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  1. 'Star Trek Beyond' Reveals First Gay Character in Franchise

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  2. 'Star Trek' Introduces Its First Gay Couple to the Universe

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  3. Kiss me quick: He put on a close display with co-star John Cho

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  4. A gay Sulu? Just part of Star Trek's historically inclusive universe

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  5. Star Trek and Queer Identity

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  6. Sulu Is an Out and Proud Gay Man in Star Trek Beyond, According to John

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  1. 'Star Trek Beyond' confirms that Hikaru Sulu is gay

    With Hikaru Sulu, Star Trek Beyond is setting a couple of important precedents. First of all, this revelation makes it clear that long-established characters (like, for example, superheroes) do ...

  2. The History Of LGBTQ+ Representation In 'Star Trek'

    The first gay couple represented in Star Trek was technically Sulu and his husband, Ben, in Star Trek: Beyond, but it didn't connect with Sulu's past storylines, even according to George Takei.On Star Trek: Discovery, Paul Stamets and Hugh Culber was the first gay relationship that viewers were able to connect with.Their marriage sometimes comes into the foreground, and on occasion really ...

  3. Has Star Trek's Sulu Always Been Gay? It's Complicated

    In 2005, 36 years after Star Trek: The Original Series ended, Sulu's original actor, George Takei, publicly came out as gay. Since then he has become known as a prominent LGBTQ+ activist. Wanting to honor this legacy, Simon Pegg came up with the idea of having Sulu be gay in J.J. Abram's 2016 Star Trek: Beyond. John Cho supported the idea, as did Zachary Quinto, the actor who played Spock and ...

  4. John Cho on representation and his concerns with gay Sulu

    Note: This interview discusses some—vague—plot points from Star Trek Beyond.. When John Cho learned that Star Trek Beyond would show that his character, Hikaru Sulu, is gay, he had a couple of ...

  5. Star Trek Beyond and LGBT Representation in the Trek Franchise

    Many Star Trek fans are celebrating following the news that, in the upcoming movie Star Trek Beyond, Sulu is confirmed as being in a long-term relationship with another man. This kind of queer ...

  6. George Takei calls 'Star Trek Beyond' gay Sulu scene 'a whisper'

    The reboot version of Sulu is gay, we learned in "Beyond," the third of the new movies. Takei has said publicly he is against the idea of Sulu being gay, and he had plenty to say about it here at ...

  7. Sexuality in Star Trek

    On July 7, 2016, it was announced that the film Star Trek Beyond would portray Hikaru Sulu as being in a same-sex relationship raising a daughter. ... were supportive of the storyline, the script's positive depiction of an openly gay couple met stiff opposition from the studio and the script never made it into production. "The Outcast" (TNG)

  8. John Cho: gay kiss was cut from Star Trek Beyond

    John Cho has claimed that a "welcome-home kiss' between two male characters was removed from the sci-fi sequel Star Trek Beyond. In the big-budget adventure, Cho's character Sulu is revealed ...

  9. 'Star Trek Beyond' Will Have the Franchise's First Openly Gay ...

    Stopping by Australia while on the promotional tour for the movie (which opens in the U.S. on July 22), Cho revealed that *Beyond * writer/co-star Simon Pegg and director Justin Lin decided to ...

  10. Star Trek Beyond: Sulu Confirmed As Franchise's First Gay Character

    Published Jul 7, 2016. John Cho reveals that the Sulu he portrays in the modern Star Trek films will be the franchise's first gay character in Star Trek Beyond. Though there's still some progress left to be made, Hollywood is making strides in terms of diversifying the casts of major studio tentpoles. John Boyega and Daisy Ridley headlined Star ...

  11. John Cho's Sulu is officially Star Trek's first openly gay character

    In an interview with Australia's Herald Sun, Cho has revealed that the version of Sulu he plays in Star Trek Beyond — based on George Takei 's original character in Star Trek — is gay ...

  12. Star Trek Beyond: John Cho Says Gay Kiss Was Cut

    July 22, 2016 12:16 PM EDT. A welcome-home kiss between Hikaru Sulu and his partner was cut from Star Trek Beyond, actor John Cho said. In Star Trek Beyond, Cho's character Sulu is revealed to ...

  13. Hikaro Sulu portrayed as gay in new Star Trek film, says actor John Cho

    The Star Trek star said the decision to define his character's sexuality was done as a nod to openly gay actor George Takei, who originally played the role Nigel M Smith Thu 7 Jul 2016 16.26 EDT ...

  14. Star Trek: Beyond cast rally behind gay Sulu

    The news that popular Star Trek character Sulu will be gay in the latest instalment of the film has largely been met by praise - except from George Takei, who starred as Sulu in the original series.

  15. Star Trek's Queer Fluidity is Giving Fans the Brighter Future They

    In the 2016 film, Star Trek Beyond, Hikaru Sulu was revealed as the first openly gay Trek character, with a husband and daughter. In Star Trek: Discovery , Emperor Georgiou is pansexual, Paul Stamets and Hugh Culber are an influential gay couple running the engineering and medical departments, and Michael Burnham (in name and character) is seen ...

  16. From Ghostbusters to Star Trek Beyond: gay characters are there, but

    In June, gay director Roland Emmerich included a same-sex couple in his aforementioned alien invasion sequel, while last month we saw John Cho's rebooted Sulu gain a husband in Star Trek Beyond ...

  17. Why Star Trek Beyond Couldn't Show a Gay Couple Being Gay

    Why Star Trek Beyond Couldn't Simply Show a Gay Couple Being Gay . Teresa Jusino | Published: Jul 26, 2016 12:55 pm . Recommended Videos.

  18. Star Trek and Queer Identity

    (Although it is worth noting that in the 2016 film Star Trek Beyond it is established that the Hikaru Sulu of the Kelvin Timeline, portrayed by John Cho, ... are the first openly gay characters and the first gay couple portrayed in the central cast of a Star Trek tv show. "They don't start with some big reveal," Weitekamp explains.

  19. 'Star Trek: Discovery' Stars Discuss Playing The Franchise's First Gay

    While Stamets and Culber are the first gay couple to be regulars on a Star Trek television series, Star Trek Beyond did confirm that the Hikaru Sulu of the Kelvin timeline is also gay, with a ...

  20. Why George Takei didn't support a gay Sulu in 'Star Trek Beyond'

    When Star Trek Beyond enters orbit on July 22, John Cho's Hikaru Sulu will be going where no main character from that franchise been able to venture: out of the closet. He'll be depicted as a ...

  21. IDW To Highlight Trek's LGBTQIA+ Characters In 'Star Trek: Celebrations

    The problem was that when it was announced that they made John Cho's Sulu gay in the Star Trek Beyond, George Takei, said that both he and Rodenberry always envisioned the character as straight.

  22. The final frontier is here for 'Star Trek's queerest crew

    When Star Trek: Discovery's third season propelled the crew of the Starship Discovery into the 32nd century, it introduced two new queer characters: teenage lovers Adira (played by Blu del ...

  23. Your Guide to Queer Identity and Metaphor in Star Trek

    Even after his death, it took another 28 years for the first gay character to appear in StarTrek 's television series (although yes, novel tie-ins, comics, fan works, and other non-canonical media featured a markedly improved number of LGBT Starfleet officers). Instead, queer identity was mostly relegated to the world of metaphor, rumor, and ...