Contents:
- STAR TREK’S FIRST GAY COUPLE THAT WASN’T
- STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NE ACTOR WANTED HIS CHARACTER TO BE OPENLY GAY
- STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NE DOCUMENTARY CONFIRMS FAN FAVORE CHARACTER WAS GAY
STAR TREK’S FIRST GAY COUPLE THAT WASN’T
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.
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. While the seri did have the first same-sex kiss Star Trek history, didn't have an openly gay character.
On the other hand, did have a character that many read as bisexual or gay. And although they didn't follow that up wh an explicly gay character, that ambiguy about Garak remaed.
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NE ACTOR WANTED HIS CHARACTER TO BE OPENLY GAY
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STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NE DOCUMENTARY CONFIRMS FAN FAVORE CHARACTER WAS GAY
And although they didn’t follow that up wh an explicly gay character, that ambiguy about Garak remaed.