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Star Trek’s George Takei recalls hiding his sexuality due to fears he’d lose his career: ‘I lived a double life’
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who is best known for playing Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek, had been among those lobbying for signatures and spoke openly to the press as a gay man, after deciding to finally come out in the public eye.
Speaking on David Tennant Does A Podcast With, Takei recalled being too afraid to reveal his sexuality, as he had been ‘clinging onto his career’, but found that coming out had actually been ‘liberating’ for him.
He said: ‘What I feared most, that I would lose my career, didn’t happen. In fact, the very opposite happened. I got cast in more guest shots on television… the character was a gay George Takei character, on Third Rock, Will and Grace, the Big Bang Theory. ‘It was liberating.
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09.02 / 03:49
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In a First, Asian-American Lesbian Confirmed to Ambassador-Level Post
press release described her as “a leading authority in international development policy with over 30 years of experience in the multi-disciplinary field that includes finance, technology, and the environment.”Wong has said she was inspired by the late Congressman John Lewis, a longtime civil rights leader. Lewis, she wrote in a Facebook post last year, “taught me about making good trouble but necessary trouble.” She accompanied Lewis on his annual visits to Selma, Ala., where he was beaten by police during a 1965 voting rights demonstration, and videotaped his appearances.Wong is founder of the Conference on APA Leadership, which encourages young Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders to pursue careers in public service. The LGBTQ Victory Institute, which advocated for Wong’s nomination and confirmation, issued a laudatory statement Tuesday.
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