# Colour me Surprised: I did NOT know George Takei was Gay. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046 "2008-09-17T21:33:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/21 "2008-09-17T23:13:05Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > If he turned out to be a Republican I think my head would asplode. Good, no mess to clean up. I remember reading in one of the autobiographies (it might have been Nichelle Nichols) that the rest of the crew was somewhat stunned at how egocentric Shatner was. (I know, knock me over with a feather and all that.) Takei was a delegate to a Democratic National Convention, and everyone knew that but our beloved Captain. No, I don’t remember which convention. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/22 "2008-09-17T23:23:22Z")
David Hyde Pierce is gay? Well… learn something new every day… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/23 "2008-09-18T00:01:03Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Or possibly John Mahoney. Wait. Is he gay? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/24 "2008-09-18T01:03:48Z")
Even when I was a kid and I didn’t know what gay meant, I could see that Mr. Sulu was gay. C’mon, the only way he could have been more flaming was if he was Liberace. And yes, I knew he was gay too. I just thought it meant flamboyant. Now Paul Lynde? I just thought he was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/25 "2008-09-18T10:15:58Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Reminds me of my faux-racist friends when I was a teenager, who were always talking about and searching for the elusive gay black Jew. 😃 There’s one in this board. ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/26 "2008-09-18T14:13:20Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Wait. > > Is he gay? > > 😕 Yeah, my understanding is that John Mahoney IS gay, though I can’t find a cite for it. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/27 "2008-09-18T14:38:13Z")
Ok, wait, wait, wait. William Shatner played a gay Republican dog on _Frasier_? ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/28 "2008-09-18T15:52:31Z")
> [@ArizonaTeach](#): > > Ok, wait, wait, wait. > > William Shatner played a gay Republican dog on _Frasier_? A gay, black, Republican dog of Japanese anscestry actually, but you basically got the gist. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/29 "2008-09-18T15:57:40Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > There’s one in this board. I believe there’s an SDMB requirement to have at least one of everything on the board. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/30 "2008-09-18T16:31:12Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Did you mean Sir Ian McKellen? Gandalf? > > If so, you might want to read up on your Isle of Man history a bit… Yes, Would you mind giving me the Gist of it? Google isn’t being much help. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/31 "2008-09-18T16:39:41Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > David Hyde Pierce is gay? > > Well… learn something new every day… It hadn’t occured to me, either. Nor that Neil Patrick Harris was, until a formal announcement to that effect. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/32 "2008-09-18T16:40:05Z")
p.s. I still find it quite surprising that David Walliams ISN’T Gay. He’s like the most gayest person ever. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/33 "2008-09-18T16:42:18Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > There’s one in this board. Cool. I actually met one at a restaurant once, too. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/34 "2008-09-18T17:36:05Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Cool. I actually met one at a restaurant once, too. A Republican? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/35 "2008-09-18T17:40:43Z")
> [@robby](#): > > A Republican? On this Board? ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/36 "2008-09-18T17:49:14Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > On this Board? No, at the restaurant! Keep up with the thread! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/37 "2008-09-18T18:09:08Z")
> [@robby](#): > > No, at the restaurant! Keep up with the thread! 😃 He met David Hyde Pierce at a restaurant? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/38 "2008-09-18T18:11:03Z")
> [@Mahna\_Mahna](#): > > He met David Hyde Pierce at a restaurant? No no, he was bored at a republican restaurant and saw a dog go by being walked by a Jew who looked like a black David Hyde Pierce. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/39 "2008-09-18T19:12:27Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > No no, he was bored at a republican restaurant and saw a dog go by being walked by a Jew who looked like a black David Hyde Pierce. And the dog was gay because it could lick its own balls? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046/40 "2008-09-18T19:16:26Z")
> [@Mahna\_Mahna](#): > > And the dog was gay because it could lick its own balls? No. It was gay because it’s name is George. Which brings the whole thing back to the OP! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colour-me-surprised-i-did-not-know-george-takei-was-gay/464046.md?page=3)