<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Gays As Distracting&nbsp;Sub-Plots]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="410" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FynuBw_VsBE" width="515"></iframe></p> <p>Alyssa Rosenberg is <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2011/08/10/292249/j-j-abrams-big-gay-star-trek-fail/" target="_self">peeved</a> about J.J. Abrams implying that a potential gay character in his new <em>Star Trek</em> sequel would be &quot;oh that stupid distracting subplot about you know, you know, that minority:&quot;</p> <blockquote> <p>Someone should tell Abrams that it’s not a victory over tokenism to keep  gay people invisible, especially when that invisibility is increasingly  obviously at odds with the <em>Star Trek</em> vision of a progressive future.</p> </blockquote> <p>Ryan B. <a href="http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/blog/2011/08/10/to-boldly-go-where-no-two-men-have-gone-together-before/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ordinary-gentlemen+%28The+League+of+Ordinary+Gentlemen%29" target="_self">counters</a>:</p>]]></html></oembed>