“I was raped: I said no and he wouldn't stop. I also had a scar on my back and blood coming out of my ass. To some that's just rough sex. Some would read that sentence and be turned on by that: the 51st Shade of Gay.” SaidSexBloodGaySentencesAssRoughShadeComing OutScar Author:Kevin Sessums
“I haven't had sex in two and a half years. A guy I met in San Francisco gave me a sympathy blow job. It didn't really work. I said, "You're just doing this 'cause you feel sorry for me." We stopped in the middle.” FeelsYearsSaidTwoJobsGuySexCausesHalfMiddleHavensMetsSorryBlowSan FranciscoHalf A YearBlow Job Author:Kevin Sessums
“Tony Kushner has said that Larry [Kramer] thinks everyone always has to agree with him.” ThinkingSaidAgreeLarryKramer Author:Kevin Sessums
“[ John] Winthrop was the man who first said America was "a city upon a hill," which [Ronald] Reagan then appropriated. There are incidents like that all through history. We have been here.” MenFirstsHas BeensSaidAmericaCitiesHe ManHillsIncidents Author:Kevin Sessums
“[Larry Kramer] said, when it was all about to fall through, "You betrayed me, Calvin." And I said, "I resent that. I was against you from the beginning."” SaidFallBetrayedResentLarryKramer Author:Kevin Sessums
“I get rejections from the New Yorker. When I had to give a little talk to the people graduating from the MBA program at Columbia who were going into writing and filmmaking and everything, I said, "When I tried to think of what to say, the only subject I thought was appropriate for people doing what you're going to do is rejection." That's what it's all about.” PeopleThinkingGivingWritingLittlesSaidSubjectsProgramRejectionAppropriateGraduatesFilmmakingNew YorkersColumbiaMbaMba Programs Author:Kevin Sessums
“If someone had come up to me at Yale and asked me how many homosexuals there were in my class, I would have said I don't think there are any. There may have been a few who were shy with girls. You have to understand, this was the 1950s.” IfsThinkingMayHas BeensSaidGirlClassCome UpShyHomosexualYale Author:Kevin Sessums
“You're talking about the 1970s now and not the 1950s. We were all more sophisticated by that time, and I just assumed he was gay. But I do remember when we were all sitting around on a roof one night and Larry turned to me and said, "You do know I'm gay, don't you?" There was a statement made. A declaration. We just never had really talked about it.” KnowsMadeSaidRememberNightTalkingGaySittingStatementsRoofSophisticatedDeclarationRemember WhenOne NightLarrySitting Around Author:Kevin Sessums
“[Larry Kramer] even wrote this angry letter to the president of Yale, and in it he said what he said to us, that he was so disappointed in his straight friends because of AIDS and everything. He wrote the letter around March. And in it he wrote, "I usually go to the Trillins for Christmas, but I just couldn't do it this year."” YearsSaidPresidentLettersAngryAidsMarchDisappointedLarryYaleKramer Author:Kevin Sessums
“I wrote an essay too, and mine started something like, "When I was asked to contribute to this book, I said, 'I could do a piece on [Larry] Kramer as a pain in the ass, but I suppose you have too many of those, as it is.'" And Sarah's began something like, "When I read about America's angriest AIDS activist, I can't believe they are talking about my sweet Uncle Larry."” BelieveSaidI CanBookPainAmericaTalkingPiecesMinesSweetAidsAssActivistUnclesEssaysLarryKramer Author:Kevin Sessums
