But Takei gave as good as he got, and it was refreshing to have gay jokes told about a gay person up on the stage as an equal as opposed to having gay jokes told simply as a way to embarrass and humiliate the guest of honor. I know it may not seem like much of a distinction, but trust me: in the world of crass and vulgar comedy roasts, this was definitely something new as Takei went where no (gay) man had gone before. (You can see a clip from the roast over at Towleroad.com.)

LOGO JUST GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE QUEER
Queer as Folk that is. Starting September 21st Logo plans to show all five seasons (that's 84 episodes) of Brian Kinney being a prick, Sharon Gless PFLAGing with the best of them, and all the other Pittsburgh gays viewers loved to hate or hated to love. I tried to get into both the British and the American versions, but just couldn't do it. I guess I like my storylines believable, and my gay characters not cringe-inducing.

YEAH, BUT WILL SHATNER WIN AN EMMY?
The calendar might say August, but in Hollywood, September seems to have already arrived. Not only have we had the premiere of at least one new network series (FOX's Vanished), but Sunday night brings us the Emmys, an event usually timed closer to the changing of the leaves rather than the changing of the swimsuit. But thanks to the NFL's new television deal, the Emmys skedaddled to August instead. Why not? No one watches at any rate.

There isn't a whole lot of queer interest this year anyway. The lesser awards were handed out last weekend, and Will & Grace's Leslie Jordan won for his role on that show. Sunday's nominees include the usual Will & Grace suspects Sean Hayes and Megan Mulally. Other than that, gay viewers can pull for gay friendly shows like The Daily Show, Scrubs, and Bill Mahrer's comedy special.

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