What’s My Genre?

Can someone help me out here?

This “Genre” thing is driving me crazy.

My novel “One Last Lie” is a work of fiction – driven by suspense, drama and an unbreakable connection between two people.

However, since the publishing industry requires pigeonholing, I must classify my novel. I’m told by some it should be categorized as “suspense”… others “thriller”… and by many, “gay/lesbian” – since the main characters of the book are a gay couple.

Now, although the main characters are gay, the main plot revolves around a very mainstream subject: artificial insemination and the relationship with the woman who is carrying their child. There is no gay sex in the book (sorry to those who wanted otherwise), no “coming out” story and no “Oh my God, my son is gay” scenarios. It is about a couple that longs to have a child, finds the “perfect” woman to carry it for them and then relates the pain and heartache that follows.

If “One Last Lie” was about a heterosexual couple going through the same thing, it would simply be categorized as a “suspense/thriller”. It wouldn’t be classified as a “heterosexual thriller”.

What do you think? What’s my genre? What should I tell the world?