Technically, Captain Jack isn't *gay*, but I agreed in the sense that, yes, he is someone who sleeps with (among other categories) people of his own gender, and in the "social outrage" sense he definitely fits the category. Also, he *isn't* camp. Wildly flirty, yes *g*.
And I found Gwen quite girly. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but she's definitely presented as stereotypically feminine in quite a lot of ways (the whole "heart of the team" thing, for one).
There may well be some homophobia behind some criticism of Torchwood - frankly, I'd be surprised if homophobes *hadn't* come along to complain about it. But I'm not homophobic, and I went in expecting (and hoping) to like the show, and at least moderately fond of Jack, and I only lasted four episodes before the sheer crapness stopped me. The show has far more serious flaws inherent in it, and to bring up the issue of homophobia is, I think, distracting from the actual problems. Certainly, the *LJ fandom* response was overwhelmingly "boy-kissing, yay!" with then a split on "show is BAD" and "show is GOOD"; even people who hated it generally liked the presentation of alternative sexualities, at least in the circles where I hang out.
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Date: 2008-01-26 09:38 pm (UTC)And I found Gwen quite girly. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but she's definitely presented as stereotypically feminine in quite a lot of ways (the whole "heart of the team" thing, for one).
There may well be some homophobia behind some criticism of Torchwood - frankly, I'd be surprised if homophobes *hadn't* come along to complain about it. But I'm not homophobic, and I went in expecting (and hoping) to like the show, and at least moderately fond of Jack, and I only lasted four episodes before the sheer crapness stopped me. The show has far more serious flaws inherent in it, and to bring up the issue of homophobia is, I think, distracting from the actual problems. Certainly, the *LJ fandom* response was overwhelmingly "boy-kissing, yay!" with then a split on "show is BAD" and "show is GOOD"; even people who hated it generally liked the presentation of alternative sexualities, at least in the circles where I hang out.