“I'm very hip-oriented. I focus on hips in my comedy - probably more than any other hipster comic who is out there hipping today. My hips, other hips. I work with my hips a great deal. That is what I do. But not in a gay way.” WayTodayDealsComedyFocusGayComicHipsHipster Author:Demetri Martin
“You can't be positive to everybody. A lot of people want to focus on flaws and negativity, especially on the Internet because that's their only voice. I don't pay attention to that kind of stuff. I pay attention to opportunities coming my way, gays and lesbians telling me what I've done for them, organizations in my community that always want to work with me.” PeopleWayWantKindDoneOpportunityStuffVoiceCommunityPayAttentionFocusInternetGayOrganizationMy WayPay AttentionFlawsNegativityBeing Positive Author:Jackie Warner
“Having had been not so well traveled as a kid, as most teenagers aren't, I always thought, "Okay I'm going to focus my energy on rap and the rap game, because that's how I'm going to be able to pay rent and pay off my school loans." But seeing the reaction with this whole gay rap situation has made me not want to play into it at all anymore and just make whatever.” WantWellsMadePlayWholeKidsAbleSchoolGamesEnergyPaySituationFocusSeeingGayOkayRapReactionsTeenagerTraveledLoan Author:Le1f
“I probably do the most for the gay and lesbian community, or LGBT, but I don't have one that I focus on. I just try and kind of do a lot for different charities.” TryingKindDifferentCommunityFocusGayCharityLgbt Author:Chelsea Handler
“Abortion and gay marriage are the political hot-buttons of the day. There are lot of things going wrong in the world, hate is running amok, so why just focus on these two hot-buttons and not everything else?” WorldTwoRunningPoliticalHateFocusGayHotAbortionButtonsGay Marriage Author:Robert Hood
“I oftentimes receive the question, "What do you think is the most important social issue to focus on?" Or, "What's the most important component of identity? Is it gay rights or race or feminism?" And I'm like, "Well, they're all intertwined. It's all one conversation at the end of the day. You can't just pick one." I mean, people experience all kinds of prejudice because of all different parts of themselves. And that doesn't make one part more important than the other.” PeopleThinkingKindMeanImportantDifferentFocusFeminismIdentityGayPrejudiceAll KindsSocial IssuesGay RightsMean People Author:Amandla Stenberg
“Coming into this, making music, I knew that was something that was going to be held over my head. Okay we get it, you're openly gay, but do you know how to rap? Can you really rap and deliver? And I feel like I have that pressure put on me that other artists don't. A lot of people don't have to focus on being so lyrical and actually putting on shows. Before anyone was gonna tell me I was bad, I was gonna prove that I was good.” PeopleArtistFocusGayProveOkayRapLyrical Author:Cakes da killa
“Suppose a State said that, Because we think that the focus of marriage really should be on procreation, we are not going to give marriage licenses anymore to any couple where both people are over the age of 55. Would that be constitutional?” PeopleThinkingGivingShouldSaidStatesAgeFocusCoupleGayLicenseGay MarriageProcreationLicenses Author:Elena Kagan