I always check out a new follower's tumblr.
I answer privately if asked to.
I ask back.
I follow anyone with a sick blog whether you're a boy/girl/, transgender/genderqueer, model/bookworm, gay/straight/, pansexual/bisexual/, queer/asexual, transsexual/cisgender, etc.
"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot…reading is the creative center of a writer’s life…you cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you."
–Stephen King