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ANGELES (AP) - George Takei, best known for his role as Mr. Sulu in=20
"Star<BR>Trek," came out as homosexual in the current issue of a =
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covering<BR>the Los Angeles gay and lesbian community. Takei told The=20
Associated Press<BR>on Thursday that his new onstage role as =
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Martin Dysart in "Equus,"<BR>helped inspire him to publicly discuss =
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sexuality.<BR>Takei described the character as a "very contained but=20
turbulently frustrated<BR>man." The play opened Wednesday at the David =
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Hwang Theater in Los Angeles,<BR>the same day that Frontiers magazine =
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a story on Takei's coming out.<BR>The current social and political =
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also motivated Takei's disclosure,<BR>he said.<BR>"The world has =
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when I was a young teen feeling ashamed for being<BR>gay," he said. =
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of gay marriage is now a political issue. That<BR>would have been =
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when I was young."<BR>The 68-year-old actor said he and his partner, =
Brad=20
Altman, have been together<BR>for 18 years.<BR>Takei, a =
Japanese-American who=20
lived in a U.S. internment camp from age 4<BR>to 8, said he grew up =
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ashamed of his ethnicity and sexuality. He<BR>likened prejudice =
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to racial segregation.<BR>"It's against basic decency and what =
American values=20
stand for," he said.<BR>Takei joined the "Star Trek" cast in 1973 as =
Hikaru=20
Sulu, a charac
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