| We now know why Sulu had more tribbles then any other of the crew. [message #156078] |
Fr, 28 Oktober 2005 04:35 |
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.....and why he really wanted to visit Uranus.
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Fr, 28 Oktober 2005 05:01 |
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When did he come out of the closet?
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Fr, 28 Oktober 2005 05:04 |
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"Captain Kundalini" <captkundalini [at] austin.rr.com> wrote in message
news:Rvg8f.28284$5e4.11330 [at] tornado.texas.rr.com...
> When did he come out of the closet?
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This from Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES(AP) George Takei, best known for his role as Mr. Sulu in
"Star Trek," came out as homosexual in the current issue of a magazine
covering the Los Angeles gay and lesbian community.
Takei told The Associated Press on Thursday that his new onstage role
as psychologist Martin Dysart in "Equus," helped inspire him to publicly
discuss his sexuality.
Takei described the character as a "very contained but turbulently
frustrated man." The play opened Wednesday at the David Henry Hwang Theater
in Los Angeles, the same day that Frontiers magazine featured a story on
Takei's coming out.
The current social and political climate also motivated Takei's
disclosure, he said.
"The world has changed from when I was a young teen feeling ashamed
for being gay," he said. "The issue of gay marriage is now a political
issue. That would have been unthinkable when I was young."
The 68-year-old actor said he and his partner, Brad Altman, have been
together for 18 years.
Takei, a Japanese-American who lived in a U.S. internment camp from
age 4 to 8, said he grew up feeling ashamed of his ethnicity and sexuality.
He likened prejudice against gays to racial segregation.
"It's against basic decency and what American values stand for," he
said.
Takei joined the "Star Trek" cast in 1966 as Hikaru Sulu, a character
he played for three seasons on television and in six subsequent films. He
received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1986.
A community activist, Takei ran for the Los Angeles City Council in
1973. He serves on the advisory committee of the California Civil Liberties
Public Education Program and is chairman of East West Players, the theater
company producing "Equus."
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| Re: We now know why Sulu had more tribbles then any other of the crew. [message #158268 ] |
Fr, 28 Oktober 2005 19:20 |
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The writer of "The Trouble with Tribbles", David Gerrold, is an openly
gay man with an adopted son.
-Tom Sr.
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