Tbh Trek isn’t very gay, it seems like most people are straight/gender conforming by default. There are only a few gay characters. Compare it to the Culture, where trying out new sexes and sexualities is so normalized that there’s one character who’s explicitly mentioned to be cishet and another character remarks it’s weird that he’s never explored his sexuality at all or tried changing his sex.
“Gay space communism” is my new favorite description for Star Trek.
“Fully automated luxury gay space communism” is the full phrase fyi
Tbh Trek isn’t very gay, it seems like most people are straight/gender conforming by default. There are only a few gay characters. Compare it to the Culture, where trying out new sexes and sexualities is so normalized that there’s one character who’s explicitly mentioned to be cishet and another character remarks it’s weird that he’s never explored his sexuality at all or tried changing his sex.