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.
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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.
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Saw Admiral Janeway at The Star Trek Original Set Tour in Ticonderoga on Saturday, August 16, 2025.
Kate answered all questions people had about Voyager, and about her early success with “Ryan’s Hope.
I am just starting to watch the show, and this might be general knowledge to longtime fans of the show.
Kate said when the writers advanced the idea of Captain Janeway having romances with a crew member every few episodes to spice things up.
She said very strongly - “NO sex!” (even though she thought she looked like a pretty young woman at the time and it wasn’t a crazy idea), but because she felt that her job as Captain did not have any time to spare for romances. “I had to get my crew back home, and needed command presence to do that (paraphrasing here).
A great time was had by all, including Kate Mulgrew!
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".