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class="articleContent__Wrapper-sc-1rqfqf-0 bDtujo le-mon__article-ntent pi-ntent le-mon__gutenberg-ntent le-mon__gutenberg-ntent--articleContent" id="pi"><p>PILSEN — For years, Sam Kirk wanted to pat a pri mural celebratg queer inty on the South Si. </p><p>The <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">Lata artist</a> wanted to see reprentatn of LGBTQ members her own neighborhood, not jt North Si queer muni like Anrsonville and Northalsted, formerly known as Boystown.</p><p>“Bee of segregatn and how the cy is set up, there’s this feelg that we have to do thgs signated areas,” she said. “But there’s gay people all over the cy.”</p><p>Earlier this month, Kirk’s goal me to life as she unveiled “Fierce,” a mural celebratg the global LGBTQ muny. It’s on the rner of 18th Street and Ashland Pilsen.</p><p>The piece picts the Progrs Pri flag swirlg around seven people exprsg themselv their queer inty. “Fierce” is a reprentatn of joy and eedom, and brgs visibily to the queer muny on the South and Wt sis, Kirk said. </p><p>“I felt like that was important to show bee there’s a lot of different layers that e up wh different cultur, specifilly for those who intify as queer,” Kirk said. “Whether be rejectn or acceptance, I jt wanted to show beg gay is a global thg. It’s every culture, and every muny. We celebrate our culture along wh our queer inty.”</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 1200w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1080w, 64w, 564w, 615w, 101w, 225w, 451w, 900w, 600w, 267w, 533w, 1067w" class="wp-image-430939" alt="" src=" height="768" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Mric Peña/ Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Sam Kirk pated the mural near the block where she was beaten as a teen. </figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 1200w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 254w, 507w, 1013w, 600w" class="wp-image-431075" alt="" src=" height="683" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Dre Rodriguez, Luv Cy Media</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Sam Kirk pats “Fierce” on the rner of 18th Street and Ashland Avenue Pilsen.</figptn></figure><p>As a teen, Kirk was severely beaten for beg gay, she said. The attack happened on 19th Street and Ashland Avenue, jt a few blocks om where the mural is.</p><p>“I was beaten unnsc and faced que a b of harassment Pilsen when I was younger for beg gay,” Kirk said.</p><p>Reflectg on those attacks, Kirk said she uld not have imaged patg a pri mural nearby. </p><p>“The neighborhood was different, and also our world was so different,” Kirk said.</p><p>Sce those days, people’s perspectiv have changed —but more work needs to be done, she said.</p><p>“We are far om where we need to be” the cy terms of LGBTQ rights and protectns, Kirk said. “There’s still a lot of issu. We see every month our cy and Black and Brown neighborhoods: LGBTQ members are discrimated agast or murred.”</p><p>Kirk said she also wants to spur nversatns about LGBTQ issu wh Black and Brown muni. She is rooted the South Si neighborhood bee of s culture, but the artist said she wants the area to acknowledge s queer muny, too.</p><p>“We n’t keep nng to the North Si all the time, jt to be ourselv,” Kirk said. “We have to be able to be ourselv the neighborhoods that we also feel culturally nnected to.” </p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 1200w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 254w, 507w, 1013w, 600w" class="wp-image-431076" alt="" src=" height="683" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Dre Rodriguez, Luv Cy Media</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Nancy Everly and Sam Kirk pat “Fierce” on the rner of 18th Street and Ashland Avenue Pilsen.</figptn></figure><p>Wh the new mural, Kirk hop that “nversatn starts happeng more often.”</p><p>“It’s one of the reasons I cid to do public art — to e a public space to brg up nversatns while celebratg people, creatg visibily and reprentatn,” she said. </p><p>Sce the mural went up, Kirk said she received a msage om someone who lled the mural “rehg.” Another person said ma them feel seen, addg, “And I’ve lived this neighborhood my whole life.”</p><p>For Kirk, the msag rerce the mural’s importance.</p><p>“It jt helps me to realize that ’s a topic, a nversatn that we still need to have different muni and different neighborhoods,” she said.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 1200w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 254w, 507w, 1013w, 600w" class="wp-image-431073" alt="" src=" height="683" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Dre Rodriguez, Luv Cy Media</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Sam Kirk pats “Fierce” on the rner of 18th Street and Ashland Avenue Pilsen.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 1200w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 254w, 507w, 1013w, 600w" class="wp-image-431072" alt="" src=" height="683" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Dre Rodriguez, Luv Cy Media</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Nancy Everly and Serg Maciel pat “Fierce” on the rner of 18th Street and Ashland Avenue Pilsen.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 1200w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1080w, 64w, 564w, 615w, 101w, 225w, 451w, 900w, 600w, 267w, 533w, 1067w" class="wp-image-430941" alt="" src=" height="768" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Mric Peña/ Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">“We are far om where we need to be” the cy terms of LGBTQ rights and protectns, Kirk says.  </figptn></figure><p><a href="><em>Subscribe to Block Club Chigo</em></a><em>. Every dime we make funds reportg om Chigo’s neighborhoods</em>.</p><p>A<em>lready subscribe?</em><a href="><em> Click here</em></a><em> to support Block Club </em><a href="><em>wh a tax-ductible donatn</em></a>. </p><p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong><em>Listen to “It’s All Good: A Block Club Chigo Podst” here:</em></strong></p><iame class="" style="width:100%" width="640px" height="377px" src=" allowfullscreen=""></iame><div style="height:1px;left:0;marg:0 to;posn:absolute;poter-events:none;right:0;top:50%;width:1px" id="wp-irvg-gtm-article-midpot"></div></div></div></div><div class="ntentWidth__ContaerWrapper-sc-1p9n6rf-0 gnvRpv article-meta article-meta--bottom irvg__ntaer irvg__ntaer--ntentWidth"><div class="flt__SocialShargWrapper-sc-1ap9xvz-0 fInWHe irvg__post-social-sharg irvg__post-social-sharg--pill"><ul class="pill__SocialShargList-sc-19unuas-0 hpxHWY post-social-sharg__list"><li class="pill__SocialShargItemWrapper-sc-19unuas-1 iWrpEJ redd"><a class="flt__LkWrapper-sc-iyf4mi-0 hcvtma --flt" href=" rel="" target="_blank"><span class="pill__InWrapper-sc-19unuas-2 iCbVVq redd"><svg stroke="currentColor" fill="currentColor" stroke-width="0" viewBox="0 0 24 24" height="1em" width="1em" xmlns="><tle>Share on redd

