Did Disney Bury 'Strange World' Bee of Gay Character?

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• DISNEY'S 'STRANGE WORLD' FEATUR THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER — WHO IS BEHD THE VOICE?
• HERE'S HOW 'STRANGE WORLD' TRODUC THE FIRST OUT GAY TEENAGER A DISNEY ANIMATED FILM: 'IT WAS A BETIFUL THG TO BE A PART OF'
• LIST: 'STRANGE WORLD' REVIEWS ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST OUT GAY, CHARACTER, BIRACIAL QUEER TEEN
• DID DISNEY BURY STRANGE WORLD BEE OF GAY CHARACTER?
• STRANGE WORLD: EVERYTHG ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER ETHAN CLA
• THE ‘STAR TREK’ CAST ON THE RADIL LGBT+ REPRENTATN OF ‘STRANGE NEW WORLDS’FINAL FRONTIER: PRIDETHE OUT STARS OF “STRANGE NEW WORLDS” DISCS WHAT THE SHOW’S UNAPOLOGETIC PICTN OF QUEERNS AND GENR MEANS TO THEM AND THE “STAR TREK” ANCHISE’S HISTORY OF ALLYSHIP.DAWN ENNISPUBLISHED JUN. 15, 2023 4:35AM EDT PARI DOVIC/PARAMOUNT+WHEN THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE FALLY NTU S VOYAGE THIS WEEK, THE LOUD AND PROUD NTGENT OF LGBTQ+ STAR TREK FANS WILL SEE SOMETHG VERY SPECIAL: THEMSELV, REPRENTED THE 23RD CENTURY.“I LOVE THAT WE’RE PREMIERG DURG PRI MONTH,” ACTOR MELISSA NAVIA TELLS THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED, SPEAKG AHEAD OF THE SEASON 2 LNCH OF STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS JUNE 15 ON PARAMOUNT+. “I FEEL LIKE OUR POSTER IS ABOUT THAT, TOO,” SHE ADDS. PROMOTNAL ADVERTISEMENTS AND VIOS PROMENTLY FEATURE RABOW LORG AND GRAPHICS, MUCH TO NAVIA’S LIGHT. “I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS ON PURPOSE, BUT I’M GOG TO GO AHEAD AND SAY WAS!”ON STRANGE NEW WORLDS, NAVIA PLAYS ERI ORTEGAS, THE PILOT OF THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE. THE STAR TREK PREQUEL SERI IS SET THE FUTURE, BUT ALSO THE PAST; THE ADVENTUR TAKE PLACE THE 2200S, BUT ’S SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE THOSE PICTED THE ORIGAL SERI OM THE 1960S, WHEN SULU (GEE TAKEI) SERVED AS HELMSMAN UNR WILLIAM SHATNER’S INIC CAPT. JAM T. KIRK.WHEN STRANGE NEW WORLDS LNCHED LAST SUMMER, NAVIA WAS ASKED BY VARIETY ABOUT HER CHARACTER’S ANDROGYNO APPEARANCE AND MEANOR. “I LIKE THAT WE’RE APPROACHG A WAY THAT NOBODY BATS AN EYE. LIKE, THEY SHOULDN’T, RIGHT? EVERYBODY SHOULD BE A B QUEER,” SHE SAID. “I KNOW I GIVE OFF THIS WONRFUL QUEER ENERGY. IT’S JT BEEN A PART OF WHO I AM.” KHAREN HILL/PARAMOUNT+ ALMOST A YEAR LATER, NAVIA TELLS SHE “ABSOLUTELY” STANDS BY THOSE STATEMENTS, AND THE MUNY.“THROUGHOUT MY REER, THE TRANS AND LGBT MUNY HAVE BEEN JT SUCH ROCK STARS FOR ME, TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE WHAT THEY SEE ME. THEY LOVE WHAT I BRG TO THE SCREEN AND WHAT I BRG TO CHARACTERS,” SHE SAYS. “THE FACT IS, GENR [FLUIDY] PLAYS ALMOST HERENTLY A PART OF ME AND ALWAYS HAS. SO WHENEVER I’M ST THGS, I THK PEOPLE SOMEHOW SEE THAT. [THE LGBT MUNY] HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY MY BIGGT FANS.”