DC’s Origal Green Lantern Com Out as Gay, Mak a Comeback

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• SEXUAL OUTLAW ON THE GAY FRONTIER
• 'BROKEBACK' AND THE GAY ONTIER
• LOST “STAR TREK” EPISO BREACH FAL “GAY” {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY MICHAEL JENSENDECEMBER 16, 2008/10:32 PMBY MICHAEL JENSENDECEMBER 16, 2008 / 10:32 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LOST “STAR TREK” EPISO BREACH FAL “GAY” FRONTIER","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-12-17T03:32:26.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-12-17T03:32:26.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WARNG: THIS ARTICLE NTAS D {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOST ALIEN CREATURE THE STAR TREK UNIVERSE? AN OPENLY GAY PERSON, NONE OF WHOM HAVE BEEN SEEN MORE THAN FORTY YEARS OF OFFICIAL STAR TREK MOVI AND TV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE USS ENTERPRISE WILL BE AT LEAST A LTLE GAYER THIS SATURDAY WHEN PETER KIRK, THE OPENLY GAY NEPHEW OF CAPTA JAM T. KIRK, AND HIS BOYIEND SET FOOT ON BOARD THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO, THIS ISN’T A STORYLE ANY UPG SERI SANCTNED BY CBS, WHICH CURRENTLY OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE STAR TREK TV ANCHISE, NOR IS PART OF J.J. ABRAMS “REBOOT” OF PARAMOUNT’S STAR TREK MOVIE ANCHISE G MAY. AS FAR AS WE KNOW, ALL THE “OFFICIAL” STAR TREK PROJECTS ON THE HORIZON REMA STEADFASTLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS STORYLE IS PART OF AN PENNT ONLE PROJECT LLED STAR TREK: PHASE II, WHICH IMAG A “FOURTH” SEASON OF THE ORIGAL SERI G NEW ACTORS THE CLASSIC ROL OF KIRK AND PANY. CBS AND PARAMOUNT ALLOW SUCH “FAN” PROJECTS, PROVIDG THEY’RE NOT MONEYMAKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JONATHAN ZUNGRE AS LT. CHEKOV, JAM CAWLEY AS CAPTA KIRK, BEN TOLP AS MR. SPOCK, JAY STORY AS TRANSPORTER CHIEF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE THREE EXISTG EPISOS OF PHASE II, ONE OF WHICH STARRED STAR TREK ACTOR GEE TAKEI, HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOWNLOAD MORE THAN THIRTY LN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NEW “GAY” EPISO, “BLOOD AND FIRE”, WILL BE RELEASED TWO PARTS. THE FIRST PART IS AVAILABLE FOR EE DOWNLOAD THIS G SATURDAY ON THE SHOW'S WEBSE, AND PART 2 WILL BE RELEASED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EPISO, PROVID EXCLIVELY TO FOR PREVIEW, IS PROFSNAL S EXECUTN — NOT SURPRISG GIVEN THAT THE PROJECT SOME OF THE ORIGAL STAR TREK SETS AND THAT MANY VETERANS OM THE ACTUAL MOVI AND SERI HAVE DONATED THEIR TALENTS TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, “BLOOD AND FIRE” WAS -WRTEN AND DIRECTED BY DAVID GERROLD, THE OUT GAY WRER OF THE CLASSIC “THE TROUBLE WH TRIBBL” STAR TREK EPISO AND A WRER AND ASSOCIATE PRODUCER ON THE FIRST STAR TREK SP-OFF, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATN. “BLOOD AND FIRE” WAS ORIGALLY WRTEN FOR THAT SERI, WH THE STRONG SUPPORT OF SERI CREATOR GENE RODNBERRY, AND WAS TEND AS A METAPHOR FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT AT THE TIME, TELEVISN EXECUTIV AND THE SHOW’S PRODUCERS BALKED AT THE CLN OF TWO MOR GAY CHARACTERS. “WE TREATED THEM LIKE THEY WERE REALLY GOOD IENDS,” GERROLD SAYS OF THAT ORIGAL SCRIPT. “BUT SOMEONE DO ASK THEM: 'HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TOGETHER?' WELL, A FEW PEOPLE THE OFFICE WENT BALLISTIC! A MEMO ME DOWN THAT SAID, 'WE DON'T WANT TO RISK THE ANCHISE BY HAVG MOMMI LLG THE STATN BEE THEY SAW GAY PEOPLE ON STAR TREK.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PETER KIRK (BOBBY RICE) AND ALEX FREEMAN (EVAN FOWLER){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JAM CAWLEY, THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF PHASE II WHO ALSO PLAYS JAM T. KIRK THE PROJECT, KNEW ABOUT THE REJECTED SCRIPT. WHEN HE NTACTED GERROLD, THE STAR TREK VETERAN WAS ENTHIASTIC TO ADAPT HIS OLD SCRIPT FOR THE PROJECT, WORKG WH PHASE II WRER CARLOS PEDRAZA TO MAKE MORE RELEVANT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN PART 1, THE ENTERPRISE RECEIV A “DISTRS LL” OM ANOTHER STARSHIP. EN ROUTE TO THE SOURCE OF THE LL, WE MEET A NEW ENTERPRISE CREWMEMBER, CAPTA KIRK’S NEPHEW, PETER (PLAYED BY BOBBY RICE, AN ACTOR OM ANOTHER GAY-IENDLY STAR TREK ONLE FAN SERI LLED STAR TREK: HIDN FRONTIER).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOBBY RICE AS PETER KIRK AND EVAN FOWLER AS ALEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THERE’S TENSN BETWEEN PETER AND HIS FAMO UNCLE, WHO IS TERMED TO KEEP HIM OUT OF HARM’S WAY, EVEN IF MEANS TREATG HIM DIFFERENTLY THAN THE OTHER CREWMEMBERS. EVENTUALLY, PETER REVEALS THE REAL REASON HE REQUTED A STT ON THE ENTERPRISE: TO BE NEAR HIS BOYIEND, ALEX FREEMAN (EVAN FOWLER). WHEN THE UPLE MAKE PLANS TO MARRY, KIRK AGRE TO OFFICIATE, BUT ONLY “AFTER THE AWAY MISSN” — WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BO WELL FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE EPISO ISN’T ABOUT ‘BEG GAY,’” CAWLEY SAYS. “IT’S ABOUT FAY TENSNS AND A LOT OF OTHER THGS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, THE GAY UPLE DO SHARE SEVERAL KISS AND A SURPRISGLY STEAMY BEDROOM ENUNTER (WHICH BEGS WH A CHEEKY HOMAGE TO RECENT PHASE II GUT STAR GEE TAKEI WHEN ONE OF THE TWO MEN CLIMBS ON BACK OF THE OTHER, VERG HIS EY AND ASKG, “GUS WHO?” “MR. SULU?” THE OTHER ANSWERS. “YOU WISH!” THE FIRST RPONDS).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GAY ELEMENTS ARE TERWOVEN NICELY TO THE PLOT AND DON’T FEEL FORCED OR PART OF A “VERY SPECIAL EPISO”. THE UPLE IS ACCEPTED BY THE CREW AS SOMETHG PERFECTLY NORMAL THOUGH AT ONE POT CAPTA KIRK DO ASK ANOTHER CREWMEMBER IF HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO HADN'T KNOWN ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FURTHERMORE, THE PORTRAYAL OF PETER AND ALEX'S ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP IS TREATED NO DIFFERENTLY THAN ANY OF THE DOZENS OF HETEROSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS THE VAR STAR TREK RNATNS HAVE CLUD OVER THE S. INED, THE STORYLE IS RPORATED SO NATURALLY AS TO