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    21 days ago

    A trans lesbian officer

    That is a popular fan interpretation of Jadzia. I can see some similarities, but I don’t think the Trill are even as much as an allegory for transsexuality. That interpretation is very reductive and dismissive of the transsexual experience.

    A gay interspecies couple

    Garak and Bashir were originally portrayed with gay subtext. Producers put a stop to that before anything actually developed between the two characters.