Dpe beg known as a lear terms of genr and racial tegratn, wasn't until 2017 that the first openly gay characters were troduced a Star Trek televisn show. We talk to curator Margaret Weekamp about Star Trek's history wh LGBTQ+ stori and characters.
Contents:
- 6 STAR TREK ACTORS YOU DIDN’T KNOW WERE GAY IN REAL LIFE!
- WHICH ACTORS OM STAR TREK ARE GAY?
- GAY 'STAR TREK' CHARACTER PROVOK POLARIZG RPONSE
6 STAR TREK ACTORS YOU DIDN’T KNOW WERE GAY IN REAL LIFE!
Ian Alexanr and Blu l Barr will appear the third season of CBS Televisn's Star Trek: Disvery — a show which broke boundari by featurg a married gay uple as central characters for the first time the anchise's history. * gay actor from star trek *
Together, they play the science fictn anchise’s first regularly appearg gay uple aboard the U. And of urse, they'll be fans who say, ‘”Oh, they’re killg off the gays aga!
Ennis: As a pneer Star Trek, terms of beg an out gay man, playg a gay character, a relatnship wh another man, do you see that the unfoldg of havg non-bary characters like Adira and a trans character, even a ghostly versn, how do that make you feel terms of the craft and and our muny? "I never unrstood the worry that people have for me when they're like, 'Well, aren't you aaid that you'll jt play gay rol for the rt of your life?
WHICH ACTORS OM STAR TREK ARE GAY?
So why n't I be exced about always playg gay rol? " "The stak are jt too high for me, not jt for me personally, but for all of our society, our world, " Rapp said of his choice on playg gay rol. It was more that when I read , I was spired to be brave enough to fally e out, and tell people that I was gay, and tst that my future would be a betiful thg if I was livg openly and eely.
6 Star Trek Actors You Didn’t Know Were Gay In Real Life!
But what if you get to know that some of the actors who you thought straight are actually gay?!
GAY 'STAR TREK' CHARACTER PROVOK POLARIZG RPONSE
Leonard Nemoy himself gave support 1991, sayg, "It is entirely ftg that gays and lbians will appear unobtsively aboard the Enterprise—neher objects of py nor melodramatic attentn.