MAKE THE “OFFICIAL” TREK'S EXCABLE LACK OF GAY CHARACTERS EVEN MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVENTUALLY, THE ENTERPRISE DISVERS THAT THE SHIP SENDG THE DISTRS LL HAS BEEN RAVAGED BY SOMETHG LLED “BLOODWORMS,” WHICH QUICKLY FECT ALL THOSE ON THE AWAY MISSN TOO. MEANWHILE, KIRK AND THOSE BACK ON THE ENTERPRISE ARE LEFT TO WRTLE WH THE UNFORTABLE IMPLITNS OF A NTAG, FATAL DISEASE THAT WAS PREVLY THOUGHT TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LT. FREEMAN AND LT. DESALLE (RON BOYD){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DENISE CROSBY, WHO PLAYED TASHA YAR NEXT GENERATN, APPEARS PART 2 OF “BLOOD AND FIRE”. IN ADDN TO TAKEI, WALTER KOENIG, ANOTHER ACTOR OM THE ORIGAL SERI, GUTED ON AN EARLIER EPISO OF STAR TREK: PHASE II. THE EPISO WHICH TAKEI STARRED WAS NOMATED FOR A HUGO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“BLOOD AND FIRE” LOOKS AND SOUNDS A LOT LIKE ONE OF THE ORIGAL STAR TREK EPISOS, BUT WH MUCH BETTER SPECIAL EFFECTS AND A MUCH MORE NTEMPORARY FEEL. STAR TREK: PHASE II UNRPLAYS S PORTRAYALS OF CHARACTERS SUCH AS KIRK AND SPOCK, SO FAMOLY PORTRAYED BY INIC ACTORS WILLIAM SHATNER AND LEONARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAWLEY DO A PARTICULARLY GOOD JOB WH HIS “RE-CREATN” OF JAM T. KIRK; WISELY, HE DON’T DO A DISTRACTG, FULL-FLEDGED IMATN, CHOOSG STEAD TO DO SOMETHG THAT IS MERELY REMISCENT OF SHATNER’S PORTRAYAL (AND ONE THAT IS PROBABLY MORE UNRSTATED THAN SHATNER’S).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JAM CAWLEY AS CAPTA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, ANOTHER VERY FUNNY B, WHICH IS SO “META” MAK YOUR HEAD HURT, PETER KIRK IMAT THE MUCH-MOCKED FLECTNS OF CAPTA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S A ADLY SER STORY,” CAWLEY SAYS,”BUT DAVID [GERROLD] WANTED TO HAVE THAT HUMOR THAT STAR TREK IS FAMO FOR.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE MOST REHG ASPECT OF THE EPISO IS FELY S LONG-OVERDUE TEGRATN OF GAY CHARACTERS TO THE STAR TREK UNIVERSE (THOUGH, SADLY, GAY FASHN SENSE HAS CLED DRAMATILLY SCE THE 23RD CENTURY, WH PETER KIRK APPEARG A JUMPER ONE SCENE THAT IS ALMOST SURREALLY UGLY).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BETTER STILL, CAWLEY PLANS TO MAKE PETER AN ONGOG CHARACTER THE ONLE SERI. IN ADDN TO THE TWO-PART “BLOOD AND FIRE” EPISO, THE CHARACTER APPEARS, WH GAY-RELATED STORYL, TWO MORE EPISOS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FILMED AND ARE CURRENTLY BEG EDED. THEY WILL ALSO BE RELEASED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"STAR TREK THE 1960S WASN’T AAID TO SHOW HALF-NAKED WOMEN, DIFFERENT RAC WORKG TOGETHER, CHALLENG TO THE VIETNAM WAR,” SAYS CAWLEY. “YOU LOOK AT THOSE STORI, THEY WERE BALLSY. BUT STAR TREK HASN’T HAD THE GUTS THEY HAD THE 1960S TO HAVE A GAY CHARACTER. THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST SCIENCE FICTN SERI TO DO THIS, BUT THEY WEREN’T.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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SEXUAL OUTLAW ON THE GAY FRONTIER

