In the annals of Star Trek fan history, few novels have been as famo as Della van Hise’s Killg Time. Published 1985, Killg Time was the 24th book the Star Trek book seri beg released by Pocket Books at the time. And, due to a publisher mix-up, the famo first edn is credibly, pafully gay. To […]
Contents:
- I READ THE GAYT STAR TREK NOVEL
- STAR TREK’S FIRST GAY COUPLE THAT WASN’T
- FOR PRI MONTH, WE CELEBRATE STAR TREK’S GAYT MOMENTS
I READ THE GAYT STAR TREK NOVEL
“My attu toward homosexualy has changed, ” he told The Humanist 1991.
STAR TREK’S FIRST GAY COUPLE THAT WASN’T
I have, over many years, changed my attu about gay men and women.
Even after his ath, took another 28 years for the first gay character to appear Star Trek’s televisn seri (although y, novel tie-s, ics, fan works, and other non-nonil media featured a markedly improved number of LGBT Starfleet officers).
FOR PRI MONTH, WE CELEBRATE STAR TREK’S GAYT MOMENTS
Given that the first openly gay recurrg character on televisn wouldn’t appear until the edy Soap 1977 (and played by Billy Crystal, so not exactly a nuanced character portrayal), pictg one the ‘60s when Star Trek first aired would have been unthkable to most people. Of urse, much of what Star Trek did to highlight actors and characters of different ethnic backgrounds would have been pretty far-fetched for many televisn dienc of the time, too – so what ma gay stori different at the time?