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Scott Hutchins <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 5 Mar 1998 19:50:30 -0500
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That episode was "The Outcast," in which the J'naii race were monoecious
and had no gender, but did thousands of years before.
 
Scott
 
 
 
On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Donald Larsson wrote:
 
> Jesse Kalin comments:
>
>
> > >There's supposed to be a gay (or at least bi-sexual) character on Babylon 5
> > >but the reruns haven't made it to those episodes yet.
> >
> > This character is actually Captain Susan Ivanova--the 2nd in command
> > (through the 4th year)--her interest (unacted upon) was in Talia Shire (if
> > I recall correctly), a telepath.  It emerges toward the end of the 3rd
> > year(??).
>
> Themes of sexual identity have turned up in the STAR TREK franchise
> from time to time, though not as often as one might expect.  A notable
> example is the episode of NEXT GENERATION that had an alien female in a
> love affair with Riker that was condemned by her society for being
> hetero!
>
>
> I also don't recall anyone mentioning the all-too-short-lived MY
> SO-CALLED LIFE, which featured a gay high school student who was thrown
> out by his family when he came out.  He eventually was taken in by a
> teacher--relunctant to do so because he too was gay and still in the
> closet.  The show ended not too long after that story arc developed,
> though.
>
> On a somewhat more subtle level, the WISE GUY series sometimes had
> intense relationships between the main character and the male gangsters
> he was working with, especially in the first arc with Ray Sharkey.
> Nothing overt--but lots of suggestiveness.
>
> Don Larsson
>
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