With the release of the upcoming Star Trek Beyond, the long-lived sci-fi franchise is going to boldly go where it's never gone before with the revelation that Hikaru Sulu — the helmsman of the Starship Enterprise played by John Cho — is gay.
Sulu's becoming the first LGBTQ lead character in Star Trek history arrives just in time for the franchise's half-century anniversary. The long-overdue moment will come in this month's Beyond, where it will be established that Sulu is not only in a committed relationship with another man, but that the two have a daughter together.