“I’M QUEER,” SAYS ACTOR JS BH, WHOUT HATN, SPEAKG ABOUT BOTH HER OWN LIFE AWAY OM THE TV SCREEN AND ON THE PARAMOUNT+ STREAMG SERI. “I AM SO LIGHTED THAT THERE'S MORE REPRENTATN FOR ALL EXPRSNS OF SEXUALY AND GENR STAR TREK. THAT’S REALLY EXCG TO ME, AND I’M REALLY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT REPRENTATN.” THE ATRALIAN NATIVE RETURNS AS NURSE CHRISTE CHAPEL, WHO THIS RNATN IS AN OPENLY BISEXUAL CHARACTER—BUT STILL WH THE HOTS FOR SPOCK. “I WOULD LIKE TO SEE [SEXUALY AND GENR] EXPLORED MORE FOR CHAPEL AND FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO’S ON THE SHOW,” SAID BH. “THAT IS SOMETHG THAT I THK THE FANDOM REALLY APPRECIAT, AND ’S ALSO A DIRECT REFLECTN OF OUR SOCIETY RIGHT NOW. THE CREASED VISIBILY AND THE CREASED ACCEPTANCE OF QUEER FOLK IS SOMETHG THAT'S BEG CELEBRATED A LOT RIGHT NOW, BUT IS ALSO THREATENED A LOT RIGHT NOW. THERE’S A LOT OF VLENCE TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO ARE QUEER.”BH WAS ALLUDG TO CINTS LIKE THE GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA, BOARD OF EDUTN MEETG THAT EPTED A BRAWL BETWEEN ANTI-LGBTQ+ AND PRO-LGBTQ+ MONSTRATORS THIS MONTH. AND AS THE DAILY BEAST HAS REPORTED, FAR RIGHT EXTREMISTS HAVE BEEN TARGETG SCHOOLS THAT SHOW SUPPORT FOR QUEER STUNTS. BH MENTNS HOW, THROUGHOUT S HISTORY, STAR TREK HAS ADDRSED CURRENT NFLICTS THROUGH SCIENCE FICTN STORYTELLG, OM WAR TO RACISM AND, MORE RECENTLY, LGBTQ+ AND NONBARY CLN.“I THK STAR TREK HAS A CERTA POWER THAT ULD BE ED TO FIGHT THAT [VLENCE],” SHE SAID. “I URGE THE [PRODUCERS] TO DO THAT WH THE WRG. I THK ’S AN OPPORTUNY FOR THEM TO REALLY STEP UP AND STAND BEHD OUR QUEER FANS.” KHAREN HILL/PARAMOUNT+ THOSE FANS HAVE LONG FANTASIZED—AND POSED REAMS OF FAN FICTN—ABOUT A POTENTIAL ROMANCE BETWEEN STAR TREK’S ORIGAL LEAD CHARACTERS, KIRK AND SPOCK, SHIPPG THEM AS “SPIRK.” PL WLEY PLAYS A YOUNG JIM KIRK ON STRANGE NEW WORLDS, WHILE ETHAN PECK, THE GRANDSON OF THE LEGENDARY ACTOR GREGORY PECK, WEARS THE FAMED POTED EARS THIS TIME AROUND.“I DO THK ONE’S RELATNSHIP WH ANOTHER ACTOR OFFSCREEN, OR YOUR GENERAL CHEMISTRY, DO ACTUALLY TRANSLATE ONTO THE SCREEN,” WLEY SAYS. SPOCK MEETS KIRK FOR THE FIRST TIME SEASON 2, AND PECK SAYS THEIR FOUNDATNAL IENDSHIP WAS KEY TO THAT SCENE.“IT REALLY ADD A LOT OF NUANCE TO THAT MOMENT, THE MOMENTO MOMENT THAT THE TWO CHARACTERS MEET,” PECK SAYS, AFTER WHICH WLEY ADPANS: “CAN WE GET ‘SPIRK’ TATTOOS?”CELIA ROSE GOODG IS BREAKG GROUND STRANGE NEW WORLDS, NOT JT AS THE FIRST ACTOR TO PORTRAY MUNITNS OFFICER NYOTA UHURA SCE THE ATH OF THE TRAILBLAZG NICHELLE NICHOLS, BUT ALSO AS THE FIRST QUEER ACTOR TO PLAY THE ROLE. DAWN ENNIS “AS AN OUT QUEER PERSON, AS SOMEONE WHOSE RELATNSHIP WH THEIR GENR IS EVER-EVOLVG AND EVER-CHANGG, IS SO EXCG TO BE A PART OF THIS, PECIALLY PLAYG A ROLE THAT HAS BEEN ORIGATED BY CIS WOMEN AND HAS HISTORILLY ONLY BEEN PLAYED BY CIS WOMEN,” GOODG SAYS, ADDG THAT SHE IS HUMBLED TO BE TSTED WH UHURA’S STORY.