"Gay and lesbian people fall in love. We settle down. We commit our lives to one another. We raise our children. We protect them. We try to be good citizens."
California Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica (after the California Senate approved gay marriage bill AB849)
"Not just hip-hop, but America just discriminates. And I wanna just, to come on TV and just tell my rappers, just tell my friends, `Yo, stop it.'"
Hip Hop Artist Kanye West (during an MTV special)
"We are not the first but I am sure we will not be the last. After us will come many other countries, driven, ladies and gentleman, by two unstopable forces: freedom and equality"
Jose Luis Rodrigueaz, Prime Minister of Spain (in a speech given after Spain legalized gay marriage)
"The reluctance to osculate has to do with affection- the idea that we'll blow someone because we desire him, but kiss him because we like him."
Simon Sheppard, author of "Sex Parties 101," "Kinkorama," and "In Deep: Erotic Stories."
"I invented the spin."
Linda Carter (in an OUT Magazine interview)
"I think everybody in their career needs to play a lesbian once- even if you're a man!"
Kristin Chenoweth (in an OUT Magazine interview)