"Battlestar Galactica" to out two gay characters in upcoming webseries

Knew it! :)

.....are these going to air overseas? I still haven't seen the ones between S2 and S3 because they didn't sh them here or put them on the DVD :( ......... Although I haven't checked Youtube for them in a while.

Gaeta isn't a surprise... If they're going to confirm that he's gay though, they better deal with the Baltar thing.

Rear Admiral Helena Cain was a lesbian, so the show hasn't been completely devoid of LGBT people. This is good news though. I hope they can squeeze it in one of the final television episodes as well.

But a nice one. I like his character. It's interesting considering he lost his leg as I remember to see how they handle that. I love the episode where his character sings the religious songs. It's diferent. Overall, I like this. This is a very unique gay character. Not camp. Not fake overly butch. Just different.

Not everyone wants to know the same info. Thanks!

Seriously, it's been frakking obvious for how long? The actors make jokes about it.  The producers and the directors and the writers make jokes about it.

but yay for complex, non-stereotypical characters onscreen.  In american sci-fi at that.  Hmm. i have a Galactica convention in a few week's time.  maybe we can ask them about their opinion on this.

The shock...Oh, we always knew about Gaeta, its was just a matter of time. Hoshi was a surprise.

At least they are dealing with it, even if its not on, well, the mothership. It has been the real omission on this show.

After he lost a leg, Gaeta was becoming depressing to watch, and I admit that I've always had a soft spot for him.   Maybe things will start looking up.

I remember Alessandro Juliani complained, on the DVD extras, of Geata's lack of romantic life. He said he didn't care if it was with a woman or a man, he just wanted Geata to get some action. It's true that he is one of the last fairly main character who never has had a romance.

And sure, Rear Admiral Helena Cain was a lesbian, but she died in the same episode she came out. The same thing happened on "Lost". What's the deal, after 3-4 years they finally realised they don't have any gay characters, so they bring some in when they are just about to die or already dead...  I hope this won't happen to Geata, his story line should be good in the last few episodes (if you remember what happened in the first half on season 4).

 

Too little, too late.  Way to toss us a bone, producers.

Gaeta and Hoshi hugged tightly at the end of last season when everyone found Earth.  (Before they realized earth was a s**thole).  Some people were speculating on them then.  And obviously, the subtext has always been Gaeta being in love with Baltar, which is why he committed perjury during Baltar's trial because he felt so betrayed when Baltar turned out to be a traitorous coward  and a terrible leader on New  Caprica.   I'm sure this won't be a big storyline on the acutal show (since they have A LOT of stuff to cover in just 10 episodes) but a background shot of Gaeta and Hoshi holding hands would be nice, or even a final confrontation between Gaeta and Baltar.

They finally listened! 

I'm glad the producers got some brains and listened to all of us who wrote in to ask for a gay character on BSG!  And wow, Gaeta and Hoshi, I'm really looking forward to that.

I'm really glad they had the guts to actually do this on the show (OK, a webisode but nontheless), cause once it's on video... it's canon. It's indisputable. 

If they'd "revealed" afterwards that Gaeta is gay, then only the most avid fans would know about it. Casuals viewers who just watch the show and don't bother looking stuff up about it on the web, they simply would never know.

I was actually thinking the other week that it would be great if they outed Gaeta since that would make him one of the more positive gay representations on mainstream TV since he's a very well-rounded and believable character.

Of course, it's a bit a shame that it's brought up in a webisode rather than an actual episode of the show, but even still it's a huge step forward. I say this cause a lot more people are prone to go looking for extra tie-in video material than they are likely to stumble across some interview or post that just happens to mention that Gaeta is gay.

 

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