Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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Star Trek ’s first same - sex candy kiss could have happened early inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , say Jadzia Dax actor Terry Farrell . InDS9season 1 , episode 8 , " Dax " , the tribulation of Lt . Jadzia Dax explores whether Jadzia , the current humanoid host of the Dax symbiont , is creditworthy for crimes allegedly committed by one of Dax ’s former Trill hosts , Curzon . Curzon is survived by an ex - lover , Enina Tandro ( Fionnula Flanagan ) , whose testimonial is essential in settle Dax ’s guiltiness or artlessness . The reunion between Dax and Enina is unusually tender , with gentle touches and longing glances , andthe moment seems ripe for Dax and Enina to exchange a kiss .
In scene that Dax and Enina partake onStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , it seems as thoughTerry Farrell is impersonate Daxmore like the sure-enough humanity that Curzon was , instead of the immature woman that Jadzia is . OnThe Delta Flyerspodcast episode talk about theDS9episode " Dax " , Farrell says that she did draw shut the view from a masculine view . Star Trek : VoyagerHarry Kim actor Garrett Wang , co - horde ofThe Delta Flyers , suggests thatthe playscript for " Dax " might have been very dissimilar if the instalment were produce in the 21st 100 . Read their quotes and listen toThe Delta Flyers , season 9 , instalment 7 below , at the 1:15:36 timestamp .
Terry Farrell : In the scene I remember feeling like I was in this masculine lieu for [ Curzon ’s x , Enina ] , that she was my love , and I fuck her . We both had this feeling like , ' Are we gon na kiss?‘It was n’t written that we were , but there was a feeling that [ Curzon is ] still in there experience it , like I was let him be there . Sort of allowing him to take over .
Garrett Wang : I do palpate that if this episode was filmed now , in 2023 , that there would ’ve been a buss . A very beautiful kiss , I feel . It could ’ve been accept . But back then , it was oh , we ca n’t have same - sexual practice kiss .
Terry Farrell : It ’s sweet . It ’s not sexual . It ’s just , ' I love you and I will miss you . ' A bye osculation .
While the Star Trek dealership has only added explicitly LGBTQ+ characters in the last 4 - 5 years , it has had ties to queer radical from the commencement .
DS9’s Jadzia Dax Did Have Star Trek’s First Same-Sex Kiss
DS9 Season 4, Episode 5 “Rejoined” reunited Dax and former lover Kahn, now both women.
In destiny very similar to those inDS9season 1 ’s " Dax",Star Trek ’s first same - sex candy kiss was inStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 4 , sequence 5 , " Rejoined " , between Jadzia Dax and Lenara Kahn , played byStar Trekveteran Susanna Thompson . Thompson ’s Lenara is the new host for Trill Kahn symbiont , who was previously hosted by Nilani , the wife of Dax ’s former legion , Torias . The reunion between Kahn and Dax sparks touch between Lenara and Jadzia , as both woman withdraw the Romance language they shared in past lifetimes . After several tense tantrum , Jadzia Dax and Lenara Kahn makeStar Trekhistory with a passionate kiss .
nibble up where Nilani and Torias left off cast Kahn and Dax in violation of the Trill taboo of reassociation between symbionts with cozy shared story , in a well-defined metaphor for the bias confront by same - sex yoke . Dax and Kahn must decide whether their rekindled sexual love is worth the ostracizing that would amount with pursuing their romance further , and ultimately , Jadzia Dax and Lenara Kahn decide to part mode . Star Trek ’s message of accompaniment for same - sex relationships may have been fuzzy inDS9season 1 , but it ’s crystal clear byDS9season 4 with Jadzia and Lenara ’s osculation inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine"Rejoined " .
Star Trek : Deep Space Nineis streaming on Paramount+ .
Source : The Delta Flyersseason 9 , episode 7 " Dax "
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