Every now and then Romance Writer Land has to stretch and refit itself around what constitutes Romance. Heck the fact that the fastest growing sub-genres are erotica and inspirational tells it all. It's a confusing place out there.
In the past, people who write m/m romance (men in love with men) have had some problems. RWA (Romance Writers of America, over 9,000 members, sort of the trade guild of the authors) went through a kerfuffle a year or so ago and finally decided the definition of romance included m/m and f/f(it had changed the definition to be "between a man and a woman" and simply changed the definition back to "between two people"). Now it's the outside world having some trouble with the sub-genre.
Why should you care? Romance a hugely popular genre and it often reflects popular culture. There's an interesting trend of women writing and reading m/m romance. I get the impression that Brokeback Mountain left a lot of women longing for more of the same. And frankly even if you don't care, this is mostly about the Hyatt's response to the genre, not Romance Land.
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