-Xena: Warrior Princess has officially turned 30! Premiering Sept 4 1995.

-Lucy Lawless and husband Rob Tapert talk the shows beginnings and impact to npr.

-Tapert set out to tell an adventure show that made the audience feel something and not necessarily one about the sexuality, but more about a character on the road to redemption.

-They found it interesting that the studio never had any concerns of Hercules/Iolaus being interpreted as gay compared to being scared of Xena/Gabrielle sharing scenes in the credits.

-Tapert wanted the show to be transgressive and with the studio being pretty hands off, they gave Xena various love interests within the first 7 episodes that were all men of color.

-On Xena/Gabrielle's "kiss" in the series finale and if they knew the impact they were creatin

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