Star Trek Actor Comes Out of the Transporter

Admit it, when you saw that headline, you thought it was Shatner. Not this time...or at least not yet.

George Takei, better known as Mr. Sulu on Star Trek, is going where no Star Trek actor has gone before. He's come out of the transporter....er, the closet.

George Takei, best known for his role as Mr. Sulu in "Star Trek," came out as homosexual in the current issue of a magazine covering the Los Angeles gay and lesbian community.

Takei told The Associated Press on Thursday that his new onstage role as psychologist Martin Dysart in "Equus," helped inspire him to publicly discuss his sexuality.

Beam me up Scotty, and set phasers to "fabulous"! Sulu apparently had a warped drive.


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