“I think they ought to be treated equally. Period.” ThinkingOughtPeriodsGayTreated Author:Gerald R. Ford
“The girl of the period sets up to be natural, and is only rude; mistakes insolence for innocence; says everything that comes first to her lips, and thinks she is gay when she is only giddy.” ThinkingFirstsGirlNaturalMistakePeriodsGayLipsInnocenceRudeGiddyGirlhoodInsolence Book:Wit and Wisdom Source: Wit and Wisdom
“People ask me. 'What about gay adoptions? Interracial? Single Parent?' I say. "Hey fine, as long as it works for the child and the family is responsible." My big stand is this: Every child deserves a home and love. Period.” PeopleChildrenLongHomeBigsAsksParentFinePeriodsGayDeserveAnd LoveResponsibleHeyAsk MeAdoptionAdoptedAdoptingSingle ParentOpen AdoptionAdopted ChildrenGay Adoption Author:Dave Thomas
“Ang [Lee] gave us a lot of books about cowboys who had been gay or stories about it and all that stuff. And I just talked to a lot of my friends - who [was] their first, particularly same-sex, first situation. That was fascinating to me - trying to learn what that was in a certain period of time. Certain age. The secrecy involved in it. All those things.” TryingFirstsBookStoriesAgeCertainSexStuffSituationInvolvedPeriodsGayMy FriendsFascinatingCowboySecrecy Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“I got married a bit late, I agree. In any other period of history I'd have been dead at that age and they'd have assumed I was gay. Like Michelangelo, or Leonardo da Vinci. But I was a late developer. I didn't go through puberty until I was 35.” Has BeensAgeBitsPeriodsGayLateMarriedAgreePubertyDevelopersLeonardo Author:David Duchovny
“Here was long period on my life when I was very disappointed by the fact I wasn't gay. Because I grew up going to gay clubs, living in New York and LA, both very gay cities.” LongFactsCitiesNew YorkGrewPeriodsGayGrew UpClubsDisappointed Author:Moby
“I think I started out okay but with AIDS came a great deal of silence about gayness and this period of lose and morning, but at the same time a kind of feeling like you wanted to get back into the closet because being gay was such a terrible thing at that point.” ThinkingKindFeelingsWantedLosesDealsSilenceMorningLike YouPeriodsTerribleGayOkayAidsGet BackClosetsTerrible ThingsBeing GayGayness Author:Margaret Cho
“Gay, straight - whatever - adolescents in high school and coming out of junior high, that's such a difficult, awkward period and kids can be so cruel and mean.” MeanKidsSchoolDifficultPeriodsGayHigh SchoolComing OutAwkwardJuniorsJunior High Author:Mahershala Ali