“TO THE TRANS AND NONBARY QUEER MUNY, KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ENTIRE ST OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO RIGHT BY Y’ALL AND WANT TO REPRENT Y’ALL A WAY THAT IS HUMAN AND TE AND BETIFUL AND LOVELY. AND TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT MEANS THE MOON AND BEYOND TO ALL OF , BUT PECIALLY TO ME, BEE I AM SOMEONE WHO HAS LEARNED THE MOST ABOUT MYSELF OM QUEER PEOPLE, AND AS SOMEONE WHO IS MYSELF EVERY DAY AND HAS TO SHOW UP AS MYSELF TO PLAY THIS CHARACTER,” GOODG SAYS.“IT JT MEANS A LOT TO ME TO BE A PART OF THIS AND TO BE JT A SMALL PIECE OF AN CREDIBLY LIC ANCHISE PIE AND HAVE MY LTLE QUEER STAMP ON AND SAY, ‘A QUEER PERSON WAS HERE AND REPRISED THE ROLE AND MA SURE THAT EVERYONE KNEW THAT THIS PERSON IS HERE AND IS PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS MUNY AND HAS A ROLE TO PLAY STAR TREK.’” REBEC ROMIJN, WHO FANS MAY RELL AS MYSTIQUE THE FIRST THREE X-MEN MOVI, PLAYS A CHARACTER WHO WAS HIDG A TERRIBLE SECRET THAT WAS EXPOSED THE FIRST SEASON. THE REVELATN RULTED HER ARRT THE SEASON FALE, AND SHE WILL GO ON TRIAL THE SEND EPISO OF THIS SEND SEASON. ROMIJN’S CHARACTER IS UNA CH-RILEY, AN “GMENT,” MEANG SHE IS THE RULT OF GEIC ENGEERG, WHICH IS BANNED BY STARFLEET AND THE FERATN. SHE IS THE ENTERPRISE’S FIRST OFFICER AND CAPT. PIKE’S “NUMBER ONE.”GIVEN THAT ROMIJN ALSO PREVLY PLAYED A TRANS WOMAN ON TV’S UGLY BETTY, WE ASKED HER IF SHE SAW A PARALLEL BETWEEN HER CHARACTERS’ EXPERIENC AND THE WAY SOCIETY TREATS TRANS PEOPLE AS OUTSTS.“IT'S LIKE THE THREE CHARACTERS KEEP G BACK MY LIFE AND I LOVE ,” ROMIJN SAYS. “EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THIS UTOPIAN, FUTURISTIC WORLD TREK, SOMETIM WE STILL GRAPPLE WH THE VERY HUMAN ISSU LIKE PREJUDICE AND PERSECUTN. THAT EPISO REALLY PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON THAT. I THK THAT THE MSAGE THAT UNA WANTS TO SEND IS, JT BEE I N HI DON'T MEAN I SHOULD HAVE TO. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THK THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF TRANS PEOPLE FEEL LIKE, TOO.”ROMIJN ALSO SHOUTS OUT JSE JAM KEEL, THE OUT TRANS ACTOR WHO PLAYED A NONBARY VILLA A GROUNDBREAKG SEASON 1 EPISO DIRECTED BY A TRANS WOMAN, SYDNEY FREELAND. “HAVG THAT EPISO WH THEM, WH JSE JAM KEEL, SHE WAS SO AMAZG ON OUR SHOW. WE JT N’T WA TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BRG HER BACK.” KHAREN HILL/PARAMOUNT+ IT’S CLEAR THAT THE STARS OF STRANGE NEW WORLD KNOW HOW POWERFUL AND HOW RADIL THE SHOW’S LGBT+ REPRENTATN IS.AS AN ACTIVE ER OF SOCIAL MEDIA, NAVIA HAS HEARD OM QUEER FANS, ASKG ABOUT HER CHARACTER’S LOVE LIFE. “I KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO SEE MORE OF ORTEGAS TERMS OF HER RELATNSHIPS AND WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT IS, ‘JT HANG ON. HANG ON FOR SURE!’” SHE SAYS. “I N'T WA TO SEE WHAT FANS AND PECIALLY THE TRANS AND LGBT MUNY NTUE TO SEE ORTEGAS. AND HEARG OM THEM ALSO SPIR A LOT OF WHAT WE THEN BRG TO THE ROLE. SO, THANK YOU TO THEM AND, YEAH, PRI MONTH: LET'S DO !”KEEP OBSSG! SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED NEWSLETTER AND FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK, TWTER, INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK. DAWN ENNIS

