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It's time for the Star Wars LGBTQIA+ timeline! LGBTQIA+ representation in Star Wars took awhile to navigate through the asteroid field. It took decades for any writers to put actual LGBTQIA+ characters into the Expanded Universe, but LGBTQIA+ creators were working on the property from the very beginning and are now part of the storytelling as well.
Quick reference[]
Who was the first LGBTQ+ character in Star Wars and the first gay couple?[]
Let's tackle these questions first! They're not as simple to answer as they could be. Addressing first characters also addresses first couples since non-coupled characters came later.
- 2003: Juhani and Belaya[1] could be seen as the firsts and they're a former couple (so pick a preferred phrasing of first same-sex, female/female, gay, lesbian, or queer couple...), but many players either don't encounter the storyline or don't realize that they had a past relationship. Belaya is often overlooked, but Juhani is widely regarded as the first gay character in Star Wars, in part because the female player character can have a romantic storyline with her.
- 2005: Ferus Olin and Roan Lands are the first gay male/male couple in Star Wars, but in subtext rather than making it clear in text that being partners includes their lives and not just their business. At one point, the text contradicts the romantic read, despite the author who created them discussing her intentions that they're a married couple.
- 2008: Goran Beviin and Medrit Vasur are the first gay couple in Star Wars that's widely recognized as such thanks to being undeniably, explicitly established as husbands in text.
- 2019: Flix and Orka are the first on-screen couple in the animated TV show Resistance, but they're implied rather than explicitly stated to be a couple within the show itself, and another case of "partners" meaning both business and life. Larma D'Acy and Wrobie Tyce are the first on-film couple in Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker, although you have to go outside the film to confirm they're kissing because they're married.
- Note: Tol Getelles and Larm doesn't... doesn't count. They're discussed below because they're relevant to the subject of Star Wars beginning to incorporate themes related to LGBTQIA+ people, but they're a pair of characters from 1997 that are the subjects of homophobic insults, which isn't the same thing as a depiction of a couple.
What was the first LGBTQ+ kiss in Star Wars?[]
This is another It Depends: are you asking about the first M/M or F/F kisses period or only asking for canonical events with M/M or F/F kisses? The canonicity aspect comes up because each Player Character (PC) in Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) makes their own optional choices involving non-player characters (NPCs). Those choices aren't necessarily considered canon to a fictional universe. Throwing out arguments over canon, the kisses in SWTOR are still things we can look upon with our own eyes (or listen to or otherwise experience), making them real to reality.
- 2013: In SWTOR's Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion, male PCs in the Imperial faction can have a romance with Lord Cytharat. If he makes a specific light side choice, the Imperial male PC and Cytharat can have the first M/M kiss.[2] Male or female PCs in the Republic faction can enter a romance with Doctor Lemda Avesta. If playing a Republic female PC, she and Lemda can have the first F/F kiss in Star Wars.[3] So, regardless of whether any given player chooses to have a romance storyline, SWTOR still has the first queer kisses in Star Wars.
- 2016: Sinjir Rath Velus and Conder Kyl share the first canonical gay kiss in Star Wars in Chuck Wendig's novel Aftermath: Life Debt.[4] Unlike SWTOR's variable PC choices, this is undeniably part of galactic history.
- 2018: Doctor Aphra and Magna Tolvan have the first canonical lesbian kiss and visual depiction of a queer kiss in Doctor Aphra (2016) issue #16, penciled by Emilio Laiso.[5]
- 2019: Larma D'Acy and Wrobie Tyce have the first on-screen kiss in Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker.[6]
- 2023: Doctor Aphra (2020) issue #31, written by Alyssa Wong and drawn by Minkyu Jung, has multiple firsts:
- Kho Phon Farrus and Detta Yao have the first kiss for a Star Wars character who is non-binary and first kiss for a trans character; Kho is trans non-binary.
- The issue also has the first queer marriage proposal, from Just Lucky to Ariole Yu, and they have the first canonical visually-depicted M/M kiss[7] ("first" because the M/M kisses in SWTOR are visual but aren't part of storylines established as canonical). Ariole wants to think about it—will we ever find out if he's done thinking?! The proposal is still a big deal even without an immediate yes!
What was the first queer wedding in Star Wars?[]
The first will be released in December 2024: (Spoilers for The High Republic Phase III) the wedding of Lula Talisola and Zeen Mrala in Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III - The Wedding Spectacular, written by Daniel José Older with pencils by Harvey Tolibao. It's getting a main cover by Cherriielle and variants by 5healthMONO and Priscilla Bampoh.[SWweb 1]
The pre-IU-representation years[]
1977[]
The original film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (then simply called Star Wars)[8] introduces several characters who won't be portrayed as LGBTQIA+ until the establishment of the New Canon: Luke Skywalker,[note 1][9] Obi-Wan Kenobi,[note 1][10] (played by the closeted Alec Guinness),[prt 2] TK-421[note 1][11] and Wilhuff Tarkin.[note 1][11] The cast and crew included:
- Alec Guinness, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi (closeted about his attraction to men, label unknown)[prt 2]
- Angela Morley, uncredited music orchestration. She transitioned and came out as a woman in 1972.[prt 1][web 1] (The specific terms "transgender" and "trans" were not in use in the 1970s and we haven't found any contemporary labels she used for herself, but she is now regarded as a trans woman.)
- Ashley Boone, Vice President of domestic marketing and distribution for 20th Century Fox (gay but closeted during his lifetime)[web 2]
1978[]
- Joshua Encinias
- Bruce Vilanch
- — Co-writer Bruce Vilanch discusses the infamous special[web 3]
I believe I was the only gay writer on the show and everybody else was straight. Bea Arthur and Harvey Korman were my contributions. I must have had a loud voice in the room to get that stuff through. I write in the [forthcoming] book that making it gay was never my intention. Only looking with a backward gaze you can say that was gay.
The Star Wars Holiday Special is unleashed on TV. It introduces Ackmena,[note 1][12] a character who will not be portrayed as queer until 2017.[13] The crew included:
- Bob Mackie, costume designer;[12] the late Ray Aghayan was both his life partner and business partner[web 4]
- Bruce Vilanch, one of the writers,[12] is gay and has been out for decades[web 3]
- Keith Crary, one of the make-up artists;[12] he is survived by his husband, Arthur Talaugon[web 5]
1980[]
Next on screens, Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back[14] introduces characters who will later be LGBTQ+ in New Canon: Lando Calrissian[note 1] (2018 sort of[15] but more definitively in 2023),[16] a background extra whose character later gets named Chase Wilsorr (2020),[17] and Wes Janson[note 1] (named only Janson in the credits,[14] 2023);[16][18] the name Reyé Hollis[note 1] is floated[14] and later given to a queer character (2022),[9] separate from its use for a Legends character. The crew included:
- Angela Morley, who provided uncredited musical contributions again in collaboration with John Williams[prt 1][web 1]
- Ashley Boone, who had founded his own consulting firm and handled distribution and marketing[web 2]
1983[]
Completing the original trilogy, Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi[19] has several background characters who will later be named in at least one continuity and whose New Canon incarnations will be elaborated on as LGBTQ+ in 2023: Arvel Crynyd[note 1][20] (named only as Green Leader in the film)[19] Sila Kott,[note 1][21] Karie Neth,[note 1][22] and Sion[23] (guard Luke "kicked" on Jabba's skiff, never named in Legends).[19]
1990s[]
1995[]
Andy Mangels, a gay man who's also leather and a bear,[web 6] is the author of the reference book The Essential Guide to Characters.[note 2] While he doesn't outright state his identities in this book, he does hint. In the Acknowledgments, he mentions that "my ex-partner Jim Carlson supported me throughout much of this project", and concludes, "And thanks to the Force behind the Star Wars galaxy, George Lucas, without whom my adolescence would have been much more miserable. He offered me hope."[24] Mangels also wrote this on an unnumbered, untitled page:
I don't remember when I first saw Star Wars, but the initial time I was going to see The Empire Strikes Back is burned into my mind.
The first friend I'd ever had who accepted me for who and what I was, Dustyn C. Halverson, was killed a half hour before we left to see the film, Wednesday, July 16, 1980.
1996[]
Qlaern Hirf in X-Wing: The Krytos Trap is introduced as part of an insectoid species that do not fit human notions of sex and gender. They are referred to with it/its pronouns, though this would later be updated to they/them. Their non-binary gender is attributed to being from an alien species, which does not really help people think of humans being non-binary. Their gender is also not treated as an individual identity, and we only hear about their gender from humans who speak for them. Although they do not use it, the character gets referred to with he/him pronouns by characters in universe as well as The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia. The author Michael A. Stackpole later said that he had thought of some of his characters as being non-binary or LGBTQ+, but did not have the language to express it at the time.[soc 1]
Wedge and Luke have an extremely close bond, established in many stories. When Luke offers to train Rogue Squadron pilot Corran Horn as a Jedi, Wedge is jealous of Horn's access to his "special friend":
1997[]
It was the year of the Special Editions of the original trilogy. It was also the year that publishing got relatively daring about maybe having representation, maybe not.
February[]
X-Wing: The Bacta War reaffirms the non-binary nature of Qlaern Hirf and the Vratix in general, and states the species' preferred pronouns to be they/them (plural), which is approved by the Vratix themselves. However, the narration and characters continue to use other pronouns like it/its ("The Vratix in the back clicked its curved mandibles")[28] and he/him[29] for Qlaern and other Vratix in the rest of the book.
April[]
In Barbara Hambly's novel Planet of Twilight, Tol Getelles and Larm are repeatedly spoken of by Natasi Daala in homophobic terms.[note 3] Whether or not the author meant them to be a male/male couple, homophobia got depicted via Imperials hating other Imperials.
June[]
In the RPG sourcebook The Black Sands of Socorro by Patricia A. Jackson, Pret Swain inherited the Caelli-Merced Syndicate "from his uncles, Vance Caelli and Rondale "Lee" Merced.[31] Rondale and Vance are repeatedly described in terms of being a pair (or couple). There's no mention of either being related to one of Pret's parents, whether biologically or by marriage to one of their relatives. Vance and Rondale may be romantic partners or spouses rather than some other kind of "uncles".
It's plausible that Patricia would have written them this way. As a teacher, her classroom is a safe space for LGBTQIA+ kids and she didn't cave under doxxing and lies spread by people who hated her for that. And she's still writing for Star Wars!
August[]
Jiliac the Hutt, who first appears in May with A. C. Crispin's The Paradise Snare, is Jabba's uncle Lord Jiliac and has he/him pronouns.[32] He returns in August for The Hutt Gambit and starts the book as Lord Jiliac, he/him.[33] In Legends, the Hutt species could self-impregnate to conceive a Huttlet as its sole parent.[note 4] After the story skips several years, Jiliac has decided to do so. Lady Jiliac then uses she/her, is Jabba's aunt, and becomes a mother. Han quickly revises his language and respects her as Lady Jiliac, as does the narrative.[33]
Sarn Shild supposedly has a mistress, Bria Tharen, but he's either a) gay and Bria is his beard, or b) only likes alien females, not human ones:[33]
It was only too obvious that [Han'd] thought the worst—that [Bria] was Shild's concubine. Sobs shook her. That was what he was supposed to think, after all. That was what Sarn Shild wanted everyone to think.
In truth, the Moff's sexual preferences did not run to human females. Bria traveled with him as a lovely show object, to be displayed to Imperial officials, just as Shild would display any trophy.
She kept his home running smoothly, listened to him when he wanted someone to talk to, oversaw his household staff and office, and generally kept Moff Sarn Shild's life running smoothly.
But she had never shared his bed, which was the only thing that made this current assignment bearable.
1998[]
Stephen J. Sansweet, a gay man[web 7] and the collector behind Rancho Obi-Wan,[SWweb 2] is the writer of the reference book Star Wars Encyclopedia.[35] A decade later, his material is reused along with new and updated material as The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.[36]
1999[]
The comic book The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing has a deeply transphobic portrayal of a character, Reess Kairn, whom we deliberately omitted from the LGBTQIA+ characters page as he does not represent a transgender identity or experience. (Spoilers for CW/TW: transphobic tropes and stereotypes) Reess Kairn is a Twi'lek man and a murderer who got reconstructive surgery from outlaw surgeons to change his apparent species and gender presentation as a disguise, not to affirm gender identity. While three shapeshifters pose as him so he can evade bounty hunters like Aurra Sing, he pretends to be a human priestess of the Order of the Ffib. He previously murdered several members of that Order and his human wife and has delusions that his changed appearance "honors" his victims.[37] Several years later, a novel introduced the one-off term "transgenderative surgery"[38] and some people have retroactively applied it to Kairn.
