TNG’s The Outcast, with Matt Baume

By Season 5, letter writing campaigns were coming at Star Trek TNG thick and fast. They still had not offered any gay representation, despite an episode being written (and abandoned) in season 1. We’re joined by writer and pop culture critic Matt Baume, who specialises in queer culture and is a huge Trek fan, to examine TNG’s attempt to make a gay episode - and what they accidentally did instead.

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