It’s so sad that, technically, she was ahead of her time. We want to see a thoughtful future world, but the writers were failing her as to writing her as a real character in that world who experienced growth. Worst loss of the first season, in my opinion, because it showed how even people trying to be on the cutting edge of acceptance and inclusion can still fall short.

Which is why I turn my nose up at anyone who calls themselves “an ally” of any struggle. Sorry buddy, it’s up to those struggling to name you as an ally, that’s not a label you get to self-apply. Never call yourself an ally, and maybe someday your actions will show you really are an ally. (Much like the whole “Any man who must say, ‘I am the King’, is no true king.” quote)