“Horror itself in that fair scene looks gay, And joy springs up e'en in the midst of fear. [It., Bello in si bella vista anco e l'orrore, E di mezzo la tema esce il diletto.]” LooksJoyFearHorrorSceneGaySpringFairsMidstVistas Author:Torquato Tasso
“My experience of coming out was very much centered around the bar scene. And what happened for me is that when I turned 18 and was old enough to get into certain gay bars in the French Quarter, I became a regular customer.” EnoughCertainHappenedSceneGayCustomersBarsQuartersComing OutFrench Quarter Author:Christopher Rice
“Back in Kansas City, I associated Harvard with sort of gnarly guys who wore capes for effect in a kind of Oscar Wilde scene. Even though I also knew there was such a thing as the Harvard-Yale game, I was still a little surprised that Harvard had a football team. I just assumed if there were such a thing as gay people, that they were nothing like us. Little did I know that probably half the swim team at Yale was gay.” PeopleIfsKnowsKindLittlesStillsGuyGamesCitiesHalfTeamEffectsFootballSceneGaySwimOscarsHarvardGay PeopleFootball TeamKansasYaleCapesWildeKansas CityGnarlySwim Team Author:Kevin Sessums
“If I talk to a girl, it's assumed that I'm having a scene with her. If I don't, then it's assumed that I'm gay.” IfsFunnyGirlSceneGay Author:Shahrukh Khan
“We were a small group of weirdos and baby punks and gays and free spirits who had to use our imaginations a lot. We only saw pictures and read zines, so we could only interpret the aesthetic and message of punk scenes around the world. We were basically the duck-billed platypuses of punk.” WorldSpiritImaginationBabySceneGayAestheticPunkFree SpiritWeirdo Author:Beth Ditto