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May 17, 2013
Star Trek star Zachary Quinto says gay marriage is 'unstoppable wave' in the US

'I think we have a lot more work to do, but I think everybody's unified behind the cause'

At the Washington DC screening of Star Trek Into the Darkness this week, Zachary Quinto said that he believes marriage equality is an 'unstoppable wave' in the US at this point.

The openly Quinto, who plays Mr. Spock in the popular film series, says he has no desire to become a politicians but he did campaign for President Barack Obama's reelection and is an outspoken advocate for gay marriage.

May 6, 2013
Star Trek stars Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto talk about their real-life bromance

Actors who play Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock are tight off-screen too

The affection Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto have for each other is apparent in interviews the Star Trek leading men have done for Out Magazine published Monday (6 May).

Pine, who plays Spock in the franchise, says he knew Quinto (Mr. Spock) was gay from the moment he met him.

January 30, 2013
George Takei surprises New Jersey teen on Anderson Cooper's daytime show

Jacob Rudolph came out to his classmates during school assembly

Jacob Rudolph, the New Jersey teen came out publicly to more than 300 classmates earlier this month, has a fan in Star Trek icon George Takei.

Rudolph appeared on Anderson Live, the syndicated daytime show hosted by Anderson Cooper, was on the show talking about his experience and mentioned that Takei was a real model from him.

'Having grown up in the 50s as a Japanese gay man and then coming out and having such a wonderful success and becoming such an advocate, he's an incredible person,' Rudolph told Cooper and guest co-host Deborah Norville.

January 26, 2013
George Takei: Star Trek co-star William Shatner's outrage over not being invited to his 2008 wedding was fake

'He needed publicity and the best way to get publicity is to create a controversy'

George Takei and William Shatner are forever linked by their roles as Sulu and Kirk on the original Star Trek television series and feature films.

But the best of friends they are not.

In interviews this week with Joy Behar on Current TV and with Metro Weekly, Takei brings up the public squirmish the two had in 2008 when Takei married husband Brad Altman and Shatner claimed to have not been invited as the rest of the Star Trek had been.

December 5, 2012
Star Trek icon George Takei appears in new issue Archie Comics

Encounters gay character of Kevin Keller at Science Fiction convention

George Takei, the openly gay actor who came to fame as Sulu in the original Star Trek television series, appears as himself in the just-released issue #6 issue of Archie Comics.

Takei encounters Kevin Keller at a science fiction convention. Keller is the first gay character in the history and married in issue #16 of Life With Archie.

September 17, 2012
Allegiance more than just acting job for Takei

Musical is about internment of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II - something Star Trek icon's family endured

Star Trek icon George Takei is currently spending his days at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego as one of the stars of the musical Allegiance which he hopes to take to Broadway.

This is more than just an acting gig for the 75-year-old star who has become an outspoken LGBT activist in recent years.

The musical is about the internment of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II resonates deeply because it is something Takei and his family had to live through.

September 12, 2012
Zachary Quinto dismayed with the Christian right's anti-gay stance

'The hatred that people are leading with in this discussion is really, for me, the biggest symptom of how sick we are'

Out actor Zachary Quinto has been juggling his acting career for the last six months with campaigning for the re-election of US President Barack Obama - an election that the 35-year-old actor considers to be the most important of his lifetime.

Quinto, best known for his role as Mr. Spock in the most recent Star Trek films, is dismayed by the Christian right who have such a big influence on the Republican platform when it comes to social issues like LGBT equality and abortion.

September 6, 2012
Zachary Quinto thinks Star Trek sequel will be even more epic than original

'It [is] bolder, I think, than the first one, and that was pretty big and bold'

Zachary Quinto will be seen on movie screens again next spring as pointy eared Mr. Spock in the next Star Trek film.

The actor, who came out publicly as a gay man last year, first starred opposite Chris Pine on the Starship Enterprise in 2009 and the result was a worldwide hit that grossed $385.7 million worldwide.

He has finished filming his part in the sequel and he expects it to surpass the first installment.

July 25, 2012
Star Trek icon Nichelle Nichols pays tribute to lesbian astronaut Sally Ride

Woman who played Lt. Uhura says Ride was 'a symbol for all of the little girls'

In her role as communications officer Lt. Uhura aboard the USS Enterprise in the original Star Trek television series and feature films, Nichelle Nichols was a pioneer of sorts for women in space - at least fictionally.

Sally Ride, who died this week of pancreatic cancer, was the real deal as the first US woman in space. It was not widely known until her death that she was a lesbian who is survived by her female partner of 27 years.

July 18, 2012
Star Trek icon George Takei blasts Boy Scouts of America for upholding anti-gay policy

'This is of course the same justification used to prevent minorities from eating in restaurants during the Jim Crow years'

Former Eagle Scout George Takei, best known as Sulu from the original Star Trek TV series, spoke out Wednesday (18 July) against the Boy Scouts of America's announcement this week that they will continue to ban openly gay people.

Takei, who rode in last month's New York City LGBT Pride Parade wearing his Scout uniform, called the anti-gay position an 'ugly blemish' on an organization he 'revered' as a teenager.

April 20, 2012
Five Year Mission wishes George Takei a musical happy 75th birthday

Star Trek icon calls band's performance 'the best birthday video ever'

Star Trek icon George Takei is indeed living long and prospering.

Television's Capt. Sulu turned 75 on Friday (20 April) and the birthday tributes have been pouring in for the openly gay star - including some very unexpected ones.

December 12, 2011
George Takei tries to broker sci-fi peace

Star Trek icon George Takei attempts to broker some sci-fi peace

Star Trek icon George Takei usually uses his celebrity to speak out for LGBT equality.

But the openly gay star who gained fame as Mr. Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise, has just filmed a YouTube video spot for another cause: brokering peace between ever-divided Star Trek and Star Wars camps.