“When I first started talking about gay marriage, most people in the gay community looked at me as if I was insane or possibly a fascist reactionary.” PeopleIfsFirstsCommunityTalkingGayInsaneGay MarriageFascistsReactionariesGay Community Author:Andrew Sullivan
“I am going around British secondary schools, as a gay man talking about my life, and encouraging schools to get rid of homophobic bullying and to care for their gay members of staff and their gay students.” MenCareSchoolTalkingStudentsGayMembersBritishBullyingStaffGay MenHomophobicSecondary School Author:Ian Mckellen
“Well, the American public always wanted to vote for a guy and Bush was the perfect guy who they'd want to have over for pot-roast. And George Bush is that guy. He does that well. You'd like to have him over for pot-roast. He reminds you of yourself. Okay. Well, now he's been over, he's had the pot-roast. But he's getting drunk and now he's talking about stem cells and Terri Schiavo and gay marriage. And now he's the guest that won't leave.” WantWellsDoeWantedGuyPerfectTalkingGayOkayVoteDrunkCellsPotGuestsStemGay MarriageThat GuyStem CellGetting DrunkPerfect Guy Author:Bill Maher
“The Episcopalians don't demand much in the way of actual religious belief. They have girl priests, gay priests, gay bishops, gay marriages? it's much like the New York Times editorial board. They acknowledge the Ten Commandments? or "Moses' talking points"? but hasten to add that they're not exactly "carved in stone."” WayGirlBeliefReligiousTalkingNew YorkGayTenDemandStonesAddAcknowledgeBoardsPriestsCommandmentsGay MarriageMosesNew York TimesBishopsReligious BeliefEditorialsTen Commandments Book:How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter Source: How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter
“[talking about word "homophobia":] I myself don´t like "gays" - and let me stress that I don't consider that word a synonym for "homosexual" - in the same way that I don't like Communists and Feminists as advocates of a harmful and stupid ideology. But have no fear of them.” WayTalkingStupidGayLet MeStressFeministIdeologyCommunistHomosexualNo FearHomophobiaHave No FearSynonym Author:Rafal A. Ziemkiewicz
“I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people, and I should stick to the issue of racial justice.” PeopleShouldStillsJusticeTalkingIssuesRightsGaySticksGay PeopleRacial Justice Author:Coretta Scott King
“I'm sorry, was that homophobic? No--I think it was, 'cause I hear that a lot. Dave, What?, You're talking about being gay. You probably secretly are gay. And I'm like listen voice in my head, I'm not! HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU WOULDN'T LIKE IT? HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU WOULDN'T LIKE IT? I know I wouldn't like it, other scarier voice in my head! 'Cause one time while making a sandwich, a cucumber went up my ass. Three times.” ThinkingKnowsHumorFunnyThreeCausesVoiceTalkingGaySorryAssDo You KnowOne TimeI'm SorryThree TimesSandwichesDaveBeing GayHomophobicCucumbersVoices In My Head Author:Dave Attell
“I think it's kind of awkward when everyone knows you're gay but you don't say it. I had been thinking about coming out for almost a year before I did. I thought about it seriously on the plane ride home from the World Cup, while I was casually talking to my friend Lori Lindsey. She said, "Dude, you should just come out." She was right. Everyone in my life already knew. If you want to stand up and fight for equal rights but then won't even stand up for yourself and say "I'm gay" - that just started to feel weird.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWantFeelsShouldYearsKindSaidHomeFightingTalkingRightsGayEqualMy FriendsCupsPlanesComing OutAwkwardEqual RightsWorld CupStand Up For YourselfPlane Rides Author:Megan Rapinoe
“I think it's one thing to declare your sexuality, if you care about what that is. It's another thing to start talking in public about what you do in private and who you do it with. It's not that they [my significant others] don't want to be identified as gay, but that they don't want to be identified as ... with me.” IfsThinkingWantCareTalkingOne ThingGaySexualitySignificantIf You CareSignificant Other Author:Ian Mckellen
