On January 11, 1993, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine introduced the first gay power couple of the 24th century ... Garak and Bashir. One’s a dashing young doctor....

An in-depth look at the star crossed lovers we didn’t get to see in DS9 including interviews with the cast and crew about why it didn’t happen. Includes some details about the origin of slash fic

  • Prouvaire
    4•1 year ago

    As mentioned, I think there’s some evidence of Garak being queer, but not a lot of Bashir. That’s where fan theorising comes in. But even in fanon I don’t think people thought they were “in the closet”, ie hiding their sexuality. It was more a case of “what we see on-screen is not the whole story, the fun stuff happens when the cameras are off them”.

    This is similar to how a lot of fans saw Seven as queer (even though I personally don’t think there was a lot, if any, evidence of it on screen). But there was sufficient momentum for this fan theory that the writers made Seven canonically queer in Picard.

    • @[email protected]
      1•1 year ago

      They didn’t think it, but the disturbing implication is they’re in the closet and hiding their sexuality. Not really a great vision of the future, is it?

      Yeah I didn’t like that they made Seven gay in Picard, because why not just make a new queer character instead of changing a once straight character into a gay one?