# Wow, George Takei just came out. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259 "2005-10-28T03:40:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/41 "2005-10-28T15:05:55Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > George Takei is gay? No! No! NOOOOOOOO!!! KHAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN! > > Wait a minute … wait a minute … I’m completely OK with Takei being gay. I had him confused with that other guy … never can tell them apart … oh, yeah … Patrick Stewart. “Can I work this, or will I look like some kind of gay superhero?” - Patrick Stewart, in _Jeffrey_ (he’s a riot) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/42 "2005-10-28T15:16:43Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes. I would think “coming out” in the WNBA would mean revealing you like guys. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![poeticyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@poeticyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poeticyde)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/43 "2005-10-28T15:24:19Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Get your 10:1 odds that there’ll be a new Takei book on shelves within one year. > I just hate that he was so afraid of Jimmy Doohan beating him up he had to wait til he was dead to come out. > > What would you call a book about coming out as a STAR TREK actor? > > My suggestions: > > _The Guy Who Beams Me Up_ > > and > > _My Sex Life: Warp Factor 9_ > > Yours? “Queer Eye for the Space Guy” 😃 And yeah, I’ve known he had to be for years…but I am really glad he did this. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/44 "2005-10-28T15:33:38Z")
Well, cool. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/45 "2005-10-28T15:40:59Z")
I’ve assumed he was for years. It was never an issue one way or the other, but the fact that he’s good looking, successful and from a traditional Asian family but yet never married, while at the same time using the plural “We” on his blog and in articles to refer to vacations (“We went to England last week” or “We were out to dinner at a friend’s the other night”) without mentioning who the other half of we was just all basically chime the bells. I figured it was 100% his-call whether he came out, but I do majorly appreciate the fact he never publicly denied it or did a photo op with a starlet at a premiere or anything like that. He’s just a private person. I regret that he has problems with his family over the issue. If he does write a book I hope he addresses that because it’s one of the most important issues in an individual coming to grips with their “gayularity” and the decision to come out. I also hope this doesn’t typecast him as just another gay Japanese Sci-Fi TV icon guy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/46 "2005-10-28T15:42:49Z")
Oh, and I totally agree with the above on the degree of Homoseku Sulu’s hotness in his prime. I was surprised when I learned that they brought on Chekhov for young hottie sex appeal (specifically because he was a general Davy Jones type) when they had Sulu right there. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/47 "2005-10-28T15:53:06Z")
> [@Airman Doors](#): > > It adds new meaning to [“Young Wet Bitches”](http://www.kevinolean.net/staticpages/index.php?page=20040921225538706), doesn’t it? Damn you. I was about to post about the same thing. 😉 I wonder if Howard Stern was talking about it this morning. He calls the show sometimes and they play soundbites of his a lot. I’ve been in meetings all morning, so I haven’t listened. Well, good for him, but I agree that it’s sad he felt he had to hide his relationship and his sexual orientation. That can’t be an easy thing to deal with (the public scrutiny, that is. Not being gay). ---
**Author:** ![Leviosaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Leviosaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leviosaurus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/48 "2005-10-28T15:56:21Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I hope he addresses that because it’s one of the most important issues in an individual coming to grips with their “ **gayularity** ” Did anyone else read this word and think “singularity”? I immediately imagined a gigantic space object discovered by the Enterprise. “We’re approaching the edge of the Gayularity, captain. My god, What’s happening to Sulu?!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/49 "2005-10-28T16:09:03Z")
> [@Leviosaurus](#): > > Did anyone else read this word and think “singularity”? I immediately imagined a gigantic space object discovered by the Enterprise. “We’re approaching the edge of the Gayularity, captain. My god, What’s happening to Sulu?!” 😃 I think that was the same episode where Scotty first said “I’m givin’ 'er everything I’ve got, Cap’n, but it just isn’t enough…” for the first time, and the voice of Majel Barrett as ship’s computer was replaced with that of Judy Garland. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/50 "2005-10-28T16:18:47Z")
> [@Leviosaurus](#): > > Did anyone else read this word and think “singularity”? I immediately imagined a gigantic space object discovered by the Enterprise. “We’re approaching the edge of the Gayularity, captain. My god, What’s happening to Sulu?!” 😃 Later, we find out that’s where Q is from. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/51 "2005-10-28T16:20:41Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I just hate that he was so afraid of Jimmy Doohan beating him up he had to wait til he was dead to come out. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/52 "2005-10-28T16:35:57Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > No it didn’t. :dubious: > > It’s been an open secret among Trekkies for years. I was a die hard Trekkie for many years and this was the first that I’d heard of it. I guess I need to turn in my fake Spock ears and plastic phaser. Marc ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/53 "2005-10-28T16:41:53Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Cite? It’s not much, but e said at a convention that he did not want a gay or lesbian character on Star Trek. There may be more. ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/54 "2005-10-28T16:43:32Z")
"Gays—the final frontier … " ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/55 "2005-10-28T17:23:27Z")
I’d like to see the next Star Trek Franchise to star Takei as an openly gay Star Trek admiral. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/56 "2005-10-28T17:30:20Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > I’d have liked to see a movie or miniseries based on that Starship Sulu was commanding in some of the movies. (I can’t remember the name of it.) I thought he made a good no-nonsense Captain compared to Kirk or Picard. _Excelsior_. Tuvok was on his crew, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/57 "2005-10-28T17:47:54Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > Later, we find out that’s where Q is from. Soon to star in his own spinoff, **Q as Folk**. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/58 "2005-10-28T18:26:43Z")
“Set phasers on fabulous, Mr. Sulu.” That “coming out” dialogue was elegantly phrased of him, he’s always been an excellent speaker/narrator (has done a few documentaries and such). ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/59 "2005-10-28T19:23:41Z")
But… but… but… does that mean that there was a GAY PERSON who did a GUEST VOICE on THE SIMPSONS??? [faints] ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-george-takei-just-came-out/328259/60 "2005-10-28T22:02:54Z")
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