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Star Trek Universe

Gay Show Runner Replaced on Star Trek: Discovery

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Bryan Fuller

Bryan Fuller has left the bridge of his new CBS series, “Star Trek: Discovery,” reports Variety, but apparently will remain within communication range. He’s being replaced as showrunner by executive producers Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts, according to the report. Berg and Harberts worked with Fuller on ABC’s “Pushing Daisies.” Fuller will reportedly retain his title as executive producer, and it’s his vision that the show will follow. He wrote the first two episodes which will soon be filmed, Variety said. Fuller reportedly will still be involved in breaking stories. By Dawn Ennis – Full Story at LGBTQ Nation

Takei to Be Inducted Into California Hall of Fame

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George Takei

Gay actor George Takei is among the 2016 California Hall of Fame inductees, the second time a member of the LGBT community has been granted such an honor during Governor Jerry Brown’s current term. Brown and his wife, Anne Gust Brown, along with the California Museum, announced the 10th class of inductees in a news release issued today (Monday, October 3). “I am a proud second generation Californian, humbled to be honored by a state singular in its beauty, diversity and dynamism,” stated Takei, famous for his role as Lieutenant Sulu in the science fiction series Star Trek and a … Read more

Jeff Baker—Boogieman In Lavender

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The View From Worldcon, or Down On The Swanwick River by Jeff Baker A stack of autographed books and a head full of memories. Those are the souvenirs from a few days at MidAmeriCon II, the World Science Fiction Convention, held in Kansas City, MO August 17 through 21, 2016. We got there Thursday the 18th in time for me to drive over to the Crown Center (the vast convention facility where the convention was being held) and see it all for myself. I had been to Bouchercon (the Mystery Writers of America Convention) in Cleveland in 2012 so I … Read more

Chris Pine: About Time Star Trek Had a Gay Character

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Chris Pine

Chris Pine is happy to see that the Star Trek franchise is finally getting a little gay. The upcoming Star Trek: Discovery TV series for CBS All Access will have a gay character and it was revealed in the recent Star Trek Beyond film that the character of Sulu is gay. ‘Amen, man. It’s about f—ing time,’ Pine tells The Hollywood Reporter. ‘The fact that there’s still a conversation about it means that there’s still room to go in terms of it being normalized.’ By Greg Hernandez – Full Story at Gay Star News

Where No Gay Has Gone Before: First Tattooine, now Vulcan

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NASA announced earlier it might have located Luke Skywalker’s home planet Tattooine.  For the past nine years, NASA has embarked on a planet finding mission, SIM PlanetQuest to find Mr. Spock’s home Vulcan.  Astronomers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory are searching for a planet orbiting 40 Eridani, a triple-star system about 16 light-years from Earth.  ‘Vulcan’ is thought to orbit the red-orange K dwarf star Eridani A. K-stars are orangey stars, slightly cooler than our sun.  They are hotter, brighter and bluer than M stars, but cooler, dimmer and redder than O, B, A F and G stars.  Did you get … Read more

Star Trek Discovery to Include Gay Character, Female Lead

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News emerged from the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour on Wednesday that CBS All Access’ forthcoming Star Trek series, Star Trek Discovery, will feature a diverse set of new characters, including an all new gay character and a female lead. Series runner Bryan Fuller said he wanted to continue in the tradition of the diversity of the first Star Trek series, according to The Hollywood Reporter: “We wanted to paint a picture of Star Fleet that’s indicative of encountering people who are much more different than we are.” Fuller confirmed that his Star Trek also will feature a gay … Read more

Writer Speaks Out on Making Sulu Gay

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One of the writers of Star Trek Beyond and Hollywood mainstay Bryan Fuller has said writing the character of Sulu as gay was key to better ‘representation’. In Star Trek Beyond, Sulu – played by John Cho – has a same-sex partner with whom he is raising a daughter. Fuller, who is gay and married, said at the Star Trek 50th anniversary panel: ‘I think the bigger picture is that we need gay representation. ‘And the fact that they embraced that idea and made John Cho’s portrayal as Sulu a gay man was a lovely move of inclusivity. With the … Read more

Sulu Gay Kiss Cut From “Star Trek Beyond”

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An “intimate,” “welcome-home kiss” between Sulu and his husband was cut from Star Trek Beyond, says actor John Cho, who earlier this month made headlines after revealing that Sulu was gay in the latest film. In a new interview with Vulture, Cho talks about the character development and some of the concerns he had. Said Cho: I was concerned also that there might be Asian-American backlash. There has been this feminization of Asian men, so I thought this might be seen as continuing that lineage, which I disagree with personally, but I brought it up. I was also concerned, scientifically … Read more

Takei: I’m Not Mad About Gay Sulu

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George Takei has clarified his position on Sulu being gay in the new Star Trek film. The creators behind Star Trek: Beyond revealed fan favorite character Sulu would be gay in tribute to Takei, and the monumental announcement was met largely with praise. But the unlikely criticism came from the original Sulu actor. Takei took to Facebook to clarify what he meant when he voiced his ‘displeasure’, and he insists it was just a disagreement as to how he personally would have introduced a LGBTI character. By Joe Morgan – Full Story at Gay Star News LOCATION Gay Travel Resources … Read more

Sulu’s Husband and Daughter?

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As Starbase Yorktown faces an attack by the Swarm, an Asian man carrying a little girl in his arm is seen running for shelter amidst the chaos. The man, who has a wedding ring on, is believed to be Hikaru Sulu’s husband, and the child, the couple’s daughter. That, my friends, is the split-second glimpse of Sulu’s family you’ll see in the newly released Korean trailer for the upcoming ‘Star Trek Beyond’ film. By Nigel Tan – Full Story at Gay Star News