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Compiled by Rex Wockner

Published Thursday, 23-Jun-2005 in issue 913

“I never would have thought my life would have turned out this way: To have money. Or to have a gorgeous girlfriend [Portia de Rossi]. I just feel so lucky with everything in my life right now.”

— Ellen DeGeneres to Allure magazine, June issue.

“It’s not the type of thing that I wear on my sleeve, if you will. But many people were already aware of the fact that I am gay [before GOP operatives gay-baited me in the election].”

— Newly elected Redondo Beach Mayor Mike Gin, a Republican, to the Los Angeles Times, May 19.

“Getting married is much more thrilling than ‘The Amazing Race’ because the prize at the end is true love and a happy life ever after.”

— Lynn Warren, a contestant on the most-recent season of TV’s “The Amazing Race,” after marrying his boyfriend, Alex Ali, in Ottawa, Canada, June 1. Eight of Canada’s 13 provinces and territories have legalized same-sex marriage. There are no residency requirements or, except in Quebec, waiting periods.

“If a case was to come before the current Supreme Court, I think the chances are very high the state amendments [banning same-sex marriage] would be struck down under the Equal Protection Clause. By the time a case gets there, however, it’s likely there will be two or three resignations. This is what makes the next appointments to the Supreme Court so critical – not only for us, but for so many other human-justice issues.”

— National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Executive Director Matt Foreman to this column, June 1.

“The best thing are the stage door Johnnies, Joeys, Julios, Waynes, Duanes, Zacks, Daks and the ubiquitous Terrys. The worst thing are the panty hose. We have to call the fire department; they bring a cherry picker; it’s ugly.”

— Gay actor/comedian/comedy writer Bruce Vilanch, asked June 1 by this column to identify the best and worst thing about doing Hairspray on Broadway.

“I was not one of those buffed, manicured, pomaded homos that are all over the airwaves. Homosexuals are not put on this earth to tell women what blouses to wear. We’re not just pets for women.”

— “Kids in the Hall” comedian Scott Thompson to the Canadian Press wire service, May 27.

“Cum like a porn star, all over my back. … Fucking without condoms is the most common way that gay men pass on HIV. Pre-cum has HIV in it but cum has a lot more. If you fuck without a condom, don’t cum in his arse. Reduce the risk: CUM OUTSIDE!”

— Controversial full-page ad running in the U.K. gay press from the organization Action for Gay Men’s Health.