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Tommy Kirk who starred Old Yeller and the Hardy Boys seri shared that Disney fired him the 1960s for beg gay.

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THIS CHILD ACTOR’S GAY DAYS AT DISNEY ST HIM HIS REER

Walt Disney personally fired the child star of Old Yeller and The Swiss Fay Robson after fdg out he was gay. * gay kirk *

Wh all that’s been wrten about the Walt Disney Company’s embrace of the LGBTQ movement, om affirmg TV shows like When We Rise to movi like Bety and the Beast, om “gay days” at Walt Disney World to out sger Sir Elton John’s mic for The Ln Kg and so on, ’s astonishg that prec ltle has been wrten about Tommy Kirk, Disney’s leadg young male star of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. Many a gay boy, myself clud, grew up watchg Tommy mourn his dog Old Yeller (1957), turn to a dog himself The Shaggy Dog (1959), tame the savage wilrns wh his brothers The Swiss Fay Robson (1960) and reluctantly kiss Ante Funicello The Misadventur of Merl Jon (1964). Kirk is gay–which is why he is this lumn the first place–a fact about himself hat he is que open about and willg to talk about his terview:.

KIRK A. GAY OBUARY

Fd the obuary of Kirk A. Gay (1943 - 2022) om Columb, OH. Leave your ndolenc to the fay on this memorial page or send flowers to show you re. * gay kirk *

“I’m not ashamed of beg gay, never have been and never will be. But Kirk knew that his homosexualy would jeopardize his movie reer, clash wh his All-Amerin Boy image and anger both the homophobic Disney and Kirk’s “strict Baptist parents”.

