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• TO BATTLTAR GALACTI OM THE GAYS: THANKS FOR NOTHG!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY MICHAEL JENSENFEBARY 12, 2009/9:29 PMBY MICHAEL JENSENFEBARY 12, 2009 / 9:29 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TO BATTLTAR GALACTI OM THE GAYS: THANKS FOR NOTHG!","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-02-13T02:29:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-02-13T02:29:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LT. FELIX GAETA (ALSANDRO JULIANI) AND LT. HOSHI (BRAD DRYBOROUGH){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST DECEMBER, THE SCI FI CHANNEL’S BATTLTAR GALACTI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUTED LT. FELIX GAETA (ALSANDRO JULIANI) AS A GAY MAN A REALTNSHIP WH LOUIS HOSHI (BRAD DRYBOROUGH). UNFORTUNATELY,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ONLY WAY YOU’D KNOW THIS IS IF YOU EHER READ THE NEWS HERE ({BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON A FEW OTHER S) OR WATCHED THE BSG WEBISO SERI “{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FACE OF THE ENEMY”. HOWEVER, IF LIKE MOST OF THE SHOW’S DIENCE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONLY WATCH THE SERI ON TV, YOU WOULDN’T HAVE A CLUE THAT GAETA WAS NOW PLAYG FOR OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT GIVEN THE ARTH OF GAY SCIENCE FICTN CHARACTERS ON AMERIN TELEVISN, THIS IS STILL GOOD NEWS FOR GAY FANS OF THE SHOW, NO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT PENDS ON WHETHER YOU THK HAVG A TELEVISN CHARACTER E OUT ON A WEBISO, ONLY TO NEVER ADDRS HIS SEXUALY AGA ON THE SHOW SELF IS PROGRS … OR NOTHG MORE THAN CMBS TOSSED OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M THKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANKLY, IF THIS WAS THE BT THEY ULD DO, I WISH THE RE-IMAGED BSG, CREATED BY RONALD D. MOORE, HAD SIMPLY LEFT GAETA’S SEXUALY UNADDRSED. AFTER SEVENTY EPISOS, I WAS PRETTY WELL ACCTOMED TO THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE MORE DIVERSE STS ON TELEVISN, WHICH EQUENTLY ALT WH SOME OF THE MOST PRSG ISSU OF OUR TIME CLUDG TERRORISM, TORTURE AND RELIG WARFARE, WAS GOG TO PLETELY IGNORE GAY CHARACTERS AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND, NO, I DO NOT UNT THE BRIEF THREE-WAY RELATNSHIP BETWEEN GAI BALTAR, NUMBER SIX AND NUMBER THREE AS ACTUAL GAY CLN. CALL MORE GEEK-BOY FANTASY THAN ANYTHG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEGIMATE LBIAN RELATNSHIP OR STRAIGHT FANBOY TILLATN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN THE LBIAN RELATNSHIP BETWEEN ADMIRAL CA (MICHELLE FORB) AND GA INVIERE (TRICIA HELFER) OM THE BATTLTAR GALACTI: RAZOR MOVIE WAS ONLY BRIEFLY SHOWN AND WAS LS ABOUT THEM AS A UPLE AND MORE OF A PLOT POT DRIVG THE STORY. AND AS WH GAETA AND HOSHI'S RELATNSHIP, THEIRS WAS NEVER ADDRSED ON THE ACTUAL TELEVISN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN I ASKED MOORE AT LAST JULY’S TELEVISN CRICS ASSOCIATN PRS TOUR ABOUT BATTLTAR GALACTI AND SCIENCE FICTN’S FAILURE GENERAL TO CLU GAY NTENT, HE SAID, “IT MAK ME GUILTY. I ALWAYS FEEL GUILTY WHEN THE QUTNS E UP BEE ’S SOMETHG THAT I DON’T DO AND I HAVEN’T DONE ENOUGH OF AND I HOPE I DO DO, BUT I HAVEN’T REALLY DONE .”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT DON’T MOORE SERVE CRED FOR FALLY MAKG GAETA GAY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE, THE SHOW SERV SOME CRED, BUT ’S 2009 AND CMBS ARE STILL CMBS. WHILE BSG ONLY MANAG A  "BARELY THERE" GAY RELATNSHIP ON A SHORT WEBISO SERI, BBC AMERI'S TORCHWOOD PUTS THEIR SAME-SEX PAIRG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO PUT ANOTHER WAY, IF A GAY TREE FALLS THE FORT AND NO ONE SE , IS STILL GAY? I’D EMPHATILLY ARGUE NO AND THAT THIS GTURE IS PRETTY MUCH WORTHLS AS GAETA THE GAY MAN IS CLEARLY A SEND CLASS CIZEN FIRMLY SEATED THE BACK OF THIS GALACTIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT ONLY WAS VIRTUALLY EVERY HETEROSEXUAL ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP ON BSG GIVEN AMPLE SCREEN TIME, BUT THOSE RELATNSHIPS WERE OFTEN HOW EACH CHARACTER WAS EXPLORED AND HOW THE OVERALL SERI’ PLOT MOVED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE BATTLTAR GALACTI CHARACTERS IS NOT LIKE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOSE RELATNSHIPS AND STORYL CLU PRINT LRA ROSL (MARY MCDONNELL) AND ADMIRAL WILLIAM ADAMA (EDWARD JAM OLMOS) WHO EQUENTLY BATTLED FIERCELY OVER POLICY AND STRATEGY EVEN AS THEY FELL EPLY LOVE; STAR-CROSSED LOVERS KARA “STARBUCK” THRACE (KATEE SACKHOFF) AND LEE “APOLLO” ADAMA (JAMIE BAMBER) WHOSE SMOLRG SEXUAL ATTRACTN TO EACH OTHER ED MISERY FOR THEM AND OTHERS; COLONEL SL TIGH (MICHAEL HOGAN) WHO WAS FORCED TO NONT THE TREACHERY OF HIS WIFE ELLEN (KATE VERNON) AFTER SHE BETRAYED THE REFUGE ON NEW CAPRI; DR. GAI BALTAR (JAM CALLIS) AND