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No. We did not. There was no real LGBTQ+ representation on the show prior to DSC. Also the acronym is DSC or DIS, not STD. Not unless you're going around saying STO for Original, STT for The next generation, ST9 for Deep Space 9, etc.
Saying that the representation was 'borderline offensive' is also laughable considering that the show and actors have won numerous awards from people like GLADD specifically for the representation of LGBTQ+ peoples.
considering you only see LGBTQ+ if it's a stereotype, you must think Rain-man a decent representation of ASD...
then again, I love how you pretend at some argument of consistency when all the "one word" series are known mainly by said word (Voyager, Enterprise), and TOS just meaning the original series, so you have two examples here, both of which, if we went with their naming convention, would leave it called "D".
There is a standard naming convention, and it predates the creation of Discovery. Voyager is VOY, and Enterprise is ENT. No one calls Voyager "STV", as that would cause confusion with Star Trek V, the movie. If you've ever used Memory Alpha or participated in a fan community like Daystrom you'll know that this has been standard for a long time. By extension, Discovery is DIS, Picard is PIC, and Prodigy is PRO.
DSC is a special case because it's used internally by the production (even shows up in the show itself once or twice) so some people have taken to using it, but it's not consistent with the other naming schemes we use so it's not standard. In fact, when it came out that Voyager was referred to internally as VGR, basically no one switched because everyone was so used to calling it VOY.
Just because you don't like it doesn't make it a stereotype. Once again, it has won awards from international organizations that step up for LGBTQ people and talk about our representation. What do you do?
No, there's one naming convention. I was chosing a singular word from the series name and using it. I also avoided D because that is the only way that one could logic themselves into the acronym supposedly being STD. I mean unless you have some better explanation as to why you use STD.
I am not continuing this discussion with you when you're violating the rules of the community.