“I knew I was gay, but I had no outlet for my feelgs. It wasn’t until the early ’60s that I began to hear of plac where gays ngregated.

Though his film-makg days are behd him, Kirk has sce appeared one rnn show produced by the now-gay-iendly Disney Corporatn. If Goldsman and pany do tend to pursue this wouldn’t be too surprisg and follows Star Trek’s retnng of Hika Sulu to a gay man director Jt L and wrer Simon Pegg’s Star Trek: Beyond film.

ANTI-GAY ACTIVIST CHARLIE KIRK RANTS ABOUT THE WOKE WAR ON… ERM, MCULAR MEN

The artist was once beaten for beg gay near where the mural now stands. Much has changed, she said — but there's still progrs to be ma." class="" style=" * gay kirk *

And then you know you have to set them up and then you have to say ‘Oh by the way I am gay. Actor Gee Takei, who played the origal Sulu Star Trek: The Origal Seri opposed makg Sulu gay. He told The Hollywood Reporter, ““I’m lighted that there’s a gay character.

Takei even tailed that he attempted to get Cho and Pegg to make a new character gay rather than Sulu. He stated, “I told him, ‘Be imagative and create a character who has a history of beg gay, rather than Sulu, who had been straight all this time, sudnly beg revealed as beg closeted. Back before Star Trek: Beyond premiered, the character of Hika Sulu renned as a gay man.

Gay. Gay (Columb, Oh) passed away.

KIRK GAY

Ls than a month after beg cricized by pro-gay activists for prevly exprsg the belief that gays and lbians n leave a "homosexual liftyle," gospel artist Kirk Frankl is facg cricism om some Christian fans for remarks he ma durg a recent rad terview which he was asked about his thoughts on homosexualy and same-sex marriage. * gay kirk *

Gay to pay them a last was preceased by: his parents, MSgt Arthur F Gay and Mabel E Keifer. He is survived by: his wife Nancy; his children, Jason, Eric Gay and Michelle Larowe (Michael); and his siblgs, Gloria Hengen (Robert), Suzanne Ellgsen (Bce) and Kent Charl Gay. ” Shatner was referrg to the Stonewall rts, which are often seen as the begng of the morn gay rights movement.

KIRK CAMERON FALLY WEIGHS ON HOW GAYS WILL DTROY CIVILIZATN

'80s s heartthrob turned evangelil Kirk Cameron ma his stance on gay rights, and gays general, crystal clear an terview wh CNN's Piers Man last night. Survey says: fely not pro! After Man broached the topic, Cameron flected by makg reference to Christe O'Donnell's gay-marriage-duced walkout of last summer, but the Growg Pas star eventually shared his views: * gay kirk *

Pilsen, Ltle Village, Back of the YardsThe artist was once beaten for beg gay near where the mural now stands.

“But there’s gay people all over the cy. “Whether be rejectn or acceptance, I jt wanted to show beg gay is a global thg. Cred: Dre Rodriguez, Luv Cy MediaSam Kirk pats “Fierce” on the rner of 18th Street and Ashland Avenue a teen, Kirk was severely beaten for beg gay, she said.

“OLD YELLER” STAR TOMMY KIRK PASS. DISNEY FIRED HIM WHEN HE WAS OUTED AS GAY.

Kirk starred films like "Old Yeller" and "Swiss Fay Robson" and me out as gay the mid-’60s. * gay kirk *

“I was beaten unnsc and faced que a b of harassment Pilsen when I was younger for beg gay, ” Kirk said. There are mors that Kirk might be gay, but those mors have not been nfirmed. Last year, Kirk said that not beg ntent wh securg same-sex marriage, gay people “now want to rpt your children.

Last month, Kirk cheered false reports that Starbucks acted to take down s “gay flag stuff”. Where do he thk all the Instagram gays get their perfect bodi? The left wants men to be “metrosexual betas” wh “no mcle mass”…UM…has he been to a gay gym or bar lately?

