Mr. Sulu’s Gay French Cat
O.K. Now that I’ve got your attention…. 
Today’s niftiest news stories are about two very brave souls — George Takei and Emily the cat.
APPLETON, Wisconsin (AP) — When Emily the cat went missing a month ago, her owners looked for their wandering pet where she had ended up before — the local animal shelter. This week they learned Emily sailed to France.
Lesley McElhiney now figures her cat went prowling around a paper warehouse near home and ended up in a cargo container that went by ship across the Atlantic Ocean and was trucked to Nancy, a city in northeastern France near the border with Germany.
Employees at a French lamination company found her in the container, checked her tags and called Emily’s veterinarian back in the U.S., John Palarski.[“Missing U.S. cat found in France (CNN.com)”]
O.K. Emily might not have been so much brave as too curious for her own good, but George Takei is truly brave and kudos to him!
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — George Takei, who as helmsman Sulu steered the Starship Enterprise through three television seasons and six movies, has come out as a homosexual in the current issue of Frontiers, a biweekly Los Angeles magazine covering the gay and lesbian community.
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“The world has changed from when I was a young teen feeling ashamed for being gay,” he said. “The issue of gay marriage is now a political issue. That would have been unthinkable when I was young.”
The 68-year-old actor said he and his partner, Brad Altman, have been together for 18 years.
Takei, a Japanese-American who lived in a U.S. internment camp from age 4 to 8, said he grew up feeling ashamed of his ethnicity and sexuality. He likened prejudice against gays to racial segregation.
“It’s against basic decency and what American values stand for,” he said.[“Geaorg Takei, ‘Trek’s’ Sulu: I’m Gay (CNN.com)”]
I have to admit that when I read this, my first thought was “Of course! That makes so much sense!”
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