"AFTER ONE take, Joss did say, 'Can we have one that's less like you're going to sleep together in about five minutes?'" ... Buffy The Vampire Slayer co-star Alyson Hannigan in Out magazine's August issue, speaking about her steamy kiss with Amber Benson, and show creator Joss Wheadon's reaction.
"WE MUST have kissed a hundred times. It was very nice." ... Amber Benson on her kiss with Hannigan.
"I NEVER had any apprehension about [ playing a lesbian ] . It's always been a part of my environment and my life. Growing up, my mom's best friend was...well, he still is...gay." ... Hannigan.
"Without being overly dramatic, I am knowing that very important historical moments are happening, that nothing will be the same any more, that our Stonewall is happening." ... Belgrade, Yugoslavia, gay activist Milan Djuric on the melee that occurred at the city's first gay-pride parade June 30. Marchers were attacked by hundreds of thugs from nationalist youth organizations, skinhead groups and soccer clubs. The gays were kicked and beaten and some 40 were injured. Police fired pistols into the air to chase the hooligans from the city's main square and more than 30 were arrested.
"Once homophobia declines, we are bound to witness the emergence of a homosexuality that is quite different from the homosexuality we know today. With the strictures on queerness removed, and same-sex relationships normalised and accepted, it is very likely that more people will have gay sex but, paradoxically, less of them will identify as gay. This is because, in the absence of homophobia, the need to assert gayness becomes redundant." ... Leading British gay activist Peter Tatchell writing at rainbownetwork.com, July 7.
"God doesn't categorize people. He doesn't categorize black and white or Presbyterian or Catholic or gay or straight. I don't put people in categories, either." ... Former televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker Messner to the St. Petersburg [ Florida ] Times, July 7.
"Like you, I've suffered. We've all been misunderstood. We've all been made fun of. But I'm not going to allow people who don't like me to rent space in my brain." ... Tammy Faye Bakker Messner speaking at Tampa, Florida's gay PrideFest party, July 8.
"ON KISSING straight costar Richard Ruccolo, [ Dan ] Bucatinsky says, 'Rich was the one who would say, "You're cheating me on the kiss." He was less tense about it than I was.'" ... Out magazine feature on the upcoming gay film All Over The Guy.
"Scott Thompson has pretty well had it with the gay-icon status conferred on him by the media. In fact, the comedian said, it has roadblocked his career. 'I'd like to play some guy bashing a kitten's skull against a wall, or maybe just a drone in an office,' he said. The Lowest Show on Earth, a one-man performance opening ... is, in part, his attempt to get past the stereotype." ... The Montreal Gazette July 15.
"It's me saying that if you think I'm this boring faggot next door running over with a recipe, you have another think coming. And if it's gay empowerment you're looking for, stay home." ... Thompson on his new show.
"In this show, I'm giving people more to think about. I sometimes think 'Maybe they'll forget I'm gay'...because there are other things in the closet besides sexuality. ... I'll never let politics ruin art again. I did it once, when I came out. I was angry, in your face and furious at everything for years." ... Thompson.