Star Trek gets its first openly gay character
ANTHONY Rapp is set to play Star Trek鈥檚 first openly gay TV character in the upcoming series Star Trek: Discovery.
Rapp鈥檚 character, Lt Stamets, will be the first openly gay character in the franchise鈥檚 run of over 50 years, has reported.
鈥淲e鈥檙e at a point in time where people aren鈥檛 defined by their sexuality,鈥� said showrunner Aaron Harberts.
鈥淲hat鈥檚 fascinating about the character is that when we meet him we don鈥檛 know who or what he is. He鈥檚 so super specific, he鈥檚 persnickety and difficult and brilliant, and he isn鈥檛 going to give an inch and he has very strong feelings about why he鈥檚 on the Discovery.
鈥淲e wanted to roll out that character鈥檚 sexuality the way people would roll out their sexuality in life.鈥�
The new Discovery series will delve deeper into the characters鈥� personal relationships, including Stamets, who is in a relationship with another crew member.
While last year鈥檚 Star Trek: Beyond film offered a brief glimpse of Sulu with a presumed partner, Stamets鈥� gay relationship will be more fully addressed in the show.
鈥淚鈥檓 really excited and happy when a gay character is part of a story,鈥� said Rapp.
鈥淓specially when a gay character is created in a complex and human and non-stereotypical, interesting way, and that has certainly been the case with Stamets.
鈥淎nd you get to see his relationship. There was a little glimpse in Sulu in Beyond, and it was a nice nod. But in this case, we actually get to see me with my partner in conversation, in our living quarters, you get to see our relationship over time, treated as any other relationship would be treated.鈥�
Star Trek: Discovery will be released on Netflix in September.
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