Subscribe to Queerty for a daily dose of #life #charliekirk #gay stori and more. | (Photo: Facebook/Official Kirk Frankl)Ls than a month after beg cricized by pro-gay activists for prevly exprsg the belief that gays and lbians n leave a "homosexual liftyle, " gospel artist Kirk Frankl is facg cricism om some Christian fans for remarks he ma durg a recent rad terview which he was asked about his thoughts on homosexualy and same-sex marriage.

“OLD YELLER” STAR TOMMY KIRK PASS. DISNEY FIRED HIM WHEN HE WAS OUTED AS GAY.

Much of the world's great timpani lerature was wrten s ago. Wh an ventive llectn of easy to advanced etus and solos, Kirk J. Gay's Pedal to the Kettle offers a "tune up" signed to appeal to today's timpanists. * gay kirk *

"I first would probably always want to say I'm very sorry for all of the ugly and all of the paful thgs that people have even heard om church people, bee thgs n e om a very homophobic lens. Sometim feels very homophobic when people try to make their stance and their beliefs, and there's been some very paful, ugly thgs that have been said... Frankl, who recently lnched his own channel on SiriXM lled "Kirk Frankl's Praise" and premiered March as mil -host for the Game Show Network's "The Amerin Bible Challenge, " was the source of plats last month om pro-gay activists who spoke out agast his appearance at Washgton, D.

