Syfy gets GLAAD

[DevilEyes]

Gay characters are all over cable and network. This isn't a ground breaking development.

Gay characters who are leads still aren't that common. Gay characters who might be action leads are even less common. Gay characters in scifi are still less common.

They say pixels can't splutter, but reading this thread, I'm not so sure.

"Hello, I'm a gay scifi action lead. Have we met?"

I haven't seen much of Torchwood, but isn't he supposed to be bisexual/omnisexual?

Though he still counts as an LGBT lead.

 

[stj]

Torchwood is not a US series.
Was Sam Adama in every episode?

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Torchwood is not a US series.
Was Sam Adama in every episode?

I don't know about Sam but I know Jenks wasn't.

Syfy has recently given us Sam Adama (and Gaeta) and Camille Wray so that may have tempered some of the reaction to the addition of Steve Jenks.

I think it's significant but it might not have that same "wow" factor it once might have.

 

[Harvey]

Was Sam Adama in every episode?

Sasha Roiz (who played Sam Adama) became a series regular beginning with the first episode after the pilot. Although I still haven't seen every episode, I believe he was in them all.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Torchwood is not a US series.
Was Sam Adama in every episode?

It is now.

 

[Theodore Jay Miller]

Hmm, he's gay, and he has the ability to tell when people are lying. Upgraded gaydar?

 

[Technobuilder]

No, he and Pete are both Alphas.

Pete has "Spidey Sense" warning him of danger and/or imminent threat.

Steve has "Lie Detection" alerting him to those who tell lies and spin falsehoods.

Jack Carter of Eureka is also an Alpha who possesses "Situational Intuition" that can analyze complex problems and posit simplistic yet feasible solutions.

 

[Vendikarr]

No, he and Pete are both Alphas.

Pete has "Spidey Sense" warning him of danger and/or imminent threat.

Steve has "Lie Detection" alerting him to those who tell lies and spin falsehoods.

Jack Carer of Eureka is also an Alpha who possesses "Situational Intuition" that can analyze complex problems and posit simplistic yet feasible solutions.

And the foundation for a crossover is poured.

 

[Technobuilder]

God I hope not. At least not until Alphas makes its bones.

 

[Python Trek]

Gay characters are all over cable and network. This isn't a ground breaking development.

Gay characters who are leads still aren't that common. Gay characters who might be action leads are even less common. Gay characters in scifi are still less common.

They say pixels can't splutter, but reading this thread, I'm not so sure.

Anyway, is it a given that scifi has fewer gay characters than non-scifi does? If so, why would this be? Doesn't a certain amount of open-mindedness automatically come with a genre that features E.T.s and wizards and other dimensions and shit?

 

[backstept]

No, he and Pete are both Alphas.

Pete has "Spidey Sense" warning him of danger and/or imminent threat.

Steve has "Lie Detection" alerting him to those who tell lies and spin falsehoods.

Jack Carer of Eureka is also an Alpha who possesses "Situational Intuition" that can analyze complex problems and posit simplistic yet feasible solutions.

And the foundation for a crossover is poured.

WH13 and Eureka have already crossed over

 

[RJDiogenes]

Well, now it's confirmed-- much to Claudia's embarrassment.

 

[stj]

Humorously done. His statement he doesn't make a big deal is meant to be reassuring I think. Having a little more sense and being not quite so histrionic makes the character so far a welcome change. But then, I've found Warehouse 13 too steampunkish in stories and the characters too loud by and large.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Steampunkish?

 

[Greg Cox]

Gay characters are all over cable and network. This isn't a ground breaking development.

Gay characters who are leads still aren't that common. Gay characters who might be action leads are even less common. Gay characters in scifi are still less common.

They say pixels can't splutter, but reading this thread, I'm not so sure.

Anyway, is it a given that scifi has fewer gay characters than non-scifi does? If so, why would this be? Doesn't a certain amount of open-mindedness automatically come with a genre that features E.T.s and wizards and other dimensions and shit?

You would think so, but, sadly, that isn't always the case.

 

[Technobuilder]

The technologies of Farnsworth & Tesla are probably in my top favorite things about WH13.

I'm also a fan of Artie's "Bag o' Tricks" (basically Artifacts that are considered more useful as tools than dangerous. Always fun to see those.

To add some more crossover potential, The 'Objects' of The Lost Room are just 'Artifacts' created in multitude due to a massive localized psychokenetic-space/time event.

 

[Python Trek]

Gay characters who are leads still aren't that common. Gay characters who might be action leads are even less common. Gay characters in scifi are still less common.

They say pixels can't splutter, but reading this thread, I'm not so sure.

Anyway, is it a given that scifi has fewer gay characters than non-scifi does? If so, why would this be? Doesn't a certain amount of open-mindedness automatically come with a genre that features E.T.s and wizards and other dimensions and shit?

You would think so, but, sadly, that isn't always the case.

So they can find humanity in Data or a Horta, but not in a guy who digs other guys? I'm confused....

 

[Greg Cox]

Anyway, is it a given that scifi has fewer gay characters than non-scifi does? If so, why would this be? Doesn't a certain amount of open-mindedness automatically come with a genre that features E.T.s and wizards and other dimensions and shit?

You would think so, but, sadly, that isn't always the case.

So they can find humanity in Data or a Horta, but not in a guy who digs other guys? I'm confused....

Tell me about it.

 

[RJDiogenes]

True. That was the first disillusionment that the Internet brought me.

 

[Greg Cox]

True. That was the first disillusionment that the Internet brought me.

This was driven home to me years ago when I wrote a "Batwoman" book for DC. It was sad to discover how many homophobic comics fans there were.