“I work out with alot of gay guys at the gym. I do, because my only goal is to get into gay shape. Now, you know what I'm talking about. Gay men are the most ripped kind of... listen... I don't know how strong you have to be to blow a guy, but I'm guessin', there is some muscle involved.” KnowsMenKindGuyStrongGoalTalkingKnow HowInvolvedGayShapesBlowWork OutMusclesGymRippedGay MenGay Guy Author:Alonzo Bodden
“Sometimes there's kind of an "ick" factor around talking about anything about gay sexuality, for certain readers.” KindSometimesCertainTalkingReaderGaySexualityFactors Author:Kirby Dick
“There was only really one time that I had a substantive interaction with the president [Barak Obama] directly, and that was in 2013 when we were deciding whether to file a brief in the first gay marriage case, the Perry against Hollingsworth case. That was a weighty decision about whether the United States government was going to come in and say that heightened scrutiny ought to apply and some state bans on same-sex marriage ought to be unconstitutional. And that was the one time in my tenure where I thought I ought not make this decision without talking to the president.” FirstsStatesGovernmentSexPresidentDecisionUnitedTalkingCasesUnited StatesOughtGayOne TimeInteractionGay MarriageFilesBansScrutinyState GovernmentTenureUnconstitutionalUnited States GovernmentBarak Obama Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“You're talking about the 1970s now and not the 1950s. We were all more sophisticated by that time, and I just assumed he was gay. But I do remember when we were all sitting around on a roof one night and Larry turned to me and said, "You do know I'm gay, don't you?" There was a statement made. A declaration. We just never had really talked about it.” KnowsMadeSaidRememberNightTalkingGaySittingStatementsRoofSophisticatedDeclarationRemember WhenOne NightLarrySitting Around Author:Kevin Sessums
“I don't care if you're talking about gay, straight, black, white, how in the name of hell can you guarantee that nobody will ever feel unwelcome? I have felt it unwelcome everywhere I've been in life. Everybody else has, too. I mean, not everywhere, but it happens.” IfsFeelsMeanHappensCareNamesFeltBlackWhiteTalkingHellGayDon't CareI Don't CareGuaranteesGuarantees ThatBlack WhiteUnwelcome Author:Rush Limbaugh
“[Barack Obama] was running for Senate and he's saying, I'm not for gay marriage because I'm a Christian. Jump off a bridge! I mean what the hell are you talking about? You know, I mean, what's he doing now? He's evolving. Evolving? Well, evolve for Christ's sake! And this is a guy - the whole gay community, and the whole environmental community and all these other people said, he's our guy.” PeopleKnowsWellsMeanSaidWholeRunningChristianGuyChristCommunityTalkingHellGayEnvironmentalSakeBarackEvolveBridgesSenateGay MarriageGay Community Author:Bill Ayers
“I am uncomfortable with talking of poetry as a priestly profession, because I have little use for organized religions and priestly hierarchies. They have demoralized, persecuted, so many, including women, gays, non-believers.” LittlesUseTalkingGayIncludingProfessionBelieverUncomfortableOrganizedHierarchyPersecutedOrganized ReligionNon BelieverDemoralized Author:Adrienne Rich
“It's just in Washington we're talking about equal rights for gay people, civil liberty to smoke marijuana, taking care of the environment, and it's all just decency and common sense and patriotism. And in other parts of the country that would be, like, inconceivable.” PeopleCountryWould BeCareCommonTalkingLibertyEnvironmentRightsGayEqualCommon SenseSmokeMarijuanaDecencyEqual RightsCivil LibertiesGay People Author:Rick Steves
“Gays don't have a lot of testosterone. I'm talking about that they use both sides of their brain. Straight men only use one side. Gay men are very bright, very handsome... they put themselves better together. They dress good, they decorate, they clean, they cook.” MenUseTogetherSidesBrainTalkingGayDressesCleanCooksBoth SidesHandsomeGay MenTestosteroneBetter Together Author:Patti Stanger
“What was interesting was talking to older gay men about what it was like being gay in the Eighties.” MenInterestingTalkingGayEightyGay MenBeing Gay Author:Dan Stevens