Gee Takei said he publicly me out as gay bee Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected a bill to legalize gay marriage California.
Contents:
- GEE TAKEI SHAR WHY HE CAME OUT AS GAY AT AGE 68
- GEE TAKEI REVEALS HE CAME OUT AS GAY BEE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER REJECTED GAY MARRIAGE BILL: ‘I WAS SO ANGRY’ AT HIM
- GEE TAKEI REACTS TO GAY SULU NEWS: “I THK IT’S REALLY UNFORTUNATE”
GEE TAKEI SHAR WHY HE CAME OUT AS GAY AT AGE 68
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.
Actor and activist Gee Takei recently spoke out about why he me out as gay at age 68 ― and how former California Gov.
GEE TAKEI REVEALS HE CAME OUT AS GAY BEE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER REJECTED GAY MARRIAGE BILL: ‘I WAS SO ANGRY’ AT HIM
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. “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 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. Schwarzenegger rejected a bill to legalize gay marriage that was troduced by Democratic Assemblyman Mark Leno.
GEE TAKEI REACTS TO GAY SULU NEWS: “I THK IT’S REALLY UNFORTUNATE”
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. Neverthels, Takei — who announced he was gay 2005 — was fully attuned to the gay equaly nversatn gag momentum at the time.
Te to s tle, the latt big-screen outg, Star Trek Beyond, has gone where none have gone before: Star John Cho — who assum the Sulu mantle for the third time the reboots — has told Atralia’s Herald Sun that the character is revealed to be gay. He had never asked for Sulu to be gay.