I presume you mean sexiest???
Bryan Fuller: Diversity is key
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I hope this doesn't get taken the wrong way, but isn't part of being "transgender" to be able to acclimate fully into your actual (rather than "birth") gender?
Star Trek in theory should treat a transgender woman or transgender man as a woman or man, period. There wouldn't be any stigma, any social issues, and you'd be treated exactly the way you want to be.
Of course that would end up obscuring the contemporary social commentary aspect somewhat; a show that demonstrates the difficulties minorities can encounter as well as successful resolution would be the best, IMO.
I don't know how other series represent it, but I really like how sense8 only deals with a transgender characters issues as the prejudice she faces, rather than having her own issues herself. (At least as far as I've noticed)
yep that too
What does race have to do with it? The episode was about gender and sexuality
Well, allegedly Johnathan Frakes wanted Soren to be played by a male actor.
Let me guess you don't have lots of melanin rolling around your body right?
Why not kill two birds with one stone, TV in the 90s also had a real problem with mixed race couples as well. It's not exactly perfect these days either...
We have a winner folks!
Also worth noting that the only series (I remember seeing) even talking about it was the Fresh Prince of Bel Air...
That's exactly the scene I was thinking of
But would that actually address both issues? I've never seen anyone describe any of Worf's relationships, all with white actresses, as any sort of commentary on interracial couples.
It wouldn't really address the issue as much as the gender metaphor, but it still would have been refreshing to see another example of an interracial couple.
That said, a lot of the trouble isn't just the lack of interracial couples, it's that those that are shown are hardly ever in decent, loving, and/or lasting relationships. Suddenly Geordi and Brahms is making a lot more sense....
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Speaking as someone who's a disabled wheelchair user, I've gone back and forth on this. And while I'd definitely like to see more representation on TV in general, I'm not sure about Star Trek.
Personally, I'd like to think that by the time the 23rd/24th century comes around, medicine has advanced sufficiently that disabilities are done with, or at least people have extremely viable options. Geordi's ocular implants are a great example. Today, we're probably just a few decades away from 3D-printing all sorts of internal human organs. Technology for bionic limbs has come a long way for amputees, too. By the 23rd century, in a society such as the Federation supplemented by alien tech, there should be fully-functional limb replacements and all sorts of viable gene therapies and medicines. Think about it....300 years. The difference between bloodletting and the medicine we enjoy today. So why not have the 2200's/2300's be a future in which we have a tremendous medical advantage?
There should be therapies that repair neurological abnormalities like cerebral palsy AT BIRTH. Autoimmune disorders like ankylosing spondylitis (which I have, in addition to cerebral palsy) or things like fibromyalgia that limit mobility? Gone, because immune therapies have gotten to a point where they can pinpoint where things start to go wrong in someone's body and zap it. And why should ALS still exist 300 years from now?
As cool as it would be to see someone in a Professor X-style hovering chair...again, what would be the point, especially if someone serves in Starfleet? At some point, doctors should have this stuff figured out, especially after working with and cross-referencing the medical databases of hundreds of alien worlds. Maybe Federation civilians can have "hovering chairs" but could you really serve on a starship like that? I guess you could...but to me, it would make more sense to have someone with advanced bionic limbs.
In a society like this, if disability is confronted, it could be on a certain alien world that doesn't have access to the same technology, or -- I guess -- to showcase some new disease or condition that has evolved through the years as a response to all the new therapies and gene manipulation that has occurred...or something like that.
I get that it could be empowering to see it on TV, but I've had a long time to think about this. Being disabled sucks. Personally, I'd like to imagine a future where it's gone. Cool alien gene therapies or nanites in the blood that go around repairing stuff that goes wrong in the body.
I think that could be more due to today's TV focusing more on dysfunctional people and families in never-ending angst. Showing decent, loving, lasting relationships is considered boring now.
And speaking as another disabled wheelchair user, I agree with you. I have mixed feelings about seeing people like us on Star Trek too, particularly after "Melora" annoyed the hell out of me. And you're right, With the medical advances the Star Trek world has, our problems wouldn't exist. I'd definately take advantage of them.
Certainly dramawise that's fair, but a lot of sitcoms are still about lasting, or finding a lasting relationship. Plus lack of interracial lasting relationships goes back a long long time.
In terms of disabilities from birth, that's certainly true, and I completely understand where you're coming from. From the little what we know so far, Discovery is set during the Klingon/Federation war, so what about something along the lines of amputation along similar lines to Over There?
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