Why Hikaru Sulu being gay is so important:
- Star Trek is a huge cinematic franchise. It is huge. It has thousands of fans of all different ages. This is a huge, huge step for diversity in wide spread cinema.
- The writers says Sulu will have a husband and a daughter. Not only will he be happy, he will have a family, he will have a KID. Considering how bleak LGBT representation has been this year alone, having a happy little girl with two Daddys is incredible.
- Science fiction does not tend to be an area where we have LGBT representation.
- Sulu is a main character. He has been an important part of the series and is a major badass.
- John Cho is Korean- American, so not only are we having LGBT representation but POC - LGBT representation!
- Star Trek have announced Sulu’s sexuality before the film is even out. So therefore giving a big fuck you to any homophobes who now won’t go see the film. Zero fucks given.
- And best of all: the original actor who played Sulu came out in 2005 as a gay man - Sulu being gay is paying respect to real life events. How cool is that?
(via johanirae)
