[Alexander Linden]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. A series taking place a few years after Benjamin Sisko's wife dies. He and his son, Jake moved because Starfleet put him in charge of the Bajoran-owned Cardassian station: Deep Space Nine (previously Terok Nor).

Starting off in season one, I was a huge fan of the Cardassian tailor, Garak. The actor playing him wanted to think of the character as being 'omnisexual' (which is similar to pansexual), and because of his actions being thought of as 'flirty' toward the DS9 doctor, Julian Bashir, there was actually a HUGE fanbase for the pairing (I'll admit, I'm a fan of the pairing too).

The writers of the show did not like that. They didn't want gay characters in their show. Why? I'm not entirely sure, but they told the actor playing Garak to tone it down a bit. The character was supposed to be a one-time appearance character, but since people liked him they brought him back many times afterword.

My problem is this; I am now on to season 4, just after Warf joined them on DS9 (I watched this series in the past, and it was aster Warf joined at some point, however, I do not remember this episode), Jadzia Dax, a scientist and Trill host, is to work with someone that was her wife in a past life. As a Trill, Dax had both male and female hosts in past lives, and the scientist that came to DS9, was also a Trill with a new host.

Trill are apparently not supposed to have any association with past lives. They aren't supposed to be with the same lovers or anything because the idea is to gain new experiences from new hosts and lives. However, Dax still has feelings for this woman.

What is never brought up is that... both of them are women. The problem is the past association due to Trill culture. My problem is... Why was this so... natural in the show? They kiss and everything, but Garak, being just a little bit flirty with another male character is a BAD thing?

I realize that Trill can end up with hosts of either gender, but it's still like saying "Oh, Lesbians are okay! But gays are gross!" and that really bothers me...

(you can discuss the show if you'd like, but... let's keep this on the main quote from the paragraph above)

I also want to add: I don't CARE that Dax had a male host when they were married, the Dax host is currently female, which is what I am discussing. The best thing that can come out of this though is the message that "love transcends gender", which is a GOOD thing, but I still think they are showing a distaste to male x male romance in favor of female x female.