I missed large chunks of the later Star Trek series. was there ever a specifically gay character?

At least Riker, Picard, and LaForge. I present as evidence these two episodes of TNG.

According to some online stories I found about the show – all of them were gay. And very active, too.

Starfleet has a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

Unless it was mentioned on screen I don’t really think it counts.

It’s irritating that the bisexuals all exist in the dark and immoral Mirror Universe.