2000s[]
2002[]
- Boba
- Garr
- Boba
- Garr
- — Boba Fett and Garr discuss the latter's lack of gender[39]
I don't know, actually. I mean, I know what you mean, but I don't know yet whether I am male or female. On my planet, it's not determined until age thirteen.
Garr is a ten-year-old who only appears in Crossfire from the Boba Fett series of Legends & New Canon · Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones tie-in young readers novels. The child is an Excargan, a species that is born genderless and does not have a determined gender until undergoing physical changes at around age thirteen. Garr does not use pronouns and instead gender neutral nouns like "kid" are used in reference to that character. Boba Fett is the same age, and while other children shun Garr for not being a boy or a girl, Fett easily accepts and quickly befriends Garr.[39] Garr has some parallels to the experiences of non-binary and trans children, but those details are framed as part of the child being a fictional alien species that becomes gendered by puberty. The character is later misgendered in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.
Ferus Olin first appears in the Jedi Quest series of books about Anakin Skywalker's Padawan years, released as tie-ins to Legends & New Canon · Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones. He won't be portrayed as gay (subtextually) until he returns in 2005 with his own series, The Last of the Jedi.
- Garr
- Boba
- Garr
- — Two ten-year-olds not dwelling on gender[39]
Nope. But come on! Let's find something to do!
2003[]
Publishing[]
The Dramatis Personae of Refugee, from the Force Heretic II subseries of The New Jedi Order novels, lists: "Keeramak; mutant leader of the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium (genderless Ssi-ruu)". Ssi-ruuk (plural form) are divided into castes based on their scale color. The Keeramak (it/its) is the subject of prophecies about the birth of a Ssi-ruu with "all the colors". Another character describes this singular birth: "It is important you understand this, because the Keeramak should not exist. [...] That the Keeramak was a sport, a deviant birth, was clear. It had no clear gender, and its size was anomalous. But that was irrelevant. Its birth sent shock waves through the Ssi-ruuk."[40]
Although genderless people and people with ambiguous sex or gender exist, the Keeramak is a fictional reptilian alien treated as being alien even among its own species. Like Garr, this is another character later misgendered in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.
Star Wars formerly used the term "asexual" in the sense of lacking physical sex or the type of reproduction (reproducing without the fusion of sex chromosomes), rather than sexual orientation. One example is the Filordus species from the Star Wars Roleplaying Game.[note 5] The Living Force adventure "Belly of the Beaast" included two Filordi characters, who are described in a way that's literally without gender but not like real-life genderless or agender people.
- Player question
- GM answer
- Player question
- GM answer
- — Examples of key points, presented as a Q&A between player and game master[42]
Because it's a Filordus. They're asexual and don't have genders. The Filordi are the other species that's part of the Cartel. But it claims to love Cularin. Its name is Yve.
Knights of the Old Republic[]
Belaya (on left) and Juhani (on right), after many attempts to capture them in the same frame. Stop walking past her, Belaya!
Juhani and Belaya are LGBTQIA+ characters from the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Juhani, an optional party member, was the first character in the Star Wars universe to be deliberately portrayed and recognized as LGBTQIA+—specifically, she is lesbian[web 8]—and the first gay character of any gender in a video game developed by BioWare.[web 9] Juhani's "dear companion" Belaya was implied within the game to be Juhani's ex-lover and confirmed to be written as such (multiple times, by Knights of the Old Republic co-designer David Gaider). Although this should make Belaya a joint "first", she is often omitted in overviews of queer representation in Star Wars. Focus instead goes to how the player character (PC) can embark on a romance with Juhani only if the PC is female. Juhani and the male PC do not express one-sided or reciprocated romantic affections.[1] The PC's gender was later canonically established as male, but that doesn't erase Juhani's sexuality; Belaya and her history with Juhani remains regardless of the player's choices.
Juhani and Revan has that specific pairing and more on Juhani's sexuality in general.
When starting the game, the player determines their character's gender and chooses a head/portrait from among 15 presets each for M or F. The PC's gender determines the availability of romance storylines with NPC companion characters. The male PC only has an optional romance with Bastila Shan (so only M/F option), while the female PC may have romances with Carth Onasi (F/M) or Juhani (F/F). The PC can also choose not to pursue any romance plot. From a gameplay perspective, the PC does not have a fixed appearance, gender, or sexuality since those are up to the player. The outcome of those possible romances is tied to choosing between the light side or the dark side as well as conversation options that progress or end the storylines.[1]
(Spoilers for THE big twist about the PC) Since the PC is Revan, what each individual player chooses for their own personal Revan doesn't necessarily align with what got set by Lucasfilm for the canonical character. For any given person playing the game, Revan may not be interested in romance (or uninterested in the available options) and Revan's gender and appearance are variable. If Revan is a woman, she can be lesbian or otherwise queer.[1] (And that's not counting if the player uses game mods to get male!Revan/Carth and female!Revan/Bastila romances.)
The canonical character Revan, rather than the variable gameplay version, was later referred to as he/him during the lead-up to Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords in Chronicles of the Old Republic—Part IX: "Darth Revan Rising"[SWweb 3] and again post-KOTOR II in The New Essential Chronology.[43] Several IRL years later, he was further described as male/a man "who appeared to be about 40 standard years old", "thin and wiry", with pale skin, angular features, and shoulder-length black hair. (Spoilers for KOTOR endgame and post-KOTOR) He'd married Bastila and had a son with her during the two-or-so IU years between the game and The Old Republic: Revan.[44]
2004[]
Knights of the Old Republic II[]
In the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Luxa flirts with the male and the female player character, who is a Jedi exile (years later made canonically female and named Meetra Surik). Regardless of the PC's gameplay choices, there's no option to pursue anything with Luxa and the PC is required to kill her.[45]
The player has an early conversation with companion Atton Rand about rumors related to Revan. First Atton comments on pre-KOTOR events ("Yeah, Revan, Malak, and the Jedi that went to join them in the Mandalorian Wars. They turned against the other Jedi and had a scrap that almost laid waste to the galaxy. Heh. Where have you been?") The player's responses to this determine for the rest of their KOTOR II gameplay if Revan was ultimately light or dark side, male or female. (If the PC instead chooses one of the I don't care/let me ask something else options, Revan defaults to light side male.)[45]
Atton's responses to the PC's first light/dark answers indicate he believes Revan was a woman:
- Atton (replying to light side)
- Atton (replying to dark side)
- — Possible responses from Atton Rand[45]
(Spoilers for KOTOR endgame) I guess... there's rumors all over space about it. All I heard was Revan returned to pay Malak back for trying to kill her in the first place. You know women.
The PC's replies to this sets Revan's gender and light/dark alignment; continued spoiler warnings for the possible endings of KOTOR:
- PC (for light side)
- Atton (in reply to light side)
- PC (for dark side)
- Atton (in reply to dark side)
- — Setting Revan to female, light or dark side[45]
Yeah, well when she became a Sith Lord, she sure didn't stop. She killed her way across half the galaxy.
- PC
- Atton
- — Setting Revan to male[45]
Maybe you're right. Maybe I just hoped Revan was a woman.
Despite Juhani being one of two romantic options if someone played female in KOTOR,[1] if the KOTOR II PC sets Revan to a light-side female, a romantic relationship with Carth Onasi is assumed and not one with Juhani.[45]
Publishing[]
The species X'Ting appears in the short story The Hive and novel The Cestus Deception by Steven Barnes, another insectoid species that changes sex and gender every three years. Notably, the X'Ting Trillot changes from male to female within the span of the novel. Due to the genderfluid nature of the species, it is likely that there would be male/male or female/female couples at some point. However, the change in sex is seemingly always accompanied by a change in gender identity, fighting ability, personality (to some extent) and even social roles, which is not a reflection of the way gender and sex work in real life. The transition period between genders for the X'Ting is painful and normally takes three months, during which they would presumably be intersex and either experience some mismatch between sex and gender or have a less binary gender identity. Some X'Ting also use viptiel, an expensive and illegal drug, that could shorten the transition from three months to several hours, but comes with other side effects.[46]
Also in The Cestus Deception, a clone trooper takes on the name of Jangotat (meaning "Jango's brother") which he feels represents himself and tells Kit Fisto about the name change in a way reminiscent of trans experiences.[46]
2005[]
Although Ferus Olin and Roan Lands are subtextually portrayed as the first gay male/male couple in Star Wars, it's never explicitly textually confirmed. In The Last of the Jedi series by Jude Watson (pseudonym of Judy Blundell), it was easy for fans who wished to overlook all their intimacy and romantic subtext to point out how they also had a business together—as the explicit text of Return of the Dark Side notes, "Roan and Ferus had been partners in the firm of Olin/Lands". With their explicit business partnership, the subtext of a romantic life partnership was plausibly deniable.
Blundell was later asked on Twitter if Ferus was gay ("Excellent call. Indeed yes.")[soc 2] and about the couple ("Then I guess [Ferus] was, in fact, in love with Roan Lands. But was that feeling mutual?"), to which she responded, "In my mind Ferus and Roan were married. So yes, mutual!"[soc 3]
2007[]
In The Last of the Jedi novel Secret Weapon, Bury the Gays strikes Star Wars when Darth Vader impulsively murders Roan Lands in front of Ferus Olin. Earlier in that book, Ferus thinks about "his partner Roan Lands"; Roan "wished he could see Ferus again. His partnership with Ferus grounded him." Ferus repeatedly singles out Roan in his internal narrative as the most important person in his life. Roan dies in Ferus' arms and the text throws a wrench into the subtext. The last words Ferus says to Roan are, "Farewell, brother"—'brother' was never previously used for their relationship[47] and is never used again. TBH it reads like an editor came along, pushed the author out of the way, and threw in a "no homo".
In Against the Empire, Ferus's loss of Roan is explicitly paralleled to Vader losing Padmé:
The jolt of the voice rose in his mind. He felt heat rise inside his body armor. That voice — he must banish it. Forever. It was the voice of Padmé. [...]
It wasn't Ferus so much — he was insignificant — but the memories that leaked in when he was around. Looking at Ferus reminded Darth Vader of Anakin Skywalker. Before Ferus he had been able to think of Anakin as another person entirely.
He had derived so much satisfaction from killing Roan Lands. He hadn't planned it, but the opportunity had presented itself, and it had been the perfect solution. He had taken from Ferus what had been taken from him. He had vanquished his enemy and brought him down.
2008[]
Goran Beviin and Medrit Vasur[]
When Goran Beviin and Medrit Vasur appear in February's Legacy of the Force: Revelation, they're "Beviin and his partner Medrit Vasur". The same book has a non-romantic use of the word ("the sniper and his partner").[49] By September, author Karen Traviss clarifies on her website via answer to FAQs, "Goran Beviin and Medrit Vasur are a gay couple. Homosexual men. Call it what you like, they're in a same-sex marriage." (Her complete response is in a hostile tone that presumes askers are homophobic.)[web 10]
Coruscant Nights I[]
Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight by Michael Reaves is another story with a transphobic trope: (Spoilers for CW/TW: transphobic tropes and stereotypes) Haninum Tyk Rhinann is searching for a human male named Jax Pavan and decides, "The females could be ruled out, obviously—unless Pavan had elected to undergo transgenderative surgery. After some reflection, Rhihann decided to ignore this possibility for the time being."[38] Once again, gender-related surgeries were something that would be done for insincere reasons.
