Just commenting on the one thing: Sulu being gay - George Takei actually didn't want Sulu to be gay, since that was not how he portrayed the character in STO and felt that it wasn't how Sulu was written. He came out against the idea of making Sulu gay just because the actor himself was, as he felt it was disrespectful and lazy writing. Instead, he wanted to see NEW characters who were gay. Or at least characters who made sense *coughKirkSpockcough*, rather than a token gay just because the actor was. That would have been braver and more envelope pushing than this kind of tokenism.

Frankly, I agree. I would have much preferred a gay new character or KirkSpock canonized than making Sulu gay, which didn't have any real impact in terms of pushing the LGBT envelope.