Contents:
FOR PRI MONTH, WE CELEBRATE STAR TREK’S GAYT MOMENTS
Although creator Gene Rodnberry promised to troduce a gay character back 1991, took a quarter-century for his pledge to be fulfilled. Star Trek: Disvery now boasts three gay crewmembers (played by Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cz and Tig Notaro) among the regular st, so why is Seven of Ne’s sexualy so important to fans? ’ In the end, the bt Taylor uld do was clu a uple of brief gay moments one of her licensed Trek novels.
Arguably, such a y approach me periloly close to “queerbag” – teasg an LGBT dience wh the prospect of an onscreen same-sex relatnship, while refg to actually pict one for fear of alienatg heterosexual days, the ba don’t always end a swch, but savvy producers still e the prospect of a gay character as a way to attract dienc. It has been five years sce Kev Feige promised a gay hero the Marvel Cematic Universe and so far none has materialised (unls their superpower is plete visibily). The Simpsons, meanwhile, took 16 years to reveal that Marge’s sister Patty was a years the closet: Hika Sulu (Gee Takei) had to wa until a 2016 film to be revealed as gay.