What gay culture is before it is anything else, before it is a culture of desire or a culture of subversion or a culture of pain, is a culture of friendship.

Anything that raises any internal honesty about gay life is inherently suspect.

The essence of romantic love is not the company of a lover but the pursuit.

I think there were two great gay Americans obviously, and that was Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman.

I'm gay. I always have been and I always will be, and I'm happy.

The Dixiecrats meet again in New York. Now they're called Republicans.

Here’s why I find it impossible to be a Republican: any crowd that instantly cheers the execution of 234 individuals is a crowd I want to flee, not join.