A collection of outrageous, hilarious, encouraging, and infuriating quotes from all over the map

"I know there are differences on same-sex marriage, but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters deserve to visit the person they love in the hospital and to live lives free of discrimination."

-Barach Obama in his Democratic Presidential Candidate Acceptance Speech at the Democratic National Convention

"Assimilation is killing us. We are falling into a trap. Some of us adopt an apologetic stance, stating 'that's just the way I am' (read: 'I'd be straight if I could.')"

-Q.U.A.S.H. in the article "Assimilation Is Killing Us: Fight for a Queer United Front"

"You know how many people came to me calling me gay 'cause I wear my jeans the fresh way? Or because I said, 'Hey, dude, how you gonna say "fag" right in front of a gay dude's face and act like that's OK?' That shit is disrespectful." 

-Kanye West, at his Madison Square Garden Concert, August 5

"I wanna grow into something none of us have ever seen before
And gender is just one of the ways
We’re boxed in and labeled before we’re ever able
To speak who we believe we are
Or who we dream we’ll become"

-Andrea Gibson, in her poem, "Andrew"

"When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one." 

-Epitaph of Leonard P. Matlovich, 1988

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

-Robin Tyler

"In addition to being a perversion of God's plan and of a sacred institution, intergender marriage creates a very slippery slope-if a man is allowed to marry a woman, what's to stop him from tying the knot with a child, a dog, a mushroom, a bagel, or an oil rig?
It's time to wake up. Only through a ban at the federal level can this abomination be expunged from our society and family tradition protected."

-Facebook Group "Outlaw Intergender Marriage", mocking the arguments against gay marriage

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

-Ernest Gaines