Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Read "Susan 3342 AD"

I recommend the SF story "Susan 3342 AD" by Marge Simon.  It's a fascinating piece of genderfic.
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fayanora

fayanora

November 1 2010, 20:18:20 UTC 10 years ago

Wow. Awesome story.

I am reminded of the episode where Riker falls in love with a hermaphrodite, her people's attitude toward split-sexed people was similar.

On Traipah, one occasionally gets mutants like that, people of just one physical gender. The mate of one of the historical characters was born without a grahbihn (the male bit). But it doesn't cause a huge problem, these mutants, because on Traipah, gender is just another part of one's personality; some people act more feminine, others more masculine. And there are so many complicated combos of masculine and feminine traits there.
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Thoughts

ysabetwordsmith

November 2 2010, 04:52:37 UTC 10 years ago

>>I am reminded of the episode where Riker falls in love with a hermaphrodite, her people's attitude toward split-sexed people was similar.<<

I liked the storyline, though not the ending. Star Trek has a very bad habit of wussing out of touchy issues. However, that does make it an excellent plot line for writers who are made of sterner stuff and willing to cross those borders into interesting new territory.

>>On Traipah, one occasionally gets mutants like that, people of just one physical gender. <<

Fascinating!
fayanora

Re: Thoughts

fayanora

November 2 2010, 08:12:40 UTC 10 years ago

Indeed. How long was the franchise running? Well into the 00bs, and not a single gay character. The closest they got to touching LGBTQ issues was the episode of DS9 where Dax and her wife from a previous host had a brief fling. First (technically) lesbian kiss on Star Trek. And the Intendant was apparently bisexual, but nothing more than suggestions ever came of that.