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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

For Readers: Metaphorically Queer

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X-Men

For Readers: Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Andrew Kelley: I know that there are several Sci-fi movies and books that weren’t specifically LGBT themes and didn’t even make mention of any LGBT issues that I strongly identified with and really moved me. Even though I don’t think the author/director/screenwriter meant it to be an analogy it still could have been. Are there movies/ books that others felt this way about as well? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat

Trailer: Justice League

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Justice League

Warner Bros. has released the first official image from its forthcoming Justice League movie at San Diego’s Comic-Con during its Hall H presentation on Saturday morning In the first footage from Justice League we see Flash (Ezra Miller), Superman (Henry Cavill), Cyborg (Ray Fisher), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Batman (Ben Affleck) and Aquaman (Jason Momoa), as the crime-fighting coalition is assembled. Writes Bleeding Cool: The sorta quick two-paragraph run-down version of the trailer goes basically like this: Batman, as Bruce Wayne, tracks down Aquaman and the Flash—separately in different sequences—to recruit them for a team to fight an enemy that’s … Read more

Wonder Woman!

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Wonder Woman

Warner Bros. debuted the first trailer for “Wonder Woman” at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend. “Wonder Woman” gives the superheroine’s origin story as Princess Diana of Themyscira starting from the World War I era. Gal Gadot, who first appeared as Wonder Woman in “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice,” fights alongside Chris Pine who plays Steve Trevor. Patty Jenkins directs the reboot. The trailer shows Diana meeting Steve Trevor, the first man she has ever met, on a beach. She enters the changing tide of World War I and more classic moments are given an updated twist. The superheroine prepares … Read more

Writer Speaks Out on Making Sulu Gay

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Sulu

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

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

Sulu is Gay!

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Hikaru Sulu, played by John Cho in the reboot of the Star Trek franchise, is revealed to have a loving same-sex partner with whom he is raising a daughter, in Star Trek Beyond, the Herald Sun reports: Cho visited Sydney to promote the third movie in the franchise successfully rebooted by JJ Abrams in 2009, along with cast mates Chris Pine (Captain Kirk), Zachary Quinto (Spock), Karl Urban (Dr McCoy) and director Justin Lin. He said the decision by writer Simon Pegg and Lin to make Sulu gay was a nod to George Takei, who played the character in the … Read more

It’s All Aboot Star Trek

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Canadian Star Trek Coins

The Canadian Mint has announced its plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek by releasing a line of coins that can actually be used in financial transactions…if you were so inclined. Some of them are even reasonably priced. The $10 colored coins featuring Kirk, Spock, Uhura, and Scotty are only being sold for slightly over the face value, while the $20 silver coins featuring the Enterprise are being sold at face value. Here’s where it gets dicey. The colored silver coins with the Enterprise are going for over $100 in Canadian dollars, even though it only has $20 … Read more