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 *
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WHICH ACTORS OM STAR TREK ARE GAY?
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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
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"Star Trek: Disvery broke boundari by featurg a married gay uple as central characters for the first time the anchise's show also entered a new ontier when actor Sonequa Mart-Green beme the first black woman to lead a Star Trek televisn seri.
"I nnot wa for you all to meet the betiful souls and wonrful artists, " said actor Anthony Rapp, who plays one of the show's two gay characters, on Twter. The first openly gay characters the Star Trek televisn universe weren’t troduced until the first season of Star Trek: Disvery 2017.