As I said, my first thought about the Gene/Sam pairing was 'no way, Gene can't be gay'. But then I read about gay society in 1973, and consider this: Gene's what, say, 43 in 1973. That means he was born in 1930. He might have discovered the truth about his sexuality in 1950. That means he's been gay for 23 years in 1973. Homosexuality wasn't even legalized until '67. Gene's a cop - and even today, homophobia is a popular past time on the police force. So outing himself would be the death of Gene, not only for his career, but it might actually get him killed. I don't think Sam would be pissed off as much as feel sorry for Gene if he found out.
I don't think that Sam was necessarily in the closet in 2006. But I do think that he has sense enough not to out himself in 1973 on top of being the weird guy who hears voices and talks to TVs. And since he's apparently bi, he doesn't have to out himself to have the chance to be in a happy relationship.
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As I said, my first thought about the Gene/Sam pairing was 'no way, Gene can't be gay'. But then I read about gay society in 1973, and consider this: Gene's what, say, 43 in 1973. That means he was born in 1930. He might have discovered the truth about his sexuality in 1950. That means he's been gay for 23 years in 1973. Homosexuality wasn't even legalized until '67. Gene's a cop - and even today, homophobia is a popular past time on the police force. So outing himself would be the death of Gene, not only for his career, but it might actually get him killed. I don't think Sam would be pissed off as much as feel sorry for Gene if he found out.
I don't think that Sam was necessarily in the closet in 2006. But I do think that he has sense enough not to out himself in 1973 on top of being the weird guy who hears voices and talks to TVs. And since he's apparently bi, he doesn't have to out himself to have the chance to be in a happy relationship.