'Star Trek' Star Gee Takei on Comg Out as Gay and Gettg Married - Variety

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• GEE TAKEI REVEALS HE CAME OUT AS GAY BEE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER REJECTED GAY MARRIAGE BILL: ‘I WAS SO ANGRY’ AT HIM
• GEE TAKEI SHAR WHY HE CAME OUT AS GAY AT AGE 68
• GEE TAKEI ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, WHY ‘STAR TREK’ FANS ARE GAY FRIENDLY
• GEE TAKEI SAYS HE ‘ME OUT’ RPONSE TO ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VETOG BILL TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE
• GEE TAKEI REVEALS THE TIME HE AND DONALD TMP BATED GAY MARRIAGE OVER LUNCH
• GEE TAKEI CAME OUT AS GAY BEE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER REJECTED MARRIAGE EQUALY BILL
• GEE TAKEI ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, WHY ‘STAR TREK’ FANS ARE GAY FRIENDLY
• GEE TAKEI: DONALD TMP ATTEND “BETIFUL” GAY MARRIAGE YET WON’T SUPPORT IT
• GEE TAKEI REACTS TO GAY SULU NEWS: “I THK IT’S REALLY UNFORTUNATE”

GEE TAKEI REVEALS HE CAME OUT AS GAY BEE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER REJECTED GAY MARRIAGE BILL: ‘I WAS SO ANGRY’ AT HIM

In the 1980s, Takei joed a gay club lled the Frontnners, and he was stck by the fastt athlete the group, Brad Altman, whom the actor rells as “dashgly good-lookg. ” But as a closeted gay man, he didn’t thk he uld be out and star on a h TV seri. He publicly me out as gay and troduced his fans to his partner.

GEE TAKEI SHAR WHY HE CAME OUT AS GAY AT AGE 68

Gee Takei revealed a new terview wh The Stage that he publicly me out as gay 2005 out of anger over Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cisn to veto a bill that would’ve legalized gay marriage California.

Takei me out as gay California’s Frontiers magaze, and the “Star Trek” veteran had already been a relatnship wh his hband for 18 years by that time. I learned at a young age that you uldn’t be an openly gay actor and hope to be employed. Bee Schwarzenegger prented himself as a movie star who had worked and was iends wh gays and lbians, many of whom voted for him, but then vetoed that bill.

I was so angry that I spoke to the prs for the first time as a gay man at the age of 68.

GEE TAKEI ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, WHY ‘STAR TREK’ FANS ARE GAY FRIENDLY

Schwarzenegger rejected a bill to legalize gay marriage that was troduced by Democratic Assemblyman Mark Leno. Actor and activist Gee Takei recently spoke out about why he me out as gay at age 68 ― and how former California Gov. Bee Schwarzenegger prented himself as a movie star who had worked and was iends wh gays and lbians, many of whom voted for him, but then vetoed that bill, ” Takei said.

GEE TAKEI SAYS HE ‘ME OUT’ RPONSE TO ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VETOG BILL TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE

“I was so angry that I spoke to the prs for the first time as a gay man at the age of 68. “I learned at a young age that you uldn’t be an openly gay actor and hope to be employed, ” Takei said.

Gee Takei has been a leadg advote for LGBT rights sce he announced to the world he was a gay man 2005. Variety spoke wh the actor the weeks leadg up to the Supreme Court’s landmark lg on Friday that legaliz gay marriage natnwi. He also talked about his years the closet and the reactn “Star Trek” fans had to the news he was a gay you hant to e out of the closet?

GEE TAKEI REVEALS THE TIME HE AND DONALD TMP BATED GAY MARRIAGE OVER LUNCH

Until he was exposed as gay and his reer fad.

I got more gut shots as gay Gee Takei than ever, and I got an offer om Howard Stern to be his official did “Star Trek” fans react to the news you were gay? The show always appealed to people that were different — the geeks and the nerds, and the people who felt they were not que a part of society, sometim bee they may have been gay or lbian.

GEE TAKEI CAME OUT AS GAY BEE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER REJECTED MARRIAGE EQUALY BILL

“Star Trek” is about acceptance and the strength of the Starship Enterprise is that embrac diversy all s your “Star Trek” -stars know you were gay? They knew I was gay and they liked me and were supportive of me, but they didn’t make a big thg of bee they knew at the time uld be stctive for me.

I’m hopeful that 50 or more years, the fact that two men or two women or somebody who was a man marri another woman or a man as a woman, will be as unremarkable as terracial marriag are do the enormo shifts attus favor of gay rights and gay marriage say about the health of our mocracy?