The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia[]
In December, The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia entries for Goran Beviin and Medrit Vasur each refer to the other character as "husband",[50][51] making their relationship the first same-sex marriage in Star Wars. The encyclopedia also misgenders at least two characters by using he/him pronouns when they were never previously used, such as Garr (none)[39] and Keeramak (it/its).[40]
2010s[]
2013[]
SWTOR's Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion added M/M and F/F flirtations and romance storyline options for the PC with various NPCs, but solely on one planet: Makeb.[52]
Lord Cytharat is depicted as a gay man; only a male player character (PC) can have a brief romance with him. The male PC also has to be aligned with the Imperial faction, since Cytharat is part of the Imperial Missions. The PC has options to flirt with Cytharat,[53] and if he chooses the light side option instead of the dark in "Stealing Thunder", he and Cytharat will kiss.[2]
For the Republic faction, PCs can have a brief romance with Doctor Lemda Avesta during the Makeb's Republic Missions; her romance isn't gender-specific like Cytharat's. The PC has multiple options to flirt with Lemda,[54] and in later Missions, continuing to flirt will lead to Lemda sharing a kiss.[3]
2014[]
SWTOR's Forged Alliances Story Arc began during the Rise of the Hutt Cartel era in the lead-up to the expansion Shadow of Revan[55] (which put the story into a Prelude to Shadow of Revan Mission).[56] "Forged Alliances: Part I" added two NPCs that PCs of any gender could begin flirting with: Lana Beniko for Imperial PCs and Theron Shan for Republic PCs.[55][56]
2015[]
April[]
Imperial Moff Delian Mors is the widowed wife of Murra in Lords of the Sith by Paul S. Kemp.[57] Pre-publication, Bryan Young from the Full of Sith podcast posted that Moff Mors "also happens to be a lesbian", along with an abridged quote from editor Shelly Shapiro.[web 11] Gonna be blunt and editorialize here: Moff Mors is horrible and should not have been the first LGBTQIA+ character in New Canon. At her villa on Ryloth, she has "household servants"—enslaved Twi'lek women who all have pale-green skin because it complements the jungle environment (as if they're decorative objects instead of people).[57]
September[]
Chuck Wendig's first Aftermath novel has:[58]
- Two fathers of a character named Iggs (only mentioned and already dead)[58]
- Esmelle and Shirene, who are wives and have been Temmin "Snap" Wexley's guardians while his birth parents are in the Rebel Alliance[58]
- Sinjir Rath Velus,[58] a gay man;[web 13] Jas Emari (a Zabrak woman) mistakenly thinks he's interested in her and hits on him:[58]
- Jas
- Sinjir
- Jas
- Sinjir
- Jas
- Sinjir
- Jas
- Sinjir
- Jas
- Sinjir
- Jas
- — From chapter 29[58]
Oh.
2016[]
March[]
During a then-ongoing hate campaign directed against Chuck Wendig, in part as a reaction to Aftermath, he used his blog to emphatically defend his inclusion of gay characters—and, more importantly, real gay people—against an onslaught of homophobic hate directed his way for his "politics" and "agenda". Here are two excerpts from a particularly epic post:
July[]
Celebration Europe[]
Ahsoka Tano was the subject of a panel called Ahsoka's Untold Tales at Celebration Europe. The panel guests—Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka's The Clone Wars voice actor), Dave Filoni (TCW supervising director), and Pablo Hidalgo (Lucasfilm Story Group)—discussed stories that were left unfinished when TCW wasn't renewed. One of the specific subjects they discussed was Ahsoka's prior and planned romantic storylines.[SWweb 4]
If you're wondering "what does this have to do with not-straight characters?", pay attention to how Nyx Okami is discussed, then consider this... For TCW's New Canon season 7 in 2020, Nyx was replaced by sisters Trace and Rafa Martez. Eckstein and others have discussed how the sisters replaced his role as a teenager from Coruscant's underworld who challenges Ahsoka's privileged Jedi upbringing.[web 14] What they didn't discuss, but viewers can see for themselves, is how the romantic interest role was also recast: as Trace.
- Pablo Hidalgo
- Dave Filoni
- Ashley Eckstein
- Dave Filoni
- Ashley Eckstein
- Dave Filoni
- Ashley Eckstein
- Dave Filoni
- Ashley Eckstein
- Pablo Hidalgo
- Dave Filoni
- Pablo Hidalgo
- Dave Filoni
- — From the panel Ahsoka's Untold Tales, Part II: Ahsoka's Walkabout[SWweb 4]
And you are a Jedi. But you don't want to reveal that. It's interesting, I know a lot of people probably like, 'oh, I don't know, I want to see Ahsoka involved in a battle, like, with Darth Vader or a big thing,' but you have to remember, when I watch a TV series like Robotech or Macross, the fundamental backbone of that thing was a romance. It was all about Rick, Lisa, and Minmei. When I watched Star Wars, one of the things that captivated me the most was when in Empire, when you realize that Han and Leia have this relationship's occurring, what does that mean for Luke? It's those character conflicts that you create that make the bigger world mean so much more, because now there's something at stake that you believe in. So, there was still epic high adventure all around that, but it was still the backbone.
Aftermath: Life Debt[]
In Chuck Wendig's Aftermath: Life Debt, Conder Kyl debuts and Sinjir Rath Velus returns, and they soon fall in love. In a late chapter, they share the first canonical gay/queer kiss in Star Wars when Sinjir kisses Conder.[4]
The book also has the first appearance of Eleodie Maracavanya, a non-binary human pirate who uses zhe/zher, she/her and he/him pronouns.[4] Zhe is the first non-binary character in the New Canon, the first non-binary human character in the wider Star Wars universe (all priors were aliens), and the first character to use neopronouns and multiple pronoun sets.
October[]
- @imahsokawife
So did Ahsoka 'like' Kaeden, or did you mean after all she has been through that she isn't interested in those feelings?- @ek_johnston
(She likes Kaeden, she had terrible role models in the "managing your feelings" department, and she's dealing with some pretty stiff PTSD in addition to the whole, you know, on the run from the Empire thing. So.)- @ek_johnston
- @ek_johnston
- @imahsokawife
- — Twitter thread[soc 4]
Thank you Sm for answering. I think your approach was amazing and true to character. Thank you 💕
Kaeden Larte and Ahsoka Tano develop a mutual attraction in Ahsoka by E. K. Johnston but don't progress to a romantic relationship;[59] Ahsoka is on the run and didn't have good "role models" when it comes to "liking" someone. Johnston later says Ahsoka "isn't mine to label".[soc 4]
In the Propaganda IU reference book artist bios:
- Gojuni Motts-Danel (Weequay artist) and Tantagru Motts-Danel (Tarnab sandscribe), husbands who created abstract art and holography[60]
- Sannab Ro: "A Xidelphiad entering her fourth protogynic phase after a storied career as a female fine artist, Ro is currently in chrysalis on Level 5121 on Coruscant, and is slated to re-emerge as a male sometime in the next fifteen years."[60] This is the only mention of the character and species. Having a fourth protogynic phase means Sannab Ro has changed sex characteristics more than once and is not humanoid.[note 6] This is not equivalent to real human experiences (like having intersex traits) or identities (like being transgender or genderfluid).
December[]
Doctor Aphra gets her first eponymous ongoing comic book series, the first Star Wars comic to be headlined by a queer character (that is, one already established as queer; older characters like Luke Skywalker have since been portrayed as queer). Kieron Gillen, who is bisexual,[SWweb 5] wrote the first 19 issues.
2017[]
In the short story anthology From a Certain Point of View for Legends & New Canon · Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope:
- Ackmena[note 1] from Star Wars Holiday Special and new mentioned-only character Sorschi are wives in "We Don't Serve Their Kind Here" by Chuck Wendig.[13]
- Eron and Rhee are partners who are going to become mothers by a adopting baby, the titular "Laina", from her father Ryland to raise on their safe and beautiful home planet... Alderaan (ohhhh kriff...). Thanks for the pain, Wil Wheaton![61]
- TK-421 and Wilhuff Tarkin[note 1] have a sexual affair before the destruction of the Death Star in "Of MSE-6 and Men" by Glen Weldon,[11] who is a gay man.[soc 5] He has also had a lot of fun with the way people react to this story, for instance (view the ref for text transcription):[soc 6]
2018[]
January[]
In issue #16 of Aphra's first comic book series, Doctor Aphra and Magna Tolvan share a kiss that's the first canonical visual depiction of a queer kiss in Star Wars and the first canonical lesbian kiss.[5]
April[]
In the Solo: A Star Wars Story tie-in novel Last Shot by Daniel José Older, Sinjir Rath Velus and Conder Kyl are now husbands[62] thanks to Older not realizing they hadn't previously been depicted as married.[soc 7] He was mistaken that he had "accidentally canonized gay marriage in the Galaxy Far Far Away";[soc 8] they were preceded in Legends by husbands Goran Beviin and Medrit Vasur[36] and in New Canon by two pairs of wives, Murra and Delian Mors (ugh)[57] and Esmelle and Shirene (yay!).[58] Last Shot also introduces Taka Jamoreesa, a non-binary pilot.[62]
May[]
Prior to the release of Solo, stories broke regarding Lando Calrissian[note 1] and his sexuality. The film and its expanded novelization feature an exchange between Lando and Han Solo that L3-37 interrupts and calls "flirting".[note 7] The Huffington Post asked the father-and-son co-writers of Solo, Lawrence and Jonathan Kasdan, about possible sexual fluidity. Jonathan responded, "There's a fluidity to Donald and Billy Dee's [portrayal of Lando's] sexuality. I mean, I would have loved to have gotten a more explicitly LGBT character into this movie. I think it's time, certainly, for that, and I love the fluidity — sort of the spectrum of sexuality that Donald appeals to and that droids are a part of. He doesn't make any hard and fast rules. I think it's fun. I don't know where it will go." Lawrence said of L3-37's reaction to Lando and Han, "That is her personality. Maybe it means something, maybe it doesn't."[web 16] In response to the HuffPost story, actor Donald Glover gave a lengthier quote to Entertainment Weekly (see above) in which he labeled Lando "pansexual", specifically.[web 15] HuffPost later updated the story to say Jonathan had also confirmed to them that Lando is pansexual.[web 16]
2019[]
Resistance[]
Flix (gay voice actor Jim Rash)[web 18] and Orka (Bobby Moynihan) in the animated series Resistance are explicitly partners in business from the show's 2018 beginning,[SWweb 6][SWweb 7] then the show started implying they're also life partners. For instance, in "Dangerous Business", the couple are taking time off to visit Orka's mother together; this has "visiting the mother-in-law" vibes for Flix.[63] In "From Beneath", Orka says of Flix (to Torra Doza), "I love the guy." Flix's cousin comments on Orka, "I can see why Flix likes that guy. He takes charge." The other replies, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's a good find. Good find."[64]
It's only outside of the show that they're directly stated to be a couple by Justin Ridge (one of the executive producers) and by Bobby Moynihan. Ridge told the podcast Coffee with Kenobi, "I think it's safe to say they're an item, absolutely. They're absolutely a gay couple and we're proud of that. We love Flix and Orka." Moynihan added, "I have had a sentence prepared for a year and a half. If someone would finally ask me, I would say, 'All I can say is that when Flix says, 'I love you,' Orka says, 'I know'. They're the cutest."[web 19] During the same press junket, Moynihan further discussed with CBR how he'd always known that.[web 17]
Dork Side of the Force blogger Hope Mullinax wrote about the lack of Pride month acknowledgments of the couple several years in a row[web 20] and about a prior frank Twitter discussion with Lucasfilm Animation's Jake Niemeyer, who did not work on Resistance but still has insight into working under Disney:
- Hope Mullinax
I just want people to remember Resistance and its importance, you know- Jake Niemeyer
- Hope Mullinax
- Jake Niemeyer
And until some execs leave the company, that likely won't change sadly.- Hope Mullinax
- Jake Niemeyer
- — Discussing Flix, Orka, and Disney execs[soc 9][soc 10]
Oh, I know! And it's a big internal battle too. When that was unofficially announced, it didn't exactly get easier to push for queer characters. We get punished if we have queer characters and punished if we don't.
"Hollywood" just isn't as liberal as their reputation.
Queen's Shadow[]
- Tonra
- Sabé
- Tonra
- Sabé
- Tonra
- Sabé (freezing, then meeting his gaze)
- Tonra
- Sabé
- Tonra
- Sabé
- Tonra
- Sabé
- — Sabé's in love with Padmé; Tonra's cool with it; Sabé and Tonra get bizzay[65]
Good.
In the novel Queen's Shadow by E. K. Johnston (EKJ), multiple characters are established as LGBTQIA+.[66] Most originally appeared in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace and had little characterization in Legends, so this makes them queer for the first time.