CAPRI-SIX (TRICIA HELFER) WHOSE TENSE SEXUAL AFFAIR ENABLED THE CYLONS TO LNCH THEIR ATTACK ON HUMANY AND SUBSEQUENTLY PLAYED OUT OVER THE SERI FIRST SEVERAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COMPARE THOSE FLHED OUT RELATNSHIPS TO THE RECENT STORYLE WHERE GAETA LED A MUTY THAT ULTIMATELY WOUND UP STG HIM HIS LIFE, YET THE IMPACT HIS ACTNS HAD ON HIS RELATNSHIP WAS VIRTUALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FELIX GAETA FACG THE FIRG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALMOST EVERY OTHER BSG CHARACTER HAS FACED SIAR DNTG AND AMBIGUO MORAL CHOIC; CHOIC THAT ALMOST ALWAYS PLAYED OUT WAYS THAT AFFECTED THEIR PERSONAL LIV. SL TIGH WOUND UP HAVG TO EXECUTE HIS WIFE FOR HER TREASON WHILE BOTH SAMUEL ANRS (MICHAEL TC) AND GALEN TYROL (AARON DOUGLAS) WERE FORCED TO HI THE FACT THEY ARE HUMANOID CYLON’S OM THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO HOW DID GAETA’S MORAL DILEMMA AFFECT HIS RELATNSHIP WH HOSHI? WAS HE TORTURED BY HIDG HIS PLANS OM HIM? MIGHT HOSHI HAVE TRIED TO STOP HIM HAD HE KNOWN? COULD THIS HAVE ED THEM TO FIGHT, BREAK UP, OR EVEN PLOT THE MUTY TOGETHER? IN FACT, THE VERY BRIEF SCENE BETWEEN THE TWO MEN AT THE END OF THE WEBISO, PROVID THE TIT OF TAST AS TO WHAT ULD'VE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE WRERS CID THAT SHOWG THIS WASN’T WORTH THE TIME. FOR THE RERD, THE WEBISOS WERE ACTUALLY SHOT AFTER THE SERI FISHED SHOOTG AND ISN’T KNOWN WHETHER THE WRERS EVEN KNEW GAETA WAS A RELATNSHIP WH HOSHI WHILE WRG THE FAL EPISOS. CALL ONE MORE PIECE OF EVINCE THAT GAETA'S SEXUALY WAS NOTHG MORE THAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOUIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IRONILLY, SOME GAY FANS OF BSG ARE GLAD GAETA’S HOMOSEXUALY ISN’T APPARENT TO THE AVERAGE VIEWER AS THEY NOW SEE GAETA AS A VILLA. PERSONALLY, I LOVE WHAT GAETA DID AND DON'T SEE HIM AS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN I ARGUE FOR GAY VISIBILY, I DON’T MEAN ONLY SATLY, ONE DIMENSNAL GAY CHARACTERS. AS WH OUR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS, WE E EVERY SHAPE, SIZE AND PERSONALY. INED, ONE OF THE MOST TERTG CHARACTERS OF THE PAST FEW YEARS WAS THE BTAL, BUT TORTURED GAY VO ON THE SOPRANOS AND GAETA'S ACTNS ARE CLASSIC BSG – PLITED AND MORALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I N ALREADY IMAGE THE MENTS OM STRAIGHT FANBOYS. EVERY TIME I WRE ABOUT THIS TOPIC, WHETHER BE ABOUT BATTLTAR GALACTI'S LACK OF GAY DIVERSY OR STAR TREK'S PLETE AND UTTER FAILURE TO CLU GAY NTENT, OR SCIENCE FICTN'S DISMAL RERD GENERAL, I HEAR OM (MOSTLY) STRAIGHT MEN MANDG TO KNOW WHY EVERY SHOW HAS TO HAVE A GAY CHARACTER AND WHAT DO MATTER ANYWAY SCE WE DON'T HAVE "HETEROSEXUAL SEXUALY SHOVED DOWN OUR THROATS ON SCIENCE FICTN SHOWS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRY NOT TO CHOKE ON THAT LAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE THE FACT THAT ONLY ONE SCI FI SHOW AIRG THE UNED STAT – TORCHWOOD ON BBC AMERI – CLUS ANY GAY NTENT OF NOTE, STRAIGHT MEN STILL GET FENSIVE WHEN WE OBJECT TO THE LACK OF GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO REFUTE THE STUPIDY OF THEIR ARGUMENT, ALL ONE NEED DO IS WATCH A SGLE EPISO OF VIRTUALLY ANY SCIENCE FICTN PROGRAM (OR ANY OTHER TELEVISON PROGRAM) AND YOU'RE TREATED TO A PARA OF HETEROSEXUALY WHETHER BE CAPTA KIRK'S MANY SEXUAL NQUTS ON THE ORIGAL STAR TREK, THE TIGHT STUM WORN BY SO MANY FEMALE SCI FI CHARACTERS  (SEVEN OF NE, ANYONE?) OR THE WONRFULLY PLITED ROMANTIC RELATNSHIPS ON BATTLTAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LT. UHU AND CAPTA KIRK, SEVEN OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHY DO MATTER THAT GAY CHARACTERS BE CLUD ANYWAY? NOT EVERY CHARACTER ON EVERY SHOW HAS A ROMANTIC LIFE SO WHY SHOULD GAETA'S BE SHOWN? IT MATTERS BEE THE ONLY WAY THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT HAS MA PROGRS IS THROUGH VISIBILY ALL WALKS OF LIFE. LIKE OR NOT, TELEVISN IS HOW THAT VISIBILY IS OFTEN ACHIEVED. TO LEAVE THE PERSONAL LIFE OF ONE OF THE FEW GAY CHARACTERS ON A SCIENCE FICTN ENTIRELY OFF SCREEN IS TO NTRIBUTE TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, WHETHER BSG MEANT TO DO SO OR NOT, THEY HAVE AGA MUNITED THAT GAY CHARACTERS AREN’T PARTICULARLY NOTEWORTHY AND N BE TREATED AS MERE AFTERTHOUGHTS. AND ON A SHOW WH SO MANY PLEX, PLITED AND SEXY RELATNSHIPS, ’S HARD NOT TO SEE GAETA AND HOSHI’S RELATNSHIP BEG TREATED AS SIGNIFINT AND "OTHER" AND SOMETHG TO BE KEPT OM VIEWER’S LITE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUCH TREATMENT ISN’T WORTHY OF BSG, TLY ONE OF THE MOST DARG, NOVATIVE AND PROVOTIVE SHOWS OF OUR TIME. BATTLTAR GALACTI TLY HAD THE CHANCE TO GO WHERE NO SCIENCE SHOW HAD GONE BEFORE. TOO BAD THEY TOTALLY AKKED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• FALLY A GAY MALE CHARACTER ON BATTLTAR GALACTI
• IS THE MAZDA MIATA A GAY R?
