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Contents:
- STAR TREK’S FIRST GAY COUPLE THAT WASN’T
- ‘IS SPACE GAY?’
- GAYS SPACE: 6 QUEER SCI-FI BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ
- STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NE ACTOR WANTED HIS CHARACTER TO BE OPENLY GAY
- OUT OF SPACE: STAR WARS RISTANCE HAS GAY CHARACTERS, DISNEY SAYS
STAR TREK’S FIRST GAY COUPLE THAT WASN’T
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. * space gay character *
Stephen Fry also stars as a sympathetic gay opponent to the reprsive regime.
‘IS SPACE GAY?’
This week, Papi advis a letter wrer wh an unual qutn: is space gay? Why do LGBTQ folks have an affy for outer space? Papi rponds. * space gay character *
Wizards vs Aliens (2012-14)A rare gay kid on children’s TV – Benny Sherwood (Percelle Astt, right), science wiz bt pal of the wizard hero.
Kaboom (2010)Gregg Araki’s crazy homoerotic fantasy won the first ever Queer Palm at the Cann Film Ftival. Battltar Galacti (2004-09)In this TV film om the re-imaged Battltar Galacti seri, is revealed that Admiral Helena Ca (Michelle Forb) is gay. Cght Lookg (1991)Years before Grdr, Constante Giannaris glimpsed to a realy where a gay man explor his sexual fantasi through his puter this scy short.
GAYS SPACE: 6 QUEER SCI-FI BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ
Celebrate Pri wh some of our favore gays space! Here are six sci-fi books wh queer reprentatn you won't want to miss. * space gay character *
Dune (1984)Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Kenh McMillan) om David Lynch’s divisive fantasy is one of the most loathsome homosexual characters cema – a grotque, bloated sadist. More:Disney CEO fally speaks out on 'Don't Say Gay. ' But where's the gay Disney fairy tale?
The same-sex kiss first ma headl last month, when Pixar animators spoke out agast Disney an open letter obtaed by Variety, sayg that rporate executiv had mand cuts "om nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn.
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NE ACTOR WANTED HIS CHARACTER TO BE OPENLY GAY
The crge of the "exclively gay moment" might actually be behd as "Strange World" featur a gay teen character who is not tormented by his queerns. * space gay character *
But was later rtored light of Disney's "Don't Say Gay" ntroversy, when was revealed the pany had donated roughly $200, 000 to Republin policians who supported the bill, which forbids discsns of sexual orient elementary school classrooms. "Other live-actn Disney films have relegated queer characters to the background, like a blk-and-you'll-miss- kiss between two women "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, " or the "exclively gay moment" of Josh Gad's LeFou dancg wh another man "Bety and the Beast. The seri has many LGBTQ+ characters, but two of the most proment are Lo and Nomi, a gay man and transgenr lbian woman, rpectively, and the seri tak time to lve to their inti.
The two's sweet and gradual relatnship has been highly praised by viewers, as has the troductn of Jeremy Chetri, a gay scientist who helps the team season 2. One of the bt relatnships Shadowhunters is between gay Shadowhunter, Alec Lightwood, and bisexual warlock, Magn Bane, wh storyl that span the whole of the show. The Phantoms' dmmer, Alex is revealed to be gay the seri' send episo, a nonchalant moment that feels rehg.
So why did DS9’s producers ci to take such a huge risk wh a gay uple on their new show? Creator Gene Rodnberry promised that there would be gay characters, and wrer David Gerrold even wrote a script to fulfill that promise for TNG’s first season.
OUT OF SPACE: STAR WARS RISTANCE HAS GAY CHARACTERS, DISNEY SAYS
They axed the script wh two gay men; when Gene proposed showg same-sex upl the background, they told a wrer to ignore him. Years later, shownner and wrer Ira Steven Behr would exprs remorse at their failure to plumb those pths, and said that he wished they’d had Garak e out as gay so they uld have explored the relatnship further. The first openly gay characters the Star Trek televisn universe weren’t troduced until the first season of Star Trek: Disvery 2017.