DISNEY'S 'STRANGE WORLD' FEATUR THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER — WHO IS BEHD THE VOICE?

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HERE'S HOW 'STRANGE WORLD' TRODUC THE FIRST OUT GAY TEENAGER A DISNEY ANIMATED FILM: 'IT WAS A BETIFUL THG TO BE A PART OF'

23, the movie also monstrat the Moe Hoe's renewed mment to LGBTQ reprentatn by showsg the first out gay teenager a Disney rtoon feature. That character is Ethan Cla, and he's voiced by out gay edian and actor Jaboie Young-Whe. "For her part, Unn not that her recent remake of Cheaper by the Dozen — which premiered on Disney+ March — featured one of Disney's first live actn gay teens (played by Caylee Blosensk), but says much of that storyle was downplayed the fished film.

Both the 2020 animated feature, Onward, which featured Disney's first self-intified lbian character, and 2022's Lightyear, which featured the stud's first same-sex kiss, were banned Sdi Arabia and other Gulf natns where homosexual nduct is still illegal. "Andi Mack" was the first seri on Disney Channel to feature a gay ma characterValkyrie, played by Tsa Thompson, appears two "Thor" films and two "Avengers" filmsWhen asked if Loki romanced would-be prcs or another prce, the god of mischief rpond wh, "A b of both"Is "Strange World" the first Disney movie that featur a gay character?No. Jenna Barbee alleged a Hernando County School Board member reported her to the DOE for showg her stunts Disney's "Strange World." It's the first Disney movie wh an out, gay character.In November at the Los Angel premiere of "Strange World," star Jake Gyllenhaal said Disney's animated fay adventure normaliz a "queer kid" character as part of s storyle about young people fdg their own inty.

LIST: 'STRANGE WORLD' REVIEWS ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST OUT GAY, CHARACTER, BIRACIAL QUEER TEEN

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Throughout a seri of flashbacks, or multiverse scen, viewers n see Ameri has two moms.Do you regnize them?Photos of 8 Disney, Marvel characters who are gay, lbian or bisexualWas there a gay character on 'Andi Mack' on Disney Channel?In 2017, "Andi Mack" ma s but on Disney Channel, and was the first seri on that work to feature a gay ma character.Peyton Elizabeth Lee played the tle character, and her world is turned upsi-down (jt before her 13th birthday) when she learns her olr sister is actually her mother, and her mother is actually her grandmother. Wh support om Andi and Buffy, Cys out to Jonah at a party (see vio above).The show aired for three seasons.Is there a gay character 'Thor' 3 and 4?"Thor: Ragnarok" (the third film the seri) and "Thor: Love and Thunr" (Thor 4) feature two proment gay characters.

