Julian May’s 1980’s Exiles saga that started with the much acclaimed The Many-Coloured Land, is a prime example of Catholic religious dogma masquerading as science fiction.
The 3 LGBT characters in the series are shown to be either seriously maladapted villains or seriously maladapted comical diversions. So do not mistake the ‘many colors’ for a rainbow. The central message that suffering is good as it makes you a better person inevitably leads May into a plot that moves from one instance of mass slaughter to the next, supposedly to make better persons of her protagonists. (This is reminiscent of how Christian politicians have lead us into one war after the other). The more unfortunate cast get death in stead of enlightenment, but hey, that’s just God’s Way.
No wonder that rational readers (i.e me myself) see this as evidence that God’s Way must be the Wrong Way.