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Compiled by Rex Wockner

Published Thursday, 06-Jan-2005 in issue 889

“There’s something about a group of women doing insane things that appeals to me. I am fascinated by them. ... I like and understand women.I don’t know if it’s a gay thing or not.”

—Openly gay “Desperate Housewives” creator and executive producer Marc Cherry to The Advocate, Dec. 21.

“Several centuries ago it would have been understood that marriage should be available only to opposite-sex couples. The recognition of same-sex marriage in several Canadian jurisdictions as well as two European countries belies the assertion that the same is true today.

—The Supreme Court of Canada Dec. 9, giving its blessing to the federal government’s plan to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. The feds had asked the Supremes for their thoughts on the matter.

“We will move ahead ... with all deliberate speed to introduce legislation which will extend civil marriage to gays and lesbians.”

—Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler Dec. 9 after the Supreme Court of Canada declared that there are no obstacles to nationwide legalization of full same-sex marriage. It already is legal in six provinces and one territory.

“The best thing about the show and something that none of us expected is that it has helped 15-year-olds who think they might be gay to now talk about that. The show is really about people helping people, so it has opened up that dialogue between parents and kids talking about being gay. It has promoted acceptance of gayness as a normal thing in life, not a big deal.”

—Carson Kressley, of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Dec. 13.

“I don’t think I’ve made a point of being openly gay – I’m just secure.I don’t sit on TV and talk about it. I’ve never done interviews for Out Magazine or The Advocate. People always tell me, ‘You helped me come out.’ I always reply, ‘You did that on your own.’”

—Village People Indian Felipe Rose to the Montreal weekly newspaper Hour, Dec. 2.

“If I stay at home too much, if anything it is because I am too contented right now. I have traveled the world many times and, at 41, I think I have earned the right to a quiet life.”

—Gay singer George Michael to Britain’s Heat magazine, Dec. 14.

“I never saw an organization exist so long, raise so much money, and do so little. Their annual budget is $25 million! I think they get a lot of money from rich people in the heartland. I want to ask those people: ‘What are you getting for it?’ This election is a real slap in the face to HRC and their complete ineptitude.”

—Veteran activist and author Larry Kramer on America’s largest gay political organization, the Human Rights Campaign, to The Village Voice, Dec. 15.

“We won’t be copying Elton John’s example and getting married, no. That’s one of the perks of being gay – you don’t have to get married or have kids.”

—Talk-show host Graham Norton to Ireland Online, Dec. 18.