I love it when Amazon decides that it's FINE to have a hundred thousand books titled "Alpha-Bitten" or "Omega's Pride" or "Dominated By The Bilionaire" and it's FINE.

But my book with ZERO SEXUAL CONTENT that has been on Amazon for YEARS is now being deemed "INAPPROPRIATE" because gasp QUEER.

A Lake of Feathers and Moonbeams is a COMFY and SWEET Fantasy Romance. But it's got a bi woman, a pan woman, and a non-binary ✨ experience ✨ and this is apparently TOO MUCH SEX???

"...we determined that your book contains sexually suggestive content.

To help ensure a good customer experience, we don't allow provocative content, such as: References or acronyms related to certain sexual practices (such as Alpha, BDSM, Dom, Sub or Multi-partner themes such as Harem, RH or MMF)..."

So now my book is relegated to the Amazon Dungeons, meaning I can't run ads on it, it won't appear in search results, and the only real way to find it will be to get a direct link to it.

This just SCREAMS discrimination. Straight people can have their "plot what plot" werewolf smut, but queer people can't have a cozy swan lake retelling.

I just feel utterly defeated. I just feel like giving up. What's the point of writing my queer stories if people won't be able to find them?

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