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TheStar Trekshows on Paramount+ have givenStar Trekcanon a wealth of new LGBTQ+ character . Led byStar Trek : Discovery , which includedStar Trek ’s first gay main characters in Commander Paul Stamets ( Anthony Rapp ) and Dr. Hugh Culber ( Wilson Cruz),everyStar Trekshow in the modernistic era has featured at least one character that represents the LGBTQ+ community . EvenStar Trek : Prodigy , aimed at a untested audience , exemplify diversity with the precaution that it deserves . Post - Discovery , the idealistic future thatStar Trekrepresents is open to everyone , because gayness is n’t a deviation from the norm , but mix into society amply .
This kind of adoption permeates most of the LGBTQ+ internal representation in modernStar Trek . QueerStar Trekcharacters usually do n’t need to actually come out ; instead , they ’re able to just live their lives without enquiry , and rarely meet resistance from others . It ’s a rattling evolution from the Trill social taboo that stood in for 90s attitudes towards same - sex duad inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , time of year 4 , episode 5 , " retort " , whenStar Trek ’s first same - sexual practice kiss between Lt . Commander Jadzia Dax ( Terry Farrell ) and Lenara Kahn ( Susanna Thompson ) was a with child deal . Each LGBTQ+ theatrical role onStar Trekis interesting on their own , independent of their queerness .
While the Star Trek dealership has only added explicitly LGBTQ+ characters in the last 4 - 5 years , it has had ties to queer themes from the beginning .
11Commander Paul Stamets (Anthony Rapp)
Star Trek: Discovery
In addition to being one ofStar Trek ’s first sunny main characters , Commander Paul Stametsis the bright astromycologist who invented the USS Discovery ’s spore driving inStar Trek : Discovery . Stamets put his own life and career on the line to insure the spore drive had a dependable navigator , volunteering himself for the role by splicing tardigrade DNA into his own , which give Stamets an implicit in connection to the galactic mycelial connection . That connection mean that the memory of Paul ’s husband , Dr. Hugh Culber , was alive within the mycelial net after Culber’sStar Trek : Discoveryseason 1 slaying , soPaul ’s love for Hugh quite literally upraise Dr. Culber inDiscoveryseason 2 .
Stamets ' born curiosity and joyful pursuit of scientific find overhaul the oecumenical irritability that first characterized Stamets inStar Trek : Discovery ’s other season , something Stamets himself even point out when pretending to be a immature version of himself inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , installment 4 , " Face the Strange " . Paul ’s vogue towards benignity evolves over the course ofStar Trek : Discovery , asStamets becomes something of a mentor to thirty-second - century Adira Tal ( Blu del Barrio ) , whom Stamets and Culber take in as their own child .
10Dr. Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz)
The other one-half ofStar Trek ’s first gay duo , Dr. Hugh Culber is murdered by Lt . Ash Tyler ( Shazad Latif ) inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 1 . AfterCulber is reanimate as one of Stamets ' mycelial memories who comes into the physical sheet of reality , Dr. Culber begins to evolve as a reference . Death and resurrection is n’t new toStar Trek , butStar Trek : Discovery ’s serialized nature mean that Culber ’s story was a exhaustive exploration of trauma , grief , confusion , and finally , phantasmal enlightenment .
After the USS Discovery ’s clangoring - landing in the 32nd C , both Culber and Stamets cope with the trauma ofStar Trek : Discovery ’s metre jumpby committing themselves fully to their line , to the point of overworking themselves , which was a trait that most of Discovery ’s bunch shared . Recognizing this , Hugh Culber takes on the obligation of becoming the ship ’s counselor , hop to ease the crew ’s modulation into the future .
Stamets and Culber ’s kinship is not without its challenges . After being raise , Dr. Culber is uncertain about his own world , and doubtfulness whether his marriage to Paul Stamets is still valid . As Stamets go after scientific renown inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , Culber lean into exploring spirituality . The differences between Stamets and Culber make them stronger , however , as both support each other flatly .
9Ensign Adira Tal (Blu del Barrio)
Ensign Adira Tal is a 32nd one C member of Earth ’s United Defense Force who join Starfleet after see the USS Discovery . Adira is alsoStar Trek ’s first nonbinary master character . Unlike most other queerStar Trekcharacters , Adira come out to Paul Stamets inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 3 , episode 8 , " The Sanctuary " , in which Adira nervously explains that they"never felt like a ' she ' or a ' her,'“and requests to be bring up to as"they or them " . Stamets ' reaction is well-fixed acceptance , and Stamets ' usage of the correct pronoun for Adira effortlessly spreads to the rest of the USS Discovery crew .
