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 > > ---------------------- > Donald Larsson, Mankato State U (MN) > [log in to unmask] > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama. > ---- To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]