Garak and Dukat hated each other with a singular passion in Deep Space Nine. Garak wasn’t defined by this trait rather, this trait just added to what was already there. Robinson treated the revelation with class: something that happens to be a part of his character, something that was a matter of course. Robinson imbued Garak with the omnisexual orientation he initially wanted for the character, establishing it fully in the lore.
However, in A Stitch in Time, Robinson had the freedom to explore Garak’s sexuality more fully. During Deep Space Nine, Garak had his tragic love story with Gul Dukat’s daughter, Tora Ziyal, which indicated he was straight or bisexual. Andrew Robinson felt that Garak was omnisexual-open to anything and everything-but that many of his desires went unexplored because, as a spy for the Obsidian Order, he had to eschew any sort of love or physical entanglements to focus on his work. In his early appearances, as the writers still tried to fight for it, there was a question of Garak’s interest in Doctor Bashir (as well as Bashir’s interest in Garak). The DS9 writer’s room wanted to bring a gay character to Trek, but met resistance from the network.
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