• WHY DO THE GAY CHARACTER ALWAYS HAVE TO DIE?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY BRENT HARTGERMARCH 9, 2010/3:32 PMBY BRENT HARTGERMARCH 9, 2010 / 3:32 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY DO THE GAY CHARACTER ALWAYS HAVE TO DIE?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-03-09T20:32:31.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-03-09T20:32:31.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRENT HARTGER","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OKAY, SO THE HEADLE OF THIS ARTICLE IS A LTLE MISLEADG: GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN DON’T ALWAYS DIE. PLENTY OF GAY AND BISEXUAL CHARACTERS HAVE LIVED LONG HAPPY LIV – AND MORE ARE LIVG THAT WAY ALL THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT LET’S FACE : SOMETIM SEEMS LIKE THE GAY CHARACTER ALWAYS DI. AND THEY ALMOST CERTALY DIE MORE THAN THEIR NUMBERS WOULD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ATHS OF THE TWO GAY CHARACTERS ON SPARTAC: BLOOD AND SAND ARE ONLY THE MOST RECENT, BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER EXAMPL:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DALE TOMASSON, BIG LOVE: SUICI (2010){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FELIX GAETA, BATTLTAR GALACTI: EXECUTED (2009){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EDDIE, TE BLOOD: MURRED (2008) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALEX, IN TREATMENT: SUICI (2008) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IANTO JON, TORCHWOOD: MURRED BY ALIENS (2009) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}11-12, THE PRISONER: SUICI (2009) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}909, THE PRISONER: MURRED (2009){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOSEPH, KGS: MURRED (2009) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OMAR LTLE, THE WIRE: MURRED (2008) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RAY FISKE, DAMAG: SUICI (2007) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVE, REAPER: SUALTY OF MON WAR (2008) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VO, THE SOPRANOS: MURRED (2006) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SALIM, SLEEPER CELL (2006) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CASSADY CASABLANS, VERONI MARS: SUICI (2006) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THE ARE JT THE AD REGULAR, OR AT LEAST FEATURED, TV CHARACTERS. GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN HAVE EQUENTLY POPPED UP AS “GUT” CHARACTERS ON SHOWS LIKE CSI, THE MENTALIST, GHOST WHISPERER, SUPERNATURAL, AND LAW & ORR – ONLY TO DIE, OFTEN BEFORE THE OPENG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, ADDN TO THE AD GAYS ON SPARTAC AND BIG LOVE, THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE ALSO SEEN GAY VICTIMS ON LAW & ORR: SVU AND NCIS: LOS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT’S GOG ON HERE? DO HOLLYWOOD HAVE A GAY ATH WISH?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LET’S GET ONE THG STRAIGHT: A GAY OR BISEXUAL CHARACTER DYG IS NOT NECSARILY AN DITN OF HOMOPHOBIA OR BIAS. CHARACTERS DIE ON TELEVISN A LOT. IT’S LLED “DRAMA” FOR A REASON, AND THERE’S NO MORE CLASSIC A NOUEMENT FOR A CHARACTER’S STORY ARC, OR CG CINT FOR ANOTHER CHARACTER’S SUBSEQUENT EMOTNAL VELOPMENT, THAN THE ATH OF ANOTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPARATAC: BLOOD AND SAND'S SPARTAC FDS PIETROS' HANGG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE ENOUGH, “CHARACTER VELOPMENT” IS UALLY HOW THE WRERS JTIFY THE ATHS: ’S HOW JOSS WHEDON JTIFIED THE ATH OF TARA ON BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER; ’S HOW RSELL T. DAVI FEND THE ATH OF IANTO ON TORCHWOOD; AND ’S HOW STEVEN DEKNIGHT MOST RECENTLY EXPLAED THE ATHS OF BAR AND PIETROS ON SPARTAC: BLOOD AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND MAYBE MAK SENSE CERTA WAYS THAT GAY CHARACTERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE THAN STRAIGHT CHARACTERS. SHOWS LIKE COLD CASE AND GREY’S ANATOMY HAVE FEATURED EXTREMELY TOUCHG EPISOS WHERE GUT GAY CHARACTERS DIED, BUT THE EPISOS THEMSELV WERE DRAMATIZG THE BIAS THAT GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE OFTEN STILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, WHAT HOLLYWOOD WRERS NEVER MENTN, AND UALLY DON’T EVEN SEEM TO BE AWARE OF, IS THE FACT THAT THE (OFTEN BTAL) ATH OF A GAY CHARACTER IS A LONGSTANDG WRERS’ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE! THE DEAD GAY GUY CLICHE! {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1989, FILM HISTORIAN VO RSO PUBLISHED A SEND EDN OF HIS NOW-LANDMARK BOOK THE CELLULOID CLOSET, ANALYZG THE WAY GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE HAD BEEN STEREOTYPED SCE THE CEPTN OF CEMA, CLUDG THE EQUENCY WH WHICH GAY CHARACTERS ARE KILLED OFF, OFTEN SEEMGLY “PUNISHED” FOR VLATG SOCIAL NORMS. HE EVEN CLUD A “NECROLOGY” WH A LIST OF 39 ATHS MAJOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RSO END THE BOOK WH A NOW-FAMO RANT: “IT HAS BEE CLEAR…THAT WHAT WE NEED IS NO MORE FILMS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY … GAY VISIBILY HAS NEVER REALLY BEEN AN ISSUE THE MOVI. GAYS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VISIBLE. IT’S HOW THEY HAVE BEEN VISIBLE THAT HAS REMAED OFFENSIVE FOR ALMOST A CENTURY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALBY FDS DALE'S HANGG BODY ON BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN SCE RSO’S BOOK WAS PUBLISHED, BOTH ON-SCREEN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT HAVE THEY CHANGED PLETELY? OR HAS THE CLICHé OF THE DEAD GAY GUY SIMPLY MUTATED ONTO TELEVISN A MORE SOPHISTITED FORM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT MIGHT BE PART OF , BUT A MORE SATISFYG EXPLANATN IS THAT GAY CHARACTERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE SIMPLY BEE THEY’RE FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE SUPPORTG, NOT LEADG, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOTICED A LOT OF AIN AMERIN POLICE CHIEFS, DOCTORS, AND JUDG ON TV OVER THE YEARS? LATELY, THERE’S ALSO THE CLICHé OF THE INDIAN AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S NOT JT THAT WELL-MEANG PRODUCERS AND STG DIRECTORS OF TELEVISN SHOWS WANT TO REMD VIEWERS THAT THERE ARE, FACT, PLENTY OF MORY POLICE CHIEFS, JUDG, AND DOCTORS (PECIALLY URBAN AREAS, WHERE MANY OF THE SHOWS ARE SET).