LOL, Cochrane was definitely alcoholic rather than syntheholic (since synthehol hadn't been discovered in Cochrane's time) - makes one think twice about going up in the Phoenix, huh?
The "Borg - sounds Swedish" character was Alfre Woodard's character Lily.
There were "gay" characters in Trek from TNG - or at least "sexually ambivalent". The episode was called a copout by the fans. It was called (thinking as I type) "The Outcast".
However, the first gay Enterprise crew member you refer to, Lieutenant Hawk, was never directly referred to or noted as gay in the scripts, and the concept is denied by the scriptwriters. He was retroactively "outed" during the revamp of the fictional universe in what have been called the "Post-Nemesis" novels. A Trill crewman on the USS Titan named Ranul Keru was in a relationship with him at the time of First Contact, and still mourns his passing a decade later. None of this is strictly canon, of course. Not casting aspersions, but the concept of Hawk's homesexuality was originally created by the writing team of Andy Mangels and Michael Martin, at least one of whom (Mangels) is openly gay.
Again, none of this looked up. I'd have to look up the book that originally introduced Hawk and Keru's relationship though.
The "Yesterdays Saga" is supposed to be really good, but it's one I haven't read yet. The concept never really grabbed me, but if it made bestseller lists then maybe it's worth a look!!
(and if you think this is scary, wait til I tell you how many bolts hold the Enterprise-D's bridge module onto the saucer...)
The "Borg - sounds Swedish" character was Alfre Woodard's character Lily.
There were "gay" characters in Trek from TNG - or at least "sexually ambivalent". The episode was called a copout by the fans. It was called (thinking as I type) "The Outcast".
However, the first gay Enterprise crew member you refer to, Lieutenant Hawk, was never directly referred to or noted as gay in the scripts, and the concept is denied by the scriptwriters. He was retroactively "outed" during the revamp of the fictional universe in what have been called the "Post-Nemesis" novels. A Trill crewman on the USS Titan named Ranul Keru was in a relationship with him at the time of First Contact, and still mourns his passing a decade later. None of this is strictly canon, of course. Not casting aspersions, but the concept of Hawk's homesexuality was originally created by the writing team of Andy Mangels and Michael Martin, at least one of whom (Mangels) is openly gay.
Again, none of this looked up. I'd have to look up the book that originally introduced Hawk and Keru's relationship though.
The "Yesterdays Saga" is supposed to be really good, but it's one I haven't read yet. The concept never really grabbed me, but if it made bestseller lists then maybe it's worth a look!!
(and if you think this is scary, wait til I tell you how many bolts hold the Enterprise-D's bridge module onto the saucer...)
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