THE ‘STAR TREK’ CAST ON THE RADIL LGBT+ REPRENTATN OF ‘STRANGE NEW WORLDS’FINAL FRONTIER: PRIDETHE OUT STARS OF “STRANGE NEW WORLDS” DISCS WHAT THE SHOW’S UNAPOLOGETIC PICTN OF QUEERNS AND GENR MEANS TO THEM AND THE “STAR TREK” ANCHISE’S HISTORY OF ALLYSHIP.DAWN ENNISPUBLISHED JUN. 15, 2023 4:35AM EDT PARI DOVIC/PARAMOUNT+WHEN THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE FALLY NTU S VOYAGE THIS WEEK, THE LOUD AND PROUD NTGENT OF LGBTQ+ STAR TREK FANS WILL SEE SOMETHG VERY SPECIAL: THEMSELV, REPRENTED THE 23RD CENTURY.“I LOVE THAT WE’RE PREMIERG DURG PRI MONTH,” ACTOR MELISSA NAVIA TELLS THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED, SPEAKG AHEAD OF THE SEASON 2 LNCH OF STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS JUNE 15 ON PARAMOUNT+. “I FEEL LIKE OUR POSTER IS ABOUT THAT, TOO,” SHE ADDS. PROMOTNAL ADVERTISEMENTS AND VIOS PROMENTLY FEATURE RABOW LORG AND GRAPHICS, MUCH TO NAVIA’S LIGHT. “I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS ON PURPOSE, BUT I’M GOG TO GO AHEAD AND SAY WAS!”ON STRANGE NEW WORLDS, NAVIA PLAYS ERI ORTEGAS, THE PILOT OF THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE. THE STAR TREK PREQUEL SERI IS SET THE FUTURE, BUT ALSO THE PAST; THE ADVENTUR TAKE PLACE THE 2200S, BUT ’S SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE THOSE PICTED THE ORIGAL SERI OM THE 1960S, WHEN SULU (GEE TAKEI) SERVED AS HELMSMAN UNR WILLIAM SHATNER’S INIC CAPT. JAM T. KIRK.WHEN STRANGE NEW WORLDS LNCHED LAST SUMMER, NAVIA WAS ASKED BY VARIETY ABOUT HER CHARACTER’S ANDROGYNO APPEARANCE AND MEANOR. “I LIKE THAT WE’RE APPROACHG A WAY THAT NOBODY BATS AN EYE. LIKE, THEY SHOULDN’T, RIGHT? EVERYBODY SHOULD BE A B QUEER,” SHE SAID. “I KNOW I GIVE OFF THIS WONRFUL QUEER ENERGY. IT’S JT BEEN A PART OF WHO I AM.” KHAREN HILL/PARAMOUNT+ ALMOST A YEAR LATER, NAVIA TELLS SHE “ABSOLUTELY” STANDS BY THOSE STATEMENTS, AND THE MUNY.“THROUGHOUT MY REER, THE TRANS AND LGBT MUNY HAVE BEEN JT SUCH ROCK STARS FOR ME, TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE WHAT THEY SEE ME. THEY LOVE WHAT I BRG TO THE SCREEN AND WHAT I BRG TO CHARACTERS,” SHE SAYS. “THE FACT IS, GENR [FLUIDY] PLAYS ALMOST HERENTLY A PART OF ME AND ALWAYS HAS. SO WHENEVER I’M ST THGS, I THK PEOPLE SOMEHOW SEE THAT. [THE LGBT MUNY] HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY MY BIGGT FANS.”“I’M QUEER,” SAYS ACTOR JS BH, WHOUT HATN, SPEAKG ABOUT BOTH HER OWN LIFE AWAY OM THE TV SCREEN AND ON THE PARAMOUNT+ STREAMG SERI. “I AM SO LIGHTED THAT THERE'S MORE REPRENTATN FOR ALL EXPRSNS OF SEXUALY AND GENR STAR TREK. THAT’S REALLY EXCG TO ME, AND I’M REALLY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT REPRENTATN.” THE ATRALIAN NATIVE RETURNS AS NURSE CHRISTE CHAPEL, WHO THIS RNATN IS AN OPENLY BISEXUAL CHARACTER—BUT STILL WH THE HOTS FOR SPOCK. “I WOULD LIKE TO SEE [SEXUALY AND GENR] EXPLORED MORE FOR CHAPEL AND FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO’S ON THE SHOW,” SAID BH. “THAT IS SOMETHG THAT I THK THE FANDOM REALLY APPRECIAT, AND ’S ALSO A DIRECT REFLECTN OF OUR SOCIETY RIGHT NOW. THE CREASED VISIBILY AND THE CREASED ACCEPTANCE OF QUEER FOLK IS SOMETHG THAT'S BEG CELEBRATED A LOT RIGHT NOW, BUT IS ALSO THREATENED A LOT RIGHT NOW. THERE’S A LOT OF VLENCE TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO ARE QUEER.”BH WAS ALLUDG TO CINTS LIKE THE GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA, BOARD OF EDUTN MEETG THAT EPTED A BRAWL BETWEEN ANTI-LGBTQ+ AND PRO-LGBTQ+ MONSTRATORS THIS MONTH. AND AS THE DAILY BEAST HAS REPORTED, FAR RIGHT EXTREMISTS HAVE BEEN TARGETG SCHOOLS THAT SHOW SUPPORT FOR QUEER STUNTS. BH MENTNS HOW, THROUGHOUT S HISTORY, STAR TREK HAS ADDRSED CURRENT NFLICTS THROUGH SCIENCE FICTN STORYTELLG, OM WAR TO RACISM AND, MORE RECENTLY, LGBTQ+ AND NONBARY CLN.“I THK STAR TREK HAS A CERTA POWER THAT ULD BE ED TO FIGHT THAT [VLENCE],” SHE SAID. “I URGE THE [PRODUCERS] TO DO THAT WH THE WRG. I THK ’S AN OPPORTUNY FOR THEM TO REALLY STEP UP AND STAND BEHD OUR QUEER FANS.” KHAREN HILL/PARAMOUNT+ THOSE FANS HAVE LONG FANTASIZED—AND POSED REAMS OF FAN FICTN—ABOUT A POTENTIAL ROMANCE BETWEEN STAR TREK’S ORIGAL LEAD CHARACTERS, KIRK AND SPOCK, SHIPPG THEM AS “SPIRK.” PL WLEY PLAYS A YOUNG JIM KIRK ON STRANGE NEW WORLDS, WHILE ETHAN PECK, THE GRANDSON OF THE LEGENDARY ACTOR GREGORY PECK, WEARS THE FAMED POTED EARS THIS TIME AROUND.