I have watched every Star Trek, The Next Generation Episode. I was born a geek. But that was a long time ago, and I had forgotten about this one. Now it's making the rounds of the blogosphere.
Star Trek never discussed homosexuality directly, but they could not have been more indirectly direct than in the episode this clip is from -- The Outcast, braocast in the 5th and final Season. The quote starts about 1:15 in.
"I was born this way... I do not need to be cured... What we do is no different from what you do. We talk, we laugh... and we wonder about growing old."
I wonder if it might have planted the seed in Lady Gaga's mind for the creation of Born This Way? After all Lady Gaga went to geek camp, too. There's a good chance she watched Star Trek reruns.
...God makes no mistakes. I'm on the right track, baby I was Born This Way!"
Just a geeky thought.