From their first present-day scene, Saché and Yané[note 1] are subtly depicted as an established young couple in love. Padmé and her handmaidens have a last vacation all together at the lake country retreat. While swimming in the lake, Yané ran her fingers through Saché's hair[67] and in a later conversation leaned on Saché's shoulder.[68] After the swim, Padmé thought about their futures and how everyone knows "Yané dreamed of a house full of children that Saché would also call home".[67] Although they'd previously discussed waiting to decide until Saché finishes her term as a legislator, Yané says she has selected a house she wants to purchase and Saché thinks it's wonderful.[69] Eirtaé observed that "Saché blushed freely every time Yané looked at her." Panaka paid Saché a compliment for her election success and bravery during Naboo's occupation, to which "Saché bowed regally, though her motion was somewhat restricted by Yané's head in her lap." While discussing Saché, "there was no mistaking the affection in Yané's voice as she told it."[69] (By the time of Queen's Hope, they're wives.)[70]
Sabé[note 1] considers Kooib-s Guvar, a female alien holojournalist, to be attractive: "It was rude to stare, but Sabé found herself mesmerized by Kooib-s's appearance. She didn't always go for nonhumans, but it happened on occasion, particularly with interesting females." She wants to use Kooib-s as an information source, but Kooib-s's reaction to Sabé's attempted flirtation is, "You should leave the flirting to Tonra. He's much better at it." ("Tonra had made the initial contact, posing as a journalism student who was eager to do anything to break into the market.")[71]
Later, Sabé is wired after posing as Senator Amidala. She talks with Tonra after returning to her apartment and they discuss having some form of intimate relationship while being in love with different people. Sabé will always put Padmé first and Tonra would do the same for Sabé, but she can't do that with him since she's in love with Padmé. He's willing to accept that because it's who she is and they have sex.[65]
Padmé Amidala Naberrie[note 1] uses gender-neutral language in discussing what a potential partner might be like: "I've guarded my heart against everything for so long, always aware of the dynamics and the flow of power. I've been lucky to find so many people who understand that and give me that space. I'm afraid that if someone breaks through, I'll let them, and it would be catastrophic." (The context of the conversation is Sabé discussing herself being careful with Tonra's feelings because she puts Padmé first and both Tonra and Padmé know that about her.)[72]
In response, Sabé tells Padmé, "It's not a reactor leak," and then thinks over it: "Padmé never spoke to her about matters of the heart, largely, Sabé suspected, out of respect for privacy. She wondered who Padmé was thinking of that made her do it now, or if Padmé was merely intrigued by the prospect of whatever she imagined Sabé was getting up to. She wasn't the jealous type, but she'd always been curious, and Sabé rarely did anything first." Sabé also suggests that Padmé let someone break through to see how it goes.[72]
Sola Naberrie,[note 1] Padmé's older sister, is briefly described by Padmé in a way that suggests the aroace spectrum: "My sister just had a baby, her first. [...] Sola has no interest in a partner. It's normal enough on Naboo. I think I would like what my parents have, though. Or some version of it. I'm not sure I want to mix politics and family, but I suppose it depends on a great many things."[73]
In another comment about the culture of the Naboo:
"I'll look forward to it, Amidala," [Clovis] said.
"It's Padmé," she told him. "I don't mind if you call me Padmé when there is no one else around."
She had no idea what had led her to say that. Almost no one outside of her family and inner circle had permission to use that name.
"I've always been partial to Clovis," he said. "It's the name I shared with my parents."
"On Naboo, we call people by the names they wish to be called," Padmé said. "The previous captain of my guard was called Panaka, but his wife chose to go by Mariek to avoid confusion, though she is still Captain Panaka if we are being formal, or if a stranger is talking to her."
"What if someone wants to change their name?" Clovis asked.
Padmé picked up her carrysack and hoisted it over her shoulder.
"Then you call them by their new name," Padmé told him.
- @ChemyWords
- @ek_johnston
- @toQrainbow
- [@toQrainbow includes an animated gif of using fingers to count numbers, from Disney's Hercules]
- @ek_johnston
- @toQrainbow
- @toQrainbow
- @ek_johnston
- — Twitter thread in 2020 about E. K. Johnston's 2019 novel Queen's Shadow[soc 11]
Versé is trans (I cannot stress enough how little credit I deserve for that as it isn't actually "in canon"), and Tonra is bi/pan, same as Sabé. I do not know which variety of queer Yané and Saché are, but I don't mind if they end up in the lesbian column. :)
EKJ, replying to a fan's Tweet in 2020 about Queen's Shadow having at least 3 main characters who are explicitly queer, said: "Five in my heart, three on the page". She elaborated that these were "Sabé, Yané, and Saché on the page, Versé and Tonra in my heart." If she had written it into the story, Versé would've been trans and Tonra would've been bi/pan, "same as Sabé". While EKJ had not determined "which variety of queer Yané and Saché are", she was fine with @toQrainbow placing them in the lesbian section/column of a Star Wars LGBT character spreadsheet.[soc 11]
In 2021, Immi Thrax asked EKJ if she'd mind re-addressing Tonra "being not-(yet?)-on-page-but-meant-to-be bi". EKJ replied, "In my mind, Tonra's bi, but I was more focused on Sabé. There's a bit with the journalist, but that's as far as I got."[soc 12] The journalist is Kooib-s, who appears in one chapter, and Tonra's flirtation with her is for a reason other than attraction.[66] Even if it demonstrates he's attracted to women besides Sabé, it still doesn't establish his interests or non-interest in any other gender(s), leaving that potential bisexuality not depicted in canon.
The Rise of Skywalker[]
Oscar Isaac played and discussed a romance developing between Poe Dameron (his character) and John Boyega's Finn ever since 2015's Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens.[web 21] However, during promotional events for Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker, cast and crew said Finn and Poe were not becoming an on-screen couple in the film. Boyega told Variety, "They've always had a quite loving and open relationship in which it wouldn't be too weird if it went beyond it. But at the same time, they are just platonic at the moment."[web 22]
Isaac told Variety pre-release: "Personally, I kind of hoped and wished that maybe that would've been taken further in the other films, but I don't have control. It seemed like a natural progression, but sadly enough it's a time when people are too afraid, I think, of... I don't know what. [...] But if they would've been boyfriends, that would have been fun."[web 22] He was less diplomatic talking to IGN post-release and attributed the stall-out in progressing Stormpilot to "Disney overlords".[web 21] In the French edition of GQ magazine, Isaac said of Poe's sexuality that in his opinion, "he's rather open-minded and the fluid type" ("il est plutôt ouvert d’esprit, du genre fluide").[web 23]
Also speaking with Variety, director J.J. Abrams talked about the topic of Finn and Poe's relationship as a "far deeper one than a romantic one", then patted himself on the back about LGBTQ+ representation in another form:[web 22]
"And in the case of the LGBTQ community, it was important to me that people who go to see this movie feel that they're being represented in the film," Abrams said.
So without spoiling the film, Variety asked, does that mean there will be a queer character in "The Rise of Skywalker"?
"I will say I'm giving away nothing about what happens in the movie," Abrams replied with a smile. "But I did just say what I just said."
The LGBTQ rep turned out to be Larma D'Acy and Wrobie Tyce having the first on-screen queer kiss.[6] The Visual Dictionary books, but not the film itself, tell us the characters are wives and give the first names Wrobie[75] and Larma[76] to characters who are only identified in the film credits as Commander D'Acy and Pilot Tyce.[6] Actually seeing the kiss depends upon the viewer 1) not blinking or looking in the wrong direction, and 2) not watching in a territory where the shot is cut out because of homosexuality.
2020s[]
2020[]
Queen's Peril[]
The second Padmé-and-her-handmaidens–focused novel by EKJ is Queen's Peril.[77] It begins prior to and then overlaps with the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.
Padmé Amidala Naberrie and Sabé[note 1] are fourteen years old and full of feelings. Sabé and an alien girl named Harli Jafan quickly develop a mutual attraction that Padmé observes on the night of a concert and feels conflicted about.[78] When Harli later mistakes handmaiden!Padmé for Sabé and wants to kiss her, Padmé reflexively rejects it, leading to Harli sending a nasty note to Sabé and Sabé fighting with Padmé for abruptly ending the would-be romance. After the fight, Padmé feels vulnerable over what might've happened between Sabé and Harli.[79]
Several chapters later, Sabé and Padmé discuss what went wrong and how they feel now. Sabé tells her why she was selected as a handmaiden; "I'm good at a lot of things. I work hard and I get results, but I am never the best. And I thought I had accepted that, until Harli looked at me like I was special. And yes, hanging out with her was fun and I did want her to kiss me, but I learned something important that night." Padmé asks what and Sabé responds:[80]
"I'd rather be second to you than first to anyone else."
Confessing her feelings was like a weight lifting off of Sabé's chest. It had taken her so long to figure it out, to put to words what she knew in her heart. And now she had done it. She wanted to fly.
"I can order you to your death," Padmé said.
Her voice was so quiet that Sabé barely heard her. She reached out and took Padmé's hands.
"And I would go," she said.
"I can't be that dedicated to you," Padmé said.
"I know," Sabé said.
A long silence grew between them, but it wasn't awkward. They both knew where they stood.
Things start off very awkward between Saché and Yané[note 1] because the former has a crush on the latter and has no idea how to handle it, resulting in trying to avoid her— not exactly easy since they have to work together— and refusing to share a bedroom (obviously an uncomfortable thing to do with a crush!) But while they're both trapped in a camp during the occupation of Naboo, Yané comes up with a way to weave coded messages out of the silk from her mattress, and this means she and Saché will need to share a cot. When they discuss why Saché has been uncomfortable, Yané admits that she likes Saché and Saché says that she likes her, too.[77]
FACPOV: The Empire Strikes Back[]
Short stories from the anthology From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back introduce various new LGBTQIA+ characters:
- Chase Wilsorr and Jordan Smythe, m/m mutual attraction and "a good kiss".[17] Chase is a new name and characterization for the extra in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back who walks between the Han and Leia as they argue in an Echo Base hallway.
- Girlfriends and TIE squadronmates Amara Kel and Howl (short for callsign "Howlrunner")[81]
- Joy Iya and Isabalia, f/f mutual attraction[82]
- Kiren, a non-binary mechanic on Cloud City (species not stated but possibly an Ugnaught, based on the combined location/occupation and their fur, snout, and vocalizations); f/f lovers Ela Radodan (Imperial officer) and Tal Veridian (Rebel miner)[83]
2021[]
The High Republic comic book[]
Singular they/them pronouns are used for the Kotabi Jedi bond-twins Terec[84] and Ceret[85] as individuals, separate from their shared consciousness. In two panels of the first THR comic series, Avar Kriss briefly corrects Vernestra Rwoh's mistaken use of "he" for Ceret.[84] Star Wars verified social media accounts post in recognition of Trans Day of Visibility 2021 that Ceret and Terec are trans non-binary Jedi who will soon be featured on a variant cover.[soc 13]
Star Wars Pride[]
In March 2021, Star Wars and Marvel Comics announced that for the first time, comic books published in June would have Pride Variant Covers as a purchase option.[note 8][SWweb 9] Each cover features one or more LGBTQ+ characters and is illustrated by an artist who is LGBTQ+:[SWweb 10][SWweb 11]
- Ceret and Terec by Javier Garrón on The High Republic (2021/Phase I) #6[SWweb 11]
- Lando Calrissian by Stephen Byrne on Star Wars (2020) #14[SWweb 11]
- Rae Sloane by JJ Kirby on Darth Vader (2020) #13[SWweb 11]
- Sana Starros by Jan Bazaldua on Doctor Aphra (2020) #11[SWweb 11]
- Yrica Quell by Jacopo Camagni on Bounty Hunters #13[SWweb 11]
- Doctor Aphra by Babs Tarr on War of the Bounty Hunters #1[SWweb 11]
StarWars.com further acknowledged Pride Month with the article "8 Star Wars Characters to Celebrate Pride Month". It highlighted:[SWweb 8]
- Doctor Chelli Lona Aphra, with nods to her past romance with Sana Starros and then-recent moment when Magna Tolvan and Aphra "shared a passionate kiss without even knowing each other's names".[SWweb 8]
- Sana Starros from multiple SW comic books, with comments on how being "married to Han Solo" was "undoubtedly more scam than real relationship" and on her romantic history and tension with Aphra.[SWweb 8]
- Magna Tolvan from the Doctor Aphra comic books, highlighting physical attraction: "Another entry in the romantic interests of Doctor Aphra, Magna Tolvan's lust for the archaeologist has a long history of complications"; "the sexual tension between the two is palpable".[SWweb 8]
- Varko Grey from the game Star Wars: Squadrons, saying he is "anchored by his beloved husband, Emory, who works on Kuat and is fiercely proud of Varko's achievements. A peaceful life together is a future Varko will fight for with all his skill."[SWweb 8]
- Keo Venzee from the game Star Wars: Squadrons, along with explicitly labeling them as non-binary.[SWweb 8]
- Rae Sloane primarily from novels, saying: "although her romantic leanings don't often factor into her story, Rae's bi-sexuality was introduced in the novel Star Wars: Empire's End." (yes, with a hyphen)[SWweb 8]
- Teret and Ceret, with information previously posted in March for Trans Day of Visibility: "The bond-twins Terec and Ceret in Marvel's Star Wars: The High Republic comics are the first trans non-binary Jedi in modern galactic lore. Using the pronouns they, them, and their as individuals, the Kotabi Jedi also share a linked mind, finishing each other's sentences and sensing each other's pain."[SWweb 8]
The Rising Storm[]
Why, why, why had [Elzar's] last thought been of Avar before their minds touched? To be honest, the memory her name threw up probably explained it, the memory he always had, back when they were Padawans, back when they were happy to bend the rules. All at once he saw Avar's quarters, felt the sheets beneath their bodies...
