Originally Posted by After Shock Media

I think I figured it out when I saw the episode where he kind of flips and plays pirate with the sword. I was a kid and well even then I knew at that instance he was just to happy.

Originally Posted by SilentKnight

Yeppa...the 'swish-buckler' sword episode solidified Sulu in the anals, oops...annals of sci-fi gaydom.