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STAR TREK’S FIRST GAY COUPLE THAT WASN’T
The season 1 fale of Star Trek: Pird end wh an eyebrow-raisg nfirmatn that Seven of Ne (Jeri Ryan) is gay - and she rocketed to space hand--hand wh a new flame, Raffi Miker (Michelle Hurd). Before the revelatn of Seven of Ne and Raffi's strongly implied relatnship, the anchise had largely taken tentative steps towards cludg homosexual and bisexual characters wh s mythos, met wh varyg levels of appreciatn and ntroversy. The 2016 film Star Trek Beyond, set the alternate Kelv timele, reimaged longtime helmsman Hika Sulu as a gay man a lovg marriage wh a dghter.
This pictn faced a mixed receptn, most notably om the character's origal actor Gee Takei who sisted the versn of the character he troduced the origal seri and envisned by anchise creator Gene Rodnberry had been heterosexual, ntrast to Takei's own homosexualy -- Takei's observatns on the character were siarly met wh divisivens. It wasn't until Disvery arrived 2017 that not one, but two gay characters fally appeared the form of a uple.
However, wasn't long before the wrers unrmed all of this by killg off Culber early on, which fed to the old-fashned ia that gay characters should be punished – even killed – for beg who they are. Regardls of whether this was tend or not, the trope "Bury Your Gays" was ed for a reason, and seeg this play out yet aga such a quick fashn ma Star Trek feel more dated than ever 2018.