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:
- STAR TREK INTRODUC ITS FIRST GAY COUPLE TO THE UNIVERSE
- GEE TAKEI EXPLAS WHY THERE WERE NO GAY CHARACTERS ON STAR TREK
- FOR PRI MONTH, WE CELEBRATE STAR TREK’S GAYT MOMENTS
- SULU IS GAY IN 'STAR TREK BEYOND,' MAKG FRANCHISE HISTORY
STAR TREK INTRODUC ITS FIRST GAY COUPLE TO THE UNIVERSE
Together, they play the science fictn anchise’s first regularly appearg gay uple aboard the U.
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GEE TAKEI EXPLAS WHY THERE WERE NO GAY CHARACTERS ON STAR TREK
Ennis: As a pneer Star Trek, terms of beg an out gay man, playg a gay character, a relatnship wh another man, do you see that the unfoldg of havg non-bary characters like Adira and a trans character, even a ghostly versn, how do that make you feel terms of the craft and and our muny? In the 1980s, Takei joed a gay club lled the Frontnners, and he was stck by the fastt athlete the group, Brad Altman, whom the actor rells as “dashgly good-lookg. ” But as a closeted gay man, he didn’t thk he uld be out and star on a h TV seri.
FOR PRI MONTH, WE CELEBRATE STAR TREK’S GAYT MOMENTS
He publicly me out as gay and troduced his fans to his partner. Leonard Nemoy himself gave support 1991, sayg, "It is entirely ftg that gays and lbians will appear unobtsively aboard the Enterprise—neher objects of py nor melodramatic attentn.
SULU IS GAY IN 'STAR TREK BEYOND,' MAKG FRANCHISE HISTORY
However, this is not somethg that is unique to Star Trek: Disvery, even if that is the first seri to pict openly gay characters. There is an argument that may not be valid, though Gene Rodnberry himself said that before he died, he had planned to troduce gay characters.