“I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very difficult to have a convincing relationship with a woman on screen. It wouldn't be at all difficult for me to kiss a woman - I'll kiss a frog if you like.” IfsThinkingWellsFactsDifficultKnownGayKissingSexualityScreensHomosexualityWell KnownConvincingFrogsKiss Me Author:Stephen Fry
“If I think about most of America, and maybe I'm terribly wrong...but I think most of America would say that they're not in favor of gay marriage. But there is certainly a large cohort, not a majority but a large number of people, who are articulate and vocal and they'd rally behind this. They're making their opinion known.” PeopleIfsThinkingAmericaNumbersBehindsKnownOpinionGayMajorityFavorsVocalGay MarriageLarge Numbers Author:Tim Gunn
“I have known many people who were seduced as children by same-sex partners and then spent their teen years being gay, and then found their way back to heterosexuality as adults.” PeopleWayYearsChildrenFoundSexKnownGayAdultsPartnersBeing GayHeterosexuality Author:Nell Zink
“If God dislikes gays so much, how come he picked Michelangelo, a known homosexual, to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling while assigning Anita Bryant to go on television and push orange juice?” IfsKnownTelevisionGoes OnGayPaintDislikeHomosexualOrangeJuiceCeilingsChapelOrange JuiceSistine Chapel Author:Mike Royko
“A lot of what used to be known as gay culture - broadly speaking, homoeroticism and being camp - has been brought into mainstream culture. I think we should be moving to an era where it's just sex.” ThinkingShouldHas BeensMovingUsedCultureSexKnownGayUsed To BeErasCampsMainstreamMainstream CultureGay Culture Author:Neil Tennant
“Most of the longer-term relationships I've known have been gay relationships. They seem to be able to hang out longer.” Has BeensSeemsAbleTermKnownGayHanging OutGay Relationship Author:Lewis Black
“More people saw me than saw Napoleon, Lincoln and Cleopatra. I was better known than Einstein and Picasso. ... I changed the fashion of two continents. The style of the Gay Nineties became the rage ... women were trying to walk and talk like me. Women became more sex-conscious - sex was out in the open and fun.” PeopleTryingTwoFunSexWalksKnownSawsFashionStyleChangedGayConsciousRageLike MeContinents Author:Mae West
“I've known gay people - men and women - since I was a young person. To me it's just naturalistic and realistic to portray gay characters in a humanistic light. As a young man, I knew enough gay people as people not to fear them. On the other side of the coin, I like to irritate conservatives and homophobes.” PeopleMenPersonsEnoughCharacterLightYoungSidesKnownGayMen And WomenYoung ManRealisticCoinsGay PeopleHumanisticHomophobes Author:Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero
“I've always known I was gay, but it wasn't confirmed until I was in kindergarten. It was my teacher who said so. It was right there on my kindergarten report card: PAUL IS DEFINITELY GAY AND HAS VERY GOOD SENSE OF SELF.” SaidSelfKnownTeacherGayVery GoodCardsReportsGood SenseSense Of SelfKindergartenReport Cards Book:Boy Meets Boy Source: Boy Meets Boy