I haven't seen the TNG ep, because I haven't watched a lot of TNG (as I said, it never was one of my favorite series).
However, the Star Trek verse is a very optimistic place. Even if prejudices against homosexuality were still present in some people's minds, I think the status of gay people would be a lot like the status of women nowadays: equal rights are the politically correct rights, in some areas the goal has been surpassed and women have more advantages than men, the differences between men and women that exist as a hard fact are being ignored or labelled prejudice, but on the other hand the mindset of a lot of people is still in the 18th century.
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I haven't seen the TNG ep, because I haven't watched a lot of TNG (as I said, it never was one of my favorite series).
However, the Star Trek verse is a very optimistic place. Even if prejudices against homosexuality were still present in some people's minds, I think the status of gay people would be a lot like the status of women nowadays: equal rights are the politically correct rights, in some areas the goal has been surpassed and women have more advantages than men, the differences between men and women that exist as a hard fact are being ignored or labelled prejudice, but on the other hand the mindset of a lot of people is still in the 18th century.