Gay Today: Quote

Quotes & Quips

Compiled By Jack Nichols

Topping the List

gwbushsmile.jpg - 7.00 K A poll asking how people feel about George W. Bush says their comments show they don't seem to like his personality. Arrogant, cocky and untrustworthy were the words that topped the list.

Feedback—MSNBC-TV
March 24

No More Psychiatric Drugs for Kiddies?

I deplore the use of cattle prods to discipline unruly kindergartners, and I intend to work toward their elimination.

World Smart II— from the Princeton Review, quoted in Harper's Magazine, April

Steen: Forces Converged to Kill Him

Steen Keith Fenrich

Racism and homophobia are byproducts of a society that does not value diversity. A climate exists in our country that devalues people of color as well as gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Racism and homophobia are symptoms of the same disease and the disease is named intolerance. Tragically, these two symptoms of racism and homophobia converged in the death of Steen Keith Fenrich.

Kerry Lobel—Executive Director—National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) Statement, March 24

Peaceful Resurrection

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes and grass grows by itself.

Tibetan Zog-Chen meditation-- quoted by Alan Watts in In My Own Way.

Landover Baptist Contest:
Personal Testimonies

How bad were you before you got saved? We want to know… So what kind of a devil loving, limp-wristed pansy were you? How long have you been sinking your teeth into Satan's pot roast of perversion? Spare us NO details! This is your chance to get behind the pulpit and spill your guts. You will have an audience of Baptists who live for hearing entertaining testimonies that focus on all the horrible things a person could ever do. Be sure to add a one or two sentence 'quip' at the end, telling us how or where you got saved.

David Berkowitz, one-time Satan's play thing now an ordained Fundamentalist Baptist minister, is an ideal candidate for Landover Baptist's annual contest

Third Annual Personal Testimony Contest—Landover Baptist Church

Reading You Your Rights

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted then used against you.

Innocent and Pure—Paradox magazine, April

People on Automatic

Humans also have secondary response patterns, namely those learned cultural patterns of response that are so common and ingrained in the dominant culture as to become automatic in the individual.

Arthur Evans—Critique of Patriarchal Reason, White Crane Press, 1997

Ellen Plugs the Millennium March

ellen.jpg - 7.18 K I've learned that truth and love are all that matters. I have tremendous compassion for those who can't, for whatever reason, join us in our celebration. Being a part of this will be my biggest celebration of coming out. I'll get to celebrate with thousands and thousands of people who, for that one day, are surrounded by love and support and pride.

Ellen DeGeneres—Greenwich Village Gazette-- March 24

Despite the Apparent Ill Fit

But you don't have to search too hard to find a plethora of organizations that gays and lesbians are fighting to be members of despite the apparent ill fit. Dignity the gay Catholic group comes to mind. While many religious groups frown on gays and lesbians, the Catholic Church has worked against gays and lesbians from the highest levels.

Mubarak Dahir—"Do Pro-Lifers Have a Place in the Gay Community?"—The Letter, March issue: www.theletter.net

Activist Pressure Works

Pfizer Inc., under growing pressure from AIDS advocacy groups, said it is considering demands to lower the price of its powerful antifungal drug, Diflucan, for patients in the developing world.

Michael Waldholz—"Pfizer Weighs Requests to Cut Price of Drug" The Wall Street Journal, March 24