Star Trek has never shied away from dealing with issues that might make some people uncomfortable. I mean, come on! A black woman in a non-stereotypical role? The first interracial kiss on the TV screen?
Star Trek: Deep Space 9 continued this streak of enlightening themes when it aired Rejoined, Episode 5, Season 4 on October 30, 1995. Lenara Kahn (played by Susanna Thompson [Moira Queen in Arrow]) is the new host of Jadzia Dax's (Terry Farrell) former host Tobias and she arrives at the station with a group of trills.
Trills are forbidden from reassocating with former lovers/partners, but there is still a spark between them. It might not have been the first lesbian kiss on TV or even the first woman/woman kiss, but it was a first for Star Trek: Deep Space 9.
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