Homosexuality is seemingly absent from the Star Trek universe in the Original Series. Some fans cite certain episodes as evidence towards the possibility of Kirk and Spock having a homosexual relationship but nothing is ever explicitly stated. The only creatures that are not strictly heterosexual in the Original Series are Tribbles.
Spock is treated like a homosexual character in terms of his love life being featured as a spectacle. Since he is part Vulcan, he has to mate once every seven years in the ritual of Pon-Farr. Other than that, he remains mostly chaste unless he is under the influence of some alien substance and is not acting out of his own free will. Frequently he is presented with women who try to seduce him but he resists them because his work is more important to him. Captain Kirk, on the other hand, is shown almost every episode with a different woman.
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