Sulu Is Gay!

kinda, sorta

Published on October 28, 2005 By Gene Nash In Entertainment

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.

Comments

Dr Guy

on Oct 28, 2005

Well, Star Trek had a Black Captain, a Klingon Captain, a Woman Captain. I bet Roddenberry knew so he made sure they had a Gay Captain too!

The only one I really questioned was a French Captain! Now that stretches the imagination.

Gene Nash

on Oct 28, 2005

The only one I really questioned was a French Captain! Now that stretches the imagination.

He did have an English accent to make it more palatable.

A spoon full of sugar...

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