'It does not matter if you are born a slave; a human being should be free. It does not matter if you are a woman; a human being should vote. It does not matter if you are Black; a human being should be a citizen. By what right does it say that if you are born a gay or lesbian, you are not a human being?' — Rabbi Aaron Brusso co-chair of the Minnesota Rabbinical Association as he addressed nearly 2,000 people who demonstrated March 23 at the Minnesota Capitol against a proposed amendment that would prevent same-sex couples from marrying, as quoted in 365Gay.com .
'He trapped in the closet for real.' — Carey Kelly telling New York's Hot 97 radio station about his brother, singer R. Kelly, as quoted on EOnline.com . Among other things, Carey alleges that his brother beats his wife and is bisexual.
'I ALWAYS KNEW I WAS GAY and I had never pursued it. I was 17 years old, going on 18, and I didn't know how to do it back then. I was very much under a microscope.' — Glenn Scarpelli, talking about his days portraying Alex on TV's One Day at a Time, as quoted in an interview in the March 2006 issue of Out magazine.
'When I leaned more towards trying to date a guy, it just didn't click. When you're in a relationship with somebody, it can't just be a physical thing. You have to have an emotional-spiritual connection or it's not going to work. And I never really found that I could have that connection with another guy.' — Former gay porn star Tom Katt ( David Papaleo ) to the gay newspaper Dallas Voice, Feb. 23.
'So many people—including myself at one time—believe those crazy so-called Christians who say if you're gay or bi, God doesn't want you. That's a big piece of crap. ... If you look at it historically, culturally and you're not pulling things out of context, the Bible says 'don't go against what is natural.' [ I ] t means going against what's natural for yourself.' — Former gay porn star Tom Katt ( David Papaleo ) to the gay newspaper Dallas Voice, Feb. 23.
'I don't think that erotica or sexuality is a bad thing. I believe that sex is the strongest physical expression of love to another person. But porn is not an expression of love. It's empty and cold. There's nothing at all wrong with sex. God made sex, too. He gave us these things for a reason. When it's not an expression of love, that's when you're demeaning it into something less than it was meant to be.' — Former gay porn star Tom Katt ( David Papaleo ) to the gay newspaper Dallas Voice, Feb. 23.
''The parade was sooo boring.' If Pride Toronto got a loonie [ dollar ] every time we heard that line last summer, all the organization's financial needs would be met. The 2005 Pride parade was boring: It took too long, there were too many yawning gaps when nothing happened, there were precious few exciting floats and there were way too many sandal-wearing churchgoers who thought waving made a good show. So let's kill it. Let's cancel the Pride parade before it dies a slow tortuous death.' — Gordon Bowness writing in the Toronto gay newspaper Xtra!, March 2.
'I wasn't a real fan of Brokeback [ Mountain ] . To me it basically tells the same old story that I heard about being gay when I was growing up. It's sad, it's really really lonely, people hate you. It's tragic, so stop it!' — Writer/director Don Roos ( Hart to Hart, Single White Female, Boys on the Side, The Opposite of Sex, Happy Endings ) to Australia's Sydney Star Observer, March 2.
'I was so irritated by those stupid, stupid cowboys [ in Brokeback Mountain ] . I felt like saying, 'Guys, get a map. Go to New York. Go to L.A. Your problems will be over if you just get a map!' — Writer/director Don Roos to Australia's Sydney Star Observer, March 2.
'Who cares if straight people come out of a movie thinking, 'You know what—those gays are not so bad.' Because that's really not what they're feeling. What they're feeling is: 'You know what? I'm glad I'm not gay. Because it really sucks to be gay!' That's the message of Brokeback [ Mountain ] . It's the perfect film for the Bush years: 'Don't be gay, America!' It's the kind of movie that makes you glad to be straight.' — Writer/director Don Roos to Australia's Sydney Star Observer, March 2.
'The major concerns I had with Brokeback [ Mountain ] were that I wanted to get it right. Was it too gay? Not gay enough? Is it realistic? I wasn't around in the Midwest in the 1960s. But [ screenwriters ] Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana got it just right, thankfully. They took a novella, a story with hardly any words from the characters and created something that will definitely stand the test of time. I think it is wonderful that the film has opened the eyes of many non-gay people, to see that gay people are just that, people, too, who fall in love, and who need to be loved. I wanted the movie to be honest and did my best.' — Director Ang Lee to 365Gay.com contributor Tim Nasson, March 20.
'The world was very different when Charities began this ministry at the threshold of the twentieth-century. The world changed often and we adapted the ministry to meet changing times and needs. At all times we sought to place the welfare of children at the heart of our work. But now, we have encountered a dilemma we cannot resolve.' — The Boston Archdiocese's Catholic Charities announcing March 10 that it will stop providing adoption services because of a state law allowing gays and lesbians to adopt.
'It is an insult to all San Franciscans when a foreign country, like the Vatican, meddles with and attempts to negatively influence this great city's existing and established customs and traditions, such as the right of same-sex couples to adopt and care for children in need.' — The San Francisco Board of Supervisors blasting a Vatican edict against adoption by same-sex couples, March 21.
'The right wing realized that gay marriage was as emotional an issue for some people as abortion, and they pushed it forward, and we let them do it. And then we got suckered into it—and said, 'Oh, yes, sure, we should be married,' and then we fell right into their hands.' — Lesbian author Rita Mae Brown to the Michigan gay newspaper Between The Lines, March 2.
'I don't agree to see this issue in a way that there is a heterosexual culture and a homosexual culture and that they are equal. I see no reason to promote such attitudes, because if they were common, the human race would have to die out.' — Polish President Lech Kaczynski in Berlin March 9 after he was zapped by gay activists during a speech at Humboldt University.
