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For the writers of Star Trek: Beyond, Simon Pegg and Doug Jung, this meant offering an insight into Sulu's sexuality in a way that Star Trek: The Original Series never did.

George Takei's Sulu & Daughter Explained

In Star Trek: The Original Series there were a few episodes where Sulu was shown to have female love interests including an implied attraction to Lieutenant Uhura, which never amounted to anything.

George Takei played Mr. Sulu in Star Trek: The Original Series. The interracial kiss was very controversial… And so I’ve got to keep the show on to tell the stories that I’m telling, which aren’t being dramatized metaphorically on any other show. Farrell later stated that Dax was pansexual. They later escaped from the Krall's attack and then the whole family attended Kirk's 30th birthday party together.

Upon meeting her, Admiral Kirk wondered, "when did [Sulu] find the time to have a family?", a question which was echoed by many fans and Takei himself.

In the Star Trek novel, The Captain's Daughter, Sulu and his best friend Chekov went to the holiday resort of Demora. And [a gay character], as you say, may be a bridge too far.”

Star Trek wouldn’t see its first same-sex kiss until 1995.

Takei's Sulu remained part of the Star Trek franchise for three seasons and six movies.

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In 2009, J.J. Abrams made Star Trek, the first in a series of alternate timeline films following the characters from Star Trek: The Original Series.

He was disappointed that Takei wasn’t on board with the tribute intended for him.
Star Trek Beyond opens in theaters July 22^nd.
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Has Star Trek's Sulu Always Been Gay? It's Complicated

Hikaru Sulu is now known as the first openly gay character inStar Trek, but the character's sexuality hasn't always been so clear-cut.

Kirk (William Shatner) and Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols).

In the interview, Takei recalls asking Roddenberry about making an episode with a gay character. With the fourth Star Trekmovie currently under development, many fans hope to see more exploration of Sulu's sexuality and his family life.

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But, George Takei isn’t happy with the news that in the new version of Star Trek, his character is gay.
According to Rolling Stone, “the actor has stated that he wishes that the reboot hadn't taken liberties with the character painstakingly conceived by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.”
Takei told Rolling Stone that Roddenberry, although a strong supporter of LGBT equality, envisioned Sula as heterosexual.
Writer, actor, and Trekkie Simon Pegg, who is co-writer for Star Trek Beyond, although noting his “huge love and respect” for Takei, defended Sulu’s new sexual orientation.
In written remarks to The Guardian, he said, “’Our Trek is an alternate timeline with alternate details,’ Pegg added.

Wanting to honor this legacy, Simon Pegg came up with the idea of having Sulu be gay in J.J. Abram's 2016 Star Trek: Beyond. Played by George Takei, Sulu was an important source of Asian-American on-screen representation in the 1960s. In the original Mr. Sulu is heterosexual. I’ve got to keep the show on. In the documentary What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, there’s some discussion about how Andrew Robinson’s character Garak’s sexuality is never addressed, but that he’s written as being gay.
The 2016 film Star Trek Beyond revealed that the Kelvin Timeline version of Sulu, played by John Cho, is gay.

Since then he has become known as a prominent LGBTQ+ activist. He recalls Roddenberry saying, “You’re right, I’d like to do that, but I’m walking a tightrope. The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Rejoined” featured a kiss between Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax and guest star Susanna Thompson as Lenara Kahn.