Bryan Fuller's mandate for "Star Trek: Discovery" is to recapture the sense of inclusiveness that typified the original series, from a female lead -- potentially played by a woman of color -- to an LGBT character in its main ensemble.
When asked about the possibility of a homosexual character during the show's Television Critics Association panel, Fuller said "absolutely we're having a gay character," admitting that he still has a folder full of hate mail that the writers received during "Star Trek: Voyager" (on which Fuller was a writer and co-producer) because of the rumor that Jeri Ryan . . .
