Pictured Lady Bunny 'I believe in karma. You can't steal an election and have it not come back to haunt you.' — Lesbian comedian Kate Clinton on George W. Bush to the St. Petersburg, Fla., gay magazine Gazette, March issue.
'In my own life, I have felt the discrimination that used to separate Japanese Americans from the rest of the country melt away. I believe that by sharing our stories GLBT Americans can break down the walls that separate us and help build a more understanding and truly diverse nation for us all.' — George Takei, Star Trek's Mr. Sulu, who is partnering with the Human Rights Campaign for a speaking tour and as a spokesman for HRC's Coming Out Project, as quoted in a March 28 HRC press release.
'I'm a hypochondriac who's lived for 20 years among the highest [ HIV ] risk groups—in NYC, with the largest IV drug-user population, primarily sleeping with black/Hispanic men and being a big ol' bottom. So I've had to be extremely careful.' — Drag performer, activist and Wigstock organizer Lady Bunny to the British AIDS magazine Positive Nation, March issue.
'I consider Truman Capote to be the evil godmother to every bitchy, simpering, mincing pansy on television currently embarrassing all self-respecting gay men by squealing on-camera and prostrating themselves before the gods of Hollywood, hair products and Home Depot. If he wasn't dead already, he'd have to be taken out and shot for what he started.' — Columnist Jeff Epperly in the Boston gay newspaper Bay Windows, March 9.
'People don't remember that for years [ Rosie O'Donnell ] was not out and on her talk show she'd go on and on about how she loved Tom Cruise and she kind of portrayed herself as an ambiguous single mother. And I was going on and on in my column about 'come out, you dyke.' One year, she was hosting the Tony Awards, and during an ad break she made some remark that was mildly lesbionic but only the live audience heard it. After the telecast she came up to me and said, 'I hope that remark will satisfy you and shut you up about my private life.' I said, 'Well, no, it won't.' Then after she came out she went on Larry King and called me a gay Nazi. But we're friends now.' — Village Voice columnist Michael Musto to the Sydney Star Observer, March 23.
'The [ house ] trailer at the end [ of Brokeback Mountain ] —there's not a tassel, there's not a pillow, there's not a matching fabric. This is not a gay man's trailer!' — Comedian Joan Rivers to the gay newspaper Sydney Star Observer, March 16.
'They're funny, they're clever and they get it. They've always adored me and I've always adored them. It's been a love fest all these years.' — Comedian Joan Rivers on gays to the gay newspaper Sydney Star Observer, March 16.
CLARIFICATION: A quotation from Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams in the previous edition of Quote Unquote, while accurate, was older than indicated and, as such, may not represent the archbishop's current thinking. The quotation did appear in the March 21 edition of Britain's The Guardian, but this column failed to note a date reference attached to the quotation.