Ask anyone who’s seen Brokeback Mounta (2005) to characterize the film three words, and you’re almost certa to hear some variatn of “gay wboy love-story. Detractors, largely spearhead by right-wg and relig groups, quickly and fervently emed the film’s pictn of a homosexual uple immoral, evince of an attempt to femize men, and even anti-Amerin.

” Other crics acced filmmakers of phg an “agenda” onto Amerins, wh one wrg that “Hollywood screenwrers and producers thk that ’s their duty to teach Ameri that homosexual nduct and cross-drsg are normal behavrs that should be affirmed Amerin culture. In light of this ntentn, I will explore the reali of homosexualy and homosocialy amongst wboys the Old Wt, argug that they were accepted and monplace. In this way, Cooper has embedd an acknowledgement of same-sex love the very heart of Amerin myth, directly ntrastg claims that homosexualy is an unnatural and/or morn ventn.

'BROKEBACK' AND THE GAY ONTIER

Furthermore, the homosocialy scribed Cooper’s work is not purely imagative, but actually reflective of historil rerds ditg the prence of homoerotic relatnships among wboys the ontier wt, keepg wh Cooper’s assertn that the stori were spired by tal he had been told by actual wboys. This is also nsistent wh fdgs like those Aled Ksey’s notor 1948 study, Sexual Behavr the Human Male, which reported the hight equenci of homosexual timacy to be among men ral farmg muni; probably, Ksey nclud, much like their pneer forebearers the ontier wt.

One such source, a limerick that allus to homosexual timacy between wboys, was found by historian Clifford Wtermeier and published his 1976 say “The Cowboy and Sex. As Peter Boag explas, “to intify a homoerotic re s myth about the supremacy of whe Amerin masculy is to imply that Amerin dienc want their ontiersman to practice nonnormative sir as part of their rol natn-buildg” (12).

