Xena!
Warrior Princess/Lesbian Icon
[last update: 10/14/00. I've missed a few seasons and have no idea
how they've aquired a child the same age as gabby, so evidentally, this
is old info. But good memories of the good ol' days :)]
The title (and following some information) was stolen from an article by
Gina L. Dartt in the Jul/Aug 1997 issue of Wayves (A free gay Atlantic
Canadian newspaper (check out their
homepage)).
Xena: Warrior Princess can be seen atlantic canada on Saturday
afternoons at 4:00pm on MITV (people elsewhere are gonna have
to check their tv listings).
In answer to the question I'm sure most gay (heck, and everyone
ELSE!) viewers are probably asking, ... umm... I have no idea.
But Lucy Lawless (Xena) is married in real life (to a male)
[Editors note: apprently that "is" should be a "was" .. according
to another article I just read, she was divorced in 1995 and is now
raising her 8year old daughter herself] (no idea about Gabrielle
though). BUT! The Show's producer, Liz Freidman IS openly gay
AND has admitted in interviews that the gay subtext is
intentional (not that it could have been otherwise anyway).
Here are a few pictures and sounds from one of my favorite episodes, The Quest.
In this episode, Xena is dead and Gabrielle is trying to bring her back. Xena
inhabits her body to help her fight off the bad dude in the end. Here are
the conversations around it: All WAVS are 11Khz, 8bit, mono.
GAB_MORN.WAV [203K] Gabriella tries to move on with
her life.
XENADEAD.WAV [525K] Xena talks to a sobbing Gabriella
from the afterworld to tell her she's not really dead. (This is the
conversation that is taking place durring the pictures below). The silence
at the end is where they kiss on the lips. I bet a few eyes widened the
first time people saw THAT scene :)
XENA_GAB.WAV [399K] Gabriella talks to Xena after
she's returned to her own body and everything is back to normal. To me the
conversation seems to pretty much be Gabirella laying out the butch/fem
groundwork for their relationship ... but then again, I think Pinky and the
Brain are a gay couple. Hmm... that reminds me, maybe I should make some
sounds for a Pinky & the Brain page as well, what do you think?
[Editors note: That night, I did. Look here].
QUEST37-.JPG [24K] A nice moment from
The Quest. Xena and Gabriella about to kiss.
QUEST38-.JPG [24K] Same moment,
seconds later :)
HERE ARE SOME GAY XENA LINKS!
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