Last Word
Quotes from recent GLBT-related news makers
“Twenty years ago, if you were gay and lived in rural Kansas, you went to San Francisco or New York. Now you can just go to Kansas City.”
— Gary J. Gates, an expert in GLBT demographics, commenting on a perceived decline in traditional gay enclaves. (New York Times)
“Cody Castagna also threatened to publicly expose Richard Curtis’ gay lifestyle to his wife.”
— Det. Mark Burbridge of the Spokane, Wash., Police Department, writing his account of Castagna’s alleged blackmail against Washington State Sen. Curtis (R-La Center). According to the court filing, Castagna and Curtis spent time together in a Spokane hotel room Oct. 26. Curtis denies having ever had sex with men and insists he was “trying to help someone out.” (The Columbian, Wash.)
“My daughter has married a woman…. I was disappointed. I can educate an entire nation, but I cannot educate this adopted daughter.”
— Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia, telling the audience at an Oct. 30 graduation ceremony that he has disowned his lesbian daughter. (Bangkok Post)
“Whether their sexual preference is to be a homosexual or being gay, that’s their problem…. I have real good Christian values on what I believe in, and I am against homosexuality.”
— Dewayne Brown, a.k.a. Dooney Da’ Priest, a Dallas rap artist, answering complaints that lyrics in his song, “Pull Your Pants Up,” are homophobic. (National Public Radio)
“My informants do not feel that their same-sex sex jeopardizes their socially perceived heterosexual identities, at least within the cheerleading culture.”
— Eric Anderson, writing about his research for the January issue of the journal Sex Roles. Anderson found that among his subjects, 47 men ages 18 to 23 who played high school football but became cheerleaders after not making their college teams, more than a third had sex with other men. (Science Daily)
“When we were in the group, we thought Justin was gay, because he told us he wanted to do a part in a gay movie.”
— Lance Bass, the gay performer formerly of the “boy band” ‘NSYNC, telling GQ how he other group members thought now-superstar Justin Timberlake was gay. (Access Hollywood)
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