LOST “STAR TREK” EPISO BREACH FAL “GAY” {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY MICHAEL JENSENDECEMBER 16, 2008/10:32 PMBY MICHAEL JENSENDECEMBER 16, 2008 / 10:32 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LOST “STAR TREK” EPISO BREACH FAL “GAY” FRONTIER","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-12-17T03:32:26.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-12-17T03:32:26.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WARNG: THIS ARTICLE NTAS D {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOST ALIEN CREATURE THE STAR TREK UNIVERSE? AN OPENLY GAY PERSON, NONE OF WHOM HAVE BEEN SEEN MORE THAN FORTY YEARS OF OFFICIAL STAR TREK MOVI AND TV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE USS ENTERPRISE WILL BE AT LEAST A LTLE GAYER THIS SATURDAY WHEN PETER KIRK, THE OPENLY GAY NEPHEW OF CAPTA JAM T. KIRK, AND HIS BOYIEND SET FOOT ON BOARD THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO, THIS ISN’T A STORYLE ANY UPG SERI SANCTNED BY CBS, WHICH CURRENTLY OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE STAR TREK TV ANCHISE, NOR IS PART OF J.J. ABRAMS “REBOOT” OF PARAMOUNT’S STAR TREK MOVIE ANCHISE G MAY. AS FAR AS WE KNOW, ALL THE “OFFICIAL” STAR TREK PROJECTS ON THE HORIZON REMA STEADFASTLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS STORYLE IS PART OF AN PENNT ONLE PROJECT LLED STAR TREK: PHASE II, WHICH IMAG A “FOURTH” SEASON OF THE ORIGAL SERI G NEW ACTORS THE CLASSIC ROL OF KIRK AND PANY. CBS AND PARAMOUNT ALLOW SUCH “FAN” PROJECTS, PROVIDG THEY’RE NOT MONEYMAKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JONATHAN ZUNGRE AS LT. CHEKOV, JAM CAWLEY AS CAPTA KIRK, BEN TOLP AS MR. SPOCK, JAY STORY AS TRANSPORTER CHIEF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE THREE EXISTG EPISOS OF PHASE II, ONE OF WHICH STARRED STAR TREK ACTOR GEE TAKEI, HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOWNLOAD MORE THAN THIRTY LN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NEW “GAY” EPISO, “BLOOD AND FIRE”, WILL BE RELEASED TWO PARTS. THE FIRST PART IS AVAILABLE FOR EE DOWNLOAD THIS G SATURDAY ON THE SHOW'S WEBSE, AND PART 2 WILL BE RELEASED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EPISO, PROVID EXCLIVELY TO FOR PREVIEW, IS PROFSNAL S EXECUTN — NOT SURPRISG GIVEN THAT THE PROJECT SOME OF THE ORIGAL STAR TREK SETS AND THAT MANY VETERANS OM THE ACTUAL MOVI AND SERI HAVE DONATED THEIR TALENTS TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, “BLOOD AND FIRE” WAS -WRTEN AND DIRECTED BY DAVID GERROLD, THE OUT GAY WRER OF THE CLASSIC “THE TROUBLE WH TRIBBL” STAR TREK EPISO AND A WRER AND ASSOCIATE PRODUCER ON THE FIRST STAR TREK SP-OFF, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATN. “BLOOD AND FIRE” WAS ORIGALLY WRTEN FOR THAT SERI, WH THE STRONG SUPPORT OF SERI CREATOR GENE RODNBERRY, AND WAS TEND AS A METAPHOR FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT AT THE TIME, TELEVISN EXECUTIV AND THE SHOW’S PRODUCERS BALKED AT THE CLN OF TWO MOR GAY CHARACTERS. “WE TREATED THEM LIKE THEY WERE REALLY GOOD IENDS,” GERROLD SAYS OF THAT ORIGAL SCRIPT. “BUT SOMEONE DO ASK THEM: 'HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TOGETHER?' WELL, A FEW PEOPLE THE OFFICE WENT BALLISTIC! A MEMO ME DOWN THAT SAID, 'WE DON'T WANT TO RISK THE ANCHISE BY HAVG MOMMI LLG THE STATN BEE THEY SAW GAY PEOPLE ON STAR TREK.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PETER KIRK (BOBBY RICE) AND ALEX FREEMAN (EVAN FOWLER){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JAM CAWLEY, THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF PHASE II WHO ALSO PLAYS JAM T. KIRK THE PROJECT, KNEW ABOUT THE REJECTED SCRIPT. WHEN HE NTACTED GERROLD, THE STAR TREK VETERAN WAS ENTHIASTIC TO ADAPT HIS OLD SCRIPT FOR THE PROJECT, WORKG WH PHASE II WRER CARLOS PEDRAZA TO MAKE MORE RELEVANT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN PART 1, THE ENTERPRISE RECEIV A “DISTRS LL” OM ANOTHER STARSHIP. EN ROUTE TO THE SOURCE OF THE LL, WE MEET A NEW ENTERPRISE CREWMEMBER, CAPTA KIRK’S NEPHEW, PETER (PLAYED BY BOBBY RICE, AN ACTOR OM ANOTHER GAY-IENDLY STAR TREK ONLE FAN SERI LLED STAR TREK: HIDN FRONTIER).