Pictured Spike Lee and one of the She Hate Me stars, Monica Bellucci. Jared Leto in Out.
'IF I SAW a man and I was attracted ... I would probably follow through with it.' — Actor Jared Leto to Out magazine, September issue. He plays opposite Colin Farrell in the fall Hollywood pic Alexander. The film is rumored to play down the same-sex love between their characters.
'The most surprising and gratifying fringe benefit of the success of Queer Eye has been hearing from gay kids that the show has helped them talk with their parents about their lives. We hear that story again and again from teenagers who used the lighthearted, positive character of the show as a bridge with their folks, and I can't imagine anything cooler—who would have thought?' — Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's Ted Allen to the Miami gay newspaper The Weekly News, July 22.
'I'm under so much scrutiny and people try to catch me in lies or try to find holes in my story ... and rarely do I see them really go after the White House or the President on those same terms.' — Singer Ru Paul to the Michigan gay newspaper Between The Lines, June 17.
'Anytime you send someone a nude photo of yourself in a chat room as you attempt to hook up, you have essentially engaged in a striptease for the whole wide world. That image now exists in a database, and the recipient is now free to forward it to anyone he pleases.' — Out magazine Editor in Chief Brendan Lemon writing in the August issue.
'Gay slobs have always known—and scientific studies now confirm—guys who do not shower before dates have a much better chance of scoring, something to do with the irresistible magnetism of the animal scent that sweat gives off.' — Gay slob Richard Kaye writing in Out magazine, August issue.
'The gay male slob will never be able to have you over for dinner, but he is hotter, more real, and more in tune with the debris-ridden anarchy of modern urban life than his spiffy, Comet-dependent gay male counterpart.' — Kaye.
'Like a lot of gay men, I seem to be stuck screwing guys I don't want to date and dating guys I don't want to screw.' — Columnist Michael Alvear, Washington Blade, July 30.
'For many years, our community has debated the place of transgender people in the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). The time for debate is over. The question must be called. ENDA must be amended to protect transgender people. If it is not, we all must walk away from it.' — National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Executive Director Matt Foreman in an Aug. 3 press statement. The Human Rights Campaign now backs the change.
'George Bush's re-election would be a catastrophe for our community. It would set us back for generations to come, and not just around freedom to marry, but HIV prevention, school-safety issues and basic nondiscrimination protection. John Kerry is really good on 11 out of 12 [GLBT] issues. The fact that he supports the state antimarriage amendment in Massachusetts is disappointing. No politician is perfect. This one is pretty damned close to it.' — National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Executive Director Matt Foreman speaking outside the Democratic National Convention July 26 in Boston.
'[The religious right] claim[s] that extending equal marriage rights to gay people will doom western civilization, overturn bans on polygamy and bestiality, and, in the words of the $125 million behemoth Focus on the Family, result in families with 'higher levels of poverty, welfare dependency, child abuse, sexual abuse, substance abuse, premature and promiscuous sexuality, early unwed pregnancy, educational failure, juvenile delinquency, adult criminality and suicide as well as lower levels of physical and emotional health.'' — NGLTF E.D. Matt Foreman in a July 11 commentary.
'I've got a small ass. Everything was moved up front.' — Actor Antonio Sabato Jr. to The Advocate in the Aug. 17 issue.
'I'm not gonna bullshit you—if my son, Jackson, was gay, would I hate him? No. Would I be a little disappointed? I would say yes. Would I still love him nonetheless? Yes.' — Filmmaker Spike Lee to The Advocate in the Aug. 17 issue. His new films She Hate Me is primarily about lesbians.
'As the push for gay marriage has gained traction, activists, journalists and the judiciary have all struggled to describe gay couples in a way that's both sexually and politically neutral. You can't tell the nice judge that you want to marry your lover, your fuckbuddy or your houseboy. That would be just too blunt. So we get terms like partner. Cold, technocratic, but blissfully unspecific.' — Columnist Brent Ledger in Toronto's Xtra!
'This President has decided it will help him politically to tear us apart [via the same-sex marriage issue]. His base is restless over government spending and Iraq, and this is a means to placate and energize it. If that means turning a tiny minority into a lethal threat to civilization, so be it. If that minority's sole crime is to seek to live in fidelity, uphold the family, support responsibility, then that also is beside the point. In this battle, the President has shown his true colors. He is a divider, not a uniter.' — Gay journalist Andrew Sullivan, a former Bush supporter, writing in Time magazine, July 26.
