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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Star Trek has gone woke is the one that gets me. Let That Be Your Last Battlefield was not subtle and by the time of Far Beyond the Stars they weren't bothering with analogs.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

TNG had an episode centered on discrimination of non-typical gender identity and conversion therapy over 30 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

TBF, Avery Brooks fought like hell to get Far Beyond The Stars as uncomfortable as it was. Berman and the network wanted it to be a trite little story about a sci-fi writer; almost all the racism, discrimination, etc was Brooks pushing back on them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Far Beyond the Stars is my absolute favorite, It’s Only a Paper Moon is a close second. DS9 is top tier sci-fi in my book.