“If we had children, I think we’d (Jane Wagner and I) probably get married. I have friends who have children. My friends have two boys and the boys want them to get married. It means something to the kids.”

“Sometimes people ask me, ‘How does being gay affect the way that you see the world?’ And I’m, like, ‘I don’t know, I’ve been gay since I was 17!’ I’ve never not been gay and seen the world. So I’ve never been a broadcaster who didn’t have an AIDS activist background. So I don’t know how it changed me. I mean, it’s definitely changed some of my political orientation. I learned from the AIDS movement that people should speak for themselves. And I think that maybe manifests on my show ... in that I do long introductions before I let guests talk usually, but then the payoff is that they get to talk without being interrupted.”

“I understand why this discussion (of whether gay journalists are or should be activists) exists in North America where too many journalists still worship the false god of ‘objectivity,’ a nonexistent state of mind. I can also see why a gay journalist working in a mainstream paper has to avoid getting the ‘activist’ label. But I’m saddened that some journalists working at gay papers won’t embrace the label. ... If we’re doing our jobs, aren’t we helping our communities find their place in the sun in a world that still largely hates homos? How do you really help your lesbian and gay readers without getting in the battle beside them? You don’t. Of course, you still have to keep your head, be analytical and show perspective. But you can do that while admitting you’re an activist journalist.”