Ok, I've seen posts floating around since Torchwood started about how the series treats minorities and then I started thinking about THIS article from AfterEllen.Com which at the time I didn't agree with but that I do now...I think - in some part. I mean the article is harsh, too harsh, but it has some good points.

I'll only be be looking at one minority, but you know...I'm going to rant and be deep and maybe even form some sort of argument in all this.

Anyway due to the length and the fact that I'll probably be drawing from spoilers and rumours it's under a cut:



Ok...so gay men get the best deal across all of the Whoniverse, Jack is testimony of that (I know Jack isn't gay, but he gets to flirt with men and that will do) not to mention there's an openly gay relationship in the form of Jack and Ianto. This is great, I'm not going to knock that, I'm really not because it's progress. But...umm...it seems that anything to do with gay women in Torchwood is nothing more than either a throw away scene or something to make the show more 'adult'.

I'll admit that yes, I'm biased, I'm a lesbian and I'm sorry but I feel I need some representation in UK sci-fi! I thought I had it in Tosh (to a certain degree) but this was dashed rather quickly. 'Greeks Bearing Gifts' resulted in a dead lesbian - such a cliché. Why do all lesbians in sci-fi/fantasy situations end up dead? Just looks at Tara in Buffy (I'm still in denial) and Thelma in Hex (ok...that was needed for the plat slightly, but the lesbian still ended up dead) so when Mary went hurtiling up to the sun so did all hopes of lesbian representation in Torchwood.

I held on to hopes that Tosh would maybe just look at women, but then when filiming was taking place (shooting for tonight's episode I may add) and she was with some guy all hopes died. Not to mention all the signs are showing that Tosh is going to end up with Owen - I may be tempted to boycot Torchwood all together because I hate him that much and part of the reason I hate him is because he was so mean to Tosh in series 1 and the reason I started liking Tosh was because I felt sorry for her due to the way Owen treated her.

It would be a nice thought that when Martha turns up in Torchwood that Tosh has feelings for her , but this is nothing more than fangirl femslash dreams - but! But! Here's the thing, Jack and Ianto are cannon and I feel it isn't fair! I mean come on, throw me a bone here! A girl can only do so many picture manips before she thinks 'god! this just isn't fair!'I want more than my fandom, I really do.

Is this all I'm getting? Two alien enduced kisses but lots of Jack/Ianto moments - including kisses (I honestly don't mind 'cos it is sweet), but that's my lot? I mean don't even get me started on Doctor Who, but I should get something a little more out of Torchwood?

Lesbians in Torchwood's first series were nothing more than something to make it 'adult' in series 2 they're nothing more than a distant memory of what could have been.