In "Star Trek Beyond," Hika Sulu, played by Gee Takei the origal seri and John Cho the recent trilogy, will be gay.
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
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. * 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.
FROM GHOSTBTERS TO STAR TREK BEYOND: GAY CHARACTERS ARE THERE, BUT ONLY JT
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. 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 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.
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.
THE SURPRISG CONTROVERSY BEHD THE NEW GAY "STAR TREK" CHARACTER
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. Jeri Taylor’s Pathways, which explor the life stori of the crew of Voyager, featur a background gay uple and a gay Starfleet Amy roommate for Harry Kim.
GAY 'STAR TREK' CHARACTER PROVOK POLARIZG RPONSE
The Starfleet Corps of Engeers novels feature a gay uple, and the DS9 relnch books feature a lbian uple.