"He finally said he apologized to the gay community. My question is, 'What is he apologizing for?' The fact that he can be married and cheat but gays cannot marry?" — Former escort Mike Jones on the Rev. Ted Haggard ( the man Jones exposed ) in a statement to Windy City Times, Jan. 29.
"BI-FURIOUS: Adj.: Angry over seemingly disingenuous same-sex experientation. Provenance: Militant queer theorists. Usage: 'Just hearing that Katy Perry song makes my Advocate-reading friends bi-furious.'" — Part of the December 2008 "Know + Tell" section of Details.
"there was a little less pressure as a gay man. But it's always hard to make a film that's set in a social milieu." — Milk director Gus Van Sant, when asked if he felt added pressure in making the film because he's gay, in the December 2008 issue of Details.
"I never heard the word 'fag' until I was in high school. I might have heard about homosexuals from Life magazine, but I never heard anything derogatory. Politically, it might have been discussed in my home. But it never landed. Did I know gay people? I later came to find out that there were gays in the theater world who were friendly with my family. I remember being at a party as a kid, and Paul Lynde telling my mother how sexy my father was, and thinking, 'What's that about?'" — Oscar-winning Milk star Sean Penn, when asked "Did you know gay people as a kid?" in the Feb. 19 issue of Rolling Stone magazine.
—Assistance: Vern Hester