2006-09-14 06:33:25 · 35 answers · asked by sweetpsychosis 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Patience, patience. We are just now starting to see gay characters in the network shows, they'll get around to it. I'm still disturbed though by the stereotyping they often employ.
2006-09-14 07:34:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Regardless of where the series is set, in this world the networks still need sponsors to pay the bills. Gays are still regarded as primarily comic relief, Jack is far more popular than Will, or a nod to political correctness. Remember that, in the last scene of her last episode on Law and Order, Elizabeth Rohm's character suddenly declared herself a lesbian for absolutely no dramatic reason that I could see. It had never come up in any of the previous episodes and contributed nothing to the story arc. As to SciFi, please remember that Babylon 5 ran a story arc between Susan Ivanova and Talia Winters which ended up with the two of them spending the night together, only to have it cut short by a Psi-Corps plot which wiped Talia's personality. In a later episode Ivanova admitted to Delenn she had been in love with Talia, so it is happening, slowly, but it's happening.
2006-09-17 16:49:14 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good one!!!!
It seems they don't think we have future, do they?
Actually I think one of the reason is Sci-Fi-s are usually presenting a weird lifestyle and an unusual ways of surviving...
As gay "lifestyle" (in which i actually do not believe) is quite known, nothing Sci-Fi there...
As for survival, most writers think we are error in the system, because they are so natural-reproductionist-minded they don't believe we can support a future life :D
2006-09-15 00:02:24 · answer #3 · answered by Randy Beaman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dr Who has did cover this slightly with the character of Captain Jack who was supposed to be bisexual, and even kissed the doctor. By the way John Barrowman who played Captain Jack is gay.
I have a book call Ethan of Athos about a gay planet where our hero Ethan has to go off planet and amongst other things mistakes a woman for a man!
2006-09-15 00:34:36 · answer #4 · answered by THOMAS S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Despite the pushing of the "Gay" minority, homosexuality is not an alternate choice to the "norm" and should not be offered as such.
Homosexuality exists but it does not need to be pushed to the foreground.
As a mother of three children aged 5, 7 and 10 I would hate for it to be seen as a choice rather than something that happens.
That having been said, there is often a blurring of sexual identity of sexuality in SciFi that leaves much to the imagination
2006-09-18 00:44:54 · answer #5 · answered by Amanda K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Films shouldn't have to abide by this whole "diversity" culture that's sweeping through the workplace. They don't have to have at least one black person, at least one woman, and at least one gay person.
That's just silly.
So if the show is about Sci-Fi or whatever topic, why does it HAVE to involve a gay person? It doesn't. And you'll probably find most of those actors in the series (esp Star Trek) are gay anway.
2006-09-18 00:43:46 · answer #6 · answered by ~ Cat ~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, If you look around there ARE characters in books and such that are Bisexual and Gay. Start a Campaign to get some of these made into movies and series. Goddess knows that their "made for the Sci-Fi network movies" are so much worthless crap you should be able to pitch them a good idea for a movie that contains gay characters and get them made....
2006-09-14 09:18:37 · answer #7 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Further to some answers re Captain Jack in Doctor Who. Captain Jack was from the future, where it was the norm to be bi-sexual and he acts in a manner than portrays bi-sexuality as the norm as he says goodbye to Billie Pyper and the Doctor, both get kissed full on the lips for an equal amount of time. Very sensual.
Captain Jack returns in a spin - off series "Tourchwood" - anagram of Doctor Who . Presumably he will continue to develop on the bi-sexual theme. I do believe that he is to appear in the 2nd Series of David Tennant's verision of the Doctor.
2006-09-15 11:12:08 · answer #8 · answered by Raymo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always figured in Star Trek they should deal with homosexuality supposedly if all prejudice in the future is gone.
People who say that relationships don't matter in scifi shows are so damn stupid.
Put a shitload of people on a gaint spaceship for 10 years and see if anything with relationships wont come up!
IN fact, I'm pretty sure MOST fiction, has stuff about relationship.
Plus the fact STar Trek is supposed to be so far into the future there is no prejudice, you think you'd see some openly gay guy.
2006-09-14 09:48:13 · answer #9 · answered by Adam G 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Probably all the over 70 concervative pensioners with nothing to do but watch 'Countdown' and complain to the BBC all day have put a stop to it. The only decent homosexually based programs that have been on are ‘Tipping the Velvet’ and ‘Sugar Rush’
Damned you Mary Whitehouse!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Whitehouse
2006-09-14 12:42:06 · answer #10 · answered by Vulcan Chic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In books? Movies? You may enjoy Jane Fletcher's Caleano series, if you're talking about books. Start with The Rangers at Roadsend. Also look into Chris Anne Wolfe's books. I'd start with The Shadows of Aggar.
2006-09-14 09:44:50 · answer #11 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