Summary
Kate Mulgrew says she requestedStar Trek: Voyageradd a gay character, but the answer was no. Mulgrew starred as Captain Kathryn Janeway, the first female Captain to lead her ownStar Trekseries.Star Trek: Voyagerran for 7 seasons on UPN, and Janeway became an icon who inspired countless women to pursue careers in STEM.Star Trek: Voyagerexpanded theStar Trekuniverse and introduced numerous new and beloved characters and concepts, butan LGBTQ+ cast member is not part ofStar Trek: Voyager’s legacy.
Appearing on stage atFAN EXPO Boston,Kate Mulgrew revealed that she toldStar Trekexecutive producer Rick Berman that"we need a gay character"onStar Trek: Voyager.But despite Mulgrew making it known to Paramount that this was"my preference and my choice,“Kate was told"there wasn’t any room” for an LGBTQ+character onStar Trek: Voyager. X user Craig Semon (@CraigSemon) shared the video which you can watch below:
20 years afterStar Trek: Voyagerended, Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) became an LGBTQ+ character, sparking a romantic relationship with Commander Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd) onStar Trek: Picard.
Captain Janeway “Chose Not To Have A Lover” On Star Trek: Voyager, Explains Kate Mulgrew
Captain Janeway chose to dedicate herself to her crew in Star Trek: Voyager, and Kate Mulgrew delves into why she and Janeway made that decision.
Star Trek Has Added Many LGBTQ+ Characters After Voyager Ended
Kate Mulgrew should be proud
Star Trekin the 1990s declined to Kate Mulgrew’s attempt to have a gay character joinStar Trek: Voyager’s cast, but Star Trek on Paramount+’s current series madeLGBTQ+ characters throughout Starfleet perfectly normal.Star Trek: Discoverybroke barriers by introducing Commander Paul Stamets (Anthony Rapp) and Dr. Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz) asStar Trek’s first gay married couple, and Discovery also introducedStar Trek’s first nonbinary character, Ensign Adira Tal (Blu del Barrio), andStar Trek’s first transgender character, Gray Tal (Ian Alexander).Every otherStar Trekseries now has at least one character who identifies as LGBTQ+.
Lt. Hikaru Sulu (John Cho) in the alternate Kelvin Timeline was revealed to be gay inStar Trek Beyond.
Seven of Nine wasn’t defined as LGBTQ+ onStar Trek: Voyager,but onStar Trek: Picard,Seven is the first queer Captain of the USS Enterprise, with her partner, Commander Raffi Musiker serving as her First Officer. Lieutenant Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome) has dated women onStar Trek: Lower Decks, and so has Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush) onStar Trek: Strange New Worlds. Kate Mulgrew can be proud that her progressive vision forStar Trek: Voyagerhas been realized by modernStar Trek.
