I interviewed Michelle Yeoh a few years ago about #StarTrekDiscovery and I mentioned offhand that I'd written an article about what seeing her use her accent on the bridge of a starship meant to me.
She stopped and said "Wait, that was YOU?"
And then proceeded to talk about how much that article had meant to HER and how it contributed to the success of the show.
I can't think about it without crying.
(The original article: https://authory.com/SwapnaKrishna/On-Star-Trek-Discovery-and-Michelle-Yeohs-accent-aa6d2eb01b3a24970abf406c39146df33)
I had the same reaction when they showed Culber & Stamets getting ready to go to work. Just brushing their teeth, a normal, routine thing. Just a regular couple, doing what couples do.
@ScottSoCal YES. I'm not LGBTQIA+ but that scene, the normalcy of it, the fact that it's here in this universe without having to beg and plead for it -- it brought me to tears.
@mzdt@toot.wales@skrishna @ScottSoCal agreed - their story, with Adira too, I feel has been presented sensitively and yet with normality.
As with your original post - which has moved me incredibly too - representation matters, to all :-)
As an older white straight male growing up in the north of of England, seeing anything outside that monoculture was important and vital, I've seen what happens to people who don't let these things in...