But not only do we have the cultural equivalent of sweeping 'teh gay' under the rug (esp. by emphatically coding one half of the partner ship in feminine terms -- all the convos about feelings that Ianto invoked, as well as the little grace notes like doing the shopping -- and then killing that half of the partnership), but I believe we also have the Torchwood equivalent of women in refrigerators (http://www.unheardtaunts.com/wir/) -- a female character introduced solely to kill off and thus add to the male protagonist's motivation.

Your failure is multiplying, Rusty