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Queer stars & fans celebrate 'Star Trek's 60 years of diversity
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Actor Karim Diané plays the franchise's first out gay Klingon on Star Trek: Star Fleet Academy, and is out in his real life as well.
Same-sex affection has been seen at least twice in Trek, as TrekMovie reported, on Deep Space Nine and on Star Trek: Lower Decks.
They joined their costars Jess Bush and Melissa Navia for a story about queer representation in Star Trek in July 2025.
Jesse James Keitel was the first out trans actor cast in a role in Star Trek and appeared in season one of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
That's reassuring news to queer Star Trek fans, who even have their own LGBTQ+ organization called "To Proudly Go," whose motto is, "Live Proud and Prosper."