To what extent are Trills/Jadzia & Ezri Dax bisexual/transgender metaphors/allegories?

[Makeshift Python]

Lemme guess, though. Did they make that very "in your face" like Chuck criticized with in his TOR reviews? The term he used, "gay-dropping?" See, for me, I don't want Trek to be too hard left. I want it to be something that speaks more to universal values, that gives it a more timeless feel. Ira Steven Behr was quite right when he said that, though using the word "conservative" was wrong, imo.

I haven’t seen the TOR reviews so I don’t even know the point you’re making. I’m just saying Berman Trek was way behind the times in LGBT representation, which is a fact.

[Yukaphile]

And I'm not denying that, am I? But I also tend to think Dax is superior to a gay couple, which is nothing new.

[Admiral X]

How can you not see this is very much a trans allegory? Jadzia is technically both a man and a woman in a woman's body.

Dax was never stated to have a gender, and had both male and female hosts. So the writing just wasn't there for that.

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

Dax has had a husband and a wife before.

[Yukaphile]

Tbf, and to play devil's advocate, a man can have a husband and wife too, and so can a woman nowadays. At least, one after the other.

[Makeshift Python]

Had Jadzia been shown to be bi I think that interpretation would hold up

[Yukaphile]

I think she would have been if Berman's homophobia hadn't gotten in the way. Ezri was, and she was a Trill. There's no reason to think Jadzia wouldn't. Though given Berman's views, that's clearly a "psycho lesbian" thing going on versus the "good girls hook up with guys" message.

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

I don't think it really matters what the host body is. Dax is an enchilada put into someone's spleen.

[Makeshift Python]

I think she would have been if Berman's homophobia hadn't gotten in the way. Ezri was, and she was a Trill. There's no reason to think Jadzia wouldn't. Though given Berman's views, that's clearly a "psycho lesbian" thing going on versus the "good girls hook up with guys" message.

Hypothetical.

[Yukaphile]

Oh but I can dream, can't I?