DID DISNEY BURY STRANGE WORLD BEE OF GAY CHARACTER?

K falls love wh another Kronan named Dwayne, and the same-sex uple has a baby together.Is Loki gay?In Marvel's "Thor" film seri, there's no reference to Loki's sexualy other than the first film, when Asgard's god of mischief is fightg wh his brother Thor, god of thunr. I spect the same as you."Loki is Marvel's first bisexual character.Hiddlton and Di Marto will return season two of the Disney+ show.Episo 1 rep:The ‘Loki’ premiere fds the God of Mischief a strange new realyIt's official.Tom Hiddlton's Loki nfirmed as Marvel's first bisexual lead characterIs there a gay character Marvel's 'Eternals?'In Marvel's film about immortals fendg Earth, Brian Tyree Henry ("Atlanta," "Cseway") plays Phastos.

"Eternals" also has the Marvel Cematic Universe's first love scene between Gemma Chan ("Crazy Rich Asians") and Richard Madn.Is LeFou gay Disney's 'Bety and the Beast?'In the 1991 animated feature "Bety and the Beast," 's clear LeFou worships Gaston − as his bt iend.In the 2017 live-actn film "Bety and the Beast," starrg Emma Watson (the "Harry Potter" films) as Belle, Le Evans (the "Hobb" films) as Gaston and Dan Stevens as the Beast, LeFou worships Gaston − and more.LeFou, who was straight the animated classic, was gay this versn.

Portrayed by Josh Gad, LeFou sgs that at tim he wants to be Gaston and kiss Gaston.Is there a gay uple 'Toy Story 4?'"Toy Story 4" troduc "Toy Story" fans to a new character named Forky. In a brief scene, two moms drop their kids off to dayre.Is there a gay uple 'Star Wars?'In the 2019 film "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," which stars Mark Hal as the tle character, Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver, two same-sex characters kiss, the first time this has happened a "Star Wars" movie.

STRANGE WORLD: EVERYTHG ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER ETHAN CLA

The scene is toward the end of the film and featur two unnamed female Ristance soldiers an embrace.Is there a gay uple 'Onward?'In the Disney-Pixar animated film "Onward," MCU stars Chris Pratt ("Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Avengers" films) and Tom Holland ("Spir-Man" and "Avengers" films) play brothers Ian and Barley, who e a spell gifted to them on Ian's 16th birthday to magilly njure their dad − the bottom half of him, anyway − om his khaki pants to his signature purple socks.Acrdg to the film scriptn, "the brothers seek an ancient map om the Mantire — once a mighty warrr whose tavern served as a way-statn for travelers embarkg on epic quts. Wahe's character is a purple cyclops who mentns her girliend.Is there a gay character 'Cella?'Like 2017's live-actn remake of Disney's "Bety and the Beast," the 2021 film "Cella" featured an LGBTQ character.Amy Award-wng actrs Emma Stone ("La La Land," "Easy A") plays the tle character, Cella Vil, who was first troduced Disney's 1961 animated classic "One Hundred and One Dalmatns." In the live-actn sp-off, actor John McCrea plays LGBTQ character Artie, owner of a vtage clothg store who admir Cella's sense of fashn.Contributg: Ana Goñi-Lsan, Tallahassee Democrat; Brian Tt, USA TODAYSangalang is a lead digal producer for USA TODAY Network-Florida.

It's the first Disney movie featurg an out-gay character named Ethan Cla, played by gay edian Jaboie Young-Whe.