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOBBY RICE AS PETER KIRK AND EVAN FOWLER AS ALEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THERE’S TENSN BETWEEN PETER AND HIS FAMO UNCLE, WHO IS TERMED TO KEEP HIM OUT OF HARM’S WAY, EVEN IF MEANS TREATG HIM DIFFERENTLY THAN THE OTHER CREWMEMBERS. EVENTUALLY, PETER REVEALS THE REAL REASON HE REQUTED A STT ON THE ENTERPRISE: TO BE NEAR HIS BOYIEND, ALEX FREEMAN (EVAN FOWLER). WHEN THE UPLE MAKE PLANS TO MARRY, KIRK AGRE TO OFFICIATE, BUT ONLY “AFTER THE AWAY MISSN” — WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BO WELL FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE EPISO ISN’T ABOUT ‘BEG GAY,’” CAWLEY SAYS. “IT’S ABOUT FAY TENSNS AND A LOT OF OTHER THGS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, THE GAY UPLE DO SHARE SEVERAL KISS AND A SURPRISGLY STEAMY BEDROOM ENUNTER (WHICH BEGS WH A CHEEKY HOMAGE TO RECENT PHASE II GUT STAR GEE TAKEI WHEN ONE OF THE TWO MEN CLIMBS ON BACK OF THE OTHER, VERG HIS EY AND ASKG, “GUS WHO?” “MR. SULU?” THE OTHER ANSWERS. “YOU WISH!” THE FIRST RPONDS).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GAY ELEMENTS ARE TERWOVEN NICELY TO THE PLOT AND DON’T FEEL FORCED OR PART OF A “VERY SPECIAL EPISO”. THE UPLE IS ACCEPTED BY THE CREW AS SOMETHG PERFECTLY NORMAL THOUGH AT ONE POT CAPTA KIRK DO ASK ANOTHER CREWMEMBER IF HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO HADN'T KNOWN ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FURTHERMORE, THE PORTRAYAL OF PETER AND ALEX'S ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP IS TREATED NO DIFFERENTLY THAN ANY OF THE DOZENS OF HETEROSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS THE VAR STAR TREK RNATNS HAVE CLUD OVER THE S. INED, THE STORYLE IS RPORATED SO NATURALLY AS TO MAKE THE “OFFICIAL” TREK'S EXCABLE LACK OF GAY CHARACTERS EVEN MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVENTUALLY, THE ENTERPRISE DISVERS THAT THE SHIP SENDG THE DISTRS LL HAS BEEN RAVAGED BY SOMETHG LLED “BLOODWORMS,” WHICH QUICKLY FECT ALL THOSE ON THE AWAY MISSN TOO. MEANWHILE, KIRK AND THOSE BACK ON THE ENTERPRISE ARE LEFT TO WRTLE WH THE UNFORTABLE IMPLITNS OF A NTAG, FATAL DISEASE THAT WAS PREVLY THOUGHT TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LT. FREEMAN AND LT. DESALLE (RON BOYD){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DENISE CROSBY, WHO PLAYED TASHA YAR NEXT GENERATN, APPEARS PART 2 OF “BLOOD AND FIRE”. IN ADDN TO TAKEI, WALTER KOENIG, ANOTHER ACTOR OM THE ORIGAL SERI, GUTED ON AN EARLIER EPISO OF STAR TREK: PHASE II. THE EPISO WHICH TAKEI STARRED WAS NOMATED FOR A HUGO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“BLOOD AND FIRE” LOOKS AND SOUNDS A LOT LIKE ONE OF THE ORIGAL STAR TREK EPISOS, BUT WH MUCH BETTER SPECIAL EFFECTS AND A MUCH MORE NTEMPORARY FEEL. STAR TREK: PHASE II UNRPLAYS S PORTRAYALS OF CHARACTERS SUCH AS KIRK AND SPOCK, SO FAMOLY PORTRAYED BY INIC ACTORS WILLIAM SHATNER AND LEONARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAWLEY DO A PARTICULARLY GOOD JOB WH HIS “RE-CREATN” OF JAM T. KIRK; WISELY, HE DON’T DO A DISTRACTG, FULL-FLEDGED IMATN, CHOOSG STEAD TO DO SOMETHG THAT IS MERELY REMISCENT OF SHATNER’S PORTRAYAL (AND ONE THAT IS PROBABLY MORE UNRSTATED THAN SHATNER’S).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JAM CAWLEY AS CAPTA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, ANOTHER VERY FUNNY B, WHICH IS SO “META” MAK YOUR HEAD HURT, PETER KIRK IMAT THE MUCH-MOCKED FLECTNS OF CAPTA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S A ADLY SER STORY,” CAWLEY SAYS,”BUT DAVID [GERROLD] WANTED TO HAVE THAT HUMOR THAT STAR TREK IS FAMO FOR.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE MOST REHG ASPECT OF THE EPISO IS FELY S LONG-OVERDUE TEGRATN OF GAY CHARACTERS TO THE STAR TREK UNIVERSE (THOUGH, SADLY, GAY FASHN SENSE HAS CLED DRAMATILLY SCE THE 23RD CENTURY, WH PETER KIRK APPEARG A JUMPER ONE SCENE THAT IS ALMOST SURREALLY UGLY).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BETTER STILL, CAWLEY PLANS TO MAKE PETER AN ONGOG CHARACTER THE ONLE SERI. IN ADDN TO THE TWO-PART “BLOOD AND FIRE” EPISO, THE CHARACTER APPEARS, WH GAY-RELATED STORYL, TWO MORE EPISOS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FILMED AND ARE CURRENTLY BEG EDED. THEY WILL ALSO BE RELEASED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"STAR TREK THE 1960S WASN’T AAID TO SHOW HALF-NAKED WOMEN, DIFFERENT RAC WORKG TOGETHER, CHALLENG TO THE VIETNAM WAR,” SAYS CAWLEY. “YOU LOOK AT THOSE STORI, THEY WERE BALLSY. BUT STAR TREK HASN’T HAD THE GUTS THEY HAD THE 1960S TO HAVE A GAY CHARACTER. THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST SCIENCE FICTN SERI TO DO THIS, BUT THEY WEREN’T.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

