The plot twist, ironically enough, was chosen specifically to honor. “I liked the approach, which was not to make a big thing out it, which is where I hope we are going as a species, to not politicize one’s personal orientations,” Cho told reporters while publicizing the film in Australia on Thursday. Sulu is shown as the father of a child with a same-sex partner in “Star Trek Beyond,” revealed a reporter for Australia’s Herald Sun who has seen the upcoming film. And some audience members might see a beloved character as a healthy, loving gay. Showing a major Star Trek character in a same sex relationship is certainly in line with original series creator Gene Rodenberry’s vision of a utopian future. If he could have explored Sulu’s sexuality with George, he no doubt would have.” If any risk was taken in Star Trek Beyond it’s the outing of Sulu (John Cho). “His mantra was always ‘infinite diversity in infinite combinations’. “The viewing audience weren’t open minded enough at the time and it must have forced Roddenberry to modulate his innovation,” said Pegg, who wrote the script with Doug Jones and also co-stars in the movie. In 2011, Brannon Braga (longtime Star Trek producer, and showrunner for Voyager and Enterprise) told magazine AfterElton that he regretted never including a gay character in the main cast of any. Abrams 'really proud' of gay Sulu in Star Trek Beyond. We thought we had made a very positive statement about sexual prejudice in a distinctively Star Trek way, producer Rick Berman said in 1992. John Cho, who plays Sulu in the most recent Star Trek films, said that his character has a daughter and a partner, making him. Pegg added that he felt Roddenberry’s decision to clear the bridge of any gay characters was a necessity of the times when “Star Trek” first launched in September 1966 - and not an artistic decision. Star Trek Beyond: John Cho says Sulu is gay 'Star Trek Beyond': Zachary Quinto on George Takei's response to Sulu being gay. Because a gay allegory was written for a straight audience, many of the queer people in the audience at the time were understandably offended. Hikaru Sulu is out and proud in Star Trek Beyond. is portrayed as gay in Justin Lin’s upcoming Star Trek Beyond. On Thursday, the creators of Star Trek Beyond revealed Starfleet officer Hikaru Sulu (John Cho) would be in a same-sex relationship and have a daughter in the film. John Cho, Zachary Quinto, Director Justin Lin, Chris Pine and Karl Urban pose for a photo on July 7, 2016. According to Australias Herald Sun, this months Star Trek Beyond will casually reveal that John Chos Sulu is in a same-sex relationship and that Sulu and his partner have a daughter. The Star Trek star said the decision to define his character’s sexuality was done as a nod to openly gay actor George.
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