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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
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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. 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. However, this is not somethg that is unique to Star Trek: Disvery, even if that is the first seri to pict openly gay characters.
GEE TAKEI EXPLAS WHY THERE WERE NO GAY CHARACTERS ON STAR TREK
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. Star Trek: Disvery has boldly gone where no Star Trek show has gone CBS: All Accs drama troduced a gay uple to s dience Sunday -- a first the long-nng televisn anchise.
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“I did very privately brg up the issue of gays and lbians, ” said Takei, who played Sulu on the long-nng sci-fi seri.
FOR PRI MONTH, WE CELEBRATE STAR TREK’S GAYT MOMENTS
More than halfway through Pri Month, the LBGT+ staff here at TrekMovie thought the perfect time to brg a ltle gayns to your life. And what better way to unwd durg the tough tim than wh a gay Star Trek marathon?
But, spe Trek not havg any openly gay characters for s first five s, there’s a lot of LGBT+ love to go around.
SULU IS GAY IN 'STAR TREK BEYOND,' MAKG FRANCHISE HISTORY
This isn’t exactly a “rah rah we love the gays” moment, but ’s too funny not to clu. Jadzia Normaliz Gay Romance DS9’s “Rul of Acquisn”. While you uld argue that this isn’t a gay Trek moment ( lerally isn’t—that’s the pot of the scene), ’s still a msage about the general acceptance of LGBT+ people the 24th century.
It’s so monplace that beg gay is ls of an issue for Pel than beg a woman is. While Dax was already one of the most socially liberal characters Star Trek, ’s still a nice feelg to see someone assumed to be gay get treated like a normal person.
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