“I think about the possibilities for empathy, for mutual solidarity among gay men and lesbians, not simply as people who suffer under homophobia, but as people who are also extremely creative, active, and have a particular understanding of the human condition.” PeopleThinkingMenHumansSufferingUnderstandingCreativeConditionsPossibilityParticularGayEmpathyActiveMutualHuman ConditionSolidarityHomophobiaGay Men Author:Adrienne Rich
“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
“Ultimately, the main reason that you want more women in the sciences is the same reason you want more gay men in the sciences. It's the same reason you want more Latinos or African Americans; it's because if you come at a problem from a different perspective, you will be offering a creative vision that wasn't there before.” IfsMenWantDifferentReasonProblemVisionCreativePerspectiveGayAfrican AmericanOfferingLatinoGay MenDifferent PerspectiveCreative Vision Author:Cara Santa Maria
“Ultimately, I felt fortunate, because in many ways I did identify with aspects of being gay that were very stereotypical. I was a big theatre kid in high school, I was creative, I was very emotionally sensitive, even hypersensitive. I loved female divas.” WayBigsKidsSchoolFeltCreativeGayHigh SchoolFemaleAspectTheatreFortunateSensitiveBeing Gay Author:Christopher Rice
“I feel dance and pop music genres are extremely female and extremely gay. When it comes to art and pop culture, queers are f - king weirdos. We don't have gender rules that tell us what we can and can't be. We just make it up as we go along. We have full creative license to be whatever we want to be.” ArtCultureCreativeGayFemaleGenderPop CulturePop MusicWeirdo Author:Beth Ditto
“What is fabulous about gay marriage is that it redefines the gender designated jobs, then you throw in transgender and you don't just have the five primary colors of the crayons. We have to really look at what it means to be a man or a woman in a much more generous and creative way.” MenMeanCreativeGayGenderGenerousFabulousGay MarriageTransgenderCrayon Author:Susan Sarandon
“If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” IfsWayWantWritingHumansWellsArtSoulMatterStoriesHeavenGrowsParentCan DoHurtCreativityCreativeGayRewardsSakeRadioEnormousYour SoulNervesCreative ProcessShowersBearable Author:Kurt Vonnegut