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Alright, Lost is a show with a white men, white woman, a fat white man, some black men, some black woman, French, Australian, American, European, Iraqi, Korean people, even some other Asians, that are not main characters.

Now, why is it that they have so many races, shapes, looks and sizes, yet they have no homosexual people?

I want mature responses to this thread.

They have diversity, but they don't have one single gay or lesbian main character. I think it would be more realistic and more interesting to have at least one homosexual character.

DISCUSS
Diversity on Lost
Why there aren't any homosexuals
Having someone gay on Lost
Homophobia
Homosexuality
Gay/Lesbian Pairs of characters.

Please do not get out of hand or explicit with the last one. Thank you.

That would not work at all. I think it'd be pretty stupid. Pointless, worthless, gross.

... I knowww we're supposed to be mature here, but comeon. Sawyer so has the hots for Jin. D:

**er-hem** Anyway. I'm just not sure what they'd do with a gay character.

It's kind of like... sexual orientation isn't something that is as obvious as ethnicity, especially since a lot of gays are closeted because they are fearful of being hated and, well, they're on an island with no real law enforcement, so if someone just happens to hate gay people enough to want to beat them up so nobody catches the gay or something, they're pretty much screwed.

So they would need to have a very specific need for the character to be gay, that would contribute to the plot or at least to be an important flashback detail that greatly affects the way they interact with the other lostaways and deal with island difficulties. Otherwise it's a bit of a pointless detail to bring up, it would be kind of awkward, and there are lots of viewers who would be put off by it.

I know that. Just they have a whole cast of diverse characters that it would be interesting to have a homosexual.

I think that it would be funny to see someone like Sawyer maybe want to beat up on the gay guy, saying that he keeps rubbing up against him. Though it is just Sawyer getting very self-conscious around the gay man. He'd probably be one to die in like season one and he could have definitely hooked up with Boone. rofl

Diversity on Lost:

Yup they have plenty of nationalities but only a few people speaking foreign languages... I think that lacks a lot more diversity than not having gay characters. How about more subtitles! And they ask WHY so many people can't read in this day and age?

P.S. Subtitles CAN'T give you a headache! Just don't sit so close to the TV xp

Why there aren't any homosexuals:

Three reasons:

1) Ratings. It would cause a lot of contraversy.
2) LOST would be an 15-18 rating (not kidding) if two guys got it on.
3) The strong Christian over-tones. Also Sayid's middle-eastern and you get executed for being a homosexual in the middle east (not a lie) plus it's possible Sayid is Muslim/Sikh.

Having someone gay on Lost:

Hmmm... Jin and Saywer you say...? Anyway, realistically, nobody from the main cast of characters is gay. You can't just make them gay. Like you can't just force to people to be a couple with no sexual tension or chemistry between them... *cough*Desmond&Penny*cough* (so okay you can but viewers will be disappointed!)

Homophobia:

Ya it sucks but it exists. I think not letting children under 15 see a show with a homosexual couple who are intimate (e.g. touching, kissing) like any other couple is stupid but there you go...

Homosexuality:

It exists. It always has and always will. Like gravity.

Gay/Lesbian Pairs of characters:

(See my "Crack Pairings!" thread in this subforum!)

There are no hispanics and besides analucia but she died pretty fast

The way I look at it is, although only Boone has been hinted at as being gay, the majority of humans are bi-curious (and I'd argue myself that all humans are inherently bisexual, even if they deny attraction to the opposite or same sex), so I'm sure many characters have had at least one rendezvous with someone of the same sex. ;D