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S ALSO THE FACT THAT LEADG CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN ARE ALMOST ALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO RPONDG TO PRSURE OM VIEWERS AND MORY ACTIVISTS, WORKS AND PRODUCERS MAKE THEIR SHOWS MORE RACIALLY DIVERSE BY STG PERIPHERAL CHARACTERS LIKE DOCTORS, JUDG, AND POLICE CHIEFS WH MORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOLLYWOOD ULD ALSO MAKE THEIR SHOWS MORE DIVERSE BY WRG MORE MORY LEADG CHARACTERS, AND THERE ARE HTS THE NEW SLATE OF PILOTS NOW VELOPMENT THAT THEY MAY BE MAKG PROGRS TOWARD THAT. IN THE MEANTIME, THEY DO THE NEXT BT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN SHORT, THE STAT QUO IS THE TV CLICHé WHERE ALL THE LEADG CHARACTERS, THE ON WH THE PLITED, TERTG AND ONGOG STORYL, TEND TO BE WHE, WHILE MANY OF THE PERIPHERAL OR SUPPORTG CHARACTERS TEND TO BE RACIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNFORTUNATELY, THIS RERC ANOTHER STEREOTYPE WHICH WHE PEOPLE ARE POWERFUL AND ACTIVE, WHILE NON-WHE PEOPLE (EVEN ON POSNS OF “THORY”) ARE REACTIVE AND OFTEN EFFECTUAL (TO RERCE THE MA CHARACTER’S “NOBLE," POSIVE QUALI).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FELIX GAETA AWAS EXECUTN ON BATTLTAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SAME THG IS TE FOR GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN: THEY PLAY THE SUPPORTG ROL, NOT THE LEADG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, THE CURRENT NUMBER OF LEADG GAY CHARACTERS ON BROADST SCRIPTED AMERIN TELEVISN IS … ZERO. (CAMERON AND MCHELL ON MORN FAY, AND KEV ON BROTHERS & SISTERS MAY BE LEADG CHARACTERS, BUT ONLY ENSEMBLE STS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THE OTHER MOST WELL-KNOWN GAY CHARACTERS – KURT ON GLEE, MARC ON UGLY BETTY, CALV ON GREEK, AND SO ON, ALONG WH ALL THE CHARACTERS LISTED ABOVE – ARE SENDARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEADG CHARACTERS ALMOST NEVER DIE (UNLS THE ACTOR MANDS A RAISE!).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUPPORTG CHARACTERS, MEANWHILE, SOMETIM DO. AFTER ALL, DRAMATILLY SPEAKG, ’S THEIR JOB TO SUPPORT THE LEADG CHARACTER – TO BOLSTER HIS OR HER EMOTNAL JOURNEY WHICHEVER WAY IS THE MOST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE! HOW E WE NEVER GET TO BE SPARTAC? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON A SHOW LIKE SPARTAC: BLOOD AND SAND WHERE THE TLE CHARACTER WILL OBVLY EVENTUALLY BEE THE OUTRAGED REBEL SLAVE OF HISTORY, MAK PERFECT SENSE THAT BAR AND PIETROS, ALONG WH MANY OTHER NOCENT PEOPLE, HAVE TO DIE, BTAL, TRAGIC WAYS. IT’S WHAT MOTIVAT SPARTAC TO BEE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON CRIM SHOWS LIKE CSI AND SVU THAT ARE ABOUT CRIME AND MURR, ALSO MAK SENSE THAT ANY “GUT” GAY ROL WOULD BE MURR VICTIMS (OR MURRERS, ANOTHER POTENTIAL GAY CLICHE). THE SHOWS SERVE CRED FOR BEG AT LEAST SOMEWHAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT TO ALL THOSE WRERS WHO JTIFY THE ATHS OF THEIR GAY CHARACTERS WH THE ARGUMENT THAT “’S ALL ABOUT CHARACTER AND STORY”: YOU YOURSELF ARE NOT SEEG THE WHOLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE, THE PARTICULAR STORYLE OF ANY GIVEN SHOW, THE GAY GUY MIGHT HAVE TO DIE. BUT THAT SHOW EXISTS A LARGER CULTURAL NTEXT, ONE THAT CLUS THIS LONGSTANDG WRERS’ TROPE OF THE DEAD GAY GUY, AND ONE THAT CLUS ALMOST NO LEADG GAY CHARACTERS. INED, OF THE MANY VAR "CRIME" ANCHIS, ONLY A SGLE SHOW, LAW & ORR: SVU, HAS A REGULAR GAY CHARACTER – A MOR ONE WHO DIDN'T E OUT UNTIL EIGHT YEARS TO THE SHOW'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ARGUMENT IS OFTEN MA THAT, “IF GAY VIEWERS WANT GAY CHARACTERS TO BE TREATED EQUALLY ON TELEVISN, THEY HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT SOMETIM BAD THGS WILL HAPPEN TO THEM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THAT’S PRECISELY THE POT: AS LONG AS THERE ARE NO LEADG GAY CHARACTERS, GAY CHARACTERS AREN’T BEG TREATED EQUALLY. WE’RE GETTG ALL OF THE TRMA AND TRAGEDY OF THE GAY ATH (AND THE VRL DIRECTED AT THE GAY VILLA), BUT ALMOST NONE OF THE PLEASURE OF THE GAY LEADG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RAY FISKE CIS TO END ALL ON DAMAG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND JT AS WH RACIAL MORI, ’S MAKG ALL GAY PEOPLE SEEM LS POWERFUL, MORE LIKELY TO BE A “VICTIM,” THAN STRAIGHT PEOPLE. WE NEVER GET TO BE SPARTAC, THE GUY WHO MAK TO THE END OF THE STORY, THE GUY WHO ENDS UP CHANGG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ED TO BE A SIAR CLICHé HORROR MOVI WHERE SEEMED LIKE THE BLACK SUPPORTG CHARACTER ALWAYS HAD TO DIE – FOR EXACTLY THE SAME REASONS THAT GAY CHARACTERS NOW SO OFTEN DIE. THAT'S CHANGED SOMEWHAT – PART, BEE THE CLICHé WAS SO WILY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVERY SHOW ON TELEVISN WH A GAY CHARACTER PROBABLY SERV SOME MEASURE OF CRED (ASSUMG ’S NOT A BLATANT OR OFFENSIVE STEREOTYPE), BEE SUCH CHARACTERS ARE STILL NTROVERSIAL FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO IS UNFAIR OR UNTERPRODUCTIVE FOR GAY VIEWERS TO ASK, LIKE OLIVER TWIST, MORE OF HOLLYWOOD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF SO, ’S ALSO UNTER-PRODUCTIVE FOR AIN AMERINS TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE MORY JUDG AND POLICE CHIEFS AND DOCTORS, AND SAY, “THANKS A LOT FOR THAT, BUT YOU DO REALIZE THAT THAT’S NOT ENOUGH, RIGHT? PLEASE TELL ME YOU’RE AWARE THAT THIS ISN’T ‘TE’ EQUALY OR DIVERSY!”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH NO GENUNE LEADG GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN, AND ONLY A SMATTERG OF SUPPORTG GAY ON, ALSO MAK SENSE THAT WE GAY AND BISEXUAL VIEWERS MIGHT BEE MORE EMOTNALLY ATTACHED TO THE CHARACTERS THAN STRAIGHT VIEWERS DO, AND MIGHT EXPERIENCE THEM A MORE PERSONAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WHEN THE CHARACTERS DIE, OFTEN BTALLY, WE MIGHT EXPERIENCE THAT A MORE PERSONAL WAY TOO. IS CRAZY TO EXPECT WRERS AND PRODUCERS TO BE A LTLE SENSIVE TO THAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOCIAL PROGRS PROBABLY ALWAYS SEEMS TOO SLOW TO THE MORY WHO IS EAGER FOR CHANGE, JT AS PROBABLY ALWAYS SEEMS TOO FAST FOR THE GREATER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT AS NICE AS IS TO SEE MORE GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN, WOULD BE NICER STILL TO SEE MORE OF THEM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• BSG, THE LAST WEBISOS, AND BEG GAY THE RAG-TAG FLEET

