It had a transsexual bartender and one of the background characters was wearing a hijab. Two of the main male characters are bisexuals, including the pacifist Klingon one. Two of the 'teachers' are lesbians. One of these is a rhoided up and perpetually angry Klingon-Jem'Hadar hybrid, nevertheless we've yet to see an instance of domestic violence, despite all the real world statistics hinting otherwise.

This show is a vehicle for the left-progressive values of the bi-coastal ivory tower elite.