Mary
Conley,
a
contestant
on
“The
Amazing
Race”
from
Kentucky
competing
with
her
husband
David,
on
how
the
show
has
expanded
her
worldview;
there
are
two
gay
men
and
a
lesbian
on
the
current
season
(CBS,
Sept.
24)
“We’re
all
human
and
we
all
fall
in
love,
so
why
should
our
sexual
preference
matter?”
Janet
Jackson,
on
her
support
for
same-sex
marriage
(Washington
Blade,
Sept.
29)
“We
told
him
about
the
consequences
of
the
media
attention
because
it’s
a
controversial
matter
—
a
man
becoming
a
carnival
queen.
…
From
the
moment
I
met
him
I
had
no
doubt
in
my
mind
that
he
was
sure
of
his
sexuality
—
he
is
definitely
gay.”
Belinda
Swansbury,
the
foster
mother
for
David
Birch,
a
15-year-old
British
boy
who
recently
competed
for
the
carnival
queen
title
at
the
Blackberry
Festival
in
the
small
town
of
Axbridge,
England;
Birch
shared
the
title
of
queen
with
a
girl
(Daily
Mail,
Sept.
24)
“I
never
felt
like
there
was
an
unconscious
part
of
me
around
that
woke
up
or
that
came
out
of
the
closet;
there
wasn’t
a
struggle,
there
wasn’t
an
attempt
to
suppress.
I
met
this
woman,
I
fell
in
love
with
her,
and
I’m
a
public
figure.”
Lesbian
actress
Cynthia
Nixon
(New
York
magazine,
Oct.
2
issue)
“Tracy
would
always
be
drinking
when
I
arrived.
He’d
get
so
loaded.
He’d
sit
there
at
the
table
drinking
from
five
o’clock
in
the
afternoon
until
two
in
the
morning,
when
he’d
fall
onto
the
bed
and
ask
me
to
join
him.
...
And
in
the
morning
he’d
act
like
nothing
happened.”
Scotty,
a
Hollywood
hustler,
detailing
his
reported
gay
escapades
with
actor
Spencer
Tracy
in
a
new
biography,
“Kate:
The
Woman
Who
Was
Hepburn,”
by
film
historian
William
J.
Mann,
which
will
be
published
in
October
(New
York
Daily
News,
Sept.
26)
“People
just
need
to
be
exposed
to
this
song
—
and
our
music
in
general.
…
People
may
look
at
us
and
think,
‘What
a
bunch
of
weirdos.’
But
give
them
time
and
they’ll
see
that
we’re
pretty
special.’’
Jake
Shears
of
the
Scissor
Sisters,
on
why
the
band
hasn’t
hit
it
big
in
the
U.S.
outside
of
gay
fans
(Reuters,
Sept.
24)
“You
should
check
out
some
of
the
parties
we
throw.
We
even
have
heterosexuals
coming
to
our
parties,
just
to
have
a
bit
of
fun,
and
guests
from
other
cities
such
as
Delhi
too.”
Amrut
Anand,
a
call
center
worker,
on
the
gay
parties
thrown
in
Mumbai,
India,
which
has
an
emerging
gay
subculture
and
a
thriving
gay
dating
scene
(Daily
News
&
Analysis,
Sept.
23)
“He
would
rest
his
head
on
my
shoulder
or
the
other
way
around.
We’d
kiss
—
not
kiss
kiss,
just
mwah.”
George
Tsikhiseli,
a
television
journalist,
on
complaints
that
he
and
his
boyfriend
were
kissing
aboard
a
recent
American
Airlines
flight;
flight
attendants
asked
the
couple
to
stop
(The
New
Yorker,
Sept.
25)
“I
believe
homophobia,
and
not
homosexuality,
is
the
sin.
Marry
‘em
all;
let
God
sort
it
out.”
Rev.
Michael
Morran,
minister
of
the
First
Unitarian
Society
of
Denver,
on
gay
marriage
(Rocky
Mountain
News,
Sept.25)
“I
tell
them
that
whatever
they
do
to
my
daughter
that
night,
they
better
be
prepared
to
come
home
and
do
it
to
me
too.”
Sean
Penn,
on
the
advice
he
gives
to
his
15-year-old
daughter’s
dates
(Dlisted,
Sept.
24)
