Original sentence: Some fans object to the fact that the sexuality issue was dealt with through metaphor and an alien society instead of being handled by the introduction of a gay character on the Enterprise.Yet, despite this, the studio felt that this one episode meant that issue of gay characters or homophobia was settled
Edited sentence: A related problem with the episode was that unlike the original Star Trek episode that criticized racism and sexism, this next generation episode has no gay crew members (thus it is something brought onto the ship by those militant lesbians) and no real discussion of the homophobia that used to exist on earth.The problem was that all the non-gender aliens were played by female actors and thus a critic of homophobia becomes an episode about how fascist lesbians from outer space are trying to destroy heterosexuality.Yet, despite these flaws, the studio felt that this one episode meant that issue of gay characters or homophobia was settled