Gay character outlander

Lord John William Grey is a fictional character created by Diana Gabaldon. He is a recurring secondary character in Gabaldon's Outlander series of novels, and the main character of the Lord John series of historical mystery novels and novellas. There is a character later on that is revealed to be gay. He becomes important in season 3. He’s a good man and is very valued by the Frasers.

Other than him, I can’t think of anyone. Edit: originally said gay or bisexual, now changed to just gay. Upon the release of 'Outlander' season 4 on DVD, David Berry is revealing why Lord John Grey being gay is 'the most relatable thing' about him. In season 4 of Outlander, Lord John Grey returned. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. I am tempted to say Gabaldon is homophobic in her portrayal of Captain Randall.

Why must the gay man be the villain? And there is another gay man in the novel, the Duke of Sandringham, who also preys on innocent young boys and even tried to have his way with Jamie when he was a younger man. By Talia Squires. I remember all my friends tearing through Diana Gabaldon's novel, Outlander , and its seemingly infinite sequels when I was in college.

Somehow, I never got sucked into them. Many years later, I found myself browsing Netflix looking for a new show to binge-watch. My criteria were simple, I wanted beautiful people in beautiful clothes and gratuitous sex. I saw Outlander and there was a picture of a beautiful woman spilling out of a gorgeous old-timey red dress and I knew I had found it! I dove right into the madness There will be spoilers from here on out.

If you are unfamiliar with the story, be warned.

Also, if you are unfamiliar with how the unicorn scale works, feel free to check it out here. Outlander follows the story of Claire, a young WWII army nurse, and her insane time travel adventures.

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She finds herself torn between her two great loves, her WWII era husband and Jamie, her 18th-century Highland "laird". I appreciate that Claire is very comfortable with the fact that she likes sex and is willing to express that. When she becomes pregnant, she also doesn't suddenly become a chaste Madonna. She has to convince Jamie to have sex with her because she is still a sexual being, not only a baby incubator. It is nice to see that pregnancy isn't just about morning sickness and swelling feet, her body changes, but Claire still remains herself.

Part of that self is sexual. The show also manages to deal with something that you see very rarely in popular media. At the end of season 1, "Black Jack" Randall imprisons, tortures, and rapes Jamie. It is very rare to see male victims of sexual assault in popular media. I think it was especially shocking to viewers because Jamie is always portrayed as a strong giant, but even he can be a victim.

He confesses to Claire that he became aroused during the assault and that that arousal makes him feel complicit in the attack. At no point does Claire or the show seem to see Jamie as less strong or less masculine because he has gone through this trauma. The first half of seasoned two revolved around Jamie trying to find some kind of peace again and deal with what had happened to him.

I was very concerned by the sheer amount of assault, rape, non-consensual, and coercive sex in this show. It wasn't just that there was so much of it, I get it, it was a brutal time, it was that the show brushed so much of it off. Claire was constantly being dragged off and stripped down kicking and screaming and she never seemed particularly troubled by the experience.

There was one assault that troubled her, but it seems like she was more disturbed by the fact that she killed her attacker than with the rape part. I wish that Claire's, or any of the female victim's, emotional well-being could have been as sensitively handled as Jamie's. Even Jamie and Claire's relationship seemed to teeter on the line of consensual a few times. The infamous spanking incident immediately comes to mind.

Claire disobeys Jamie's orders once again, gets herself kidnapped and sexually assaulted and now he decides he needs to punish her for her disobedience. Jamie drags Claire kicking, screaming, and pleading across his knee and spanks her.