Queer Quotes

When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one. ~ From the tombstone of Leonard Matlovich, a gay Vietnam veteran

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

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight. ~ Barry Goldwater

If homosexuality is a disease, let's all call in queer to work: "Hello. Can't work today, still queer." ~ Robin Tyler

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? ~ Ernest Gaines

War. Rape. Murder. Poverty. Equal rights for gays. Guess which one the Southern Baptist Convention is protesting? ~ The Value of Families

I'd rather be black than gay because when you're black you don't have to tell your mother. ~ Charles Pierce, 1980

The radical right is so homophobic that they're blaming global warming on the AIDS quilt. ~ Dennis Miller

Jesse Helms and Newt Gingrich were shaking hands congratulating themselves on the introduction of an antigay bill in Congress. If it passes, they won't be able to shake hands, because it will then be illegal for a prick to touch an asshole. ~ Judy Carter

My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror. ~ W. Somerset Maugham

I am reminded of a colleague who reiterated "all my homosexual patients are quite sick" - to which I finally! replied "so are all my heterosexual patients." ~ Ernest van den Haag, psychotherapist

My mother took me to a psychiatrist when I was fifteen because she thought I was a latent homosexual. There was nothing latent about it. ~ Amanda Bearse

It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It's like disapproving of rain. ~ Francis Maude

The only queer people are those who don't love anybody. ~Rita Mae Brown