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.
Contents:
- BRYAN FULLER PRAIS HOW ‘STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NE’ PAVED A GAY WAY FOR ‘DISVERY’
- FULLER: GAY CHARACTERS CONSIRED FOR VOYAGER
BRYAN FULLER PRAIS HOW ‘STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NE’ PAVED A GAY WAY FOR ‘DISVERY’
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Premierg 2017 to cril and fan acclaim, “Star Trek: Disvery” featured out gay actors (and origal “Rent” -stars) Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cz as chief engeer Pl Stamets and his hband Hugh Culber, rpectively.
FULLER: GAY CHARACTERS CONSIRED FOR VOYAGER
Together, they ma history as the first out gay uple on any “Star Trek” anchise, and that’s somethg seri -creator Bryan Fuller is very proud of. Jeri Ryan's reformed B drone was troduced to Star Trek: Voyager wh a lot of fan hope and speculatn that she would be gay, but that never panned out.
“My attu toward homosexualy has changed,” he told The Humanist 1991.
I have, over many years, changed my attu about gay men and women.”.