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Gender issues include:
Gender issues include:
* "The Boone Identity" episode (1x02) in which a male character body jumps into Dresden's female colleague's body. "This'll be interesting."
* "The Boone Identity" episode (1x02) in which a male character body jumps into the body of Lt. Connie Murphy, Dresden's female colleague. "This'll be interesting."
* "Bad Blood" episode 1x05 - vampire Bianca has a lesbian companion
* "Bad Blood" episode 1x05 - vampire Bianca has a lesbian companion
* "Soul Beneficiary" episode 1x06 - lesbian villains
* "Soul Beneficiary" episode 1x06 - lesbian villains

Revision as of 16:45, 7 July 2009

The Dresden Files is a series of novels by Jim Butcher and a TV series. It is an urban fantasy series in which the protagonist, Harry Dresden, is a supernatural detective/wizard.

Gender issues include:

  • "The Boone Identity" episode (1x02) in which a male character body jumps into the body of Lt. Connie Murphy, Dresden's female colleague. "This'll be interesting."
  • "Bad Blood" episode 1x05 - vampire Bianca has a lesbian companion
  • "Soul Beneficiary" episode 1x06 - lesbian villains
  • "The Other Dick" episode 1x09 - incubi in an infertility clinic
  • Lord Raith who kills his male offspring and puts his female offspring into sexual slavery

Recurring female characters:

  • Police Lt. Connie Murphy (acted by Valerie Cruz)
  • Bianca (acted by Joanne Kelly) - vampire, bi
  • Ancient Mai (acted by Jane McLean/Elizabeth Thai) - a top-ranked member of the High Council

Characters / actors of color:

  • Connie Murphy, acted by Valerie Cruz, a Cuban-descended actor
  • Ancient Mai - acted by Elizabeth Thai, of Asian descent
  • Warden Donald Morgan - acted by Conrad Coates, an African American actor
  • Det. Sid Kirmani - acted by Raoul Bhaneja, of Indian descent