The Star Trek universe is not perfect.
For me, as a young trans man, growing up in the 1970’s and 1980’s…Star Trek was a beacon of hope for a better world that wasn’t visible. I eagerly attended sci-fi conventions. I hoped. I wanted a better world. I’m still waiting, and in 2020, it feels like we haven’t advanced at all.
Quotes from Spock: “Jim, when I feel friendship for you, I’m ashamed.” – The Naked Time, 1966. Compare that to “I have been, and will always be your friend” – 1982.
Where the hell did we go wrong?
God Bless Majel Barett and the characters she added to Star Trek – for loving Spock in the original series and Odo in Deep Space Nine. For always loving the ones who are special and different from the average, including young Alexander Rojenko – and helping that character reconcile his Klingon and human parts. For loving and marrying the man, Gene Roddenberry, who created the fictional universe that I still hold as the ideal for our future.
Jesus Christ still holds the example and ideal from our past.
How do we find and uphold the love?
Musings in Twilight 
My dear friend, Don’t let go of your hope for the future! If we no longer have hope and lose the ability to image a better future, and work for it, then there’s no way in hell that future can become a reality.
Luisa
Luisa Derouen, O.P. 2645 Bardstown Road St. Catharine, KY 40061-9435 859-750-1901 Pronouns: she/her ________________________________
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