Forum:CT Archive/Galactic LGBT community

Regarding the recent discussion we have had on Forum:SH:Galactic LGBT community, I think it would be a good idea to hold a consensus track discussion to reach a consensus on the matter of creating categories for homosexual, bisexual, hermaphrodite, and transgender characters. Within the new Disney Canon universe, there are several LGBT characters including Delian Mors from Paul S. Kemp's Lords of the Sith, Sinjir Rath Velus, Esmelle, Shirene, Conder Kyl, and Eleodie Maracavanya from Chuck Wendig's The Aftermath Trilogy, and Joph Seastriker's mothers from Claudia Gray's Bloodline. In the Legends continuity, Karen Traviss has confirmed that Goran Beviin and Medrit Vasur were gay; see Forum:KB:LGBT characters. Some Legends sources also mentioned that some alien species like the Hutts, Pui-ui , and Vratix were hermaphrodite. A Wrap article also names ten more from Star Wars: The Old Republic.

I confess that I am unfamiliar with a lot of LGBTQ terminology and Hermaphrodite. While the aforementioned Canon authors have not used real-world LGBT terminology, their books confirm that those sexual orientations do exist in the Star Wars universe. In the past, I took a big risk when creating the Canon Xenophobia article when only one source Jason Fry's Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice used the term. Later sources like Aftermath: Life Debt and Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy have since confirmed that xenophobia and speciesism do exist in the Disney Canon timeline. Some users think we should go ahead and take a risk while others think we should wait for the authors to come up with an in-universe term. On his personal website, Wendig has defended the presence of gay characters in Aftermath, thus confirming the phenomenon does exist in the Star Wars Canon universe.

Thus, I am proposing three solutions:


 * Option 1: Create categories for homosexual and hermaphrodite characters in both the Legends and Canon timelines.
 * Option 2: Create categories for homosexual and hermaphrodite characters plus articles on those gender orientations.
 * Option 3: Maintain the status quo until Canon sources come up with in-universe names.

Let's have a frank and honest discussion. I agree to abide with any outcome that the community reaches. Andykatib 23:23, March 2, 2017 (UTC)