My working assumption is that sexuality isn't binary. I always viewed Kirk as a sexual connoisseur. Because all the aliens were also obviously gender-binary there wasn't much of a question as to who he would be attracted or sleep with. Sexuality isn't the same as intellect much to our misfortune and continuing to portray sexuality as binary in sci-fi is a disservice to the fans and the genre. As I said, I would never expect Kirk to be overt in a Hollywood blockbuster if he indeed had any kind of same-sex desire - which textually, he doesn't - but some kind of acknowledgment that we have evolved a bit over the next 200 years would have been nice. Attitudes towards sex is the difference, not so much orientation of which there is debate today whether it is organic or not.
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I always viewed Kirk as a sexual connoisseur. Because all the aliens were also obviously gender-binary there wasn't much of a question as to who he would be attracted or sleep with.
Sexuality isn't the same as intellect much to our misfortune and continuing to portray sexuality as binary in sci-fi is a disservice to the fans and the genre.
As I said, I would never expect Kirk to be overt in a Hollywood blockbuster if he indeed had any kind of same-sex desire - which textually, he doesn't - but some kind of acknowledgment that we have evolved a bit over the next 200 years would have been nice.
Attitudes towards sex is the difference, not so much orientation of which there is debate today whether it is organic or not.