“We were the children of white flight, the first generation to grow up in postwar American suburbs. By the time the ’60s rolled around, many of us, the gay ones especially, were eager to make a U-turn and fly back the other way. Whether or not the city was obsolete, we couldn’t imagine our personal futures in any other form. The street and the skyline signified to us what the lawn and the highway signified to our parents: a place to breathe free.” WayFirstsChildrenFormTurnsGrowsParentWhiteCitiesGrowing UpImagineGenerationsStreetsGayBreatheFlightHighwaysObsoleteSuburbsLawnsSkylines Author:Herbert Muschamp
“The darling schemes and fondest hopes of man are frequently frustrated by time. While sagacity contrives, patience matures, and labor industriously executes, disappointment laughs at the curious fabric, formed by so many efforts, and gay with so many brilliant colors, and, while the artists imagine the work arrived at the moment of completion, brushes away the beautiful web, and leaves nothing behind.” MenMomentsBeautifulArtistEffortBehindsLaughingImagineColorGayLaborDisappointmentBrilliantCuriousFrustratedSchemesFabricBrushesDarlingCompletionSagacity Author:Timothy Dwight V
“Imagine that you're a gay man and you're spending all your time with people who believe you are possessed by the devil.” PeopleMenBelieveImagineGayDevilSpendingPossessedImagine ThatGay Men Author:Roger Ross Williams
“To try and imagine that I'm another person is always going to be hard - whether I'm writing about a truck driver or someone who is gay, who's trans, who is of a different ethnicity or creed. But it would be boring if I always had to write about myself and my limited viewpoint.” IfsWritingTryingPersonsDifferentHardWould BeImagineGayBoringDriversImagine ThatCreedsTruckTransViewpointsEthnicityTruck Driver Author:Brian K. Vaughan
“I can imagine that if you're a kid growing up somewhere, where you might be gay or you think you're gay, but you don't know who else would be ... you become very closeted.” IfsThinkingKnowsI CanMightWould BeKidsGrowing UpGrowingImagineGayBe YouImagine ThatKids Growing Up Author:Rib Hillis