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Fair enough, but I think they way they do it is a bit shocking!sex appeal!gimmicky. There's no reference to the fact that it might be slightly difficult or impact a character's life to be gay or bi in modern Wales because these aren't gay and bi characters, they're gay as long as one needs a steamy, provocative 'omg boy kissez!!' scene. Ianto and Jack don't have a relationship--not even a casual or a complex one. They have a series of stagey kisses. I'm not arguing that we're not headed towards a shinier, more pan-sexual future, and I'm FASCINATED by sci-fi's potential to question gender/orientation norms and posit alternatives and extrapolations, I'm just questioning whether Torchwood's (and I quite LIKE S2, even!) exploration and rather played-up treatment of sex/relationships really deserves to be enshrined as providing the most compelling examples in all sci fi. Twice.