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THE ‘STAR TREK’ CAST ON THE RADIL LGBT+ REPRENTATN OF ‘STRANGE NEW WORLDS’FINAL FRONTIER: PRIDETHE OUT STARS OF “STRANGE NEW WORLDS” DISCS WHAT THE SHOW’S UNAPOLOGETIC PICTN OF QUEERNS AND GENR MEANS TO THEM AND THE “STAR TREK” ANCHISE’S HISTORY OF ALLYSHIP.DAWN ENNISPUBLISHED JUN. 15, 2023 4:35AM EDT PARI DOVIC/PARAMOUNT+WHEN THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE FALLY NTU S VOYAGE THIS WEEK, THE LOUD AND PROUD NTGENT OF LGBTQ+ STAR TREK FANS WILL SEE SOMETHG VERY SPECIAL: THEMSELV, REPRENTED THE 23RD CENTURY.“I LOVE THAT WE’RE PREMIERG DURG PRI MONTH,” ACTOR MELISSA NAVIA TELLS THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED, SPEAKG AHEAD OF THE SEASON 2 LNCH OF STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS JUNE 15 ON PARAMOUNT+. “I FEEL LIKE OUR POSTER IS ABOUT THAT, TOO,” SHE ADDS. PROMOTNAL ADVERTISEMENTS AND VIOS PROMENTLY FEATURE RABOW LORG AND GRAPHICS, MUCH TO NAVIA’S LIGHT. “I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS ON PURPOSE, BUT I’M GOG TO GO AHEAD AND SAY WAS!”ON STRANGE NEW WORLDS, NAVIA PLAYS ERI ORTEGAS, THE PILOT OF THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE. THE STAR TREK PREQUEL SERI IS SET THE FUTURE, BUT ALSO THE PAST; THE ADVENTUR TAKE PLACE THE 2200S, BUT ’S SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE THOSE PICTED THE ORIGAL SERI OM THE 1960S, WHEN SULU (GEE TAKEI) SERVED AS HELMSMAN UNR WILLIAM SHATNER’S INIC CAPT. JAM T. KIRK.WHEN STRANGE NEW WORLDS LNCHED LAST SUMMER, NAVIA WAS ASKED BY VARIETY ABOUT HER CHARACTER’S ANDROGYNO APPEARANCE AND MEANOR. “I LIKE THAT WE’RE APPROACHG A WAY THAT NOBODY BATS AN EYE. LIKE, THEY SHOULDN’T, RIGHT? EVERYBODY SHOULD BE A B QUEER,” SHE SAID. “I KNOW I GIVE OFF THIS WONRFUL QUEER ENERGY. IT’S JT BEEN A PART OF WHO I AM.” KHAREN HILL/PARAMOUNT+ ALMOST A YEAR LATER, NAVIA TELLS SHE “ABSOLUTELY” STANDS BY THOSE STATEMENTS, AND THE MUNY.“THROUGHOUT MY REER, THE TRANS AND LGBT MUNY HAVE BEEN JT SUCH ROCK STARS FOR ME, TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE WHAT THEY SEE ME. THEY LOVE WHAT I BRG TO THE SCREEN AND WHAT I BRG TO CHARACTERS,” SHE SAYS. “THE FACT IS, GENR [FLUIDY] PLAYS ALMOST HERENTLY A PART OF ME AND ALWAYS HAS. SO WHENEVER I’M ST THGS, I THK PEOPLE SOMEHOW SEE THAT. [THE LGBT MUNY] HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY MY BIGGT FANS.”“I’M QUEER,” SAYS ACTOR JS BH, WHOUT HATN, SPEAKG ABOUT BOTH HER OWN LIFE AWAY OM THE TV SCREEN AND ON THE PARAMOUNT+ STREAMG SERI. “I AM SO LIGHTED THAT THERE'S MORE REPRENTATN FOR ALL EXPRSNS OF SEXUALY AND GENR STAR TREK. THAT’S REALLY EXCG TO ME, AND I’M REALLY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT REPRENTATN.” THE ATRALIAN NATIVE RETURNS AS NURSE CHRISTE CHAPEL, WHO THIS RNATN IS AN OPENLY BISEXUAL CHARACTER—BUT STILL WH THE HOTS FOR SPOCK. “I WOULD LIKE TO SEE [SEXUALY