“I DO THK ONE’S RELATNSHIP WH ANOTHER ACTOR OFFSCREEN, OR YOUR GENERAL CHEMISTRY, DO ACTUALLY TRANSLATE ONTO THE SCREEN,” WLEY SAYS. SPOCK MEETS KIRK FOR THE FIRST TIME SEASON 2, AND PECK SAYS THEIR FOUNDATNAL IENDSHIP WAS KEY TO THAT SCENE.“IT REALLY ADD A LOT OF NUANCE TO THAT MOMENT, THE MOMENTO MOMENT THAT THE TWO CHARACTERS MEET,” PECK SAYS, AFTER WHICH WLEY ADPANS: “CAN WE GET ‘SPIRK’ TATTOOS?”CELIA ROSE GOODG IS BREAKG GROUND STRANGE NEW WORLDS, NOT JT AS THE FIRST ACTOR TO PORTRAY MUNITNS OFFICER NYOTA UHURA SCE THE ATH OF THE TRAILBLAZG NICHELLE NICHOLS, BUT ALSO AS THE FIRST QUEER ACTOR TO PLAY THE ROLE. DAWN ENNIS “AS AN OUT QUEER PERSON, AS SOMEONE WHOSE RELATNSHIP WH THEIR GENR IS EVER-EVOLVG AND EVER-CHANGG, IS SO EXCG TO BE A PART OF THIS, PECIALLY PLAYG A ROLE THAT HAS BEEN ORIGATED BY CIS WOMEN AND HAS HISTORILLY ONLY BEEN PLAYED BY CIS WOMEN,” GOODG SAYS, ADDG THAT SHE IS HUMBLED TO BE TSTED WH UHURA’S STORY.“TO THE TRANS AND NONBARY QUEER MUNY, KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ENTIRE ST OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO RIGHT BY Y’ALL AND WANT TO REPRENT Y’ALL A WAY THAT IS HUMAN AND TE AND BETIFUL AND LOVELY. AND TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT MEANS THE MOON AND BEYOND TO ALL OF , BUT PECIALLY TO ME, BEE I AM SOMEONE WHO HAS LEARNED THE MOST ABOUT MYSELF OM QUEER PEOPLE, AND AS SOMEONE WHO IS MYSELF EVERY DAY AND HAS TO SHOW UP AS MYSELF TO PLAY THIS CHARACTER,” GOODG SAYS.“IT JT MEANS A LOT TO ME TO BE A PART OF THIS AND TO BE JT A SMALL PIECE OF AN CREDIBLY LIC ANCHISE PIE AND HAVE MY LTLE QUEER STAMP ON AND SAY, ‘A QUEER PERSON WAS HERE AND REPRISED THE ROLE AND MA SURE THAT EVERYONE KNEW THAT THIS PERSON IS HERE AND IS PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS MUNY AND HAS A ROLE TO PLAY STAR TREK.’” REBEC ROMIJN, WHO FANS MAY RELL AS MYSTIQUE THE FIRST THREE X-MEN MOVI, PLAYS A CHARACTER WHO WAS HIDG A TERRIBLE SECRET THAT WAS EXPOSED THE FIRST SEASON. THE REVELATN RULTED HER ARRT THE SEASON FALE, AND SHE WILL GO ON TRIAL THE SEND EPISO OF THIS SEND SEASON. ROMIJN’S CHARACTER IS UNA CH-RILEY, AN “GMENT,” MEANG SHE IS THE RULT OF GEIC ENGEERG, WHICH IS BANNED BY STARFLEET AND THE FERATN. SHE IS THE ENTERPRISE’S FIRST OFFICER AND CAPT. PIKE’S “NUMBER ONE.”GIVEN THAT ROMIJN ALSO PREVLY PLAYED A TRANS WOMAN ON TV’S UGLY BETTY, WE ASKED HER IF SHE SAW A PARALLEL BETWEEN HER CHARACTERS’ EXPERIENC AND THE WAY SOCIETY TREATS TRANS PEOPLE AS OUTSTS.“IT'S LIKE THE THREE CHARACTERS KEEP G BACK MY LIFE AND I LOVE ,” ROMIJN SAYS. “EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THIS UTOPIAN, FUTURISTIC WORLD TREK, SOMETIM WE STILL GRAPPLE WH THE VERY HUMAN ISSU LIKE PREJUDICE AND PERSECUTN. THAT EPISO REALLY PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON THAT. I THK THAT THE MSAGE THAT UNA WANTS TO SEND IS, JT BEE I N HI DON'T MEAN I SHOULD HAVE TO. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THK THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF TRANS PEOPLE FEEL LIKE, TOO.”ROMIJN ALSO SHOUTS OUT JSE JAM KEEL, THE OUT TRANS ACTOR WHO PLAYED A NONBARY VILLA A GROUNDBREAKG SEASON 1 EPISO DIRECTED BY A TRANS WOMAN, SYDNEY FREELAND. “HAVG THAT EPISO WH THEM, WH JSE JAM KEEL, SHE WAS SO AMAZG ON OUR SHOW. WE JT N’T WA TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BRG HER BACK.” KHAREN HILL/PARAMOUNT+ IT’S CLEAR THAT THE STARS OF STRANGE NEW WORLD KNOW HOW POWERFUL AND HOW RADIL THE SHOW’S LGBT+ REPRENTATN IS.AS AN ACTIVE ER OF SOCIAL MEDIA, NAVIA HAS HEARD OM QUEER FANS, ASKG ABOUT HER CHARACTER’S LOVE LIFE. “I KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO SEE MORE OF ORTEGAS TERMS OF HER RELATNSHIPS AND WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT IS, ‘JT HANG ON. HANG ON FOR SURE!’” SHE SAYS. “I N'T WA TO SEE WHAT FANS AND PECIALLY THE TRANS AND LGBT MUNY NTUE TO SEE ORTEGAS. AND HEARG OM THEM ALSO SPIR A LOT OF WHAT WE THEN BRG TO THE ROLE. SO, THANK YOU TO THEM AND, YEAH, PRI MONTH: LET'S DO !”KEEP OBSSG! SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED NEWSLETTER AND FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK, TWTER, INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK. DAWN ENNIS