In other words, if there is somethg natnal about the wboy and if there is somethg homoerotic about the partnerships he forms the wilrns, then there is somethg homoerotic about Amerin natnal inty. This would be somethg seemgly ntradictory to the rercement of homosexualy as Other and anathema to the Amerin/mascule ials the wboy was supposed to reprent. In forcg the dience to regnize a eper nnectn between the two protagonists, one that may reflect feelgs held by many other Amerin men, the dience is pelled to acknowledge the artificial boundary between homosocial and homoerotic that is imposed by homophobia and rerced by the Hollywood Cowboy.

As Eric Patterson ncurs, “By lotg love between men wh the inographic system of landspe, clothg, and activi that are fundamental to the Wtern, Brokeback Mounta oblig rears and dienc to beg to regnize how the Amerin natnal fantasy of Wtern adventure and particularly the ialized wboy hero have distorted history and endorsed a homophobic nstctn of masculy” (117). AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSexual Outlaw on the Gay FrontierJuly 25, 2010 When the thor Jt Sprg fally tracked down the executor of Samuel Steward’s tate, he had no ia what this sexual outlaw and ltle-known lerary figure had left behd after his ath 1993.

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) This unual che is signifint bee source material om this perd is rare, said Mart Duberman, a profsor emer and founr of the Center for Lbian and Gay Studi at the Graduate Center of the Cy Universy of New York. Fremson/The New York TimJason Bmann, curator of the lbian and gay llectn for the New York Public Library, said, “It’s exactly the kd of material that I nstantly have historians and the general public wantg to have.

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At first he didn’t realize that some of the odd puzzle piec he happened upon even belonged to the same jigsaw bee Steward had so many inti an era when homosexualy uld land a person jail. But as the thor of gay pulp fictn, he went by Phil Andros and a half-dozen other psdonyms; Hells Angels Oakland, Calif., who ed him as their official tattoo artist, lled him Doc Sparrow; rears of his articl unrground newspapers and magaz knew him as Ward Stam. ) Steward’s tal of equent sexual enunters as a teenager and unrgraduate Woodsfield and Columb, Oh, the 1920s and ’30s are a unterpot to the aggrsive persecutn of homosexuals durg the 1950s McCarthy sre.

Bmann and other historians have noted, there was no homosexual panic those earlier years bee of a reluctance to discs sex any tail and the rultg wispread ignorance. A lightng rod for attentn even before opened, the film has earned plds om crics' groups along wh predictable sneers, and has provoked argument over s gay bona "Brokeback" is a landmark is a matter of empiricism; s mers as a work of art are a matter of taste.

On Brokeback, the two men are neher straight nor gay; they are lovers, which probably acunts for the tegory nfn that has greeted the "Brokeback Mounta" quickly and jokgly beme known as "the gay wboy movie" speaks to the unease surroundg the film's subject, but also reflects an unfaiary wh both the Wt and the wtern. Proulx's story opens long after the symbolic closg of the Amerin ontier and six years before the Stonewall rts, which leated a new ontier that would soon change the untry's social and polil topography: gay rights.

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Prr to Star Trek: Disvery, which premier Sunday (September 24) on CTV and Space, and featur the first openly gay uple the anchise’s half-century history, the show seemed to suggt the LGBTQ+ muny didn’t survive to the 23rd century. Seri creator Gene Rodnberry was often ld for his liberal humanistic view of the future, but this was an extreme se of Hollywood’s Bury Your Gays syndrome.

In the 1995 doc film versn, femist Sie Bright quips: “It’s amazg how, if you’re a gay dience and you’re acctomed to cmbs, you will watch an entire movie jt to see somebody wear an outf that you thk means they are homosexual.