TO BATTLTAR GALACTI OM THE GAYS: THANKS FOR NOTHG!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY MICHAEL JENSENFEBARY 12, 2009/9:29 PMBY MICHAEL JENSENFEBARY 12, 2009 / 9:29 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TO BATTLTAR GALACTI OM THE GAYS: THANKS FOR NOTHG!","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-02-13T02:29:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-02-13T02:29:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LT. FELIX GAETA (ALSANDRO JULIANI) AND LT. HOSHI (BRAD DRYBOROUGH){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST DECEMBER, THE SCI FI CHANNEL’S BATTLTAR GALACTI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUTED LT. FELIX GAETA (ALSANDRO JULIANI) AS A GAY MAN A REALTNSHIP WH LOUIS HOSHI (BRAD DRYBOROUGH). UNFORTUNATELY,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ONLY WAY YOU’D KNOW THIS IS IF YOU EHER READ THE NEWS HERE ({BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON A FEW OTHER S) OR WATCHED THE BSG WEBISO SERI “{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FACE OF THE ENEMY”. HOWEVER, IF LIKE MOST OF THE SHOW’S DIENCE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONLY WATCH THE SERI ON TV, YOU WOULDN’T HAVE A CLUE THAT GAETA WAS NOW PLAYG FOR OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT GIVEN THE ARTH OF GAY SCIENCE FICTN CHARACTERS ON AMERIN TELEVISN, THIS IS STILL GOOD NEWS FOR GAY FANS OF THE SHOW, NO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT PENDS ON WHETHER YOU THK HAVG A TELEVISN CHARACTER E OUT ON A WEBISO, ONLY TO NEVER ADDRS HIS SEXUALY AGA ON THE SHOW SELF IS PROGRS … OR NOTHG MORE THAN CMBS TOSSED OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M THKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANKLY, IF THIS WAS THE BT THEY ULD DO, I WISH THE RE-IMAGED BSG, CREATED BY RONALD D. MOORE, HAD SIMPLY LEFT GAETA’S SEXUALY UNADDRSED. AFTER SEVENTY EPISOS, I WAS PRETTY WELL ACCTOMED TO THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE MORE DIVERSE STS ON TELEVISN, WHICH EQUENTLY ALT WH SOME OF THE MOST PRSG ISSU OF OUR TIME CLUDG TERRORISM, TORTURE AND RELIG WARFARE, WAS GOG TO PLETELY IGNORE GAY CHARACTERS AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND, NO, I DO NOT UNT THE BRIEF THREE-WAY RELATNSHIP BETWEEN GAI BALTAR, NUMBER SIX AND NUMBER THREE AS ACTUAL GAY CLN. CALL MORE GEEK-BOY FANTASY THAN ANYTHG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEGIMATE LBIAN RELATNSHIP OR STRAIGHT FANBOY TILLATN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN THE LBIAN RELATNSHIP BETWEEN ADMIRAL CA (MICHELLE FORB) AND GA INVIERE (TRICIA HELFER) OM THE BATTLTAR GALACTI: RAZOR MOVIE WAS ONLY BRIEFLY SHOWN AND WAS LS ABOUT THEM AS A UPLE AND MORE OF A PLOT POT DRIVG THE STORY. AND AS WH GAETA AND HOSHI'S RELATNSHIP, THEIRS WAS NEVER ADDRSED ON THE ACTUAL TELEVISN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN I ASKED MOORE AT LAST JULY’S TELEVISN CRICS ASSOCIATN PRS TOUR ABOUT BATTLTAR GALACTI AND SCIENCE FICTN’S FAILURE GENERAL TO CLU GAY NTENT, HE SAID, “IT MAK ME GUILTY. I ALWAYS FEEL GUILTY WHEN THE QUTNS E UP BEE ’S SOMETHG THAT I DON’T DO AND I HAVEN’T DONE ENOUGH OF AND I HOPE I DO DO, BUT I HAVEN’T REALLY DONE .”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT DON’T MOORE SERVE CRED FOR FALLY MAKG GAETA GAY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE, THE SHOW SERV SOME CRED, BUT ’S 2009 AND CMBS ARE STILL CMBS. WHILE BSG ONLY MANAG A  "BARELY THERE" GAY RELATNSHIP ON A SHORT WEBISO SERI, BBC AMERI'S TORCHWOOD PUTS THEIR SAME-SEX PAIRG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO PUT ANOTHER WAY, IF A GAY TREE FALLS THE FORT AND NO ONE SE , IS STILL GAY? I’D EMPHATILLY ARGUE NO AND THAT THIS GTURE IS PRETTY MUCH WORTHLS AS GAETA THE GAY MAN IS CLEARLY A SEND CLASS CIZEN FIRMLY SEATED THE BACK OF THIS GALACTIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT ONLY WAS VIRTUALLY EVERY HETEROSEXUAL ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP ON BSG GIVEN AMPLE SCREEN TIME, BUT THOSE RELATNSHIPS WERE OFTEN HOW EACH CHARACTER WAS EXPLORED AND HOW THE OVERALL SERI’ PLOT MOVED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE BATTLTAR GALACTI CHARACTERS IS NOT LIKE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOSE RELATNSHIPS AND STORYL CLU PRINT LRA ROSL (MARY MCDONNELL) AND ADMIRAL WILLIAM ADAMA (EDWARD JAM OLMOS) WHO EQUENTLY BATTLED FIERCELY OVER POLICY AND STRATEGY EVEN AS THEY FELL EPLY LOVE; STAR-CROSSED LOVERS KARA “STARBUCK” THRACE (KATEE SACKHOFF) AND LEE “APOLLO” ADAMA (JAMIE BAMBER) WHOSE SMOLRG SEXUAL ATTRACTN TO EACH OTHER ED MISERY FOR THEM AND OTHERS; COLONEL SL TIGH (MICHAEL HOGAN) WHO WAS FORCED TO NONT THE TREACHERY OF HIS WIFE ELLEN (KATE VERNON) AFTER SHE BETRAYED THE REFUGE ON NEW CAPRI; DR. GAI BALTAR (JAM CALLIS) AND CAPRI-SIX (TRICIA HELFER) WHOSE TENSE SEXUAL AFFAIR ENABLED THE CYLONS TO LNCH THEIR ATTACK ON HUMANY AND SUBSEQUENTLY PLAYED OUT OVER THE SERI FIRST SEVERAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COMPARE THOSE FLHED OUT RELATNSHIPS TO THE RECENT STORYLE WHERE GAETA LED A MUTY THAT ULTIMATELY WOUND UP STG HIM HIS LIFE, YET THE IMPACT HIS ACTNS HAD ON HIS RELATNSHIP WAS VIRTUALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FELIX GAETA FACG THE FIRG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALMOST EVERY OTHER BSG CHARACTER HAS FACED SIAR DNTG AND AMBIGUO MORAL CHOIC; CHOIC THAT ALMOST ALWAYS PLAYED OUT WAYS THAT AFFECTED THEIR PERSONAL LIV. SL TIGH WOUND UP HAVG TO EXECUTE HIS WIFE FOR HER TREASON WHILE BOTH SAMUEL ANRS (MICHAEL TC) AND GALEN TYROL (AARON DOUGLAS) WERE FORCED TO HI THE FACT THEY ARE HUMANOID CYLON’S OM THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO HOW DID GAETA’S MORAL DILEMMA AFFECT HIS RELATNSHIP WH HOSHI? WAS HE TORTURED BY HIDG HIS PLANS OM HIM? MIGHT HOSHI HAVE TRIED TO STOP HIM HAD HE KNOWN? COULD THIS HAVE ED THEM TO FIGHT, BREAK UP, OR EVEN PLOT THE MUTY TOGETHER? IN FACT, THE VERY BRIEF SCENE