| Heterosexual liberated women:
•Dr. Susan Calvin in I Robot stories by Isaac Asimov •Lady Penelope in Thunderbirds •Emma Peel, Kathy Gale in The Avengers •Colonel Virginia Lake, Lt. Gay Ellis and Lt. Nina Barry in UFO •Jessica in Logan’s Run (TV series) •Servalan in Blake’s 7 •Princess Leia in Star Wars •Ripley in Alien series of movies •Sarah Connor in Terminator 2 •Janeway, Torres, 7of 9 in Star Trek: Voyager •Dr. Ellen Arroway in Contact •Xena in Xena: Warrior Princess •Dana Scully in The X-Files •Buffy, Willow in Buffy the Vampire Slayer •The human race in Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree Jr. •Tahsa Yar in Star Trek: The Next Generation •Various female sexualities in The Shattered Chain, Thendara House and City of Sorcery by Marion Zimmer Bradley Bisexual Characters: •Barbarella in Barbarella •Frankenfurter (and Brad) in The Rocky Horror Picture Show •Willow in Buffy The Vampire Slayer •Dan Eakins in The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold •Various characters in Burning Bright by Melissa Scott •Susan Ivanova and Talia Winters in Babylon 5 •Duncan Mackenzie in Imperial Earth by Arthur C. Clarke •Jadzia Dax and Lenara Kahn in “The Rejoined” from Star Trek: Deep Space 9 Transvestite Characters: •Frankenfurter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show Transgender Characters: •Gene/Jean in Quark (TV series) •Dax symbiont in Star Trek: Deep Space 9 (arguable) •Dan Eakins in The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold •All You Zombies- by Robert A Heinlein •Crygender by Thomas T. Thomas Totally Alien Relationships: •Tenctonese marriage/sex/childbirth sequences in Alien Nation (TV series) •The Tyrenee in Up the Walls of the World by James Tiptree Jr. •Luxan warrior Ka D'Argo and Delvian priest Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan in Farscape |
Gay and Lesbian Characters:
•Groundbreaking gay relationships in The World Well Lost by Theodore Sturgeon •Baron Von Harkonnen in Dune •Krantor and Toise in “Gambit” from Blake’s 7 (presumed) •Professor Whittaker in “Dinosaur Invasion” from Dr. Who (book) •Tara in Buffy The Vampire Slayer •The “Monsters from Earth” in 2061 by Arthur C. Clarke •Dr. Roger Cavendish in Albrick’s Gold by Simon LeVay •Jonathan Cloud in Sea of Tranquillity by Paul Russell •Various stories in Kindred Spirits, edited by Jeffrey M. Elliott •Various stories in Worlds Apart, edited by Camilla Decarnin, Eric Garber & Lyn Paleo •Various stories in Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction, edited by Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel •The ladies from Mankill Inc. in After Things Fall Apart, by Ron Goulart •The Many-Colored Land, The Golden Torc, The Nonborn King, The Adversary, Intervention, Jack the Bodiless, Diamond Mask and Magnificat by Julian May •Moreta: Dragon Lady of Pern, The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall, Dragonseye by Anne McCaffrey •The Drag Queen of Elfland and Things Invisible to See by Lawrence Schimel •Dreaming Metal, Dreamships, Mighty Good Road, Night Sky Mine and Trouble and Her Friends by Melissa Scott •Sacrament by Clive Barker •The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley Human and Alien Relationships: •Sarek and Amanda (Spock’s parents) in Star Trek •James Kirk and female humanoids (too many to list) Star Trek •Will Riker and various female humanoids in Star Trek: The Next Generation •Harry Kim and various female humanoids in Star Trek: Voyager •Sheridan and Delenn in Babylon 5 •Sheridan and Kosh in Babylon 5 •Matt Sikes and Cathy Frankel in Alien Nation •Tony Verdeschi and Maya in Space:1999 •Jenny Hayden and Starman in Starman •Ro-Man and Alice in Robot Monster •Various human/lizard bondings in V •Zefram Cochrane & Companion in “Metamorphosis”,Star Trek •Various relationships in Well of Souls by Jack Chalker •The practice of ‘Rishathra’ from the Known Space books by Larry Niven •Fred Kwan and Jane Doe in Galaxy Quest |
Human and Robot/Android Relationships:
•Susan Calvin/other women and robots in Asimov’s Robot stories •Will Decker and Iliadroid in Star Trek: The Motion Picture •Tasha Yar and Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation •Naughty robots in Flesh Gordon •Deckard and Rachael in Bladerunner Human and Computer Relationships: •Characters in Idoru by William Gibson •Will Decker and V’Ger in Star Trek: The Motion Picture •Dave Bowman and HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey •Gwent and Companion in “The Infernal Machine” from Space:1999 •Characters in Saturn 3 Popular ‘Slash’ Pair-Bonds •Kirk/Spock from Star Trek (the definitive ‘slash’ that formed the genre) •Picard/Riker from Star Trek: The Next Generation •Janeway/Seven of Nine from Star Trek: Voyager •Straker/Foster from UFO •Blake/Avon from Blake’s Seven •Doctor/Master from Dr. Who •Londo/G’Kar from Babylon 5 •Sikes/Francisco from Alien Nation •Ivanova/Winters* from Babylon 5 •Xena/Gabrielle* from Xena (*’Slash’ purists do not consider these pair-bondings as ‘slash’ because their relationships are actually portrayed on the programs concerned.) Other Notable Sexualities: •The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin •The Forever War by Joe Haldeman •Shadow Man by Melissa Scott •Transit by Stephen Dedman •Lirios by James Tiptree Jr. •Foundation’s Edge and Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov •If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister? by Theodore Sturgeon •Stormqueen by Marion Zimmer Bradley •Various stories in Off Limits, edited by Ellen Datlow •Various stories in Sex in the 21st Century, edited by Michel Parry & Milton Subotsky |