‘Quotes and Quips’ Archives
The F word
"I still use the word 'faggot' all the time in my column. Every time that I am on chat shows on cable, I make a point of using 'fag' in reference to myself because I don't think it is a dirty word." --Writer Dan Savage to Windy City Times, June 9.
I’m sensing relief now.
"I'm sensing relief now. I had not consciously decided to come out, but there's no doubt looking back that I had become increasingly bold about attending gay events, like pride festivals, and going to dance clubs and bars. Last year I attended Las Vegas Pride and San Diego Pride." --Outed California state Sen. Roy Ashburn, R-Bakersfield, to the [...]
Obama, a leaky faucet
"It seems fair to say that the trickle of events (from the Obama administration) has flowed into a slow but steady stream of smaller, yet meaningful, policy gains for LGBT Americans. But given that the 'hope' president came to the White House endowed with heavy Democratic majorities in Congress and a mandate to forge a fresh course for our [...]
…irreparable and totally unnecessary harm…
"We are imposing great damage on them (same-sex couples) by the ... state of California saying they are different and they cannot have the happiness, they cannot have the privacy, they cannot have the liberty, they cannot have the intimate association in the context of a marriage that the rest of our citizens do. We have demonstrated during this [...]
Beause who said so?
"'We've always done it that way,' is the ... corollary to 'Because I say so.' It's not a reason (to restrict marriage to a man and a woman)." --Lawyer Ted Olson at the closing of the federal Prop 8 trial, June 16 in San Francisco.
Kate loves Ted
"Brilliant. Love him. Want him (lawyer Ted Olson) on our side on all the issues we care about." --National Center for Lesbian Rights Executive Director Kate Kendell live-tweeting from the closing arguments of the federal Prop 8 trial in San Francisco, June 16.
Adam focuses on positivity
"It's so easy to hear the negative and not the positive, especially if you make the mistake of looking at the Internet, where everybody whines and bitches about everything. So one of the things that I've been working on in the past couple months in particular is to really focus on positivity and really just enjoy myself and enjoy what I [...]
Erasure still puts on a good show
"The very fact that we don't get played on the radio in the U.S., and yet all these people come to see us because we have a reputation for putting on a good show, is incredible to me. It's quite a feat on the part of the fans and on our part, I think." --Openly gay Erasure singer Andy Bell to Windy City Times, June 2. By Rex Wockner
Lets get what we want
"I do look at Obama as my president. I do look at the Democratic Party as the party I'm most aligned with. But I also don't feel like we need to be enabling our own selves and so codependent that we'll put up with anything. (U)ntil we begin to push in a way that says we're not going to back down, I don't believe we're going to get what we [...]
Second-Class
"For the most part, if you don't care about getting married, you're not part of a bi-national couple, no one's threatened to kill or bully you or your family, and you're not afraid of being outed at home or on your job -- life as an LGBT second-class citizen is no big deal." --Veteran Los Angeles lesbian journalist Karen Ocamb on her [...]
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