"Wow," Ty said out loud. "You dirty dog. I'm impressed."
He banished the memory, although it was already too late. He could feel Ty's amusement, not to mention her attraction.
"Keep your shirt on, Mann," Ty teased him. "You're not my type."
He tried not to sound disappointed. "Seems to me that I'm the only one sharing anything. This won't work unless we're completely honest with each other."
The Rising Storm by Cavan Scott:
- Ty Yorrick recognizes Klerin Chekkat has a crush on her, "and in all honesty wouldn’t have been opposed to exploring the option in another time or place, but this wasn't the moment, especially with the daughter of a client who was still very much an unknown quantity."[87] Ty is also attracted to Avar Kriss upon sharing in a memory Elzar Mann has from when he and Avar were Padawans and it's implied they had sex.[86]
- Kitrep Soh (aka Kip, son of Supreme Chancellor Lina Soh) and Jom Lariin meet when the Sohs go to Valo for the Republic Fair. Jom quickly flusters Kip while sussing out a lack of interest in Ms. Dairo:[88] They spend the book falling for each other, and when they're saying goodbye, Jom slips Kip his digits. Kip ignores the ever-present cam droids and plants a kiss on Jom.[89] (When they next appear, they've been boyfriends for awhile.)
- Jom (grinning)
- Kip (flustered)
- Jom
- Kip
- Jom
- Kip
- Jom
- Kip
- Jom
- Kip
- — Young love is awkward[88]
Great... great.
Out of the Shadows[]
Vernestra is asexual and aromantic. She just doesn't experience physical attraction nor does she seek a romantic connection.
But that does not mean she's an emotionless droid! As we see in Out of the Shadows she values her friendships deeply.
Out of the Shadows, by Justina Ireland and part of Phase I of The High Republic, strongly features F/F romance and introduces multiple characters:
- Sylvestri Yarrow and Jordanna Sparkburn start the novel as ex-girlfriends (Spoilers for Out of the Shadows) and end it happily reconnected and in love.[90]
- Nubarron is an alien who uses they/them pronouns and has the appearance of a purple cloud. Their gender, whatever it may be, is not binary.[91]
- Xylan Graf first appears; he's undeniably queer in 2024's Defy the Storm but for now just gives off vibes with his "flamboyant fashions".[90]
Additionally, these previously-appearing characters get first portrayals:
- Cohmac Vitus, who debuted earlier in the year; Xylaf wears a deep V-neck that "made Master Cohmac raise an appreciative eyebrow when he thought no one was watching."[92]
- Vernestra Rwoh, also introduced earlier in the year, has an internal monologue while mid-conversation with her Padawan, Imri Cantaros, about romantic love. It shows she's part of the aromantic/asexual spectrum[93] and Ireland soon confirms those exact labels in a Tweet.[soc 14] Her entry in the THR Character Encyclopedia also uses "aromantic" to describe her.[94]
- Vernestra sighed. She felt like she was really bad at this. Why couldn't they just duel or meditate? This was a difficult conversation for her because she'd never once had any of those feelings, regardless of the people she met. She could tell when someone was attractive, and there were people she liked more than others, but she had never felt the push/pull of attraction so many other Padawans did when they came of age. She supposed that had made it easier for her, but that did not mean Imri's path would be as smooth.
Star Wars: Visions[]
The Star Wars: Visions short films (all released in September) have multiple LGBTQ+ voice actors providing the English-language voices.
- Alison Brie[web 24] voices Am in "THE TWINS".[95]
- George Takei[web 25] voices Senshu in the English dub of "Akakiri".[96]
- JP Karliak[web 26] voices unnamed characters in multiple films.[97][98][99][100][96]
- Neil Patrick Harris[web 27] voices Karre in "THE TWINS".[95]
- Shelby Young[soc 15] voices K-344 and a Child in "Tatooine Rhapsody".[101]
Two characters debuting in "The Duel"[97] are soon shown as queer in Ronin: A Visions Novel: Kouru,[102] who is referred to in this film as the Sith Bandit Leader, and The Ronin.[97]
Ronin: A Visions Novel[]
- Anonymous
- Emma Mieko Candon
- Emma Mieko Candon
- — Emma Mieko Candon responds to a Tumblr ask about the many queer characters in Ronin: A Visions Novel[soc 16]
On a final note, the only character who I'm sure is cishet is Hanrai, and that's a function of his role in the story as a representative of a certain form of power.
From the mind of the Japanese–chronically-ill–queer–cyborg–author Emma Mieko Candon[SWweb 12] (she/her, they/them)[web 28] comes Ronin: A Visions Novel, the story of the Space!Japanese–chronically-ill–queer–cyborg–former-Sith-Lord The Ronin. Released in October (👻), Ronin is queer-made[SWweb 12] and queer-full.[102] (No, we aren't getting a cut of the sales, but here's an endorsement anyway. Go buy it or borrow it at your library ASAP if you haven't yet!)
- The Ronin: First seen in "The Duel",[97] the nameless former Sith Lord develops a mutual attraction with the Traveler and used to be lovers with a Sith Witch.[102] Candon calls him "pansexual bc that's what's legible to us in our universe. Fundamentally, he has been given toward interest in just about all manner of individuals."[soc 16]
- Kouru: Also first seen in "The Duel",[97] she is confused by her own feelings (mutual attraction to Ekiya)[102] and strikes Candon as a "person who is only just figuring out 'women,' more in terms of 'this specific woman,' and 'oh my god what is a feeling, I don't know, but it's very big and very demanding, and I'm dying.' Her feelings about men are and have always been 'why would you do that to yourself.'"[soc 16]
- The Traveler is nonbinary and Candon has a "general sense that their culture of origin isn't entirely sure what that means, so they've sussed out their own middle-ground where they're comfortable. They're and possibly more; I just don't know!"[soc 16] We see one of those men is the Ronin.[102]
- Ekiya "understands herself to be a person who has liked men, women, and other iterations of gender"[soc 16] and one of those people is Kouru.[102]
- Yuehiro is a Twi'lek boy[102] who is "trans and fourteen. Who knows who he'll find himself attracted to in the future! He sure doesn't!"[soc 16] He gets help from Ekiya with not missing a dose of hormones thanks to...[102]
- Shogo, the man for whom Ekiya keeps an emergency stash of hormones on her Poor Crow starship.[102]
This is also the first inclusion of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in Star Wars. Candon discussed via Tweets:[web 29]
- Tweet #1
1) Padme died in childbirth. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Logic is dead and Mr. Lucas killed him. (Good. Logic has no place in Star Wars.)
2) I thought about it a lot + did it on purpose- Tweet #2
The answer is because I said so.- Tweet #3
- — EMC re: space HRT[web 29]
I was explaining to wife [Nick Candon] why I would not be explaining myself and she did suggest one addition:
I did this because I love and adore the trans people in my life and trans people at large. I see you. You're here too.
Trail of Shadows[]
- Sian Holt
- Emerick Caphtor
- — Even other characters can see it[103]
You could say that. We were all Padawans at the same time. Avar, Stellan, and Elzar--they were a tight crew. Maybe more than that. Who knows? Now we're all grown up, with the galaxy hanging in the balance, and things are... more complicated, it seems. I stay out of it, best I can.
Beginning in 2021 and continuing into early 2022, the THR comic book mini-series Trail of Shadows written by Daniel José Older introduces multiple queer characters and refers to others.
- Turns out it's not just the fans going "wait, are they a polycule...?" Along with Avar Kriss, Elzar Mann and Stellan Gios are the subjects of in-universe
gossipdiscussion that there may be something "more" going on between them all and has been since their Padawan days. This comes via their contemporary Emerick Caphtor.[103] - Beesar Tal-Apurna, whose late love Teemank is often on her mind,[104] wants to avenge "my beloved wife" who was killed by the Nihil.[105]
- One of the new characters, Sian Holt, is later described by Older as a "bicon"[soc 17] (bi icon).
2022[]
Kho! Kho! Kho![]
Kho Phon Farrus is quickly established as non-binary, with they/them pronouns in their second appearance (released January 2022)[106] and writer Alyssa Wong including them among their other "non-binary Star Wars kids".[soc 18] Kho is also portrayed as trans. In a flashback from Doctor Aphra (2020) issue #19, released in March 2022, Kho is turned away by a university registrar because that name doesn't match their outdated Imperial chain code;[107] this is basically the GFFA equivalent of a trans person's deadname still appearing on government/official documents. Without naming a specific character, Alyssa Wong commented in an interview a few months later, "I got to write a trans nonbinary character who, obviously, is very important to me. I keep saying 'I can't believe people let me get away with this,' but really, I'm just happy that I've been so supported by everybody on the creative side."[SWweb 5] The interview came at a time when Wong often discussed Kho specifically as a personal favorite and they often included a transgender pride flag when Tweeting about their NB characters; for instance, they added "🔮🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️" when highlighting Kho's Pride Variant Cover on the same day as that interview.[soc 19] (🔮 = "overdramatic wannabe-wizard")
Legacy of the Sith[]
SWTOR's Legacy of the Sith expansion introduced two NPCs who fall for each other and added any-gender flirt/romance options to returning NPCs Major Anri and Arn Peralun.[108]
After completion of the Republic Missions "Ear to the Water" and "Retribution in the Rift" on Manaan, the Selkath NPC Wo Kasto sends in-game mail to the player regarding his sister (a biologist named Mata) and the quest-giver, Nautolan ambassador Minn Ishkah. Since he introduced them to each other, Minn has "hung on Mata's every word" and Mata has "been following Minn around like a wayward guppy". Kasto appeals to the player to "please tell me how I'm supposed to deal with my sister having a thing for MINN, of all people!"[109]
Queen's Hope[]
As with most of EKJ's books, Queen's Hope is again full of queer rep.[70]
Padmé Amidala Naberrie[note 1] has pre-wedding reflections on her romantic history using gender-neutral language:
It had been easy to fall for Anakin Skywalker. And that terrified her, too.
She had thought herself immune to such matters. Yes, she'd had adolescent crushes, and yes, there were people she found attractive, but none of that had ever gotten into her head the way Anakin did. She'd always been able to move past it, quickly, avoiding entanglements and returning to work. She'd tried to do the same thing when she realized what her feelings for Anakin were leading toward, and she had almost succeeded, but in the face of death, she had decided to throw caution to the wind.
Padmé hosts a dinner to welcome Sabé[note 1] back to Naboo and keeps putting off telling Sabé that she has gotten married to Anakin. During the dinner, Padmé's thoughts include, "It was strange, to love two people so much, so differently. She didn't quite understand it, and she wasn't sure how to make it work."[111]
Later, Padmé still hasn't told Sabé about Anakin. Sabé is on Coruscant to pose as Senator Amidala and is staying at Padmé's apartment, about to fall asleep in her bed, when Anakin lets himself in to visit Padmé. His immediate reaction is to physically threaten Sabé as if she's an intruder before backing down. Sabé starts putting things together out loud as she realizes why he got past the security protocols and Anakin frames the two of them as people Padmé chose between:[112]
- Sabé
- Anakin
- Sabé
- Anakin
- [And then, like it was a dare:]
- Anakin
- [It all made too much sense. Why Padmé had disappeared on Naboo. Why the schedule had changed and why the staff had such a new routine. This was why Padmé's evenings were free. This was why her handmaidens slept on the floor below instead of in the penthouse suite as they used to. She hadn't done it for herself, not to make a separation between her career and her personal space. She had done it all for him.]
- Anakin
- Sabé
- Anakin
- — Sabe's POV, chapter 18[112]
Maybe.
After saying good night, Sabé thinks about how he is "connected to Padmé in ways that Sabé feared were deeper than he had admitted to. Maybe she was jealous. But she wasn't wrong." The next morning, she discusses the surprise visit with Dormé:[112]
- Sabé
- Dormé
- Sabé
- Dormé
- Sabé (shortly)
- [There was an awful silence between them.]
