Trekspertise - Gays, Lesbians & Star Trek

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1. These stories come from Hollywood in regards to 2% of the population. Hollywood does not respresent the vast majority of America or the world. Hollywood is a big bubble of gay writers. Too much LGBT agenda overwhelming the needs of the many.
2. One would hope the future will not be plagued by this mental illness
3. Is it necessary? No, i don't think so, but it would certainly be welcomed.
4. We do need to remember that while Uhura was on the bridge, her job was to answer the space phone. She didn't even bother to learn Klingon herself, resorting to a dictionary when she couldn't use the translator.
5. That first clip is from the single worst episode of TNG.
6. Answering your last question I would say no. BUT:
   
   I was always fascinated by how "normal" people of different ethnics or races worked together. A russian, an american stereotype and a black woman working together in the late 60s / early 70s was huge deal. Although I never had the feeling that the ethnic difference was actually topic of the adventures. For me it was always Star Treks way to show how little these differences actually matter. I think Star Trek should show lesbians and gays more but it shouldn't be the prime topic of any episode. Because in the end it shouldn't matter at all.
7. This video is clearly very skewed, I was expecting a video about gay characters in the trek verse and it's implications as it pertains to the show, how the viewing audience reacted but was I saw was an advertisement for homosexuality touting it's virtues along with bashing ST for not pushing homosexuality.
8. Something I love about Star Trek is that it always seems to address issues society seems to fight against.
9. I'd like to see Transgendered cewmen, and how they go through transition in the 24th Century. Forget the sex, and the dresses, and whatever some of you who seem to be Transphobes fear will tarnish Star Trek's squeaky clean White only story lines. This is about the future, and for one thing....NOT one of you so-called Trekkers who fear the unknown have any right to call Trek your own personal piece of the pie. Trek is a public conversation, and it is also a melting pot of ideas, cultures, and races....
10. Why do the trill looks so different between tng and ds9?
11. The Outcast was a sellout.
12. What possible battles do gay people need to win in the west now that they can legally marry? They have the same rights as everyone else?
13. Excellent production and very informative. It is noticeable, by their absence, that major TV and film productions are still very uncomfortable about portraying Gay relationships but are very much ok with featuring Lesbian ones i.e. the new Supergirl series and her sisters Alex Danvers recent coming out. Is this because Lesbian relationships have always been more excepted by society while Gay relationships are considered immoral, offensive and dirty.
14. Despite all that's said in the video, the fact remains that they absolutely avoided homosexuality completely. You can claim that this episode or that storyline was kinda sorta somewhat related to homosexuality... maybe, if you cocked your head to the side and squinted. But they never had gay characters. Ever. They never had gay romances. Ever. They never had anything clear and blatantly gay, just outlandish alien situations.
    
    Roddenberry gave us the first interracial kiss and a black female as an officer.... Paramount completely and utterly ignored us.
    
    What I've found over the years is that for all the claims of open mindedness from the sci fi/ fantasy/ video games/ RPGs/ comics/ anime and all the rest of the "geek" community, there's a shit ton of homophobia amongst us. Sometimes it seems to be even greater than the public at large. Beamdog recently released the game Siege of Dragonspear, a new game in the Baldur's Gate series, only to be deluged in complaints from gamers because they dared to have a trans character in it, and how disgusting was that? I read countless comments from "fellow" gamers bitching about how they were so offended by it they planned on stealing the game, killing the character, and complaining everywhere about the game.
    
    I see people in the comments here essentially saying LGBTs are only okay if they're not too brazen about it. So long as they're kept in the background and "know their place", they'll be okay. Because having a million stories of heteros is perfectly fine, but a SINGLE story about a gay or trans is "shoving things in people's faces".
    
    Way to be fucking tolerant assholes.
15. The Trek novels seem to pick up the slack of the TV series. There have been several gay and lesbian couples in the various Star Trek novels, but the TV show is a different animal. TV studios and Broadcasters are heavily concerned with keeping Nielsen ratings high, which often leads to paranoia about what gets put into the show. If I remember correctly, Modern Family had an openly gay couple, but it took them several seasons before they even kissed on screen, and even then, they were kissing in the background.
16. Like some others here, I also would have to disagree with your final segment. Star Trek is all about celebrating individualism, and claiming that art "should" be portrayed in a certain way is antithetical to individualism.
    
    I think representation is great, and I'm certainly unopposed to the notion that Star Trek would explore these topics further, however I would not like the producers to explore these topics for the sole reason that they have the notion that they are obliged to do so. For me, it is far more appropriate to support an idea rather than demand it be implemented by others.
17. I think if they do another series, they should, but not as a big issue but rather as a background to a character where it logically makes sense. The creator, Gene, was very upset that he couldn't tackle the issue, George Takei said he was a good friend and felt bad he couldn't be help.
18. WTF Trekspertise ????? non of this episodes dont have anything to do with gays. Gay population are sick people ,demented which has nothing to do with star trek. Everything you sad is out of context .
19. I honestly don't think that many people in the 20th century identified as gay, bi, etc. It has largely been media in the past 20ish years pushing people towards accepting that a few stray thoughts suddenly must equate to their entire identity and that they were born that way. This new Trek is just a continuation of that agenda, rather than representing anything that would truly advance us in any discernable way. They've got their priorities wrong and the story is going to suffer for it. Star Trek may as well call it quits at this point because it's become a parody of itself.
20. Hold up. Did you just let Beverly off the hook for blaming all of humanity for her own personal failing?