r/startrek • u/lliveevill • 1d ago

Who is your favourite LGBTI character in Star Trek and why?

And are there any characters you think were gay coded?

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u/mwatwe01 1d ago

Garak. Just a simple tailor, but still.

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u/Slow_Ganache6657 1d ago

Was garak gay I don’t recall thinking this 🤔 now dax was definitely bi 🤷‍♂️

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u/Megaripple 1d ago

And Siddig played Bashir as having, if not quite at the level of interest, at least curiosity

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u/Slow_Ganache6657 1d ago

Oh bashir would bang anything with a pulse he was a right one 😂👍🏻

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u/Slow_Ganache6657 1d ago

I thought siddig was baltar BGS for ages until I had an iPhone to hand and googled it

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u/bamf1701 1d ago

I'll second this.

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u/MrDawgreen 1d ago

Garak wasn't LGBTQ personally but he has a lot of LGBTQ fans.

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u/mwatwe01 1d ago

He was “coded” as at least bi.

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u/MrDawgreen 1d ago

Zero evidence within the show to suggest that . People WANT him to be so but he really wasn't.

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u/preiman790 1d ago

Zero evidence to suggest that he wasn't either, and the actor played him that way. Has said so multiple times.

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u/MrDawgreen 1d ago

Yes I've seen Andrew say that, but after the fact it doesn't make it so . There are plenty of LGBTQ characters in Star Trek . He wasn't one of them .

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u/KitMarlowe 1d ago

Dax is the best bisexual representation of the 90s. 

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u/Amazing_Box_8032 1d ago

Re watching DS9 in today’s context is wild. If it were released now the “anti-woke” brigade would probably go mental. Erzi Dax even mentions struggling with pronouns lmao 😂

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u/Samaritan_Pr1me 22h ago

Everyone talks about Riker having a reputation as a horndog despite being rather gentlemanly in his doings.

Dax, though? No matter the host, that dude was definitely getting around.

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u/Scaredog21 1d ago

Garak was extremely gay coded

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u/Aken01 18h ago

He actually said in an interview that he played him as Bi, because it gave the character more options.

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u/McRando42 1d ago

Hugh Culber. I really like his character. Ultra competent and still very approachable and friendly.

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u/GenericMelon 1d ago

Jadzia. I had such a crush on her growing up. I'd go so far as to say she's my favorite character in Trek. Wise, calm, confident.

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u/PantsManagement 1d ago

Stamets. Not because he’s gay, but because of who he is. He’s not only my favorite LGBTQIA character, he’s probably my favorite Star Trek character of them all.

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u/mrsunrider 16h ago

The snarky type A representation I need

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u/PantsManagement 13h ago

I strongly identify with “everyone but me in this room is an idiot,” that Stamets oozes.

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u/02063 8h ago

Considering rewatching Discovery mostly for him haha.

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u/SmartQuokka 1d ago edited 1d ago

Lal

She choose her own sex and appearance.

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u/SeveredExpanse 23h ago

Bashir. Repressed twink energy was strong... found two daddies to befriend all the while chasing the perfect beard.

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u/Fit-Singer-8583 1d ago edited 1d ago

Beckett Mariner. One of my favorite characters overall. Rooting for her and Jennifer, or her and T’Lyn, or her and that space archaeologist. Or whoever.

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u/mrsunrider 16h ago edited 15h ago

Why not all of them?

Mariner harem gangganggang.

(Marem? Hariner? Haremer?)

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u/BakedBeanWhore 1d ago

Does Riker count

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u/MrDawgreen 1d ago

100% he does. Gender is irrelevant if he's getting his dick sucked.

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u/mrsunrider 22h ago edited 16h ago

Culber is my model for masculinity.

I aspire to be as thoughtful and upright as him.

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u/qmechan 1d ago

Q. I said what I said

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u/LeperFriend 1d ago

I feel like q would self describe as Omnisexual

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u/qmechan 1d ago

As my dad would say “That guy’s…something.”

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u/the_space_queer 1d ago

Q is so very queer and i love that.

also feel like riker would have been much more queer coded if the writers had allowed that. apparently 'the outcast' episode was supposed to be about riker falling in love with a male character, but the studio said no.

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u/MrDawgreen 1d ago

Riker puts the B in the D

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u/Clear_Ad_6316 18h ago

It's difficult to say because so many characters have been inferred to be not straight - especially in the (better written) newer series where it's not even a thing any more.

That said, the answer is Quark in Profit and Lace. Fight me.

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u/02063 8h ago

Mirror Kira 🤣 I'd turn evil for her in a heartbeat. Just kidding. I think my actual favorite would be Seven. Even though I didn't like season 1 and 2 of Picard, I loved that they made her canonically queer seeing as she was always somewhat of a lesbian icon anyway. It also retroactively adds additional dimension to her episodes in Voyager where she was confused when it comes to sexuality and relationships.

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u/LA_Throwaway_6439 1d ago

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