'Star Trek' is about acceptance, and the strength of the Starship Enterprise is that it embraces diversity in all its forms. George Takei acceptancediversityembrace Change image and share on social
It has long been a dream of mine that this important story one day would be told on the great American stage of Broadway. In fact, I've dedicated much of the latter half of my life to ensuring the story of the internment is known. George Takei americanbroadwayday share on social
You know what the lowest rated episode we ever had was? Where Captain Kirk kissed Uhuru - a white man kissing an African-American woman. All the stations in the American South - in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana - refused to air it. And so our ratings plummeted. George Takei africanairalabama share on social
Would-be terrorists cannot so much as board a plane without a thorough screening, yet we give them nearly unfettered access to very dangerous weapons. George Takei accessboarddangerous Change image and share on social
I was four years old when Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941 by Japan, and overnight, the world was plunged into a world war. America suddenly was swept up by hysteria. George Takei americabombdecember Change image and share on social
I marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King. George Takei backblackbirdcivil Change image and share on social
In many ways, my decision to come out changed the course not only of my personal life but of my professional one as well. George Takei changedecisionlife Change image and share on social
When I was going to gay bars in my 20s and 30s, the older guys there explained to me that the police would occasionally raid these places and march the clients out, load them onto paddy wagons, drive them down to the station, photograph them, fingerprint them and put their names on a list. They were doing nothing wrong, and it was criminalized. George Takei 20s30sbar share on social