Adira Tal is also unequaled as the first successful lasting joining of a Trill symbiont with a human legion . After the death of Adira ’s Trill boyfriend , Gray Tal ( Ian Alexander ) , the Tal symbiont involve an emergency master of ceremonies , so Adira volunteers . Rather than disapprove the symbiont , Tal and Adira alliance completely as a united entity . The Trill community reacts poorly , to say the least , but ultimately accepts that Tal is joined to Adira , once Adira undergoes the ritual to reawaken Tal ’s memories inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 3 , sequence 4 , " blank out Me Not " .
InStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 5 , episode 17 , " The Outcast " , the J’naii are an alien society without gender . One representative , Soren ( Melinda Culea ) , confesses to Commander William Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) that she is distaff , not nonbinary , making Soren one of the first transgender characters onStar Trek .
8Gray Tal (Ian Alexander)
Gray Tal is introduced byStar Trek : Discoveryin a flashback that describe his lifespan with love interest Adira , joining with Trill symbiont Tal , and accidental death on a generational ship seek the Federation in the thirty-second century . After Adira ’s join with Tal , Gray look to Adira as a non - corporeal entity that only Adira can comprehend , forge from the memories of the Tal symbiont . It ’s an interesting parallel to Commander Stamets unconsciously preserve his own married man , Hugh Culber , within the mycelial internet , so Culber and Stamets are prime to assist Gray conversion from mere consciousness into a brand - novel trunk .
Gray ’s story is a metaphor for the incontrovertible power of gender - affirming wellness care for transgender hoi polloi . Gray ’s unexampled body uses the same applied science as thesynthetic eubstance for Admiral Jean - Luc Picard(Patrick Stewart ) inStar Trek : Picard , but has n’t been widely acquire because of its low success rate . That does n’t deter Culber and Trill Guardian Xi ( Andreas Apergis ) from try the function . grey will be dead without a new consistence , and very much animated with one , so there is no doubt but to give Gray his trunk . After the procedure ’s success , Gray is truly seen by everyone as he is meant to be .
InStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 4 , episode 23 , " The Host " , Trill embassador Odan ( Franc Luz ) is temporarily host by Commander Riker before ending up with a female host ( Nicole Orth - Pallavicini ) , andStar Trek : Deep Space Nineexpands on Trill lore through Dax ’s former life with manly and female hosts , so it ’s fitting that Gray and Adira , non - allegorical transgender characters inStar Trek : Discovery , are Trill .
7Commander Jett Reno (Tig Notaro)
The USS Discovery rescuesCommander Jett Reno(Tig Notaro ) inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 2 , episode 1 , " Brother " , when the Red Angel ’s first sign directs the Discovery to the wreckage of the USS Hiawatha . After sustaining the Hiawatha survivors , Reno fall in the crew of the USS Discovery as a senior engine driver have a go at it for dry wit , out - of - the - corner idea , and a penchant for snack nutrient . Reno ’s generally insouciant attitude makes her nugget of Wisdom of Solomon unexpected , but astonishingly valuable , suggesting thatJett Reno does really care about people , even if Commander Reno might rather have you think she just does n’t have the longanimity for idiocy .
Commander Reno wears a wedding ring in memory of her late wife , who died during the Klingon War . Reno explains later that she was despairing to keep one of the USS Hiawatha ’s survivors alive , despite the obvious bother they were in , because they prompt Reno far too much of her wife to allow them die . Once Reno made the connection , she was able to let the patient go .
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6Captain Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan)
Star Trek: Picard
Star Trek : Voyager ’s Seven of Ninereturns inStar Trek : Picardseason 1 as a Fenris Ranger , rendering aid where needed after being barred from joining Starfleet due to her Borg past . Seven ’s skills are useful to Admiral Jean - Luc Picard and the La Sirena crew ; after attach with Picard over their shared Borg trauma , Seven continues to help Picard ’s squad . At the end ofStar Trek : Picardseason 1,Seven of Nine ’s romance with Raffi Musiker is teasedwith a shot of Seven and Raffi holding hands .