BETWEEN THE TWO MEN AT THE END OF THE WEBISO, PROVID THE TIT OF TAST AS TO WHAT ULD'VE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE WRERS CID THAT SHOWG THIS WASN’T WORTH THE TIME. FOR THE RERD, THE WEBISOS WERE ACTUALLY SHOT AFTER THE SERI FISHED SHOOTG AND ISN’T KNOWN WHETHER THE WRERS EVEN KNEW GAETA WAS A RELATNSHIP WH HOSHI WHILE WRG THE FAL EPISOS. CALL ONE MORE PIECE OF EVINCE THAT GAETA'S SEXUALY WAS NOTHG MORE THAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOUIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IRONILLY, SOME GAY FANS OF BSG ARE GLAD GAETA’S HOMOSEXUALY ISN’T APPARENT TO THE AVERAGE VIEWER AS THEY NOW SEE GAETA AS A VILLA. PERSONALLY, I LOVE WHAT GAETA DID AND DON'T SEE HIM AS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN I ARGUE FOR GAY VISIBILY, I DON’T MEAN ONLY SATLY, ONE DIMENSNAL GAY CHARACTERS. AS WH OUR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS, WE E EVERY SHAPE, SIZE AND PERSONALY. INED, ONE OF THE MOST TERTG CHARACTERS OF THE PAST FEW YEARS WAS THE BTAL, BUT TORTURED GAY VO ON THE SOPRANOS AND GAETA'S ACTNS ARE CLASSIC BSG – PLITED AND MORALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I N ALREADY IMAGE THE MENTS OM STRAIGHT FANBOYS. EVERY TIME I WRE ABOUT THIS TOPIC, WHETHER BE ABOUT BATTLTAR GALACTI'S LACK OF GAY DIVERSY OR STAR TREK'S PLETE AND UTTER FAILURE TO CLU GAY NTENT, OR SCIENCE FICTN'S DISMAL RERD GENERAL, I HEAR OM (MOSTLY) STRAIGHT MEN MANDG TO KNOW WHY EVERY SHOW HAS TO HAVE A GAY CHARACTER AND WHAT DO MATTER ANYWAY SCE WE DON'T HAVE "HETEROSEXUAL SEXUALY SHOVED DOWN OUR THROATS ON SCIENCE FICTN SHOWS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRY NOT TO CHOKE ON THAT LAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE THE FACT THAT ONLY ONE SCI FI SHOW AIRG THE UNED STAT – TORCHWOOD ON BBC AMERI – CLUS ANY GAY NTENT OF NOTE, STRAIGHT MEN STILL GET FENSIVE WHEN WE OBJECT TO THE LACK OF GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO REFUTE THE STUPIDY OF THEIR ARGUMENT, ALL ONE NEED DO IS WATCH A SGLE EPISO OF VIRTUALLY ANY SCIENCE FICTN PROGRAM (OR ANY OTHER TELEVISON PROGRAM) AND YOU'RE TREATED TO A PARA OF HETEROSEXUALY WHETHER BE CAPTA KIRK'S MANY SEXUAL NQUTS ON THE ORIGAL STAR TREK, THE TIGHT STUM WORN BY SO MANY FEMALE SCI FI CHARACTERS  (SEVEN OF NE, ANYONE?) OR THE WONRFULLY PLITED ROMANTIC RELATNSHIPS ON BATTLTAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LT. UHU AND CAPTA KIRK, SEVEN OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHY DO MATTER THAT GAY CHARACTERS BE CLUD ANYWAY? NOT EVERY CHARACTER ON EVERY SHOW HAS A ROMANTIC LIFE SO WHY SHOULD GAETA'S BE SHOWN? IT MATTERS BEE THE ONLY WAY THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT HAS MA PROGRS IS THROUGH VISIBILY ALL WALKS OF LIFE. LIKE OR NOT, TELEVISN IS HOW THAT VISIBILY IS OFTEN ACHIEVED. TO LEAVE THE PERSONAL LIFE OF ONE OF THE FEW GAY CHARACTERS ON A SCIENCE FICTN ENTIRELY OFF SCREEN IS TO NTRIBUTE TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, WHETHER BSG MEANT TO DO SO OR NOT, THEY HAVE AGA MUNITED THAT GAY CHARACTERS AREN’T PARTICULARLY NOTEWORTHY AND N BE TREATED AS MERE AFTERTHOUGHTS. AND ON A SHOW WH SO MANY PLEX, PLITED AND SEXY RELATNSHIPS, ’S HARD NOT TO SEE GAETA AND HOSHI’S RELATNSHIP BEG TREATED AS SIGNIFINT AND "OTHER" AND SOMETHG TO BE KEPT OM VIEWER’S LITE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUCH TREATMENT ISN’T WORTHY OF BSG, TLY ONE OF THE MOST DARG, NOVATIVE AND PROVOTIVE SHOWS OF OUR TIME. BATTLTAR GALACTI TLY HAD THE CHANCE TO GO WHERE NO SCIENCE SHOW HAD GONE BEFORE. TOO BAD THEY TOTALLY AKKED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Litenant Felix Gaeta (Template:IPA or "gay-tah") is a young, pable officer the Colonial ary. Felix Gaeta (Alsandro Juliani) as a gay man a realtnship wh Louis Hoshi (Brad Dryborough). However, if like most of the show’s dience, youonly watch the seri on TV, you wouldn’t have a clue that Gaeta was now playg for our given the arth of gay science fictn characters on Amerin televisn, this is still good news for gay fans of the show, no?

After seventy episos, I was pretty well acctomed to the fact that one of the more diverse sts on televisn, which equently alt wh some of the most prsg issu of our time cludg terrorism, torture and relig warfare, was gog to pletely ignore gay characters and, no, I do not unt the brief three-way relatnship between Gai Baltar, Number Six and Number Three as actual gay cln.

FALLY A GAY MALE CHARACTER ON BATTLTAR GALACTI

And as wh Gaeta and Hoshi's relatnship, theirs was never addrsed on the actual televisn I asked Moore at last July’s Televisn Crics Associatn prs tour about Battltar Galacti and science fictn’s failure general to clu gay ntent, he said, “It mak me guilty. ”But don’t Moore serve cred for fally makg Gaeta gay? While BSG only manag a "barely there" gay relatnship on a short webiso seri, BBC Ameri's Torchwood puts their same-sex pairg put another way, if a gay tree falls the fort and no one se , is still gay?

IS THE MAZDA MIATA A GAY R?

I’d emphatilly argue no and that this gture is pretty much worthls as Gaeta the gay man is clearly a send class cizen firmly seated the back of this galactic only was virtually every heterosexual romantic relatnship on BSG given ample screen time, but those relatnships were often how each character was explored and how the overall seri’ plot moved of the Battltar Galacti characters is not like the othersThose relatnships and storyl clu Print Lra Rosl (Mary McDonnell) and Admiral William Adama (Edward Jam Olmos) who equently battled fiercely over policy and strategy even as they fell eply love; star-crossed lovers Kara “Starbuck” Thrace (Katee Sackhoff) and Lee “Apollo” Adama (Jamie Bamber) whose smolrg sexual attractn to each other ed misery for them and others; Colonel Sl Tigh (Michael Hogan) who was forced to nont the treachery of his wife Ellen (Kate Vernon) after she betrayed the refuge on New Capri; Dr.

Call one more piece of evince that Gaeta's sexualy was nothg more than HoshiIronilly, some gay fans of BSG are glad Gaeta’s homosexualy isn’t apparent to the average viewer as they now see Gaeta as a villa. Personally, I love what Gaeta did and don't see him as a I argue for gay visibily, I don’t mean only satly, one dimensnal gay characters.

