Was Captain Kirk bisexual?
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I used to live with a bisexual, and he was a bit like Kirk.
Nothing happened, though.
I think, if Kirk IS a bisexual, he is one of those who see his liking for men as just an offshoot, an expression, of his liking for women, if you see what I mean.
Women come first in his tastes, that's what he hinted in TMP novelisation.
It also hinted that no-one had ever dared ask him, though Spock has been asked.
Nothing happened, though.
I think, if Kirk IS a bisexual, he is one of those who see his liking for men as just an offshoot, an expression, of his liking for women, if you see what I mean.
Women come first in his tastes, that's what he hinted in TMP novelisation.
It also hinted that no-one had ever dared ask him, though Spock has been asked.
No.
He loved Spock like a brother, not a lover.
He loved Spock like a brother, not a lover.
This.
This, there was nothing more to it than this.
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There's absolutely nothing to indicate that Kirk is bisexual. He loves Spock as a brother / close friend. I have to admit -- as wonderful as sex is -- I've never understood why some folks here seem to be so preoccupied with characters' sexual preferences.
No. Way.
Um...the whole point of bisexuality is that you're happy to have relations with either gender. Just because we only saw Kirk with women doesn't mean that's all he ever hooked up with. And really, what percentage of Kirk's adult life was ever committed to film in any case? Plenty of time for him to have hooked up with guys on the side.
If the best you can do for a reply is "No," you'll have to forgive me for remaining skeptical.
Seriously? I doubt it, but admit it is quite possible.
Now if we're just having fun ...
Yes, I can build evidence for it.
In Bread and Circuses, our favorite guys explain the Prime Directive to us:
In A Private Little War, we learn that Kirk had also been honest with his friend and "brother", Tyree:
This could be Kirk just wanting to be fully honest with the man who called him "brother", but the only other times we have seen Kirk break the Prime Directive so flagrantly is ... when he wanted to have sex.
Kirk and Spock clearly have something going on, although it is possible neither is aware of it. A number of episodes follow the format:
(Kirk or Spock) falls in love, Kirk and Spock fight, whichever one fell in love "comes to his senses" and returns to duty. It's like they beat each other up instead of having sex.
Think about it: Spock was driven to madness by the urge to mate, but a little hand-to-hand with James T. Kirk and he's his old self again. Mind Controlling space spores? Punch him until he snaps out of it. I'm sure there are examples that go the other way, though I can't think of any right now.
But as I said, that's just for fun. I think they were really just friends.
Now if we're just having fun ...
Yes, I can build evidence for it.
In Bread and Circuses, our favorite guys explain the Prime Directive to us:
There is a pattern of Kirk breaking this rule, however: when he is physically attracted to a woman, he feels a need to be honest with her, and this often involves explaining that he is from one of the points of light in the sky, even if the woman in question has no concept that stars are other suns, which might have other planets around them.
In A Private Little War, we learn that Kirk had also been honest with his friend and "brother", Tyree:
This could be Kirk just wanting to be fully honest with the man who called him "brother", but the only other times we have seen Kirk break the Prime Directive so flagrantly is ... when he wanted to have sex.
Kirk and Spock clearly have something going on, although it is possible neither is aware of it. A number of episodes follow the format:
(Kirk or Spock) falls in love, Kirk and Spock fight, whichever one fell in love "comes to his senses" and returns to duty. It's like they beat each other up instead of having sex.
Think about it: Spock was driven to madness by the urge to mate, but a little hand-to-hand with James T. Kirk and he's his old self again. Mind Controlling space spores? Punch him until he snaps out of it. I'm sure there are examples that go the other way, though I can't think of any right now.
But as I said, that's just for fun. I think they were really just friends.
Of course he was!
Oh wait, make that:
Of course he wasn't! I used to think it was his ship he was most committed to. What was that episode...with the Dolman of Elaas maybe? He should be lost but in the end his love for the ship saves him.
But then in STIII he blows it up. I try to reconcile the two thinking that when he was younger he was more fanatical, being loyal to ideas and with age seeing that it's the people behind them that are more important. Home is not the house but the people in it.
Though none of that specifically addresses Kirk's sexuality, just his supreme loyalty. Some would argue in the end, they're the same, but Kai Opaka sacrificed her own son for her people...Kirk his happiness with Edith Keeler.
Anyway. The Kirk/Spock stuff's fun to consider, but Kirk got it on with women. Even if it's just because of the time the series was made, the character is was it is.
I'm a gay guy. I'd love a gay relationship in Trek, but I personally hope Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto(sp?) never so much as look at each other in a sexually questionable way. Partly because I don't find Quinto attractive. But also partly because I may love men sexually, but I also have brothers, and I also dream of having friends as close as brothers. Kirk/Spock is such a friendship and it's an old one I care aboutdeeply.
Oh wait, make that:
Of course he wasn't! I used to think it was his ship he was most committed to. What was that episode...with the Dolman of Elaas maybe? He should be lost but in the end his love for the ship saves him.
But then in STIII he blows it up. I try to reconcile the two thinking that when he was younger he was more fanatical, being loyal to ideas and with age seeing that it's the people behind them that are more important. Home is not the house but the people in it.
Though none of that specifically addresses Kirk's sexuality, just his supreme loyalty. Some would argue in the end, they're the same, but Kai Opaka sacrificed her own son for her people...Kirk his happiness with Edith Keeler.
Anyway. The Kirk/Spock stuff's fun to consider, but Kirk got it on with women. Even if it's just because of the time the series was made, the character is was it is.
I'm a gay guy. I'd love a gay relationship in Trek, but I personally hope Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto(sp?) never so much as look at each other in a sexually questionable way. Partly because I don't find Quinto attractive. But also partly because I may love men sexually, but I also have brothers, and I also dream of having friends as close as brothers. Kirk/Spock is such a friendship and it's an old one I care aboutdeeply.
I think this Kirk/Spock business has really gotten out of hand. There is no proof that Kirk was attracted to anything other than women and the original USS Enterprise. Seriously, that man could have had a fetish or something. In any event, everyone knows bisexuality is confined to the naughty mirror universe! (Even then its only the women.)
Um, well, we never saw Bashir and O'Brien in a sexual, or romantic, relationship with each other, even though they were the defintion of heterosexual life partners. Does the fact that we don't see any indication of it mean they might be bisexual as well?
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