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Natira
The Cute One
Joined: 15 Jul 2001
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Location: Wrapped around Bella's little finger!
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"Data" was neither gay nor straight. He was a machine. Machine's might be programmed to make choices, but being gay or straight is something you determine on feelings for one sex or the other. Without feelings how could he make that choice?
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Theresa
Lux Mihi Deus
Joined: 17 Jun 2001
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Location: United States of America
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| Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:18 pm |
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Yeah, at least until he got that chip. And even then, he could take it out. That "dating" thing was just an experiment, one that failed, btw.
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Natira
The Cute One
Joined: 15 Jul 2001
Posts: 5407
Location: Wrapped around Bella's little finger!
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| Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:20 pm |
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Data might have had an emotion chip, but I don't think that would be enough. He never had that gut instinct.
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konniekip
Ensign, Junior Grade
Joined: 09 Oct 2004
Posts: 33
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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| Cap. Proton wrote: | | I don't really like this topic |
The prospect of androids being gay is a matter that is discussed thoroughly throughout the internet, so why not in this topic?
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konniekip
Ensign, Junior Grade
Joined: 09 Oct 2004
Posts: 33
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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| Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:38 am |
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| Natira wrote: | | "Data" was neither gay nor straight. He was a machine. Machine's might be programmed to make choices, but being gay or straight is something you determine on feelings for one sex or the other. Without feelings how could he make that choice? |
Don't you think that if such a machine would develop sexual interests, that it would be homosexual? In animals and humans without gonads, behaviour is strongly affected. I would like to postulate that a man who is not exposed to testosterone has a tendency to become gay. Actually, this is interesting since there are some chromosomal disorders in which the gonads are rudimentary. I suppose there are studies which have assessed the sexual interest of those people.....
But I agree with the majority of the people in this topic, I don't think data is gay. I just merely wanted to bring up the subject. 
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Natira
The Cute One
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Posts: 5407
Location: Wrapped around Bella's little finger!
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Honestly, I don't think that anything could make a machine have actual feelings.
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Captain McKinnon
Ensign, Junior Grade
Joined: 15 Feb 2005
Posts: 35
Location: Federation Starship Voyager
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Actually in episode 78 of the 4th series of Star Trek TNG data almos did it with a girl than got called to the bridge but other than that good question can data be a homo sexual?
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Lt.Hood
Commodore
Joined: 29 Oct 2001
Posts: 1801
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Data was only programed for women (Lt.Yar was a reminder, and the borg queen)
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lex
Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 23 Dec 2004
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LOL, WHAT is the obsession on this forum with whether certain ST characters are gay or not?! 
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Kronocide
Ensign
Joined: 26 Aug 2003
Posts: 53
Location: Logic suggests I am right here.
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| konniekip wrote: | ...Tasha...goes to Data's quarters...mates with him. But afterwards...she tells Data that "it never happened" and that he must never bring up the subject again.
...By that time it is nearly perfectly acceptable for any one of any race to mate with anyone of any other race. However, having sex with androids is still taboo. |
Is it? Is it taboo to have sex with holocharacters? I hear the fact that they aren't flesh-and-blood never stops Chakotay... (As he himself tells Janeway when she falls in love with the Irish guy.) And anyway, Data is the only android of the sentient and life-like type, so I think it would be harsh to introduce a whole general taboo only on his account.
| Quote: | | In other words, sex with living beings is a metaphor for men-women relationships, heterosexuality, while sex with androids is akin to gay relationships, which society frowns on. |
Sorry, B definitely does not follow from A here. Tasha was head of security. If people learned of this behavior it might simply undermine her authority. Or, given her somewhat stiff personality, she might simply have found it embarrassing. I'm sure Piccard would have reacted the same way. (Especially if he had put on a see-thru dress and seduced Data, but even if it had just been Beverly.) Gay themes? No evidence.
As for the actual question of Data's preferences, I'm sure he's advanced enough to choose, dependeing on circumstances and what's most benefitial. You can probably call him BI-sexual (as in binary). 
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Captain Patrick
Commodore
Joined: 06 Mar 2005
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| Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:20 pm |
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I don't think that data Gay because he did nearly have reationships with girls but that doent's mean he's not gay so i am going with not gay.
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The_Doctor
Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Posts: 339
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| Thu Jun 30, 2005 12:37 am lol |
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| Defiant wrote: | | What a silly question. Only could have led to badness. |
LMAO!
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Blancie
Commodore
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Posts: 1119
Location: Shetland
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| Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:34 am |
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I don't think Data's gay. Maybe he should try it though, he ain't had a lot of luck the other way!
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minituvok
Ensign, Junior Grade
Joined: 12 Jul 2009
Posts: 41
Location: My room, singing "You Are My Sunshine" with my Doctor.
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Data? Gay? No.
I mean, Tasha Yar? Seriously, she wasn't a guy.
That other lady whom he kissed wasn't a guy.
Of course, I suppose that doesn't make him not gay. That just proves he never got down with another guy. (Or did he? Hmmmm...)
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Admiral_Scotty
Freshman Cadet
Joined: 27 Aug 2009
Posts: 9
Location: Texas
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| Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:04 pm Data |
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DATA IS NOT GAY. Just ask Tasha Yar. 
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Cange
Lieutenant
Joined: 30 Jul 2009
Posts: 148
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| Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:59 pm |
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nha data is pretty cool its just TNG uniform make every 1 lookin gay
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