List of gay male relationships in SF

gay and bi men in SF

• List of notable gay male characters
• List of gay male relationships in SF

This is a list of gay relationships in SF. Emphasis is on significant relationships between two (or more) well-developed male characters. The relationships must be same-sex and acknowledged as romantic/sexual (slashed homoerotic subtext, a la K/S, doesn't count) but the characters need not identify as gay. One would expect relationship scenes in the work.

List of overt relationships and works

(alphabetical by author)

• Gill Alderman. Couple in The Archivist
• Poul Anderson. Couple in "Eutopia"
• Elizabeth Bear.
  • Vincent Katherinessen and Michelangelo Kusanagi-Jones in Carnival
• Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette - various, in A Companion to Wolves and The Tempering of Men
• Holly Black
  • "In Vodka Veritas" (in The Poison Eaters and Other Stories)
  • "The Coat of Stars" (in The Poison Eaters and Other Stories)
• C. J. Cherryh couple in Cyteen
• Marion Zimmer Bradley. characters in The Heritage of Hastur and many other Darkover and non-Darkover novels
• Lois McMaster Bujold. the entire society in Ethan of Athos
• Suzy McKee Charnas. Eykar Bek and Servan d'Layo (and a generally homosexual society) in the Holdfast series.
• Samuel R. Delany. characters in Dhalgren, Triton, Flight to Neveryon and most other titles
• Diane Duane.
  • Doors series (major characters in first novel)
  • Diane Duane. Young Wizards series (the two wizards who teach the protagonists)
• Lynn Flewelling. Nightrunners series; Luck in the Shadows (1996), Stalking Darkness (1997), and Traitor's Moon -- Seregil and Alec
• Jim Grimsley. Men in Kirith Kirin
• Steven Harper. Couple in "The Silent Empire" series
• Tanya Huff. Relationship between Henry Fitzroy and Tony Foster in the Blood and Smoke books.
• Peg Kerr. relationship in The Wild Swans
• Ellen Kushner.
  • Alec and Richard in Swordspoint and, much later in their lives, in The Privilege of the Sword
  • characters in The Fall of the Kings by Kushner & Delia Sherman
• Mercedes Lackey. Vanyel Ashkevron & Tylendel; Vanyel & Stefen; in The Last Herald-Mage trilogy; An'desha and Firesong in the Mage Winds series
• Jonathan Lerner. Julian and Richard in Caught in a Still Place
• Elizabeth A. Lynn.
  • Ryke and Errel in Watchtower
  • Kerris and his brother Kel (and Kel's lover) in The Dancers of Arun
  • Jimson Alleca and Russell O'Neill in A Different Light
  • Karadur Atani and his musician-lover in Dragon's Winter and Dragon's Treasure
• Laurie Marks. Emil and Medric in the Elemental Logic series
• Mark Merliss. couple in An Arrow's Flight
• Laura Mixon. protagonist's nephew and secretary in Proxies
• Sarah Monette
• Melissa Scott.
  • A Choice of Destinies
  • Night Sky Mine
• Wen Spencer. Couple in Dog Warrior
• Jo Walton. Many characters in Farthing and Ha'Penny, most particularly Inspector Carmichael and his partner Jack (Jack is rarely on stage)
• Sylvia Townsend Warner. "The Revolt at Brocéliande"

List of pair-bonding relationships and works

• Katherine Kurtz: The Deryni series
• J.R.R. Tolkien:Frodo and Sam relationship in The Lord of the Rings

List of overt gay male relationships in works by SF authors with no SF content

• Marion Zimmer Bradley: Tommy Zane and Mario Santelli (Matt Gardner) in The Catch Trap