George Takei sagt, dass er mit 68 Jahren herausgekommen ist, er hat ihm erlaubt, sich „ganz“ zu fühlen: „Es fühlt sich sehr befreiend an“

>The Star Trek alum, now 88, came out as gay two decades ago when he was 68. It’s a decision he described to USA Today, when reflecting on the moment, as one that helped him feel like his „whole self.“

>“It feels very liberating,“ he said. „I don’t have to be on my guard, kind of mentally fencing and saying what I want to say but without giving myself away. I developed that skill, but now I don’t need to. I can be candid and forthright.“

>Though he’d already been with his now-husband Brad Altman for nearly two decades at the time, he tells USA Today he felt like he could never be his „whole self.“

>“Here I am protecting my job, my career, what I want to do, while others who had the same difference that I did were sacrificing all that and actively engaging with the larger society and making progress,“ he said.