- Dormé
- Sabé
- [She was angry—and upset—but there was no one here to be angry at, and she hated being upset with Padmé. They would talk about it calmly when Padmé got back. Years ago, after the Harli Jafan incident, they had agreed to talk about any issues that arose between them as soon as possible. And now Sabé had an issue.]
— And Sabé still doesn't know Padmé and Anakin got married (here in chapter 18) and won't until talking to him again (in chapter 22)[112]
EKJ said in 2022 that she hadn't wanted to write Padmé and Sabé breaking up over Anakin.[web 30] Despite that, Sabé later confronts Padmé about keeping the marriage a secret from her and discusses how she can no longer be by Padmé's side, and plays out very much like a break-up scene. They also touch a lot during it, and afterward, they sleep together in the same bed one last time.[113]
Sabé ends the book in Mos Eisley with Tonra; they're posing as a married couple to continue their mission with people enslaved on Tatooine and they renew their romantic relationship. He comforts her as she talks about Padmé; "I always knew she wouldn't pick me. I just thought that she would pick more. Like a planet. Or a species."[114]
Saché and Yané[note 1] have gotten married since their last appearance. The wives are also fostering and adopting children who were orphaned by the Battle of Naboo.[70]
Harli Jafan returns and remarks on mixing up the handmaidens' identities, "I'm pretty sure I tried to kiss the wrong one of you once. And because I was a teenager, I reacted poorly to the rejection."[115] (This refers back to Queen's Peril and Harli mistaking Padmé for Sabé.)
The book introduces Tepoh, who uses zhe/zher pronouns, is described as wearing a skirt when zhe met Saché and later a blazer with trousers after zhe is hired as Saché's aide. Tepoh tells Saché, "Sometimes I wake up and I want to be perceived as some degree of female, but sometimes I don't." Zhe hadn't thought becoming a handmaiden was a possibility for zher in the past since zhe is not a girl and physical resemblance to Padmé used to be required. Saché thinks, "But if someone was willing to play the part sometimes, it didn't really matter what gender they identified as. It would be a job, a disguise." The two Naboo talk about what might have been, and Tepoh comments, "Maybe they would have let me wear a guard uniform sometimes. Those are quite dashing. But I think I'll be happier with you. It took me some time to figure myself out, and I think I'll serve Naboo better this way. I like being myself."[115]
Another new character is Sister, a clone of Jango Fett who is a woman, which means she is transgender. In her only scene, she has a conversation with Anakin about her identity:[116]
- Anakin
- Sister
- Anakin
- Sister
- Anakin
- Sister
- — Did Anakin Skywalker just coin a term?[116]
Transcended gender. We'll work on it, but I like where it's heading.
In unnamed character rep, the magistrate of Hebekrr is worried about her missing granddaughter and granddaughter-in-law, her granddaughter's wife. The family members are later reunited.[70]
Pride Variant Covers[]
The Pride Variant Covers for comic books released in June 2022, once again pairing up LGBTQIA+ characters and artists:[SWweb 13]
- Kho Phon Farrus by Derek Charm on Obi-Wan Kenobi #2[SWweb 13]
- Larma D'Acy and Wrobie Tyce by JJ Kirby on Star Wars (2020) #25[SWweb 13]
- Losha and T'onga by Jan Bazaldua on Bounty Hunters #24[SWweb 13]
- Lula Talisola and Zeen Mrala by Javier Garrón on Han Solo & Chewbacca #4[SWweb 13]
- Sabé, Saché, and Yané by Kei Zama on Darth Vader (2020) #24[SWweb 13]
- Vi Moradi by Phil Jimenez on The Mandalorian #1[SWweb 13]
- Doctor Aphra by Paulina Ganucheau on Doctor Aphra (2020) #22[SWweb 13]
The Art of THR[]
Early in their planning for the High Republic, the writers discussed the importance of having human characters in Star Wars reflect the diversity of the real world in gender, sexual orientation, and race, and doing so in better ways than prior eras of SW. For instance, although Daniel José Older is an ally rather than LGBTQIA+ himself, he is critical of how SW and other media have approached queer representation. Justina Ireland highlighted how Lando Calrissian was the only on-screen Black person in SW when she was growing up[note 9] and she was excited when Mace Windu appeared: "I was just like, 'There's a Black Jedi? They're not just on Cloud City?'"[117]
Older planned from the beginning for Jedi Padawan Lula Talisola—a gay, dark-skinned human girl—to have a queer love story with another teenage girl, Zeen Mrala, that does not leave readers questioning what the couple actually feel as they fall in love. The challenges they face are related to the Jedi Order's expectations about being in love, an ongoing war; he said of something they didn't face, "In Star Wars, as far as we know, there isn't homophobia."[117] While he isn't 100% right about homophobia in Star Wars, it rarely pops up in-universe in either continuity.
The book notes that Kantam Sy, Ceret, and Terec are "among the first nonbinary Jedi in Star Wars lore". Kantam has an in-depth backstory and active role in Older's stories. He said of them, "it's even rarer that we see nonbinary badass action heroes, right?"[117]
2023[]
2023 was the queerest year for SW, with more characters than ever making their first appearances or being portrayed as LGBTQIA+ for the first time.
February[]
Vukorah, who debuted in the comic book series Bounty Hunters by writer Ethan Sacks and penciller Pablo Villanelli, showed her sapphic side in 2022,[118] but speculation that Vukorah is a trans woman began back in 2020. A pair of contrasting flashback and present-day panels in issue #5 showed her facial features and bust noticeably differing in that time span.[119] But things really exploded with issue #31 with a flashback to her youth with Krynthia. It shows young, flat-chested Vukorah overjoyed as she puts on a necklace and says, "Look at me, I'm a princess!" Krynthia laughs and says, "That means we can be sisters." Krynthia's father then interrupts to tear the necklace off and be horrible to Vukorah for being "soft" and secretly keeping a pet loth-cat.[120] The scene resonated with many readers and Sacks interacted with some of them:
- @deusexvalerate
- Ethan Sacks
- @deusexvalerate
- @deusexvalerate
- Ethan Sacks
- Ethan Sacks
- Ethan Sacks
- @deusexvalerate
- @deusexvalerate
- @SskeerMadness
- — Twitter thread about Bounty Hunters #31[soc 20]
I'm glad with how you're handling Vukorah on the page, especially the past year, and it's great that you're considering the optics of her as representation. The level of thought and care put into the comic really does shine through.
Sacks responded to each of the last Tweets by @deusexvalerate and by @SskeerMadness. The latter is presented here first because it was longer:
- @SskeerMadness
- Ethan Sacks
- @SskeerMadness
Anyway I appreciate your late night candor and thoughtful replies. And I hope the rest of the franchise catches up with what you're doing representation-wise soon so you can comfortably take pride in the steps you're taking for us ❤️- Ethan Sacks
- @SskeerMadness
- — One of the splits[soc 21]
Definitely my favorite two ongoings by far, you both are killing it 👍
And to the OP:
- Ethan Sacks
- — Cough, cough[soc 22]
I love her. And I love that she means something to you. I think you can certainly read what you're reading into the character. (Cough, cough) It's been really important to Paolo and I that we have representation across the board on this series.
April[]
In Cataclysm by Lydia Kang:
- Orin Darhga cracks jokes constantly, and among his first is replying to Gella Nattai's description of Axel Greylark, whom he hasn't met, "I may have a crush on him already."[121]
- Axel Greylark has a longtime bond with Binnot Ullo that differs from any of his other relationships—not as clearly defined as platonic, familial, or romantic, but intense and toxic as hell. Chapter 9 is particularly loaded with it, while in later chapters the word "brother" is used pointedly and manipulatively.
At one point, Axel thinks Binnot almost seems jealous of QN-1, Axel's beloved droid companion.[122]
"I'm not your guardian, Axel," Binnot said.
Binnot was more than that. [...] Only the mutual warmth of two young people growing up too fast in a galaxy that wanted them to be objects of usefulness. They had whispered to each other back then about wanting greater things.
"I know, Binnot," Axel said. "You're not my guardian." He meant more to Axel than that, which was the truth. "Still. The whole time things unfolded on Eiram and E'ronoh, before I went to jail, I always felt like somehow you were keeping an eye on me."
Binnot leaned closer, his eyes meeting Axel's. "And yet you still failed in your task to deliver that poison to the Mother."
After laying into Axel about disappointing the Mother, Binnot goes back to flattering:
- Binnot
- Axel
- Binnot
- Axel
- Binnot
- — Geez, these two.[122]
Axel. I'm serious.
As chapter 9 comes to a close, Binnot continues pressuring, "What say you, friend? My brother?"[122] Chapter 23 makes it sound like the "brother" thing was one-sided on Axel's part while Binnot felt otherwise:[123]
- Binnot
- Axel
- Binnot
- — Ouch.[123]
You were never my brother. You're a soldier. Like me. And not a very good one at that.
In chapter 30, they have an extended exchange where Binnot seems to be reeling Axel back in: bringing up fond memories, appealing to him as "brother", saying it can be "Just you and me". Axel seems to be giving in before making it clear he knows Binnot isn't sincere.[124]
May[]
Doctor Aphra (2020) #31 has multiple firsts:
- Just Lucky and Ariole Yu share the first canonical visual media m/m kiss and the first non-straight marriage proposal.[7]
- Kho Phon Farrus and Detta Yao share the first kiss involving a non-binary character in any Star Wars medium.[7]
- Sana Starros sets things in motion for herself, Magna Tolvan, and Chelli Lona Aphra to become a romantic triad someday.[7]
Pride Variant Covers[]
The Pride Variant Covers for comic books released in June 2023:
- Cinta Kaz and Vel Sartha by Phil Jimenez on Star Wars (2020) #35[SWweb 14]
- Domina Tagge by Lucas Werneck on Bounty Hunters #35[SWweb 14]
- Just Lucky by Paulina Ganucheau on The Mandalorian Season 2 #1[SWweb 14]
- Kantam Sy by Javier Garrón on Yoda #8[SWweb 14]
- Magna Tolvan by Luciano Vecchio on Darth Vader (2020) #35[SWweb 14]
- Sana Starros by Betsy Cola on Sana Starros #5[SWweb 14]
- Doctor Aphra by Phil Jimenez on Doctor Aphra (2020) #33[SWweb 14]
August[]
Young Jedi Adventures[]
Metz in Young Jedi Adventures is voiced by Ry Chase,[125] a nonbinary[soc 23] actor who uses any pronouns.[soc 24]
FACPOV: Return of the Jedi[]
From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi has multiple LGBTQ+ authors writing LGBTQ+ characters. In order of the anthology's Contents:
- K Arsenault Rivera,[soc 25] "Kickback": Sion[note 1] and Sigs are husbands.[23]
- Charlie Jane Anders[web 31] wrote "My Mouth Never Closes"[126]
- Danny Lore[127] wrote "The Burden of Leadership"[126]
- Marieke Nijkamp,[web 32] "The Impossible Flight of Ash Angels": Arvel Crynyd[note 1] and Demms Ryx are m/m partners.[20]
- In "The Last Flight" by Ali Hazelwood, Sila Kott[note 1] had a childhood f/f crush on and then a brief romance with Lante.[21]
- Alyssa Wong,[SWweb 5] "Wolf Trap": Caya and Hoyel are m/m partners and Zyrka Tuhn is non-binary.[128]
- M. K. England,[web 33] "The Extra Five Percent": Karie Neth[note 1] and Lanna are
gal palsboth best friends and in love.[22] - Emma Mieko Candon, "When Fire Marked the Sky": Wes Janson[note 1] is attracted to Wedge Antilles.[18]
- In "The Buy-In" by Suzanne Walker, Wes Janson and Lando Calrissian[note 1] flirt with each other, and Lando flirts with Zyrka Tuhn.[16]
2024[]
May the 4th[]
In the episode "Realization" from the second set of Tales of the Empire episodes, (Spoilers for Tales of the Empire) Inquisitor Barriss Offee spares the life of a Jedi who survived Order 66 and refers to the Jedi with they/them pronouns. They are voiced by Ry Chase.[129]
Pride Variant Covers[]
The Pride Variant Covers for comic books released in June 2024 (announced in March and first previewed in May):
- Cair San Tekka and Xylan Graf by Paulina Ganucheau on The High Republic (2023/Phase III) #8[SWweb 15]
- Ruu by Phil Jimenez on Star Wars (2020) #47[SWweb 15]
- Sinjir Rath Velus by Javier Garrón on Jango Fett #4[SWweb 15]
- Doctor Aphra (as always), this time by Rachael Stott on Darth Vader (2020) #47[SWweb 15]
The Acolyte[]
The Disney+ television show The Acolyte[130][131][132][133][134][135][136][137] debuted on June 4, 2024 and is very queer behind-the-scenes, with numerous LGBTQ+ people working on it/appearing in it:
- Abigail Thorn (she/her),[soc 27] who is a trans woman[soc 28] and portrays Ensign Eurus, a member of Mother Aniseya's coven[132][136]
- Amandla Stenberg (she/her, they/them),[web 34] (Spoilers for all episodes of The Acolyte) who portrays twins Osha Aniseya and Mae Aniseya[130][131][132][133][134][135][137]
- Charlie Barnett (he/him), who has used the labels pansexual and gay[web 35] and portrays Yord Fandar[130][131][133][134]
- Jen Richards (she/her), a trans woman[soc 29] who is one of the consulting producers[130][131][132][133][134][135][136][137] and episode co-writers[136]
- Leslye Headland (she/her), the creator/showrunner
- Rebecca Henderson (she/her), who portrays Vernestra Rwoh. (Fun fact: Leslye Headland and Rebecca Henderson have been married since 2016!)[web 36]
- Shelby Young (she/her), who is bi,[soc 15] provides additional voices throughout the show,[130][131][132][133][134][135][136][137] including Elder Naasa[soc 30]
The show has several LGBTQIA+ characters:
- Vernestra Rwoh, portrayed by Rebecca Henderson,[130][131][133][135][137] was previously established as aroace;[soc 14] (Spoilers for The Acolyte) this is not actually depicted in the show.
