I just watched TrekCulture's video, "10 Times Star Trek Dared To Be Different," timestamped at 6:29.

Kate Mulgrew fought to have a gay character on Star Trek: Voyager but was denied by the show's producers. She expressed her desire for such a character at Fan Expo Boston, stating, "I wanted a gay character on that bridge with me!" However, Paramount was not willing to accommodate her request at the time. Despite this setback, Mulgrew's advocacy helped pave the way for greater LGBTQ+ representation in subsequent Star Trek series and films.

Source: https://search.brave.com/search?q=kate+mulgrew+fought+to+have+a+gay+character+on+Voyager&conversation=d068889596831f9bde591c&summary=1

I had no idea about this and my respect for Kate Mulgrew has grown, I loved her in Voyager, which was my first Trek show in 1997, and I loved her in Prodigy, and after learning this, wow, as a gay man, I love her even more for fighting for the LGBT community and it's representation in new Trek.

I hope this isn’t a retread but it probably is. Doing a voyager rewatch and I really think her performance is solid. I’ve seen Orange is the new black and retrospectively looking back it feels like she did the role right. I’m in season 6 and it feels like she wears the role like a comfortable piece of clothing. Also Robert Picardo is the best.

I did some searching, but I couldn't find a definitive answer. I'm curious if anyone here has any information if Kate Mulgrew's costume in "The Killing Game", was directly inspired by Marlene Dietrich's white Tuxedo, that she wore in the 1932 film "Blonde Venus?"

I tend to think so, not just due to the similarity in design, but because Paramount was also the studio that produced "Blonde Venus".