Out actor Gee Takei, who origally played Lt. Sulu, <a href="; target="_blank">lled</a> the creative cisn to make the character gay <i>Star Trek Beyond</i> "really unfortunate," promptg strong rpons om <i>Beyond</i> screenwrer and actor Simon Pegg and out actor Zachary Quto.
Contents:
- SULU IS GAY IN 'STAR TREK BEYOND,' MAKG FRANCHISE HISTORY
- FROM GHOSTBTERS TO STAR TREK BEYOND: GAY CHARACTERS ARE THERE, BUT ONLY JT
- THE SURPRISG CONTROVERSY BEHD THE NEW GAY "STAR TREK" CHARACTER
- GAY 'STAR TREK' CHARACTER PROVOK POLARIZG RPONSE
SULU IS GAY IN 'STAR TREK BEYOND,' MAKG FRANCHISE HISTORY
* star trek beyond lgbt characters *
In 1991, Gene Rodnberry ma a statement on his plans to clu gay characters Star Trek: The Next Generatn, but followg his ath shortly afterwards, the productn team were slow to follow up on his promis. Throughout the 1990s, fans were engaged letter-wrg mpaigns askg for gay characters, some of which were endorsed by actors appearg the anchise, but the rponse om Paramount was at bt dismissive and at worst outright hostile.
FROM GHOSTBTERS TO STAR TREK BEYOND: GAY CHARACTERS ARE THERE, BUT ONLY JT
The episo gets plenty wrong – nflatg havg no genr wh asexualy, g a character who is sentially transgenr as a metaphor for gay people whout really realizg that was what they were dog, and assumg that androgyno people would tomatilly wear drab clothg and have bad haircuts (a quick Google Imag search of “nonbary style” will show you how far off the mark that is).
THE SURPRISG CONTROVERSY BEHD THE NEW GAY "STAR TREK" CHARACTER
The ill-fated AIDS-allegory episo Blood And Fire, wrten by David Gerrold, would have featured actual human gay characters, but was shot down at the script stage.
GAY 'STAR TREK' CHARACTER PROVOK POLARIZG RPONSE
Deep Space Ne did do a ltle better than s sister shows terms of sual background queerns – Jadzia isn’t thrown by the ia of gay Ferengi, Bashir and O’Brien happily plan a baby shower for a pregnant male lleague, several characters the Mirror Universe are queer – but they missed jt as many opportuni as The Next Generatn and Voyager.
Litenant Hawk, a mor on-screen character Star Trek: First Contact, was wrten as a gay man, but referenc to were removed om later versns of the script.