- Jecki Lon (portrayed by Dafne Keen)[130][131][133][134] and Osha Aniseya (portrayed by Amandla Stenberg): (Spoilers for The Acolyte episodes 4, 5, 6, and 8) Jecki has a crush on Osha and vice-versa.[133] Keen discussed the topic in a Decider interview and her answer included, "I don't know if I'm allowed to say that, but I think she does, "[I]t was really fun to play with like confusing feelings and we don't really know ever what it is... But to me, I played it like that," and addressing how Jedi are not allowed to have attachments so Jecki has never experienced those emotions before.[web 37] When Osha screams at Qimir for killing Jecki, his words to taunt Osha hint at those Jedi rules about attachments: "And where did you think that was going to go? You would've had the same relationship with her that you have with your Master. Onesided. Why do you love people who can only go so far? Who can't go as deep as you can."[135] Later, some kind of mutual... something is apparent between Osha and Qimir.[137]
- Mother Aniseya (portrayed by Jodie Turner-Smith) and Mother Koril (portrayed by Margarita Levieva) (Spoilers for The Acolyte: "Destiny") are partners as well as co-parents of twins Mae and Osha. The characters say of the twins that Aniseya "created them" and Koril "carried them". During an emotionally intense conversation, Aniseya caresses Koril's face.[132] In an article on StarWars.com that referred to Koril as "Aniseya's partner in parenthood", Turner-Smith discussed the characters' relationship beyond their co-parenting: "It was very wonderful to get to play with Margarita where not only are we relating to each other, we're also parenting together. There's nothing that's going to challenge your relationship like parenting. And, in this particular circumstance, obviously the stakes are very much heightened because Mother Aniseya is also her leader. What happens when you disagree with the way that someone is leading the community? How does that trickle down to then catalyze different moments that become explosive?"[SWweb 16]
Mothers Aniseya and Koril are partners. Life partners.
A pre-release New York Times article called Mother Aniseya "the lesbian leader of a regal coven of witches",[web 38] but "lesbian" may not be a label Leslye Headland would apply to the character. She spoke to The Hollywood Reporter and gave a complex response regarding Aniseya and Koril that could be (mis)interpreted multiple ways; there's also the possibility that the reporter's framing and selection of quotes does not fully represent Headland's perspective.[web 36] She also discussed the characters with Vulture.[web 39] This wiki does not agree with those who have basically concluded "Leslye Headland said they are not queer and people who think they are a couple are wrong." Her saying that "I knew it would read that their sexuality is queer, but (details)" isn't the same thing as saying "their sexuality is not queer"/"their sexuality is straight". Responding to what other people have said with "it's really reductive to call them lesbians" isn't the same thing as "they are not queer" (or even "they are not lesbians"), either.
The relevant portions of the two interviews are excerpted here for easier comparison and are collapsed because they are full of SPOILERS.
Perhaps the most queer-adjacent story point is that the 24-year-old Aniseya twins were born to two moms, Mother Aniseya (Jodie Turner-Smith) and Mother Koril (Margarita Levieva), whom plenty of internet commentators are calling a lesbian couple. The two led an exiled coven of witches on the planet of Brendok, where they practiced their own interpretation of the Force, known as the Thread.
It's eventually implied, not confirmed, that Aniseya used her brand of Force powers to impregnate Koril with the twins, but for Headland, their relationship is more circumstantial. "They're in a matriarchal society. As a gay woman, I knew it would read that their sexuality is queer, but there also aren't any men in their community," she explains. "So a closeness between the two of them would be natural. It seemed plot-driven." She adds: "I would say it's really reductive to call them lesbians. I think it means you're not really paying attention to this story."
Headland stresses that she is by no means running from any material that might speak to queer audience members. "I'm proud of being a gay woman who's accomplished this feat, and certainly, if my content is called queer, I don't want to disown whatever queerness is in the show. I would be proud to create something that inspired queer people," states Headland.
Like most creatives, Headland welcomes constructive criticism of her series. But ever since Star Wars: The Force Awakens refocused the episodic film franchise on Daisy Ridley's female Jedi, Rey, scrutinizing Star Wars for any hint of progressivism has become an online cottage industry for combative fans who yearn for the kind of representation that was pro forma in the 1970s and ’80s. Inevitably, this contingent of the audience has eagerly put The Acolyte in the crosshairs and made a meal out of the aforementioned junket interaction. "Honestly, I feel sad that people would think that if something were gay, that that would be bad," Headland says. "It makes me feel sad that a bunch of people on the internet would somehow dismantle what I consider to be the most important piece of art that I've ever made.
- Jackson McHenry
- Leslye Headland
- Jackson McHenry
- Leslye Headland
- — Vulture[web 39]
Brendok was always a matriarchal society, and it was all about juxtaposing the girls' family of origin in a space that was exclusively female — the coding of that is, of course, homosexuality — to the paternalism that a father would have for a daughter, or a Jedi knight would have for a potential padawan. I like to call it paternal rather than patriarchal because it feels like it's coming from a good place. It felt new and different to introduce the threat, essentially, of women being able to create life. That would concern the Jedi. But their concern doesn't have anything to do with gender.
Outlaws[]
The video game Outlaws has multiple LGBTQIA+ characters voiced by LGBTQIA+ people:
- Kay Vess (she/her), the player character, is voiced by Humberly Gonzalez[138] (she/her), who is queer.[soc 31] Kay is sapphic and fumbles her flirt attempt with Selo Rovak.[138]
- Dennion (they/them) is voiced by Ess Hödlmoser[138] (they/them, he/him), who is trans non-binary.[web 40]
- EE'zok (they/them) is voiced by JayR Tinaco[138] (he/him, they/them), who is non-binary.[web 41]
And more LGBTQIA+ characters:
- Jadd Flaxum and Dart Subterra debut. When talking to Kay, Jadd refers to Dart as his boyfriend and Dart refers to Jadd as his partner.[138]
- Wives Esmelle and Shirene finally appear again[138] after debuting on-page in Chuck Wendig's Aftermath.[58]
Tears of the Nameless[]
Tears of the Nameless by George Mann has multiple new queer characters, plus Vernestra Rwoh and Cohmac Vitus:
- Amadeo Azzazzo has "always been attracted to both men and women" and is immediately attracted to Dorian Innes, which is a feeling he acknowledges and puts aside because setting off on a mission together is really not the time for "his occasional flush of teenage hormones".[139]
- Dorian Innes is a trans man. Notably, when Dorian comes out to Amadeo as trans, Amadeo in narration observes that "Dorian hadn't always presented as a man", establishing that Amadeo has encountered the idea that gender is something that can be presented, regardless of gender identity.[140]
- Someone Vernestra recognizes: "Master Peleg Ryn, a small Noghri with gray skin and horns cresting their domed head"[141]
- Multiple unnamed Nihil of various species get a mid-battle–narration he/him, she/her, or they/them, although Amadeo doesn't know any of them and they won't be seen again. However, one with they/them gets a name and multiple pages: the Dowutin Bullgar.[142]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 Only portrayed LGBTQIA+ in New Canon, not in Legends
- ↑ Content from Andy Mangels' The Essential Guide to Characters was reused for the 2002 updated edition The New Essential Guide to Characters, but it neglected to credit him alongside Daniel Wallace.
- ↑ Natasi Daala's homophobic remarks are in chapter 20 while speaking to C-3PO about Tol Getelles. CW/TW: Archaic homophobic term, word rhyming with a real slur, and insults with sexual connotations: "The quibbling, incompetent, boot-licking, corset-laced little sand maggot. [...] Still has his sycophant Larm on a leash, I see—with whom he shared the test results at the Academy, when he was promoted to captain over my head." She soon adds, "And I have no intention of seeing my investment—our investment—come to nothing because a boot-kissing, talentless, jumped-up catamite like Moff Getelles wants to be supported in comfort by Loronar Corporation for the rest of his sycophantic life."[30]
- ↑ The New Essential Guide to Alien Species has... things to say about Hutts:
- CW/TW: The h-slur, but for Hutts, not real intersex humans: "Like worms, they are hermaphrodites, possessing both male and female reproductive organs. Like marsupial mammals, they bear their young one at a time, and nourish them in a brood pouch during their earlier stages of development. [...] and because they are so long-lived, Hutts rarely reproduce. When they do, many Hutts assume female roles in order to bear young. Infant Hutts are blind and extremely small, and they will move to a parent's pouch, where they remain for around fifty years."
- CW/TW: Describing Hutts with some language homophobes use for gay people or medical establishment uses for homosexuality: "Though hermaphroditic, the average Hutt possesses a notably healthy sexual appetite, even for members of other species. In fact, some Hutts have been known to assume male or female gender roles and pursue bi-gender relationships, a behavior that sociologists attribute to societal contamination from contact with bi-gendered species. Medical specialists disagree, deeming the alternate lifestyle a product of nature that certain Hutts simply cannot deny, given their ability to select their own genders. Whatever the reason might be, many 'normal' Hutts consider this behavior a perversion, and scorn those who choose gender roles, sometimes to the point of enacting violence and murder upon them."[34]
- ↑ Filordus reproduction: "Filordi are asexual; they reproduce while dying. A week after its host has died, an infant Filordi crawls from the corpse of its predecessor."[41]
- ↑ IRL, protogyny is associated with fish but a chrysalis is part of a butterfly's life cycle, so it's unclear what kind of species Xidelphiads are supposed to be other than non-humanoid. Protogyny is a type of sequential hermaphroditism—which is not something possible for humans—specifically changing physical sex characteristics from only producing female gametes (eggs) to male gametes (sperm) instead. The inverse is protoandry.
- ↑ This dialogue compares New Canon · Solo: A Star Wars Story and the novelization Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition by Mur Lafferty.. When a particular line is present in both but varies, the latter's wording is quoted:
- Han
What's so tricky about a jump into hyperspace?
- Lando
Plenty. You can't just plot a course to Kessel. Gotta thread the Si'Klaata Cluster and pass through the Maelstrom.
- Han (novelization only)
That difficult? That sounds like you made it up.
- Lando (novelization only)
Why do you think they call it the Kessel Run, when no other planet has the same connotation?
- Han (novelization only)
To help tourism?
- L3-37
You done flirting? I'm still ready.
- Lando (both novelizations)
You heard the lady.
- Lando
You might want to buckle up, baby.
— Lando flirting(?) with Han
The junior novelization has a bit of both.
- ↑ For those of us who were tracking these things, the initial announcement of the Pride Variant Covers also notably included the phrase "LGBTQ+ characters inhabiting a galaxy far, far away".[SWweb 9] Cue our pointed stares at certain parties who'd insisted Lucasfilm had to "officially" use terms like LGBTQ+ before relevant characters could get any acknowledgment.
- ↑ Don't "actually..." Justina Ireland on this. Background blink-and-you-miss-them/only-named-in-EU characters like Willrow Hood ("ice cream maker guy") on Cloud City don't do much to represent anyone. Although Oola in ROTJ was played by Femi Taylor, she was painted green and had a headpiece over her hair, so she wasn't visibly Black.
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Subject: Help me with this, please!
