But Trek is very much a world without queer people™, blech.
I have forgotten most of the novel, because it was not really memorable, but there was a Section 13 book written by one of the original writers for TOS, all about the ensign who gets killed in First Contact, who was queer and in a relationship.
And I only remember it because the author wrote either a foreword or an afterword (can't remember which) wherein he talked about how impossible it was to get a job for an openly gay writer (which he was) at that time, in television, and how Rodenberry hired him and went to bat for him, because he was always first on the firing list for obvious reasons.
Which does nothing for my "where the fuck are the queer people NOW?!" for the newer shows, but for TOS it's always on my mind.
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Date: 2010-06-27 18:23 (UTC)I have forgotten most of the novel, because it was not really memorable, but there was a Section 13 book written by one of the original writers for TOS, all about the ensign who gets killed in First Contact, who was queer and in a relationship.
And I only remember it because the author wrote either a foreword or an afterword (can't remember which) wherein he talked about how impossible it was to get a job for an openly gay writer (which he was) at that time, in television, and how Rodenberry hired him and went to bat for him, because he was always first on the firing list for obvious reasons.
Which does nothing for my "where the fuck are the queer people NOW?!" for the newer shows, but for TOS it's always on my mind.