Doctor Who, any Doctor but "new" Who preferred, any companion/OC companion. Meeting a race of nonbinary aliens makes a companion rethink perceptions of their own gender.
Skins, Mini/Frankie. Being in a queerplatonic partnership works for them...too bad it's so difficult to explain to all their friends.
BBC Sherlock, Moriarty. No, he's not gay because he's evil, or evil because he's gay...your conceptions of sexuality are just really boring.
Dragonriders of Pern, any character. What Impressing a dragon of the opposite gender means for your own gender identity. (Feel free to adapt this to any people-bond-to-telepathic-animals fandom, if you prefer.)
Dragonriders of Pern, any bronzerider. Everyone assumes bronzeriders are heterosexual. But that can't be true for every one, can it?
Dragonriders of Pern, any character. After growing up in a conservative Hold, a candidate's views of sexuality are transformed in the Weyr, and for the first time they are able to be open about their identity.
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Date: 2014-03-24 09:24 pm (UTC)Skins, Mini/Frankie. Being in a queerplatonic partnership works for them...too bad it's so difficult to explain to all their friends.
BBC Sherlock, Moriarty. No, he's not gay because he's evil, or evil because he's gay...your conceptions of sexuality are just really boring.
Dragonriders of Pern, any character. What Impressing a dragon of the opposite gender means for your own gender identity. (Feel free to adapt this to any people-bond-to-telepathic-animals fandom, if you prefer.)
Dragonriders of Pern, any bronzerider. Everyone assumes bronzeriders are heterosexual. But that can't be true for every one, can it?
Dragonriders of Pern, any character. After growing up in a conservative Hold, a candidate's views of sexuality are transformed in the Weyr, and for the first time they are able to be open about their identity.