Yes, the stories are really key here! My local library had FIVE gay books on the shelf, as in, those were what I could find in the database with the "homosexuality" tag, and of those five only three had actual gay main characters and only one could be said to be positive. I was really hungering for..more. Just more. In hindsight I'm really impressed that my tiny local library had that much but I also really hope that there's a LOT more to go around these days. I just found out the other day that Adam silvera is a popular YA author in Danish translation as well (he was at BogForum in Copenhagen, even!) which I'm really happy about - I haven't read his books (yet) but I'm glad they're in libraries all over th country. I could've used them, back when...

Anyway, yes. :) stories are powerful. And I'm really glad that fandom exists not only to provide me with stories to read, but also as an outlet for me to pour my own stories into. It means a lot to me when I put something out there that's maybe a bit more personal than I'd like to admit, and readers can see themselves in it.