“What gay culture is before it is anything else, before it is a culture of desire or a culture of subversion or a culture of pain, is a culture of friendship.” PainDesireCultureGaySubversionGay Culture Author:Andrew Sullivan
“To those who say that they are Christian and gay, what we must keep in mind is that absent in that kind of lifestyle is a call to holiness, a call to celibacy and integrity. Obviously, it is a capitulation toward one's desires and the sexual sins that the Bible so strongly condemns.” MindKindChristianDesireSinIntegrityGayLifestyleHolinessAbsentCelibacyCapitulation Author:Erwin W. Lutzer
“Now when the primrose makes a splendid show, And lilies face the March-winds in full blow, And humbler growths as moved with one desire Put on, to welcome spring, their best attire, Poor Robin is yet flowerless; but how gay With his red stalks upon this sunny day!” ShowsFacesDesireGrowthPoorWindGaySpringRedMovedBlowWelcomeMarchSplendidSunnyLiliesStalkingRobinsSunny DayAttireWelcome Spring Book:Complete Poetical Works Source: Complete Poetical Works
“Ah, how sweet it is to love! Ah, how gay is young Desire! And what pleasing pains we prove When we first approach Love's fire!” LoveFirstsPainYoungDesireFireSweetGayProveApproach Book:Sir Martin Mar-All. The tempest. An evening's love. Tyrannic love Source: Sir Martin Mar-All. The tempest. An evening's love. Tyrannic love
“Sexuality is a part of our behavior. It's part of our world freedom. Sexuality is something that we ourselves create. It is our own creation, and much more than the discovery of a secret side of our desire. We have to understand that with our desires go new forms of relationships, new forms of love, new forms of creation. Sex is not a fatality; it's a possibility for creative life. It's not enough to affirm that we are gay but we must also create a gay life.” WorldEnoughFormDesireSexSidesSecretCreativeCreationPossibilityGayBehaviorDiscoverySexualityOur WorldHomosexualityCreative LifeFatalityForms Of LoveGay Life Author:Michel Foucault