At the start ofStar Trek : Picardseason 2 , however , Seven and Raffi are already in a rocky place . Between Seven ’s difficulty with human interaction and Raffi ’s complicated history , the family relationship is stick to be tricksy , but in trueStar Trekfashion , communicating is the cay to harmoniousness . ByStar Trek : Picardseason 3 , Seven of Nine is on fighting duty as a Starfleet officer , and becomescaptain of the USS Enterprise - Gwith Commander Musiker as her First Officer . It ’s not unmortgaged where Seven and Raffi stand romantically , but that should be ostensible ifStar Trek : Legacyhappens .
Seven of Nine ’s relationships with men inStar Trek : Voyagerwere mostly forgettable . As Annika Hansen , Seven had a relationship with Axum ( Mark Deakins ) that last for six years in Unimatrix Zero , the Borg dream realism . Seven of Nine ’s lackluster relationship with Commander Chakotay ( Robert Beltran ) inStar Trek : Voyagerseason 7 did n’t pan out . Seven ’s relationship with Raffi is n’t arrant , but it ’s clear they ’re trying to make it run despite the difficulties .
5Commander Raffaela Musiker (Michelle Hurd)
Life has not been particularly kind to Raffaela Musiker . stand with Jean - Luc Picard to assist the Romulans efficaciously ended Raffi ’s Starfleet career , which precipitated a downward volute into content abuse , divorce , and estrangement from Raffi ’s adult Logos , so when Picard comes name for Musiker ’s help inStar Trek : Picard , Raffi is n’t really inclined to join Picard again . Still , Musiker ’s choice are limited , andanother mission gives Raffi the opportunity to move onward with her spirit . Commander Musiker’sStar Trek : Picardjourney finds Raffi back in Starfleet ’s good graces , and wreak for Starfleet Intelligence inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 .
4Captain Angel (Jesse James Keitel)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Whether in the guise of Dr. Aspen or as the pirate milkweed butterfly seizing the USS Enterprise , Captain Angel very intelligibly walk the agate line with regard to sex . There ’s something delicious in how comfy Angel villainously chew scenery like a camp fairy and slinks around the gender spectrum , overturn the image of a queer - coded villain by deliberately possess their quirkiness .
Captain Angel is married to Sybok , Lt . Spock ’s ( Ethan Peck ) old half - brother , who uses the name Xaverius and is hold in a Vulcan criminal rehabilitation mall .
InStar Trek : Strange New Worldsseason 1 , episode 7 , " The Serene Squall " , Angel suggests that Spock does n’t have to commit to being either Vulcan or human , but can or else sweep up being"neither " . The idea of rejecting social categorization reflects howAngel ’s own reconciliation number with sex is like to Spock ’s struggle with being biracial . Those placid moments with Spock are personal , revealing how Angel ’s personal journey charm their percept of the world .
3Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush)
Originally portrayed onStar Trek : The Original Seriesby Majel Barrett - Roddenberry , Jess Bush ’s Nurse Christine Chapel inStar Trek : Strange New Worldsis highly skilled , vivacious , and ardently passionate about topics that offend her interest . Romantically , Christine follow daily , grim - stake kinship with both piece and women , but , like inTOS , Chapel always carry a Aaron’s rod for Lieutenant Spock ( Ethan Peck).Strange New Worldssees Spock reciprocating Christine ’s otherwise unrequited crush , help along by Spock ’s desire to search the human side of his half - Vulcan heritage .
Nurse Chapel ’s optical maser - focus on Spock as a quixotic interest does n’t discount Chapel ’s previous relationships with fair sex , one of which was let out whenLieutenant Erica Ortegas ( Melissa Navia ) brings up a cleaning woman that Christine once datedinStar Trek : Strange New Worldsseason 1 , sequence 5 , " Spock Amok " .
2Zero (Angus Imrie)
Star Trek: Prodigy
Star Trek : Prodigy ’s Zero is a Medusan , a telepathic species composed of gross energy , whose true form is capable of driving citizenry mad . Because of this , Zero inhabits a mechanically skillful containment suit in a mistily humanoid shape for interact with the environment . Zero ’s brilliance masquerade party their uncertainty in societal position , butthe ragtag unseasoned crew of the USS Protostar crew accept Zero as they are , even after Zero is unwillingly used as a weapon system by the Diviner ( John Noble ) .
As a non - corporeal coinage , Medusans are genderless by nature . The Medusan Ambassador Kollos inStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason 3 , instalment 7 , " Is There in Truth No Beauty ? " , was referred to with masculine pronouns , but Zero construct it exonerated that their lack of gender think gender - neutral pronouns are appropriate .
