He played him as gay, but his character wasn’t gay in any way it would have really mattered. That’s not his fault, and I hope at least a few queer Trekkies realized what he was trying to do and felt like they could identify with him, but Berman had to be kicked to the curb before characters in Star Trek that weren’t “mirror” characters or Trill that are definitely still male in terms of their relationship with a woman even if they identify as female or whatever excuse they wanted to make rather than have real queer representation and that was more my point.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m overjoyed that characters like Stamets and Culber exist in Star Trek today, but it took way too long.
Idk, Reed was messed up in a lot of ways (and it was proto Federation) so even if you play with that angle it’s not a reflection on chronologically later trrek series.
I mean half of earth in ENT was xenophobic as hell as well, does that condemn the rest of trek?
We are being terrible though and forgetting Vilix’pran, who not only canonically gave birth several times during DS9’s run, but he also got a promotion so six kids ain’t messing up his career. Also the crew were very invested in his family.
He was supposed to be queer, but Rick Berman is a massive homophobe, so he didn’t allow it.
Like most trek actors, Keating just played him as gay regardless.
Except for mirror!Reed, who was extra gay
He played him as gay, but his character wasn’t gay in any way it would have really mattered. That’s not his fault, and I hope at least a few queer Trekkies realized what he was trying to do and felt like they could identify with him, but Berman had to be kicked to the curb before characters in Star Trek that weren’t “mirror” characters or Trill that are definitely still male in terms of their relationship with a woman even if they identify as female or whatever excuse they wanted to make rather than have real queer representation and that was more my point.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m overjoyed that characters like Stamets and Culber exist in Star Trek today, but it took way too long.
And, thinking on it, if you do want to argue that Malcolm was gay but closeted, since he claimed he was attracted to women and only discussed and was shown to have had hetero urges and desires, that suggests a less bright future than Star Trek suggests we have, and I don’t like that either.
Idk, Reed was messed up in a lot of ways (and it was proto Federation) so even if you play with that angle it’s not a reflection on chronologically later trrek series.
I mean half of earth in ENT was xenophobic as hell as well, does that condemn the rest of trek?
We are being terrible though and forgetting Vilix’pran, who not only canonically gave birth several times during DS9’s run, but he also got a promotion so six kids ain’t messing up his career. Also the crew were very invested in his family.