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Compiled by Rex Wockner

Published Thursday, 23-Aug-2007 in issue 1026

“Merv Griffin was an example of how dangerous the closet can be – and how the closet and power are a combustible combination that adversely affects so many other lives. We should point to his life for GLBT youth and say, ‘Don’t let this happen to you. Don’t let your closet compromise you to the point where you are actively harming your own people, even though you have the power to do so much good.’”

Author and Sirius Satellite Radio host Michelangelo Signorile in an Aug. 12 syndicated column. Griffin died Aug. 12 at age 82, of prostate cancer. He hosted a TV talk show from 1965 to 1986, created the game shows “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune,” and was a singer whose biggest hit was “I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts.”

“It is no longer enough for Democrats to be better on our issues than Republicans. Democrats must be better Democrats. [R]ecycled talking points on marriage are no longer acceptable.”

The National Stonewall Democrats in response to the Aug. 9 Democratic presidential candidates’ forum on GLBT issues, which was hosted by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and the gay cable channel Logo, which broadcast it live.

“Clinton is solid, Edwards is slick, and Obama is nervous at presidential forum”

Headline on Brent Hartinger’s AfterElton.com blog entry on the HRC/Logo Democratic presidential candidates’ forum on GLBT issues, Aug. 10.

“[W]hile all candidates last night spoke passionately about equality, none of the front-runners – Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards – is in favor of same-sex marriage. They don’t get it. There is no such thing as partial equality. You either have equality or you don’t.”

Activist Alan Van Capelle writing in the New York Post about the HRC/Logo Democratic presidential candidates’ forum on GLBT issues, Aug. 10

“I have never hidden my bisexuality. But since I’ve been with Brad [Pitt], I abandoned women. Now there is no room for that or S&M in my life.”

Actress Angelina Jolie to France’s Public magazine, according to the Aug. 13 edition of The Australian daily newspaper.

“The firefighters were also targets of gross sexual gestures to include the following: exposure of genitals, blowing kisses, grabbing of the crotch, rubbing of nipples, tongue gestures, men hugging and kissing one another passionately, many of them wearing make-up and dressed like women. Although the firefighters were not physically assaulted, the gestures were clearly directed towards them.”

From a press release from the conservative Thomas More Law Center about the San Diego Pride parade brouhaha.

“When was the last time you performed oral sex on your boyfriend? See, I don’t think you should answer that question. It’s an improper question, and so is yours. My sexual orientation is none of your business and whether or not you performed oral sex on your boyfriend is none of my business.”

Former New York Mayor Ed Koch when asked Aug. 3 by TimeOut New York, “Are you gay?”