In 1991, Rodnberry told reporters that openly gay characters would start appearg on TNG’s fifth season, but he died soon after and clearly the ia died wh him.

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An openly gay person, none of whom have been seen more than forty years of official Star Trek movi and TV the USS Enterprise will be at least a ltle gayer this Saturday when Peter Kirk, the openly gay nephew of Capta Jam T.

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Spock, Jay Story as Transporter Chief KyleThe three existg episos of Phase II, one of which starred Star Trek actor Gee Takei, have already been download more than thirty ln new “gay” episo, “Blood and Fire”, will be released two parts.

The first part is available for ee download this g Saturday on the show's webse, and Part 2 will be released episo, provid exclively to for preview, is profsnal s executn — not surprisg given that the project some of the origal Star Trek sets and that many veterans om the actual movi and seri have donated their talents to the, “Blood and Fire” was -wrten and directed by David Gerrold, the out gay wrer of the classic “The Trouble wh Tribbl” Star Trek episo and a wrer and associate producer on the first Star Trek sp-off, Star Trek: The Next Generatn. “Blood and Fire” was origally wrten for that seri, wh the strong support of seri creator Gene Rodnberry, and was tend as a metaphor for at the time, televisn executiv and the show’s producers balked at the cln of two mor gay characters. En route to the source of the ll, we meet a new Enterprise crewmember, Capta Kirk’s nephew, Peter (played by Bobby Rice, an actor om another gay-iendly Star Trek onle fan seri lled Star Trek: Hidn Frontier) Rice as Peter Kirk and Evan Fowler as Alex FreemanBut there’s tensn between Peter and his famo uncle, who is termed to keep him out of harm’s way, even if means treatg him differently than the other crewmembers.

”Still, the gay uple do share several kiss and a surprisgly steamy bedroom enunter (which begs wh a cheeky homage to recent Phase II gut star Gee Takei when one of the two men climbs on back of the other, verg his ey and askg, “Gus who? ”But the most rehg aspect of the episo is fely s long-overdue tegratn of gay characters to the Star Trek universe (though, sadly, gay fashn sense has cled dramatilly sce the 23rd century, wh Peter Kirk appearg a jumper one scene that is almost surreally ugly) still, Cawley plans to make Peter an ongog character the onle seri.

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In addn to the two-part “Blood and Fire” episo, the character appears, wh gay-related storyl, two more episos that have already been filmed and are currently beg eded. This will be the first time that the Goln Age versn of the character is nfirmed as out the ics Infe Frontier #0, wrten by out ics wrer Jam Tynn IV, where he tells his tw children, Ja and Obsidian, that he's gay.

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The show will also feature other Green Lanterns like Jsi Cz, Simon Baz, Guy Gardner, Stro, and show has already nfirmed that Stt would be gay, "te to the ics. In a four-page spread wrten by Tynn IV, wh art by Stephen Byrne, the classic hero is not only re-tablished as a primary figure the history of the DC Universe, but nfirmed to be gay. We’ve explored the plited history of Alan Stt Comics Corner before, but to briefly rep, the character – who first appeared back 1940 – was re-imaged as a gay man a ago, a seri lled Earth 2, set an alternate universe.

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The Green Lantern 80th Anniversary Special, published June 2020, laid the groundwork for Alan’s return the ‘ma’ DC Universe, wh a story (also wrten by Tynn IV) that merged the veteran 1940s hero wh the morn gay take on the character om Earth 2.

While ’s slightly disappotg that DC hasn’t tablished Alan as a bisexual hero – bi men have tastrophilly low levels of posive reprentatn mass media – the reveal of the re ntuy versn of Alan Stt as gay is rather elegant. The exchange also tablish that Alan quietly told some of his alli the Jtice Society – a World War II era team of superhero – s before, which offers opportuny for future stori to explore the realy of beg a closeted gay man earlier eras. Perhaps most tertgly, Alan’s new stat provis rears wh a rare example of an olr gay hero – a rary and of self, let alone one alg wh g out later life.