The actor said he was "proud" of the anchise for troducg Sulu as a gay man. * gay kirk *

's Emancipatn Day celebratn this multi-Grammy Award-wng, multi-platum sellg, crossover gospel artist was paid $80, 000 by lol officials to give an outdoor ncert on April 16 Freedom Plaza as part of the annual Emancipatn Day celebratn, acrdg to the Washgton Fowlk, print and CEO of the Center for Black Equy, which advot for the Ain-Amerin LGBT muny, claims Frankl "po which is sence homophobia" and said he found appallg that tax dollars were ed to pay the mician.

"He has a First Amendment right to say whatever he believ, " Fowlk told the gay news publitn.

"However, I would not want my tax dollars to go to anyone who po which is sence homophobia any more than I would want my tax dollars to go toward anyone who po racism or who was anti-Semic. "While the publitn not that Frankl's work "reflects his eply held Christian beliefs, " labels him "anti-gay" s headle due to ments he ma about human sexualy his 2010 book, The Blueprt: A Plan for Livg Above Life's Storms. C., Baptist mister intified as gay by the Washgton Bla, told the publitn he has met Frankl at relig events on numero ocsns and did not nsir the rerdg artist to be hateful toward gays.

CHRIS PE: 'IT'S ABOUT F**KG TIME' WE HAD A GAY 'STAR TREK' CHARACTER

"If Kirk Frankl was a bigot, if he was someone who has poed hateful feelgs toward homosexuals or who had opposed their rights and fairns and equaly before the law, then I thk that would be different. And I thk some people jt need to unrstand that, " add Kchen, referencg a 2006 Associated Prs terview wh Frankl that was ced by the Washgton that terview, Frankl was asked what he se as "the future of the lbian/gay/bisexual/transgenr muny the black church" and whether he thought that one day "they'll all be expelled or nverted, " or that the issue would rema "a nstant divisive force.

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