Well good for him for coming out… nothing to be ashamed of there.

George Takei played the helmsman, Ensign Sulu, in the popular tv show Star Trek as well as in the movies that followed.

They said that Star Trek was very ground breaking, it tackled very sensitive social issues in each episode during their time… most popular of which was racial discrimination. Consider that in the cast of Star Trek… you have an Afro American communications officer, a Japanese helmsman as well as an Vulcan for an XO…