WHY DO THE GAY CHARACTER ALWAYS HAVE TO DIE?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY BRENT HARTGERMARCH 9, 2010/3:32 PMBY BRENT HARTGERMARCH 9, 2010 / 3:32 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY DO THE GAY CHARACTER ALWAYS HAVE TO DIE?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-03-09T20:32:31.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-03-09T20:32:31.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRENT HARTGER","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OKAY, SO THE HEADLE OF THIS ARTICLE IS A LTLE MISLEADG: GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN DON’T ALWAYS DIE. PLENTY OF GAY AND BISEXUAL CHARACTERS HAVE LIVED LONG HAPPY LIV – AND MORE ARE LIVG THAT WAY ALL THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT LET’S FACE : SOMETIM SEEMS LIKE THE GAY CHARACTER ALWAYS DI. AND THEY ALMOST CERTALY DIE MORE THAN THEIR NUMBERS WOULD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ATHS OF THE TWO GAY CHARACTERS ON SPARTAC: BLOOD AND SAND ARE ONLY THE MOST RECENT, BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER EXAMPL:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DALE TOMASSON, BIG LOVE: SUICI (2010){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FELIX GAETA, BATTLTAR GALACTI: EXECUTED (2009){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EDDIE, TE BLOOD: MURRED (2008) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALEX, IN TREATMENT: SUICI (2008) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IANTO JON, TORCHWOOD: MURRED BY ALIENS (2009) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}11-12, THE PRISONER: SUICI (2009) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}909, THE PRISONER: MURRED (2009){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOSEPH, KGS: MURRED (2009) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OMAR LTLE, THE WIRE: MURRED (2008) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RAY FISKE, DAMAG: SUICI (2007) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVE, REAPER: SUALTY OF MON WAR (2008) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VO, THE SOPRANOS: MURRED (2006) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SALIM, SLEEPER CELL (2006) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CASSADY CASABLANS, VERONI MARS: SUICI (2006) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THE ARE JT THE AD REGULAR, OR AT LEAST FEATURED, TV CHARACTERS. GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN HAVE EQUENTLY POPPED UP AS “GUT” CHARACTERS ON SHOWS LIKE CSI, THE MENTALIST, GHOST WHISPERER, SUPERNATURAL, AND LAW & ORR – ONLY TO DIE, OFTEN BEFORE THE OPENG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, ADDN TO THE AD GAYS ON SPARTAC AND BIG LOVE, THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE ALSO SEEN GAY VICTIMS ON LAW & ORR: SVU AND NCIS: LOS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT’S GOG ON HERE? DO HOLLYWOOD HAVE A GAY ATH WISH?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LET’S GET ONE THG STRAIGHT: A GAY OR BISEXUAL CHARACTER DYG IS NOT NECSARILY AN DITN OF HOMOPHOBIA OR BIAS. CHARACTERS DIE ON TELEVISN A LOT. IT’S LLED “DRAMA” FOR A REASON, AND THERE’S NO MORE CLASSIC A NOUEMENT FOR A CHARACTER’S STORY ARC, OR CG CINT FOR ANOTHER CHARACTER’S SUBSEQUENT EMOTNAL VELOPMENT, THAN THE ATH OF ANOTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPARATAC: BLOOD AND SAND'S SPARTAC FDS PIETROS' HANGG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE ENOUGH, “CHARACTER VELOPMENT” IS UALLY HOW THE WRERS JTIFY THE ATHS: ’S HOW JOSS WHEDON JTIFIED THE ATH OF TARA ON BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER; ’S HOW RSELL T. DAVI FEND THE ATH OF IANTO ON TORCHWOOD; AND ’S HOW STEVEN DEKNIGHT MOST RECENTLY EXPLAED THE ATHS OF BAR AND PIETROS ON SPARTAC: BLOOD AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND MAYBE MAK SENSE CERTA WAYS THAT GAY CHARACTERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE THAN STRAIGHT CHARACTERS. SHOWS LIKE COLD CASE AND GREY’S ANATOMY HAVE FEATURED EXTREMELY TOUCHG EPISOS WHERE GUT GAY CHARACTERS DIED, BUT THE EPISOS THEMSELV WERE DRAMATIZG THE BIAS THAT GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE OFTEN STILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, WHAT HOLLYWOOD WRERS NEVER MENTN, AND UALLY DON’T EVEN SEEM TO BE AWARE OF, IS THE FACT THAT THE (OFTEN BTAL) ATH OF A GAY CHARACTER IS A LONGSTANDG WRERS’ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE! THE DEAD GAY GUY CLICHE! {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1989, FILM HISTORIAN VO RSO PUBLISHED A SEND EDN OF HIS NOW-LANDMARK BOOK THE CELLULOID CLOSET, ANALYZG THE WAY GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE HAD BEEN STEREOTYPED SCE THE CEPTN OF CEMA, CLUDG THE EQUENCY WH WHICH GAY CHARACTERS ARE KILLED OFF, OFTEN SEEMGLY “PUNISHED” FOR VLATG SOCIAL NORMS. HE EVEN CLUD A “NECROLOGY” WH A LIST OF 39 ATHS MAJOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RSO END THE BOOK WH A NOW-FAMO RANT: “IT HAS BEE CLEAR…THAT WHAT WE NEED IS NO MORE FILMS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY … GAY VISIBILY HAS NEVER REALLY BEEN AN ISSUE THE MOVI. GAYS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VISIBLE. IT’S HOW THEY HAVE BEEN VISIBLE THAT HAS REMAED OFFENSIVE FOR ALMOST A CENTURY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALBY FDS DALE'S HANGG BODY ON BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN SCE RSO’S BOOK WAS PUBLISHED, BOTH ON-SCREEN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT HAVE THEY CHANGED PLETELY? OR HAS THE CLICHé OF THE DEAD GAY GUY SIMPLY MUTATED ONTO TELEVISN A MORE SOPHISTITED FORM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT MIGHT BE PART OF , BUT A MORE SATISFYG EXPLANATN IS THAT GAY CHARACTERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE SIMPLY BEE THEY’RE FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE SUPPORTG, NOT LEADG, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOTICED A LOT OF AIN AMERIN POLICE CHIEFS, DOCTORS, AND JUDG ON TV OVER THE YEARS? LATELY, THERE’S ALSO THE CLICHé OF THE INDIAN AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S NOT JT THAT WELL-MEANG PRODUCERS AND STG DIRECTORS OF TELEVISN SHOWS WANT TO REMD VIEWERS THAT THERE ARE, FACT, PLENTY OF MORY POLICE CHIEFS, JUDG, AND DOCTORS (PECIALLY URBAN AREAS, WHERE MANY OF THE SHOWS ARE SET).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S ALSO THE FACT THAT LEADG CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN ARE ALMOST ALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO RPONDG TO PRSURE OM VIEWERS AND MORY ACTIVISTS, WORKS AND PRODUCERS MAKE THEIR SHOWS MORE RACIALLY DIVERSE BY STG PERIPHERAL CHARACTERS LIKE DOCTORS, JUDG, AND POLICE CHIEFS WH MORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOLLYWOOD ULD ALSO MAKE THEIR SHOWS MORE DIVERSE BY WRG MORE MORY LEADG CHARACTERS, AND THERE ARE HTS THE NEW SLATE OF PILOTS NOW VELOPMENT THAT THEY MAY BE MAKG PROGRS TOWARD THAT. IN THE MEANTIME, THEY DO THE NEXT BT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN SHORT, THE STAT QUO IS THE TV CLICHé WHERE ALL THE LEADG CHARACTERS, THE ON WH THE PLITED, TERTG AND ONGOG STORYL, TEND TO BE WHE, WHILE MANY OF THE PERIPHERAL OR SUPPORTG CHARACTERS TEND TO BE RACIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNFORTUNATELY, THIS RERC ANOTHER STEREOTYPE WHICH WHE PEOPLE ARE POWERFUL AND ACTIVE, WHILE NON-WHE PEOPLE (EVEN ON POSNS OF “THORY”) ARE REACTIVE AND OFTEN EFFECTUAL (TO RERCE THE MA CHARACTER’S “NOBLE," POSIVE QUALI).