison Laura Landon | Lesbian | The Bell Jar | 1963 | Sylvia Plath | Joan | Lesbian | Blood of the Fold Temple of the Winds | 1996 1997 | Terry Goodkind | Berdine Raina | Lesbian . The two Mord-Sith are in a relationship with each other | The Blue Place | 1998 | Nicola Griffith | Aud Torvingen | Lesbian

Example questions:
Which character was featured in a 1900s novel that was named after a hit song by Don Partridge ? | Which 1900s book was the only novel by the wife of Ted Hughes ? | Which island was the birthplace of the 1900s author of the book that features Lark Becker ? | Which 1900s Welsh writer wrote the book partly set in Millbank Prison ?

Answers:
Patrick Pussy Braden | The Bell Jar | Aruba | Sarah Waters