LGBTQ+ advocacy group complains that almost half of the queer characters on TV will be gone by next year
A new report from the GLAAD Media Institute, an extortion racket that threatens Hollywood creators if their films and shows aren't gay enough, published a report warning that 41% of the LGBTQ+ characters on TV will be gone by next year.
No they were major characters in seasons 1 and 2. One is explained as he stayed back in the past at the end of season 2 but the others just vanished and I recall no mentions of them off doing anything they just don't get brought up. Picard season 3 is essentially The Next Generation season 8 given the writing style and the sheer number of characters from TNG who are in it (they even brought a salvaged Enterprise-D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXVkle0d8Is)
Interesting thing about season 3 is that the plot involved an assimilation plot (a Borg mind-virus of sorts) which only affected people under the age of 30 leaving old people to save the day at the end of the season.