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FELIX GAETA AWAS EXECUTN ON BATTLTAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SAME THG IS TE FOR GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN: THEY PLAY THE SUPPORTG ROL, NOT THE LEADG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, THE CURRENT NUMBER OF LEADG GAY CHARACTERS ON BROADST SCRIPTED AMERIN TELEVISN IS … ZERO. (CAMERON AND MCHELL ON MORN FAY, AND KEV ON BROTHERS & SISTERS MAY BE LEADG CHARACTERS, BUT ONLY ENSEMBLE STS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THE OTHER MOST WELL-KNOWN GAY CHARACTERS – KURT ON GLEE, MARC ON UGLY BETTY, CALV ON GREEK, AND SO ON, ALONG WH ALL THE CHARACTERS LISTED ABOVE – ARE SENDARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEADG CHARACTERS ALMOST NEVER DIE (UNLS THE ACTOR MANDS A RAISE!).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUPPORTG CHARACTERS, MEANWHILE, SOMETIM DO. AFTER ALL, DRAMATILLY SPEAKG, ’S THEIR JOB TO SUPPORT THE LEADG CHARACTER – TO BOLSTER HIS OR HER EMOTNAL JOURNEY WHICHEVER WAY IS THE MOST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE! HOW E WE NEVER GET TO BE SPARTAC? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON A SHOW LIKE SPARTAC: BLOOD AND SAND WHERE THE TLE CHARACTER WILL OBVLY EVENTUALLY BEE THE OUTRAGED REBEL SLAVE OF HISTORY, MAK PERFECT SENSE THAT BAR AND PIETROS, ALONG WH MANY OTHER NOCENT PEOPLE, HAVE TO DIE, BTAL, TRAGIC WAYS. IT’S WHAT MOTIVAT SPARTAC TO BEE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON CRIM SHOWS LIKE CSI AND SVU THAT ARE ABOUT CRIME AND MURR, ALSO MAK SENSE THAT ANY “GUT” GAY ROL WOULD BE MURR VICTIMS (OR MURRERS, ANOTHER POTENTIAL GAY CLICHE). THE SHOWS SERVE CRED FOR BEG AT LEAST SOMEWHAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT TO ALL THOSE WRERS WHO JTIFY THE ATHS OF THEIR GAY CHARACTERS WH THE ARGUMENT THAT “’S ALL ABOUT CHARACTER AND STORY”: YOU YOURSELF ARE NOT SEEG THE WHOLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE, THE PARTICULAR STORYLE OF ANY GIVEN SHOW, THE GAY GUY MIGHT HAVE TO DIE. BUT THAT SHOW EXISTS A LARGER CULTURAL NTEXT, ONE THAT CLUS THIS LONGSTANDG WRERS’ TROPE OF THE DEAD GAY GUY, AND ONE THAT CLUS ALMOST NO LEADG GAY CHARACTERS. INED, OF THE MANY VAR "CRIME" ANCHIS, ONLY A SGLE SHOW, LAW & ORR: SVU, HAS A REGULAR GAY CHARACTER – A MOR ONE WHO DIDN'T E OUT UNTIL EIGHT YEARS TO THE SHOW'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ARGUMENT IS OFTEN MA THAT, “IF GAY VIEWERS WANT GAY CHARACTERS TO BE TREATED EQUALLY ON TELEVISN, THEY HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT SOMETIM BAD THGS WILL HAPPEN TO THEM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THAT’S PRECISELY THE POT: AS LONG AS THERE ARE NO LEADG GAY CHARACTERS, GAY CHARACTERS AREN’T BEG TREATED EQUALLY. WE’RE GETTG ALL OF THE TRMA AND TRAGEDY OF THE GAY ATH (AND THE VRL DIRECTED AT THE GAY VILLA), BUT ALMOST NONE OF THE PLEASURE OF THE GAY LEADG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RAY FISKE CIS TO END ALL ON DAMAG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND JT AS WH RACIAL MORI, ’S MAKG ALL GAY PEOPLE SEEM LS POWERFUL, MORE LIKELY TO BE A “VICTIM,” THAN STRAIGHT PEOPLE. WE NEVER GET TO BE SPARTAC, THE GUY WHO MAK TO THE END OF THE STORY, THE GUY WHO ENDS UP CHANGG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ED TO BE A SIAR CLICHé HORROR MOVI WHERE SEEMED LIKE THE BLACK SUPPORTG CHARACTER ALWAYS HAD TO DIE – FOR EXACTLY THE SAME REASONS THAT GAY CHARACTERS NOW SO OFTEN DIE. THAT'S CHANGED SOMEWHAT – PART, BEE THE CLICHé WAS SO WILY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVERY SHOW ON TELEVISN WH A GAY CHARACTER PROBABLY SERV SOME MEASURE OF CRED (ASSUMG ’S NOT A BLATANT OR OFFENSIVE STEREOTYPE), BEE SUCH CHARACTERS ARE STILL NTROVERSIAL FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO IS UNFAIR OR UNTERPRODUCTIVE FOR GAY VIEWERS TO ASK, LIKE OLIVER TWIST, MORE OF HOLLYWOOD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF SO, ’S ALSO UNTER-PRODUCTIVE FOR AIN AMERINS TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE MORY JUDG AND POLICE CHIEFS AND DOCTORS, AND SAY, “THANKS A LOT FOR THAT, BUT YOU DO REALIZE THAT THAT’S NOT ENOUGH, RIGHT? PLEASE TELL ME YOU’RE AWARE THAT THIS ISN’T ‘TE’ EQUALY OR DIVERSY!”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH NO GENUNE LEADG GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN, AND ONLY A SMATTERG OF SUPPORTG GAY ON, ALSO MAK SENSE THAT WE GAY AND BISEXUAL VIEWERS MIGHT BEE MORE EMOTNALLY ATTACHED TO THE CHARACTERS THAN STRAIGHT VIEWERS DO, AND MIGHT EXPERIENCE THEM A MORE PERSONAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WHEN THE CHARACTERS DIE, OFTEN BTALLY, WE MIGHT EXPERIENCE THAT A MORE PERSONAL WAY TOO. IS CRAZY TO EXPECT WRERS AND PRODUCERS TO BE A LTLE SENSIVE TO THAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOCIAL PROGRS PROBABLY ALWAYS SEEMS TOO SLOW TO THE MORY WHO IS EAGER FOR CHANGE, JT AS PROBABLY ALWAYS SEEMS TOO FAST FOR THE GREATER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT AS NICE AS IS TO SEE MORE GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN, WOULD BE NICER STILL TO SEE MORE OF THEM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Ined, one of the most tertg characters of the past few years was the btal, but tortured Gay Vo on The Sopranos and Gaeta's actns are classic BSG – plited and morally ambiguo. Every time I wre about this topic, whether be about Battltar Galacti's lack of gay diversy or Star Trek's plete and utter failure to clu gay ntent, or science fictn's dismal rerd general, I hear om (mostly) straight men mandg to know why every show has to have a gay character and what do matter anyway sce we don't have "heterosexual sexualy shoved down our throats on science fictn shows. Dpe the fact that only one sci fi show airg the Uned Stat – Torchwood on BBC Ameri – clus any gay ntent of note, straight men still get fensive when we object to the lack of gay refute the stupidy of their argument, all one need do is watch a sgle episo of virtually any science fictn program (or any other televison program) and you're treated to a para of heterosexualy whether be Capta Kirk's many sexual nquts on the origal Star Trek, the tight stum worn by so many female sci fi characters (Seven of Ne, anyone?

) or the wonrfully plited romantic relatnships on Battltar Uhu and Capta Kirk, Seven of NeWhy do matter that gay characters be clud anyway? It matters bee the only way the gay rights movement has ma progrs is through visibily all walks of life. To leave the personal life of one of the few gay characters on a science fictn entirely off screen is to ntribute to the, whether BSG meant to do so or not, they have aga munited that gay characters aren’t particularly noteworthy and n be treated as mere afterthoughts.

BSG, THE LAST WEBISOS, AND BEG GAY THE RAG-TAG FLEET

The two man gay/bi characters Battltar turn bad.

What is different about this show, along wh the entire Battltar Galacti anchise, is that unlike other science fictn dramas, they clu proment gay characters, and unlike prent-day life on earth, no one even bats an eye when two men kiss one another.