George Takei and Brad Altman to be on Newlywed Game

By Efren | Tuesday, October 13, 2009 | 3 Comments

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George Takei, most well known for being Sulu in the original Star Trek, and currently for being a prominent activist for queer rights and in the Asian American community, will be competing with his partner on the Newlywed Game, a first for same-sex couples on the show made famous in the 1960s where newly married couples were quizzed on how well they knew each other.

Even though George and his partner, Brad Altman, have been together for over 20 years, he noted that there are things that he never noticed in his partner until he studied his partner’s actions. (Seriously. There were things that I never noticed about my now-ex for years when we were together, like his penchant for using his large stuffed animals he bought for me to represent giant monsters when he went to play Dungeons & Dragons with his buddies. But I digress.)

But in all seriousness, the portrayal of Takei and Altman as just a normal married couple on television is something that I wouldn’t even fathom even 10 years ago. It says volumes of how accepted same-sex couples have become in such a short amount of time. ‘Bout damn time, I think.

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