Today is June 1st, the start of Pride Month. This scene from "Blood Oath" weighs heavily on my mind.
from hopesdead@startrek.website to startrek@startrek.website on 01 Jun 17:55
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I want to live in a world where a person like Kor can accept a person like Dax.

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NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee on 01 Jun 18:32 next collapse

“Though I may change, my heart does not, for I am but its reflection, and may that reflection be more true with every passing day”.

No clue where my brains pulling that one from, but it felt fitting. It feels like such a simple thing, the want to be accepted for who you really are, yet it brings a complex hurt when you realize how hard that can be to get.

hopesdead@startrek.website on 01 Jun 19:04 next collapse

Maybe it is something regarding the Bible? A Google search doesn’t bring an exact result for that quote but a bunch of different Bible verses are in the results however.

EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world on 01 Jun 19:27 collapse

I’ve heard something like that before, and I can’t place it either. Beautiful line, though.

Kirk@startrek.website on 01 Jun 18:42 next collapse

I just watched this episode recently. If Klingons don’t care why should humans?

qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website on 01 Jun 19:30 next collapse

Because not all humans strive for honor.

d00phy@lemmy.world on 01 Jun 20:21 next collapse

Truer words were never spoken.

Zorque@lemmy.world on 01 Jun 21:21 collapse

Honor is a flexible concept, especially for Klingons.

abfarid@startrek.website on 01 Jun 21:18 collapse

If we are being pedantic, Trills are a bad analogy for transsexuals. Every new Trill host is a brand new person with only the memories (with some extras) of the previous hosts. This distinction is emphasized in several episodes. So while Klingons are rather hyper-traditionalists, they can’t really complain about a person having another person’s memories.

KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 02 Jun 00:06 next collapse

Complain? No. But they shure as shit treat them as is they were the same individual in those memories. It even causes problems.

Kirk@startrek.website on 02 Jun 13:12 collapse

FWIW I agree, but I would say imperfect instead, on account of the many trans people I have heard say they related in some ways.

YaksDC@sh.itjust.works on 01 Jun 18:56 next collapse

This makes me so happy and sad at the same time.

A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world on 01 Jun 19:01 collapse

In The Culture series by Iain Banks, gene modification is so advanced people can will themselves to change sex without surgery over I think some months. The process is so effective procreation is possible - one character, a male, loved being pregnant. So he’d transition, have a baby, and go back to being male every couple years. And it’s just super normal. In fact, people who never change sexes are viewed as odd.

Sigh

clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works on 01 Jun 19:22 collapse

I’m happy being as I am, but if I were to live thousand years and it were easy, why WOULDN’T you change just to see what it’s like?

Albbi@lemmy.ca on 01 Jun 20:57 next collapse

If generic engineering becomes that easy, humanity will become nothing but massive, shambling genitals. Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic.

clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works on 01 Jun 23:18 collapse

Jokes on you; I’m already a six foot throbbing p33n0r

A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world on 01 Jun 21:57 next collapse

Oh 100%. I don’t have dysphoria but think of myself as NB anyway. I’m comfortable in my body but I’m certainly curious. If transitioning weren’t as difficult and costly? Yeah totally let’s see what girl me looks like. I think I’d be fairly hot as a girl haha

Anomalocaris@lemm.ee on 02 Jun 13:26 collapse

Same, if you can, why not check it out.