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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.

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.

June 25, 2012
George Takei wears Boy Scout uniform in NYC Pride Parade

Star Trek icon joined by ousted lesbian troop leader Jennifer Tyrrell

The fact that gays are not allowed to participate in the Boy Scouts of America didn't stop one of the most famous gay men in the US from wearing his Scouts uniform in the New York City Pride Parade on Sunday.

George Takei, best known as Sulu on the original Star Trek television series and first batch of feature films, road on the back of a red convertible with Jennifer Tyrrell who was has emerged as the face of the fight against the Scout's anti-gay policy.

June 18, 2012
George Takei will join Ohio mom Jennifer Tyrrell and GLAAD at NYC Pride

Star Trek icon is a former Boy Scout: 'Some of my best memories from my boyhood are of my scouting days'

Long before he became known as Sulu on the Star Trek television series and later feature films, George Takei was a member of Boy Scouts of America.

Now one of the most famous gay men in the world, Takei will be wearing a scouts uniform this Sunday when he joins Jennifer Tyrrell for the New York City Pride March. Tyrrell is the lesbian mom ousted as the den leader of her seven-year-old son’s troop in Ohio because of her sexual orientation.

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.