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.
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STAR TREK’S FIRST GAY COUPLE THAT WASN’T
Leonard Nemoy himself gave support 1991, sayg, "It is entirely ftg that gays and lbians will appear unobtsively aboard the Enterprise—neher objects of py nor melodramatic attentn.
Although this time perd was jt before the wir media reprentatn of gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, or queer characters, TNG clud an episo s 5th season that addrsed LGBTQ+ issu head-on. The first openly gay characters the Star Trek televisn universe weren’t troduced until the first season of Star Trek: Disvery 2017.