AND GENR] EXPLORED MORE FOR CHAPEL AND FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO’S ON THE SHOW,” SAID BH. “THAT IS SOMETHG THAT I THK THE FANDOM REALLY APPRECIAT, AND ’S ALSO A DIRECT REFLECTN OF OUR SOCIETY RIGHT NOW. THE CREASED VISIBILY AND THE CREASED ACCEPTANCE OF QUEER FOLK IS SOMETHG THAT'S BEG CELEBRATED A LOT RIGHT NOW, BUT IS ALSO THREATENED A LOT RIGHT NOW. THERE’S A LOT OF VLENCE TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO ARE QUEER.”BH WAS ALLUDG TO CINTS LIKE THE GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA, BOARD OF EDUTN MEETG THAT EPTED A BRAWL BETWEEN ANTI-LGBTQ+ AND PRO-LGBTQ+ MONSTRATORS THIS MONTH. AND AS THE DAILY BEAST HAS REPORTED, FAR RIGHT EXTREMISTS HAVE BEEN TARGETG SCHOOLS THAT SHOW SUPPORT FOR QUEER STUNTS. BH MENTNS HOW, THROUGHOUT S HISTORY, STAR TREK HAS ADDRSED CURRENT NFLICTS THROUGH SCIENCE FICTN STORYTELLG, OM WAR TO RACISM AND, MORE RECENTLY, LGBTQ+ AND NONBARY CLN.“I THK STAR TREK HAS A CERTA POWER THAT ULD BE ED TO FIGHT THAT [VLENCE],” SHE SAID. “I URGE THE [PRODUCERS] TO DO THAT WH THE WRG. I THK ’S AN OPPORTUNY FOR THEM TO REALLY STEP UP AND STAND BEHD OUR QUEER FANS.” KHAREN HILL/PARAMOUNT+ THOSE FANS HAVE LONG FANTASIZED—AND POSED REAMS OF FAN FICTN—ABOUT A POTENTIAL ROMANCE BETWEEN STAR TREK’S ORIGAL LEAD CHARACTERS, KIRK AND SPOCK, SHIPPG THEM AS “SPIRK.” PL WLEY PLAYS A YOUNG JIM KIRK ON STRANGE NEW WORLDS, WHILE ETHAN PECK, THE GRANDSON OF THE LEGENDARY ACTOR GREGORY PECK, WEARS THE FAMED POTED EARS THIS TIME AROUND.“I DO THK ONE’S RELATNSHIP WH ANOTHER ACTOR OFFSCREEN, OR YOUR GENERAL CHEMISTRY, DO ACTUALLY TRANSLATE ONTO THE SCREEN,” WLEY SAYS. SPOCK MEETS KIRK FOR THE FIRST TIME SEASON 2, AND PECK SAYS THEIR FOUNDATNAL IENDSHIP WAS KEY TO THAT SCENE.“IT REALLY ADD A LOT OF NUANCE TO THAT MOMENT, THE MOMENTO MOMENT THAT THE TWO CHARACTERS MEET,” PECK SAYS, AFTER WHICH WLEY ADPANS: “CAN WE GET ‘SPIRK’ TATTOOS?”CELIA ROSE GOODG IS BREAKG GROUND STRANGE NEW WORLDS, NOT JT AS THE FIRST ACTOR TO PORTRAY MUNITNS OFFICER NYOTA UHURA SCE THE ATH OF THE TRAILBLAZG NICHELLE NICHOLS, BUT ALSO AS THE FIRST QUEER ACTOR TO PLAY THE ROLE. DAWN ENNIS “AS AN OUT QUEER PERSON, AS SOMEONE WHOSE RELATNSHIP WH THEIR GENR IS EVER-EVOLVG AND EVER-CHANGG, IS SO EXCG TO BE A PART OF THIS, PECIALLY PLAYG A ROLE THAT HAS BEEN ORIGATED BY CIS WOMEN AND HAS HISTORILLY ONLY BEEN PLAYED BY CIS WOMEN,” GOODG SAYS, ADDG THAT SHE IS HUMBLED TO BE TSTED WH UHURA’S STORY.“TO THE TRANS AND NONBARY QUEER MUNY, KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ENTIRE ST OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO RIGHT BY Y’ALL AND WANT TO REPRENT Y’ALL A WAY THAT IS HUMAN AND TE AND BETIFUL AND LOVELY. AND TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT MEANS THE MOON AND BEYOND TO ALL OF , BUT PECIALLY TO ME, BEE I AM SOMEONE WHO HAS LEARNED THE MOST ABOUT MYSELF OM QUEER PEOPLE, AND AS SOMEONE WHO IS MYSELF EVERY DAY AND HAS TO SHOW UP AS MYSELF TO PLAY THIS CHARACTER,” GOODG SAYS.