So, I thought it would be a great idea for my sister to join up with the Manaan Incorporation Project. Minn hated the idea at first, because of course she did. I'm sure it's because I suggested it, but she insisted it was because "we have nothing productive for a biologist to do."
Once I explained that Mata's inside knowledge and experience with the isolationists could be key to keeping other Selkath from joining up and turning against the Republic, she at least agreed to a meeting. And, well... after that, it was all downhill.
I've never seen Minn shut up about anything for more than a few seconds, but she hung on Mata's every word. And since then, Mata's been following Minn around like a wayward guppy.
I've been stuck in a lot of sticky situations, but please tell me how I'm supposed to deal with my sister having a thing for MINN, of all people!
Kasto
— In-game mail from Wo Kasto - ↑ New Canon · Queen's Hope, Chapter 7, by E. K. Johnston in the series Queen's Series. Published 2022 by Disney-Lucasfilm Press.
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- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 Real World · "Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm Celebrate Pride Month With Star Wars Pride Variant Covers" on Marvel.com. Published 2023-05-04. (Archived on 2024-06-03)
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Real World · "New 'Star Wars' Pride Variant Covers Celebrate Pride Month in a Galaxy Far, Far Away" on Marvel.com. Published 2024-05-03. (Archived on 2024-06-03)
- ↑ Real World · "In The Acolyte Jodie Turner-Smith's Mother Aniseya is Mothering" by Kristin Baver on StarWars.com. Published 2024-06-13. (Archived on 2024-06-21)
Print sources [prt]
Social media [soc]
- ↑ [Untitled] (Tweet) by Mike Stackpole on <twitter.com>. Published 2023-02-07. "In a number of works (including franchise stuff) I'd thought of characters as being non-binary/non-cis or otherwise falling into LGBTQ roles, but never expressed that because didn't have the opportunity/language to do so. Maybe now it will be different." (Archive link)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Tweet) by Judy Blundell on <twitter.com>. Published 2015-09-04. Original query by @antinezushi was not backed up. (Archived on 2021-03-23)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Tweet) by Judy Blundell on <twitter.com>. Published 2015-09-24. (Archived on 2021-03-23)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 [Untitled] (Twitter thread) on <twitter.com>. Published 2020-02-21. Exchange between E. K. Johnston and @imahsokaswife (original link down; URL was: <https://twitter.com/ek_johnston/status/1230978460165734401>) (Archive link)
- ↑ "Bio" by Glen Weldon on Glen Weldon, Writer. "Plus, I'm a gay dude willing to spend a chapter [of a Batman book] gamely attempting to defend the Schumacher films. For my sins." (Archived on 2021-11-28)
- ↑ The Tweets:
- Quoting self: [Untitled] (Tweets) by Glen Weldon on <twitter.com>. Published 2022-06-01 and 2023-06-01. (Archived on 2023-06-02)
- Reply to self: [Untitled] (Twitter thread) by Glen Weldon on <twitter.com>. Published 2022-06-01 and 2023-06-01. (Archived on 2023-06-02)
- Glen Weldon
also pssst happy pride pssst
- Glen Weldon (quoting prior Tweet)
I don't know who needs to hear it besides me but
- Glen Weldon (as a reply)
'I can't believe they made a space-Nazi gay! What of representation? Of seeing people exactly like me, and only that?'
Queer people can be evil. We often are. Life's rich goddamn pageant! Tuh-rust me.
- ↑ [Untitled] (Tweet) by Daniel José Older on <twitter.com>. Published 2022-12-30. "Funniest part is I had apparently head canoned them as married so hard I thought that was the case. Only realized I'd done it myself when fans got excited lololol" (Archive link)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Tweet) by Daniel José Older on <twitter.com>. Published 2022-12-30. "Tl;dr that time I accidentally canonized gay marriage in the Galaxy Far Far Away" (Archive link)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Twitter thread) on <twitter.com>. Published 2022-06-20. Exchange between Hope Mullinax and Jake Niemeyer, start of thread. (Archived on 2022-06-21)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Twitter thread) on <twitter.com>. Published 2022-06-20. End of thread. (original link down; URL was: <https://twitter.com/JakeNiemeyer/status/1539079221972152321>) (Archived on 2022-06-21)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 [Untitled] (Twitter thread) on <twitter.com>. Published 2020-01-06. Exchange between E. K. Johnston and @toQrainbow, in response to a Tweet by @ChemyWords (original link down; URL was: <https://twitter.com/ek_johnston/status/1214353884795174912>) (Archived on 2020-01-12)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Twitter thread) on <twitter.com>. Published 2021-04-04. Exchange between E. K. Johnston and Immi Thrax (original link down; URL was: <https://twitter.com/ek_johnston/status/1378907570732199938>) (Archived on 2021-04-05)
- @ImmiThrax
Hey @ek_johnston! I was chatting about #Tonra with a Wook and we realized--we can't find your prior tweet(s) regarding him being not-(yet?)-on-page-but-meant-to-be bi. Would you mind re-addressing? 🙏
- @ek_johnston
In my mind, Tonra's bi, but I was more focused on Sabé. There's a bit with the journalist, but that's as far as I got.
- @ImmiThrax
She deserves it! ❤️ Sabé so much. And thank you for giving more of her to us.
- ↑ Real World · [Untitled] (Instagram post) by @starwars on <instagram.com>. Published 2021-03-31. (Archived on 2021-04-04)
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- ↑ 15.0 15.1 [Untitled] (Tweet) by Shelby Young on <x.com>. Published 2023-06-01. "Happy Pride Month to my fellow bi beauties, gorgeous gays, thriving they's, sexy she's, handsome he's, lovely lesbians, passionate pan's, amazing ace's, treasured trans, queer cuties and all the babes in-between! 🌈" (Archive link)
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 [Untitled] (Tumblr ask) by Emma Mieko Candon on <emcandon.tumblr.com>. Published 2021-10-29. (Archived on 2021-10-30)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Twitter thread) by Daniel José Older on <twitter.com>. Published 2024-02-14. "Plus bicon Sian Holt and nonbinary pan legend Argomon" (Archived on 2024-02-17)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Twitter thread) by Alyssa Wong on <twitter.com>. Published 2022-03-24. (Archived on 2023-01-30)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Tweet) by Alyssa Wong on <x.com>. Published 2022-06-29. "And! If you're enjoying this Aphra arc, you can find Kho Phon Farrus on this Pride Variant cover for the Obi-Wan comic! Happy #NCBD indeed! 🔮🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️" (Archive link)
- ↑ Twitter thread started by @deusexvalerate on 2023-02-15. Backup links divided into parts, each including a portion of the thread with some overlaps: part 1, part 2, part 3
- ↑ Ethan Sacks, replying to thread started by @deusexvalerate:
- [Untitled] (Tweet) by Ethan Sacks on <x.com>. Published 2023-02-15. (Archive link)
- [Untitled] (Tweet) by Ethan Sacks on <x.com>. Published 2023-02-15. (Archive link)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Tweet) by Ethan Sacks on <x.com>. Published 2023-02-15. Conclusion of thread started by @deusexvalerate (Archive link)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Tweet) by Ry Chase on <x.com>. Published 2021-07-14. "Be safe and be loved. #InternationalNonbinaryDay #NonBinaryPeoplesDay #nonbinary" (Archived on 2021-07-14)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Social media profile) by Ry Chase on <instagram.com>. "Like the bread, without the e.
Actor
Keeper of cats
Puns and Finger Guns
-
Any Pronouns" (backup link not available) - ↑ [Untitled] (Social media profile) by K Arsenault Rivera on <x.com>. "Queer Biracial latina. She/her." (backup link not available)
- ↑ "Meeting Tales of the Empire actor Ry Chase - Republish" by Lore Party on YouTube. Posted on 2024-06-06.
- ↑ [Untitled] (Tweet) by Abigail Thorn on <x.com>. Published 2023-02-26. "But for future reference I'm she/her, and some binary trans women consider it misgendering to be referred to by 'their' (unless you would also refer to a cis person using 'their' in the same place)" (Archive link)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Tweet) by Abigail Thorn on <x.com>. Published 2024-03-20. "now that the Star Wars news is out I can finally set the record straight - I'm not the first trans woman in it, Morgana Ignis was! Who just so happens to be my bestie AND my costar in our upcoming film, Dracula's Ex-Girlfriend!" (Archive link)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Tweet) by Jen Richards on <x.com>. Published 2023-05-02. "Lemme tell you, being both a WGA writer and a trans woman right now is intense." (Archive link)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Tweet) by Shelby Young on <x.com>. Published 2024-06-14. "so grateful to have lent my voice to elder naasa 🙏 #theacolyte" (Archive link)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Tweet) by Humberly Gonzalez on <twitter.com>. Published 2021-03-29. "This is a big moment for me. This is the first time I'm speaking openly about being queer. It's been a long journey to who I am today. I am so grateful to 'GirlxGirl' podcast for having me and allowing a safe space to be vulnerable! 🏳️🌈🇻🇪" (Archived on 2023-08-13)
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- ↑ "Diva Dress" by Jeremy Kinser on Palm Springs Life. Published 2021-11-16. (Archived on 2022-08-18)
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- ↑ Video available at: "Star Wars: The Clone Wars | FULL PANEL | Ashley Eckstein, Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor & MORE" by Popverse on YouTube. Posted on 2023-04-07. Ashley Eckstein: "The episodes with Trace and Rafa, the Martez sisters, that was originally an arc with—Ahsoka had a boyfriend and his name was Nyx Okami. And so yeah, it was originally that arc, so we essentially just remade it and they changed it to the Martez sisters, which I have to say, I was very glad they changed it to the Martez sisters, because Ahsoka didn't have time for a boyfriend. Like, I wasn't super crazy about that." James Arnold Taylor: "It's all platonic here!" Video upload date differs from actual convention date.
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- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 "'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker': Finn and Poe Aren't Boyfriends, but J.J. Abrams Hints at LGBTQ Representation" by Adam B. Vary on Variety. Published 2019-12-03. (Archived on 2024-07-14)
- ↑ "Oscar Isaac, superhéros malgré lui" (in French) by Toma Clarac on <gqmagazine.fr>. Published 2016-05-10. Oscar Isaac: "Pour l’instant, Poe Dameron est occupé à sauver la galaxie, mais je serais curieux de connaître ses goûts. À mon avis, il est plutôt ouvert d’esprit, du genre fluide!" Translation: "Right now, Poe Dameron is busy saving the galaxy, but I'd be curious to know his tastes. In my opinion, he's rather open-minded and the fluid type." (original link down; URL was: <https://www.gqmagazine.fr/pop-culture/portrait/articles/oscar-isaac-superheros-malgre-lui/41280>) (Archived on 2016-05-17)
- ↑ "Alison Brie Casually Came Out As Bisexual" by Mey Rude on Out. Published 2023-02-28. (Archived on 2024-05-26)
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- ↑ "Interview with Charlie Jane Anders" by Michele Kirichanskaya on Geeks OUT. Published 2023-07-23. (Archived on 2023-09-23)
- ↑ "FAQ" on Marieke Nijkamp. are you <insert identity here>: "I am white, non-binary, queer, and disabled. I have no pronoun preferences, so feel free to use whatever pronouns you like for me. Generally speaking, I use she/her professionally (because my native language is complicated when it comes to pronouns and I haven't found the right pronouns yet) and they/them personally. Anything else is fine too. I occasionally talk about identity and marginalization on Twitter, so if you're interested, follow me there." (Archived on 2024-02-23)
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- ↑ "Existential Questions with Charlie Barnett of 'Russian Doll'" by Esther Zuckerman on Thrillist. Published 2022-04-27. Charlie Barnett: "This is like gay 10-year-old me, pansexual me. I didn't know it then. [...] I'm biracial. I'm pansexual. I really believe in dualities of life. I really believe you can be happy and sad at the same time. This is a Chekhovian world, y'all. Let's accept it." (Archived on 2023-09-30)
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 "'The Acolyte' Creator Doesn't Believe Her New Star Wars Series Is "Queer With a Capital Q"" by Brian Davids on The Hollywood Reporter. Published 2024-06-20. (Archived on 2024-06-26)
- ↑ "'The Acolyte' Just Got Even More Queer: Dafne Keen Confirms Jecki Lon is Crushing on Amandla Stenberg's Osha" by Meghan O'Keefe on Decider. Published 2024-06-19. (Archived on 2024-06-19)
- ↑ "Leslye Headland Hopes the Force Is With 'The Acolyte'" by Brooks Barnes on The New York Times. Published 2024-05-29. (Archived on 2024-05-29)
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