JPH>         I have heard that GR and Gerrold had a falling out, but I have
 JPH> never heard specifically about what.  I heard a rumor that Gerrold
 JPH> wanted to establish an openly gay character on the Enterprise, but that
 JPH> GR and others refused to take things that far.  Was the the center of
 JPH> the problem or what?
That was indeed a part of their conflict.  Roddenberry had said he wanted to 
do this on TNG (and never did, BTW), so Gerrold wrote an episode called "Fire 
and Ice".  It was something of an AIDS allegory in its main plot.  And it did 
feature a same-sex couple.  Roddenberry initially accepted the script and 
then later rejected it.
The main conlict, though, was Gerrold's contention that he get some credit as 
a co-creator of TNG for the extensive work he had done in the initial stages 
of the inception of the show.
Victoria Aeron Mackey
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