“IT JT MEANS A LOT TO ME TO BE A PART OF THIS AND TO BE JT A SMALL PIECE OF AN CREDIBLY LIC ANCHISE PIE AND HAVE MY LTLE QUEER STAMP ON AND SAY, ‘A QUEER PERSON WAS HERE AND REPRISED THE ROLE AND MA SURE THAT EVERYONE KNEW THAT THIS PERSON IS HERE AND IS PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS MUNY AND HAS A ROLE TO PLAY STAR TREK.’” REBEC ROMIJN, WHO FANS MAY RELL AS MYSTIQUE THE FIRST THREE X-MEN MOVI, PLAYS A CHARACTER WHO WAS HIDG A TERRIBLE SECRET THAT WAS EXPOSED THE FIRST SEASON. THE REVELATN RULTED HER ARRT THE SEASON FALE, AND SHE WILL GO ON TRIAL THE SEND EPISO OF THIS SEND SEASON. ROMIJN’S CHARACTER IS UNA CH-RILEY, AN “GMENT,” MEANG SHE IS THE RULT OF GEIC ENGEERG, WHICH IS BANNED BY STARFLEET AND THE FERATN. SHE IS THE ENTERPRISE’S FIRST OFFICER AND CAPT. PIKE’S “NUMBER ONE.”GIVEN THAT ROMIJN ALSO PREVLY PLAYED A TRANS WOMAN ON TV’S UGLY BETTY, WE ASKED HER IF SHE SAW A PARALLEL BETWEEN HER CHARACTERS’ EXPERIENC AND THE WAY SOCIETY TREATS TRANS PEOPLE AS OUTSTS.“IT'S LIKE THE THREE CHARACTERS KEEP G BACK MY LIFE AND I LOVE ,” ROMIJN SAYS. “EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THIS UTOPIAN, FUTURISTIC WORLD TREK, SOMETIM WE STILL GRAPPLE WH THE VERY HUMAN ISSU LIKE PREJUDICE AND PERSECUTN. THAT EPISO REALLY PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON THAT. I THK THAT THE MSAGE THAT UNA WANTS TO SEND IS, JT BEE I N HI DON'T MEAN I SHOULD HAVE TO. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THK THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF TRANS PEOPLE FEEL LIKE, TOO.”ROMIJN ALSO SHOUTS OUT JSE JAM KEEL, THE OUT TRANS ACTOR WHO PLAYED A NONBARY VILLA A GROUNDBREAKG SEASON 1 EPISO DIRECTED BY A TRANS WOMAN, SYDNEY FREELAND. “HAVG THAT EPISO WH THEM, WH JSE JAM KEEL, SHE WAS SO AMAZG ON OUR SHOW. WE JT N’T WA TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BRG HER BACK.” KHAREN HILL/PARAMOUNT+ IT’S CLEAR THAT THE STARS OF STRANGE NEW WORLD KNOW HOW POWERFUL AND HOW RADIL THE SHOW’S LGBT+ REPRENTATN IS.AS AN ACTIVE ER OF SOCIAL MEDIA, NAVIA HAS HEARD OM QUEER FANS, ASKG ABOUT HER CHARACTER’S LOVE LIFE. “I KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO SEE MORE OF ORTEGAS TERMS OF HER RELATNSHIPS AND WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT IS, ‘JT HANG ON. HANG ON FOR SURE!’” SHE SAYS. “I N'T WA TO SEE WHAT FANS AND PECIALLY THE TRANS AND LGBT MUNY NTUE TO SEE ORTEGAS. AND HEARG OM THEM ALSO SPIR A LOT OF WHAT WE THEN BRG TO THE ROLE. SO, THANK YOU TO THEM AND, YEAH, PRI MONTH: LET'S DO !”KEEP OBSSG! SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED NEWSLETTER AND FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK, TWTER, INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK. DAWN ENNIS

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