Paul Stamets (Star Trek)
Paul Stamets is a character in the fictional Star Trek franchise. He appears in the television series . Stamets is portrayed by actor Anthony Rapp.
The character is the first openly gay regular character in a Star Trek television series. Within Discoverys narrative, he is a scientist and engineer who combines physics and mycology into a fictional method for instantaneous faster than light travel.In the Star Trek show, Stamets often talks about mushrooms in space. The Stamets character develops real world contemporary mycological science into science fiction concepts in the portrayal. Stamets believes the Universe is organized by spores and mycelia as the "building blocks of energy across the universe".
His name is an allusion to Paul Stamets, a self-taught mycologist who advocates for the ecological benefits of mushrooms.Reception
Various publications described how the character set a precedent in both the Star Trek world and generally in media as a depiction of a gay character.
