Koshin Taiko led off the pre-game lineup of performances that included Nikkei pop singer Anna Aya (right).

Through the hardships that Takei endured.(Mario Reyes/The Rafu Shimpo)By PETER YOON.

Takei came out publicly in 2005.Takei recounted his Hollywood heart-throb quickly disappearing from films after being exposed as a gay man in a magazine.He was called a sissy and was beaten.

in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles.My father was my hero in many ways.

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He knew that he was different from other boys early on.lets take part in making history instead of being its bystanders.

As with our struggle for justice.The Manzanar Committee; member Wendi Yamashita told attendees at the pilgrimage that the memories of what happened during the war challenge us.

a longtime community activist and Manzanar Committee member.We are all here with each other in fellowship to remember that the lessons of the Japanese American incarceration are part of an ongoing struggle for peace and democracy.