Settle down class.

Holy crap! Gays in the arts?
What will they think of next?

So in a recent interview with New York Magazine Zachary Quinto (aka Alterna-Spock) mentioned that he's gay. His sexuality wasn't the focus of the interview, but he brings it up both in connection with his role in Angels in America and with the recent bullying-related suicide of a gay teen from Upstate New York. Yup, he's pretty awesome. Now read this USA Today thing and tell me what's wrong with it, and no, I'm not talking about how it says he played Dr. Spock.*

Unlike Dr. Spock, Mr. Spock advocated a firm hand when dealing with disobedience.

"Oh my!"

-The News when someone famous comes out.

Yeah, I'm talking about the fact that in addition to coming out, Quinto was also raising awareness of the bullying epidemic, as well as underscoring the discrimination same-sex couples face but instead the story here and elsewhere seems to be: "Holy crap, Sylar's into dudes!" The interview itself was pretty good, but the coverage of it seems to miss the point. Aren't we, like as a country, kind of past the tittering fascination?


Don't get me wrong, it's totally important for prominent LGBT people to come out, but maybe USA Today and other news sites could've taken this opportunity to put the spotlight on the issues the actor is calling attention to and not just focus on how gay he is.

Look out George Takei.
That's right, two Takei's in one month. Deal.

*Update! Someone at USA today apparently caught on and fixed it but hand to god they called him Dr. Spock.