George Takei Supports Star Trek’s First Gay Klingon Character & Actor

George Takei, known for playing Lieutenant Sulu in the original Star Trek series, is publicly supporting Karim Diané, who is making history as the first openly gay Klingon character in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Takei himself came out as gay in 2005 after being closeted for many years, and has been happily married to Brad Altman for over 18 years.