Windy City Times LGBTQ News Archive - SHOWBIZ 'Star Trek,' Julianne Moore, benefit album, 'To Wong Foo' The producers of Star Trek: Discovery announced that next season they will be introducing the first nonbinary and trans characters in the history of the Star Trek franchise, Advocate.com noted. Nonbinary character Adira, played by Blu del Barrio, and transgender character Gray, played by trans actor Ian Alexander, will be beamed up when Star Trek: Discovery kicks off season three on CBS All Access Thursday, Oct. 15. Star Trek: Discovery has had several firsts; in 2017, Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz became the first gay characters in a same-sex marriage in the franchise's history. Oscar winner Julianne Moore is set to join the ensemble cast of Universal's movie adaptation of the Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen, joining Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams and Amandla Stenberg, Deadline noted. Moore will play the protagonist's mother.