GEE TAKEI ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, WHY ‘STAR TREK’ FANS ARE GAY FRIENDLY

Get our ee weekly email for all the latt cematic news om our film cric Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cematic email for eeGee Takei has cricised Arnold Schwarzenegger for vetog bills that would have legalised same-sex a new terview, the Star Trek actor said Schwarzenegger’s actns were what prompted him to publicly e out as gay , who was 68 at the time, revealed he had been a relatnship wh his hband Brad Altman for 18 years. Direct rponse to Schwarzenegger, 75, who was the ernor of California om 2003 to Termator star was given a chance to make gay marriage legal California, but he rejected the bill, which me om Democratic Assemblyman Mark the time, the actor said of his cisn: “This bill simply adds nfn to a nstutnal issue.

” He vetoed a separate bill that would have legalised same-sex marriage aga two years Inpennt has ntacted Schwarzenegger for Takei (Getty Imag for Foundatn for)Takei, who is now 85, said he was “closeted for a long perd of my reer”, bee “I learned at a young age that you uldn’t be an openly gay actor and hope to be employed” ntued: “And I was already an Asian-Amerin actor, so I was already limed a lot. That’s the year we got unemployed om Star Trek, and that’s the year the Stonewall rts happened, galvanizg the gay liberatn movement.

But sce g out as gay 2005, he has bee one of the untry’s leadg figur the fight for social jtice. Takei says although Ameri is bterly divid polilly—and homophobia and xenophobia are still prevalent—’s up to the people to make their voic heard.

GEE TAKEI: DONALD TMP ATTEND “BETIFUL” GAY MARRIAGE YET WON’T SUPPORT IT

[Source]Gee Takei recently revealed that he me out as gay rponse to former California Governer Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cisn to veto the bill that legalized same-sex marriage the state almost two s an terview wh the Brish weekly newspaper The Stage, the 85-year-old “Star Trek” actor explaed that he had to rema closeted while workg the movie dtry as was difficult to fd employment for an openly gay and Asian Amerin man at that time. To this day, there are big Hollywood actors who are not out orr to protect their me out as gay at the age of 68 an issue of Frontiers, a Los Angel magaze that vers news the gay and lbian muny, om NextShark: Law Firm Claims Attorney Who Posted Racist LkedIn Comment About ‘Wuhan Lab’ Was ‘Hacked’Takei's announcement me after Schwarzenegger, who served as the 38th ernor of California between 2003 and 2011, vetoed a bill created by Democratic Assemblyman Mark Leno that would have legalized gay marriage the did I e out when I did? I was so angry that I spoke to the prs for the first time as a gay man at the age of a statement at that time, Schwarzenegger said Leno’s bill ntradicted Proposn 22, approved 2000, which stated that only marriage between a man and a woman is om NextShark: Solomon Islands sign secury pact wh Cha, alarmg US, Atralia over South Pacific threat“This bill simply adds nfn to a nstutnal issue, ” he said.

Schwarzenegger backtracked on his statement five years later, Augt 2010, when he urged a feral judge to allow gay and lbian upl to rume their marriag California whout lay. "More om NextShark: Sikh Man Di Savg 3 Children From Drowng California RiverRelated stori:Gee Takei fir back at ‘ntankero old man’ William Shatner latt salvo of s-long fdGee Takei Helps Lead Gay Communy Hijackg Proud Boys Hashtag81-Year-Old F Grandpa Cha Thks He Can Take Arnold SchwarzeneggerEnjoy this ntent?

“I have a checkered past, ” Takei lghed durg a recent stop to Yahoo Studs to promote the new app TraceMe, a social media applitn that nnects fans wh celebri and athlet (watch terview above) was a nttant on the Tmp-hosted Celebry Apprentice 2012, and though Takei lasted only three episos, he ed the opportuny to nont the future polician on his views about gay marriage. Gee Takei Explas Why He Came Out at Age of 68STEFANI REYNOLDS - Getty ImagGee Takei, known to several generatns of science fictn fans as Star Trek's Mr Sulu, famoly me out as a gay man 2005, and has been an out-and-proud LGBTQ+ advote ever sce.

GEE TAKEI REACTS TO GAY SULU NEWS: “I THK IT’S REALLY UNFORTUNATE”

"I learned at a young age that you uldn’t be an openly gay actor and hope to be employed.

"Bee Schwarzenegger prented himself as a movie star who had worked and was iends wh gays and lbians, many of whom voted for him, but then vetoed that bill. He also talked about his years the closet and the reactn “Star Trek” fans had to the news he was a gay man. I got more gut shots as gay Gee Takei than ever, and I got an offer om Howard Stern to be his official announcer.