Starfleet Academy has introduced the first canonically gay Klingon, Karim Diané's Jay-Den Kraag, and he has the support of queer Star Trek icon George Takei.

Starfleet Academy actor Karim Diané took to his Instagram to respond to the backlash over the show's inclusion of a gay Klingon.

The fourth episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy shines a light on the institution’s only Klingon cadet, Jay-Den Kraag (Karim Diané), as we learn his backstory and how he decided to join Starfleet.

Karim Diané as Jay-Den Kraag on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Brooke Palmer/Paramount+ One of the cool things about science fiction is the ability to have different alien races inhabit your universe, ...