Many creators involved with Star Trek in general, as well as the episode in particular, were interviewed for the story. In 2021, official Star Trek spokesperson Jordan Hoffman wrote an article about Tuvix memes for Polygon. The original tweet, as well as a reply by Kate Mulgrew (who played Captain Janeway), have both been deleted, but screenshots of both were saved before removal (shown below). Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez replied to a tweet asking her about Tuvix's murder, saying she would need to rewatch the episode to weigh in on the ethics. The subreddit /r/TuvixInstitute was created on April 1st, 2016, when memes about Tuvix had become popular enough that there were complaints of oversaturation in more general Star Trek meme subreddits. No contest.Throughout the mid-2010s, additional memes referencing Tuvix continued to spread online. Oh, and Star Trek totally kicks Star Wars’ ass. Surely it wouldn’t have caused such a huge ruckus to see two guys kissing in the background while Troi indulged in some chocolate!ĭoes our absence from Star Trek make it less of a show? My answer is: absolutely not. Should we have been included? I think so.
And he’s right, in Ten-Forward we never saw homosexual couples being lovey-dovey. Braga, one of the writers and producers of Star Trek, tried to explain why we were never included in the shows.
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But it’s nice to read a book about a series I love that I can really relate to.Īre you wondering what brought all this up? I recently read a quotation on Queerty talking about the lack of gay characters on the various Trek series. The gay storylines included in the series are idealized of course, just like everything else in the Trek universe. Star Trek: SCE has TWO GAY CHARACTERS! And this isn’t fan fiction either. Their director did everything he could to make them both feel comfortable, and they treated it as just another part of the job.Īfter all the shows ended, I began (who am I kidding) reading the novels based on the series. Having viewed the special features (yeah, I’m that big a Trekkie), the actresses said that it was very tastefully done. I don’t think it was the first lesbian kiss on TV, but it was well done at least. Of course Dax was now a female, and so was her ex-significant other. The real swing at gay issues came when Dax met the present day host of one of its ex-wives. In several of its alternate universe episodes one of the female characters is shown hitting on another female character while being “attended to” by scantily clad males. War, death, genocide, politics were all subjects shown to viewers. Once it became established, DS9 began exploring things the rest of the series never dealt with. It diverged from the beaten path of its predecessors by not changing the setting after each episode. Of course, the gender neutral love interest was played by a woman to avoid involving the gays.Īfter TNG came Deep Space Nine. I guess doing a guy doing an “it” is more acceptable than doing another guy. But The Next Generation lightly touched on the subject when Riker fell in love with a member of an androgynous race. It might have caused mass panic, or just riots and protests and a cancelled show. God forbid American citizens see someone different from themselves in the 60’s. The original Star Trek came too early for such experimentation. In fact, I can recall only a few shallow instances in which the sexuality of characters was explored. Not knowing what gay meant, I didn’t know to look for its absence.
Having grown up with Star Trek as a child, I never thought about it. On the issue of gays in space, Star Trek was considerably quieter. Luckily Gene Roddenberry isn’t a pushover. At the time that was so earth shattering that it nearly didn’t happen. Did you know that Star Trek is the first show that did an inter-racial kiss on TELEVISION!? Well now you do. It’s a great series, and groundbreaking in some ways too. You’re reading my blog, so do what I say. Are any of you big Star Trek fans? I know I am.