Thanks to dustandroses for the link! George Takei comes out:

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/10/102805takei.htm

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001054719

"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she chuckles slightly) is working ( Read more... )

Rep. Senfronia Thompson (D-Houston) bitch-slaps the Texas legislature on the subject of gay marriage, discrimination, and other things. (Text of speech quoted in uniquewonders's LJ; pointed to by eliade)

I am just... in awe. She rocks. It's not that I think it will do any good, but damn, it's good that someone said it.