User blog comment:Dalledayul/LGBT in Star Wars/@comment-172.3.186.224-20150319152258

That's actually a very interesting point. Looking just at our own current earth's biodiversity in terms of sexes and sexualities (see "Evolution's Rainbow" - Joan Roughgarden, and more studies...) it would make sense for a variety of sexes, genders and sexualities to have evolved in an intergalactic universe. Though some LGBT characters are hinted at, I would expect a much larger array of different sexes, and different types of relationships and desires among the alien races to be obvious. I guess this just shows that often, what an author or creator displays in their work can really show what their own experience is in these respects, and of how much or little importance these aspects are to them in producing work. I just read 2 really brilliant (and creepy) stories on how humans become involved in alien relationships in "Bloodchild" and "Amnesty" by Octavia Butler; worth checking out!