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George Takei, known around the world as Star Trek's Mr. Sulu, has come out of the closet.
He's always seemed a bit prissy to me -- especially when talking about William Shatner -- but gay?
He told The Associated Press that playing the role of the psychiatrist in Equus inspired his going public. He attributes it to the nature of the character, but I don't know...
I remember back in college, when a couple of my fellow students were paired in a scene from Equus. The psychiatrist was a Shadoe Stevens look-alike, and the patient could have been Orlando Bloom's dopey brother. They reached the point of a simulated horse ride, patient in front, psych behind, and as they rocked up and down together, a weird look transfigured their faces... it was one of the gayest things I have ever seen. It looked more like a bathhouse encounter than a horse ride.
Obviously it overcame poor Mr. Sulu causing him to blurt his secret to the world.
And all these years people thought it was Kirk and Spock.
As a side note: Lest my blog start sounding like the Act-Up P.R. machine circa 1988, this will be my last "X is Gay!" article for a long time. With Harry Potter, The Pillsbury Doughboy, and now Mr. Sulu I am over my quota. Now I have to balance it out with something uber-manly like several sports articles or a nice strip club exposé.
He's always seemed a bit prissy to me -- especially when talking about William Shatner -- but gay?
He told The Associated Press that playing the role of the psychiatrist in Equus inspired his going public. He attributes it to the nature of the character, but I don't know...
I remember back in college, when a couple of my fellow students were paired in a scene from Equus. The psychiatrist was a Shadoe Stevens look-alike, and the patient could have been Orlando Bloom's dopey brother. They reached the point of a simulated horse ride, patient in front, psych behind, and as they rocked up and down together, a weird look transfigured their faces... it was one of the gayest things I have ever seen. It looked more like a bathhouse encounter than a horse ride.
Obviously it overcame poor Mr. Sulu causing him to blurt his secret to the world.
And all these years people thought it was Kirk and Spock.
As a side note: Lest my blog start sounding like the Act-Up P.R. machine circa 1988, this will be my last "X is Gay!" article for a long time. With Harry Potter, The Pillsbury Doughboy, and now Mr. Sulu I am over my quota. Now I have to balance it out with something uber-manly like several sports articles or a nice strip club exposé.
