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’S FIRST GAY COUPLE THAT WASN’T
- FOR PRI MONTH, WE CELEBRATE STAR TREK’S GAYT MOMENTS
- GAY 'STAR TREK' CHARACTER PROVOK POLARIZG RPONSE
STAR TREK’S FIRST GAY COUPLE THAT WASN’T
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FOR PRI MONTH, WE CELEBRATE STAR TREK’S GAYT MOMENTS
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GAY 'STAR TREK' CHARACTER PROVOK POLARIZG RPONSE
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? 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.
“My attu toward homosexualy has changed, ” he told The Humanist 1991.