June Is GLBT Pride Month XXII

"Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons". ~Letter to the editor, The Advocate

June Is GLBT Pride Month XXI

"More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that is true perversion.”~ Harvey Milk

June Is GLBT Pride Month XX

"The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision".~Lynn Lavner

June Is GLBT Pride Month XIX

in honor of Cinnamon Jenkinz triumphant return to the blogverse...

"Maybe what a gay icon is, is a person who is rooted for – in other words, cheered on – by people who feel different"~ Liza Minelli

June Is GLBT Pride Month XVIII

"Family need not be defined merely as those with whom you share blood but for those for whom you would give your blood"~ Nathan Lane

June Is GLBT Pride Month XVI

"I believe that we, the lgbt community, need to continue to dialogue among ourselves about the issues and concerns that effect us. We are often banded together so often against a common foe, we forget to take the time to talk to each other about our lives and feelings as gay people. We are not all the same, we do not all have the same goals and desires and we do not always agree on everything just because we all share a common sexuality or struggle"~ Sean Breen

June Is GLBT Pride Month XV

“There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable”~ Rufus Wainwright

June is GLBT Pride Month XIV

"the idea that your parents influence your sexual orientationis ridiculous. Because if it were true, I'd have my mother's taste in men, and i've never dated a guy who falls asleep in his chair during Jeopardy"~ Bob Smith

June Is GLBT Pride Month XIII

"We all came into this world naked. The rest is all drag"~ RuPaul

June Is GLBT Pride Month XII

"Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid"~ Chastity Bono

June is GLBT Pride Month XI

"Tolerance and acceptance are not enough for me-it's celebration I'm aiming for"~ Kevyn Aucoin

June Is GLBT Pride Month X

"Sexually progressive cultures gave us mathematics, literature, philosophy, civilization and the rest, while sexually restrictive cultures gave us the Dark Ages and the Holocaust"~Alan Moore

June Is GLBT Pride Month IX

"On the surface, civil unions are a politically safe middle ground, an attempt to highlight the artificial divide between secular unions and the religious rite of marriage. But the fact is that marriage is a civil institution just as much as it is a religious one, and therefore religious objections to same-sex marriage shouldn't be an obstacle. We allow atheists to marry and we do not refer to a wedding performed by a secular judge or justice of the peace as a 'civil union'."~ William Jelani Cobb

thanks to Lady N'il at a Fool's Prerogative for sending me this article.

June is GLBT Pride Month VIII

"...there was something reassuring about watching my best friends joking around. It was what we did, how we engaged with each other. Silly but witty chit-chat about inane things. It's funny how meaningful inane things can be- comforting, easy things like family. And they were my family."~ Tommy's Tale (Alan Cumming)

June Is GLBT Pride Month VII

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination"~ Oscar Wilde

June is GLBT Pride Month VI

"For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook"~ Quentin Crisp

June Is GLBT Pride Month V

"I was raised around heterosexuals, as all heterosexuals are, that's where us gay people come from...you heterosexuals.”~ Ellen DeGeneres

June Is GLBT Pride Month IV

"I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short"~Armistead Maupin

June Is GLBT Pride Month III

"No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love. the only queer people are those who don't love anybody"~ Rita Mae Brown

thanks to LionsMane at My Journal of Random Things for e-mailing this to me!

June Is GLBT Pride Month II

"They are preserving the sanctity of marriage, so that two gay men who've been together for twenty-five years can't get married, but a guy can still get drunk in Vegas and marry a hooker at the Elvis chapel! The sanctity of marriage is saved!"~ Lea DeLaria