On January 11, 1993, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine introduced the first gay power couple of the 24th century ... Garak and Bashir. One’s a dashing young doctor....

An in-depth look at the star crossed lovers we didn’t get to see in DS9 including interviews with the cast and crew about why it didn’t happen. Includes some details about the origin of slash fic

  • startrekexplained@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    They didn’t think it, but the disturbing implication is they’re in the closet and hiding their sexuality. Not really a great vision of the future, is it?

    Yeah I didn’t like that they made Seven gay in Picard, because why not just make a new queer character instead of changing a once straight character into a gay one?