Because here at Mombian, I’m dedicated to bringing you all the really important news about lesbian moms:
This is what happens when you let same-sex couples get hitched—they do so with their own style. Anita Bayliss and Margaret Wood had a Star Trek-themed civil partnership ceremony in Swansea, South Wales, to commemorate their meeting in a Star Trek forum. Not only did the women wear Starfleet dress uniforms, but they required their guests to wear Star Trek costumes as well. Bayliss’ two sons (of unspecified age) wore Captain Kirk outfits. (Let’s face it, if one was Kirk and one was Picard, there would have been fistfights over who was better.)
No word on where they’re beaming to for their honeymoon (or on whether J. J. Abrams will include any actual gay characters in the next Star Trek film, although After Elton seems hopeful).
(Thanks to the Daily Mail, via The Mary Sue. They have photos, too, which I have not used here because of copyright.)
This is very important news. What would our society be like without Trekies? Love your blog, thanks for doing what you do every day.
At this point, Trek not having some kind of gay character puts it somewhere in the dark ages. It was edgy when Babylon 5 had somewhat sterilized lesbian characters in 94. It was stunning when Buffy, thought of as a teen series, had Willow and Tara sharing a bed in 1999. By the time Battlestar Galactica’s reboot came around, same sex relationships were everywhere and nobody even noticed or cared.
Trek not having them in 2011 is an embarrassment and a testimony to the show’s backwards nature and betrayal of original vision. The original series showed us the future, the current franchise shows us the past.
A Star Trek wedding? How cool is that!