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| Re: AES Show Oct 7-10 [message #58727 is a reply to message #58512] |
Tue, 04 October 2005 03:13  |
Paul Artola
 Messages: 161 Registered: November 2005
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rs magazine featured a story on Takei's coming
out.
> The current social and political climate also motivated Takei's
disclosure,
> he said.
> "The world has changed from when I was a young teen feeling ashamed for
being
> gay," he said. "The issue of gay marriage is now a political issue. That
> would have been unthinkable when I was young."
> The 68-year-old actor said he and his partner, Brad Altman, have been
together
> for 18 years.
> Takei, a Japanese-American who lived in a U.S. internment camp from age 4
> to 8, said he grew up feeling ashamed of his ethnicity and sexuality. He
> likened prejudice against gays to racial segregation.
> "It's against basic decency and what American values stand for," he said.
> Takei joined the "Star Trek" cast in 1973 as Hikaru Sulu, a character he
> played for three seasons on television and in six subsequent films. He
received
> a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1986.
> A community activist, Takei ran for the Los Angeles City Council in 1973.
> He serves on the advisory committee of the California Civil Liberties
Public
> Education Program and is chairman of East West Players, the theater
company
> producing "Equus."
>
> http://www.wjla.com/headlines/1005/272568.html
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> <insert tasteless joke>
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> No, Mr Sulu.. I said set a course for Uranus,not 'your ....'
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> ARRGGHHHH!!!
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> AADear Gene,
I feel very sad for your friend.
I had a similar lost of a 50 year old great musician sound engineer a coupl
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