In which ComicWatch reviewer J.A. Fludd has a personal chat wh Star Trek lumary and gay thor David Gerrold—the man who, among other thgs, troduced the prolific, purrg tribbl to the Trek universe!
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He dted off his gay-themed script, lled "Blood and Fire, " and also directed . Gerrold says they told him they were worried they'd lose their advertisers bee "mommi" would ll to pla that they'd seen gay people on Star the webiso, Gerrold re-wrote the script to brg up to date wh issu like gay marriage, and also to make the characters more openly gay.
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