#gay

Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down, so it can be replaced with a government that will respect and support marriage... As chairman emeritus of the extreme right-wing National Organization for Marriage ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#anti-glbt #bigotry #zealotry #change

As an artist in the 1960s, Norman Sunshine was able to maintain a moderately out lifestyle. But when the first exhibition of his paintings in New York brought on a profile in The New York Times in 1968, he was photographed in the apartment that he admitted sharing with Shayne. At both his advertising agency and Shayne’s television production company, the article was met with absolute silence. ↗

— Norman Sunshine

#double-life #gay-marriage #love-story #norman-sunshine #love

Jared?” His fingers were playing gently in my curls. “Yes?” I was more than halfway asleep, perfectly warm and content, back in my own bed. With him. “Say it for me.” “You’re heavy.” “No.” “You’re a manipulative bastard.” “No.” He was laughing. “You’re right.” He gave one hard tug on my hair. “That’s not it either.” “I love you?” He sighed contentedly. “That’s the one. ↗

— Marie Sexton

#love #love

Lightning and thunder require time, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#friedrich-nietzsche #lightning #madman #the-gay-science #thunder

Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage licence. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples. ↗

— Vaughn Walker

#discrimination #gay-rights #heterosexuality #homosexuality #law

I think God is a callous bitch not making me a lesbian. I'm deeply disappointed by my sexual interest in men. ↗

— Diamanda Galás

#god #lesbian #men #sexual #men

I am an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#lgbt #oscar-wilde #men

Gay rights are human rights. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#gay rights #human #human rights #rights

Women and gay guys always get stuck with that image that they couldn’t possibly be interested in the game itself—it had to be the guys. I mean sure it’s a fringe benefit but when the game is on the last thing you’re thinking about is the bodies of the men. You’re concentrating on that red leather oval ball and if it will make it between the triad of poles that will either signify glory or failure. ↗

— Sean Kennedy

#women-sport-fans #men

You know,” Flynn said, pausing to look over the brim of the glasses at him, “when you start shouting „soundproof booth!‟ I can pretty much tell you‟re thinking about me.” “As long as the „what‟ remains a mystery, I‟ll die a happy man,” Jerry said. ↗

— Sarah Madison

#humor #men