“Obviously making Peter Parker suddenly bisexual or gay wouldn't really make logical or dramatic sense. It was a hypothetical kind of question about the nature of these comic book characters and the nature of this particular character, and whether sexuality, race, any of those things makes any difference to the character of Peter Parker.” KindBookCharacterDifferencesRaceParticularGaySexualityComicDramaticLogicalPeterComic BookBisexualHypotheticalBook CharactersPeter ParkerComic Book Characters Author:Andrew Garfield
“the habit of generalizing from one particular, that mainstay of the cheap and obvious essayist, has rooted many fictions in the public eye. Nothing, for example can blot from my memory the profound, searching, and exhaustive analysis of a great nation which I learned in my small geography when I was a child, namely, 'The French are a gay and polite people fond of dancing and light wines.” PeopleChildrenLightEyeNationsMemoriesFictionExampleParticularHabitGayWineDancingProfoundObviousAnalysisRootedPoliteGeographyGreat NationsPublic EyeEssayists Author:Kate Douglas Wiggin
“It's still true that literary works by women, gays, and writers of color are often framed as specific, rather than universal, small rather than big, personal or particular rather than socially significant.” StillsBigsLiteratureParticularColorGayUniversalSignificantFramedLiterary Works Book:Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There
“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
“San Francisco is where gay fantasies come true, and the problem the city presents is whether, after all, we wanted these particular dreams to be fulfilled--or would we have preferred others? Did we know what price these dreams would exact? Did we anticipate the ways in which, vivid and continuous, they would unsuit us for the business of daily life? Or should our notion of daily life itself be transformed?” KnowsWayShouldProblemDreamWantedCitiesFantasyParticularGayNotionDaily LifeTransformedFulfilledVividSan FranciscoAnticipate Book:States of Desire Revisited: Travels in Gay America Source: States of Desire Revisited: Travels in Gay America
“A lot of people saw Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland as persecuted and tragic and vulnerable, and I think a lot of gay men feel that way because of their particular predicament in society and not being accepted completely.” PeopleThinkingMenWayFeelsSawsParticularGayAcceptedVulnerableTragicGay MenPersecutedPredicamentsGarlandsBeing Accepted Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Most pastors railing against gay marriage have never cried out on racism, any type of injustice or police brutality. They've never once made a statement about health care. Many of them are silent on community issues. They are very silent, but they have become the leaders of this particular movement.” MadeCareCommunityLeaderIssuesMovementParticularTypeGayRacismPoliceSilentInjusticeStatementsHealth CareCriedPastorGay MarriagePolice BrutalityBrutalityAgainst Gay Marriage Author:Otis Moss III
“In making Achilles and Patroclus lovers, I wasn't trying to speak for all gay men, just as when I write straight characters, I don't claim to speak for all straight people. My job as an author is to give voice to these very particular characters - these two men, in this time, and in this place” PeopleMenGivingWritingTryingTwoCharacterJobsSpeakVoiceParticularLoversGayClaimsGay MenAchillesPatroclus Author:Madeline Miller
“I'm not sure that it's right to view this as excluding a particular group. When the institution of marriage developed historically, people didn't get around and say, 'Let's have this institution, but let's keep out homosexuals.' The institution developed to serve purposes that, by their nature, didn't include homosexual couples.” PeoplePurposeViewsGroupsParticularCoupleGayInstitutionsNot SureHomosexualGay Marriage Author:John Roberts
“Italians give their city sexes, and they all agree that the sex for a particular city is quite correct, but none of them can explain why. I love that. London's middle-aged and male, respectably married but secretly gay.” GivingSexCitiesMiddleParticularGayMarriedAgreeMalesLondonMiddle Aged Author:David Mitchell
“I feel like when being raised in New York City I have a particular perspective on things like Gay issues maybe, because I'm in the middle of Manhattan.” FeelsCitiesIssuesMiddleNew YorkParticularPerspectiveGayRaisedNew York CityManhattanPerspective On Things Author:Joy Behar
“You have to join every other movement for the freedom of people. Therefore join the movement as individuals against anti-Semitism, join the movements for the rights of Hispanics, the rights of women, the rights of gays. In other words, I think that each movement has to stand on its own feet because it has a particular agenda, but it can ask other people.” PeopleThinkingAsksIndividualRightsFeetMovementParticularGayAgendasAnti Semitism Author:Bayard Rustin
“If anyone thinks they're going to get anything out of the Reagan administration for any particular group, they're wrong! You have to all combine and fight a head-on battle - in the name of justice and equality - and even that's going to be difficult. But if we let ourselves get separated so that we're working for gays or school children or the aged, we're in trouble.” IfsThinkingChildrenSchoolFightingNamesDifficultJusticeTroubleGroupsParticularGayBattleAdministrationEquality And Justice Author:Bayard Rustin
“There are a lot of people that form movements around particular commitments, like gay rights. It is important, but it does not link easily to, say, economic rights, and it often looks like it's opposed to them. The attempt to bring these together has yet to be done in a truly effective way, and I think it can be.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksDoeImportantDoneTogetherFormRightsEconomicMovementParticularGayCommitmentLinksGay Rights Author:Noam Chomsky