Pictured Liza Minnelli. Photo courtesy of GLAAD
'If someone came out on the baseball field, I don't think is would be a big deal ... . If I had a gay teammate, I'm sure we'd keep slapping each other on the butt.' — Baseball star Johnny Damon in Newsweek.
'I thought it was going to be a little bit bigger deal, but I wasn't doing it because I wanted it to be a big deal. It was something I tried to do for my parents and for the gay community. They're a huge part of the population.' — Cincinnati Reds player Joe Valentine on his recent announcement that he was raised by a lesbian couple, to the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, May 2.
'The Gay.com thing has only been, I can't recall, but it hasn't been very long. I can't tell you why I go there, to tell you the truth ... curiosity, confused, whatever, I don't know.' — Spokane, Wash., Mayor Jim West to the Spokesman-Review newspaper, which reported May 5 that West, who has an antigay voting record, 'has used positions of public trust—as a sheriff's deputy, Boy Scout leader and powerful politician—to develop sexual relationships with boys and young men.' West was 'Cobra82nd' and 'RightBi-Guy' on Gay.com .
'I am a really typical str8 acting/looking guy that just happens to be attracted to the same.' — From a Gay.com profile ( Cobra82nd ) that the Spokesman-Review newspaper said belongs to Spokane, Wash., Mayor Jim West.
'Remember, I'm very closeted. No one knows I like guys. It's just that the openly gay guys are a little over the top for me. I don't really like the in-your-face attitude some guys have. And the massive political agenda either.' — Spokane, Wash., Mayor Jim West, who has an antigay voting record, in an online chat with a buddy on Gay.com, according to The New York Times, May 8.
'I don't know what a diva is. I guess it's a big compliment. I just think of myself as somebody who works hard.' — Liza Minnelli to the gay newspaper Dallas Voice, April 15.
'I must say, I've been given some awards in my time, but this is very, very important to me. I'm moved and I'm honored to receive this award from a wonderful organization that I deeply believe in, and that's GLAAD. Love is the most cherished feeling we have; it's unique to human beings, and if anyone thinks they can dismiss love through politics, they're nuts.' — Liza Minnelli receiving an award from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation April 30 in Los Angeles.
'George and I are complete opposites—I'm quiet, he's talkative; I'm introverted, he's extroverted; I can pronounce nuclear.' — First Lady Laura Bush at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, April 30.
'I am married to the president of the United States, and here's our typical evening: Nine o'clock, Mr. Excitement here is sound asleep, and I'm watching 'Desperate Housewives'—with Lynne Cheney. Ladies and gentlemen, I am a desperate housewife. I mean, if those women on that show think they're desperate, they ought to be with George.' — Laura Bush at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, April 30.
'One night, after George went to bed, Lynne Cheney, Condi Rice, Karen Hughes and I went to Chippendales. I wouldn't even mention it except Ruth Ginsburg and Sandra Day O'Connor saw us there. I won't tell you what happened, but Lynne's Secret Service code name is now 'Dollar Bill.'' — Laura Bush at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, April 30.
'It might not feel this way, but we are winning. The constitutional amendments [ banning same-sex marriage ] are an act of desperation. We are winning the discussion, and they know it. They are using brute power to keep the discrimination around, to enshrine it for a generation. If we do not give up, they will not have the last word.' — Freedom to Marry Executive Director Evan Wolfson to the Michigan gay newspaper Between The Lines, April 21.
'Being gay is such a small part of who we are. It's who we fall in love with, but it's a small aspect of who we are. And we don't define ourselves by our sexuality, just the way that a heterosexual person doesn't define himself by being heterosexual.' — Lynn Warren of team Lynn and Alex from the current season of CBS-TV's The Amazing Race, to Advocate.com, April 26.
