The pathologizing effect of creating classifications of human being based on sexual behavior is important because it does show that some of these terms stem from the medical and psychiatric community. This is an element of the show that is demonstrated when Bo is studied at great lengths by the Fae’s in-house doctor, who, not entirely by coincidence, eventually …show more content…
Gay marriage is now legal, homosexual couples are featured on television as parental figures, as seen on the television series, The Fosters (2013), and the public is seemingly more willing to accept same-sex couples. This aspect of modern-life is highlighted in Lost Girl by never terming Bo as “bisexual” or drawing the slightest amount of attention to her tendency to have relationships with both men and women. She is simply “Bo,” sexual-orientation aside. In an interview with GayCalgary Magazine, Rachel Skarsten explains what she feels distinguished Lost Girl in its approach to romantic