Agreed. People should dislike modern Star Trek for it’s bad writing, not because it’s progressive.

The best progressive writing Trek did was when they addressed a social issue by having the actors pretend it wasn’t an issue at all.

Uhura was a bridge officer who was a black woman, and nobody cared or even noticed because in-universe there was nothing special about that.

The best progressive writing Trek did was when they addressed a social issue by having the actors pretend it wasn’t an issue at all.

Is Jay-Den being gay not exactly that? Nobody cares in universe. But somewhat it is a big thing for a lot of people for no reason at all.