In 1987, a ntroversial 'Star Trek: The Next Generatn' script that featured gay and AIDS them, was nned. Here's the story behd .
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THE NEXT GAY GENERATN
For many Generatn X, was the AIDS crisis, and for lennials, was the legalizatn of gay battl over whether all Amerins have equal rights, regardls of their sexual orientatn, helped shape each of those generatns. Degrassi: Next Generatn Seasons 2–7When Degrassi: The Next Generatn premiered s send season, Mar Del Rossi, played by Adamo Ruggiero, found a home and a place Degrassi history wh his role as a gay stunt who practilly went through all durg his time on the gay kids high school were fodr for bullyg, Mar found an dience through an accurate portrayal that allowed him to live a pretty normal teenage life, for Degrassi standards at Degrassi High, he found love Paige's hockey player brother, helped his iends e to terms wh their gay bt iend, and a b of everythg else that wh beg a Degrassi stunt.
Degrassi: Next Generatn Seasons 11–14 and Degrassi: Next Class 1–4For the gay kid at Degrassi, life n be tough, but Tristan, played by Lyle Lett, he at least ma his time heart attacks, anorexia, fights wh his BFF, sleepg wh a teacher, and so much more, Tristan ma his mark on the screen and the halls of Degrassi ways so few have before.
AM I GAY?... THE NEXT GENERATN
Her character went through some tly trmatic stuff durg her time on the show, cludg self-harm and sexual asslt, pl beg kicked out of her home for g out as gay. Degrassi: Next Class 3–4The first gay Mlim character on the show, Rasha, played by Dalia Yegavian, gave the show a morn update while portrayg a young Mlim immigrant tryg to fd herself (like everyone at Degrassi, all the time) end up datg Zoe Rivas, another queer woman of lor, durg her last seasons on the show.
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.
Instead, the season 5 episo “The Outst” was the anchise's first major attempt at discsg homosexualy. (We n only prume was bee the show's personnel were sred that talkg about beg gay mak you gay. You’re readg an article about gay stuff.