“To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year’s Eve in San Francisco.” YearsFirstsShowsFunPrideGayPaidClubsNew YearSan FranciscoNew Years EveGay PrideFun Things Author:Queen Latifah
“And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending 'don't ask, don't tell,' making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples.” YearsTwoDoneAsksSexPresidentHalfPrinciplesCoupleGayBenefitsPartnersHospitalsHalf A Year Author:Barack Obama
“For thousands of years, there have been lies about being gay or not being gay. If you know they're lies, you're free.” IfsKnowsYearsHas BeensLyingGayBeing Gay Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.” MenYearsFunnyThreeWaitingComedyCrimeGayPrisonSevenListsRussiaPunishmentLgbtThree YearsLockedHomosexualityHomosexualSeven YearsLocked Up Author:Yakov Smirnoff
“I grew up in a pretty gay world - my brother's gay and he's been married to a man for 20 years, which is like 60 in straight-people years.” PeopleMenWorldYearsBrotherGrewGayMarriedGrew UpMy Brother Author:Kevin Smith
“Growing up in Kentucky, I used to hang out with four running buddies as a kid - 6, 10, and 11 years old. Two of them would later come out, and so 50 percent of my friends as a kid were gay.” YearsTwoRunningKidsUsedGrowing UpFourGrowingGayPercentMy FriendsHanging OutBuddyKentucky Author:Hal Sparks
“I knew I was different. I thought that I might be gay or something because I couldn't identify with any of the guys at all. None of them liked art or music, they just wanted to fight and get laid. It was many years ago but it gave me this real hatred for the average American macho male.” YearsArtDifferentRealMightWantedGuyFightingGayYears AgoHatredMalesAverageMachoGetting Laid Author:Kurt Cobain
“And, you know, politics aside, the success of Sarah Palin and women like her is good for all women - except, of course - those who will end up, you know, like, paying for their own rape 'kit 'n' stuff. But for everybody else, it's a win-win. Unless you're a gay woman who wants to marry your partner of 20 years - whatever. But for most women, the success of conservative women is good for all of us. Unless you believe in evolution. You know - actually, I take it back. The whole thing's a disaster.” KnowsWantYearsBelieveEndsWholeCoursesWinningStuffEvolutionGayConservativePartnersDisasterWomens RightsPalinLike HerWin Win Author:Tina Fey
“Forty-two years after Dr. King was murdered, we are still a nation of inequality. People of color, women, gays, lesbians, and others are still treated as second-class citizens. Yes, things have changed but we have still not achieved equality among all humans. And nonhuman animals continue to be chattel property without any inherent value.” PeopleYearsHumansStillsTwoValuesNationsAnimalClassChangedColorKingsCitizensGayPropertyTreatedInequalityFortyTwo YearsInherentWomens RightsDrsThings Have ChangedSecond Class Citizens Author:Gary L. Francione
“Society has put up so many boundaries, so many limitations on what’s right and wrong that it’s almost impossible to get a pure thought out. It’s like a little kid, a little boy, looking at colors, and no one told him what colors are good, before somebody tells you you shouldn’t like pink because that’s for girls, or you’d instantly become a gay two-year-old. Why would anyone pick blue over pink? Pink is obviously a better color. Everyone’s born confident, and everything’s taken away from you.” YearsLittlesTwoKidsGirlBornBoysTakenImpossibleColorGayPurePicksBlueBoundariesLimitationTwo YearsLittle KidLittle BoysAway From YouTwo Year Olds Author:Kanye West
“Now if you're not „hot”, you are expected to work on it until you are. It's like when you renovate a house and you're legally required to leave just one of the original walls standing. If you don't have a good body you have down to a neutral shape, then bolt on some breast implants, replace your teeth, dye you hair, and call yourself the Playmate of the Year. How do we survive this? How do we teach our daughters and our gay sons that they are good enough the way they are? We have to lead by example.” IfsWayYearsEnoughBodyHouseTeachExampleSonHairWallGayShapesDaughterStandingHotOriginalsExpectedTeethJust OneBreastsGood EnoughBoltsOur DaughterImplantsBreast ImplantsGay Son Author:Tina Fey
“Everybody drinks," she said calmly. The Only Rational One. "Your sister doesn't." When rolled her eyes. "Forgive me, but I'm not going to spend my college years sitting soberly in my dorm room, writing about gay magicians." "Objection," Cath said, reaching for a burrito.” WritingYearsSaidEyeRoomsCollegeDrinkGaySittingForgivingRationalReachingHer EyesMagicianObjectionsForgive MeDormsBurritosDorm RoomsCollege Years Author:Rainbow Rowell
“Matt and I have set a date. Matt and I will tie the knot New Years Day in the town of Swampscott, Massachusetts. Reserve your hotel rooms now. I will be having a gay marriage.” YearsFunnyRoomsGayTownsTiesHotelNew YearReservesGay MarriageKnotsHotel RoomsMassachusettsHappy New YearDays Of The YearNew Years Day Author:Ben Affleck
“Everybody has the right to marry the person they love and be represented as a couple and family... It's something that people will look back on in years to come and say, 'I can't believe it took so long for us to recognize this.' It'll be like segregation and giving women the right to vote.” PeopleGivingYearsBelieveLooksPersonsLongI CanCoupleGayVoteSegregationGay MarriageRight To Vote Author:Julianne Moore
“Portia and I have been married for 4 years and they have been the happiest of my life. And in those 4 years, I don't think we hurt anyone else's marriage. I asked all of my neighbors and they say they're fine” ThinkingYearsHas BeensHurtFineGayMarriedNeighborGay Marriage Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“I have several friends that have outlasted both of my marriages that are raising wonderful children together that have been together in gay unions for over 25 years. So they're doing a better job than I am!” YearsChildrenHas BeensTogetherJobsWonderfulGayUnionsGay MarriageBetter JobsWonderful Children Author:Vanessa L. Williams
“I believe my party should never flinch from the requirement that we must continue this progression, otherwise we may end up like the Republican party who lost an election last year that they could have won were it not for their socially conservative agenda. We may have gone two steps forward, but I fear we may have gone one step backwards. The modernisation of the Conservative party is not yet complete.” ShouldYearsBelieveMayTwoEndsLastsLostI BelievePartyStepsGoneRepublicanGayElectionConservativeAgendasLast YearRequirementsRepublican PartyBackwardsGay MarriageProgressionSteps ForwardConservative PartyModernisation Author:Margot James
“There's substance to the point that sociological information is new. We have five years of information to weigh against 2,000 years of history or more.” YearsFiveInformationGaySubstanceFive YearsGay MarriageSociological Author:Anthony Kennedy
“If you catch them at 12 years old, which they are working very aggressively to do and you tell those children that if you have an attraction towards someone of the same gender, that means you're gay and because you're gay you need to come with us.” IfsNeedsYearsMeanChildrenGayGenderAttraction Author:Scott Lively