“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 don't think I did anything that my contemporaries didn't; it was just that I was the only one who talked about it. In the Sixties anyone who had a sense of style seemed to be gay. I wanted to indentify with that.” ThinkingWantedStyleGaySixty Author:David Bowie
“I think that the government has an obligation to monitor communications that could reveal a plot to murder millions of Americans. Monitoring bowel movements? I'll leave that to some of the gay bloggers, that's much more their style.” ThinkingGovernmentMillionsStyleMovementCommunicationGayMurderObligationPlotBloggersMonitoringBowel Movements Author:Jeff Gannon
“Growing up in the '80s, questions of style and music and youth culture all seemed inherently political - like gay rights issues, dressing up, wearing makeup, arms protests. A lot of attitude and opinions were expressed through clothes, and they all were meaningful. So in that way, I was so excited about the connection between our private lives and politics - who I kiss, how I like to dance.” PoliticalCultureAttitudeOpinionGrowing UpStyleYouthGayKissingExcitedMeaningfulMakeupProtestGay Rights Author:Wolfgang Tillmans
“I like to think that if I were gay I would be out. Rupert Everett-style.” IfsThinkingWould BeStyleGayGay Pride Author:Ben Affleck