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Compiled by Rex Wockner

Published Thursday, 17-Jul-2003 in issue 812

“Joyce and I have both been surprised by how changed we feel. After exchanging vows, we spent the weekend in Toronto, giving us a chance to test drive being newlyweds in a wonderfully accepting city. We stopped calling each other ‘partner’ and began using ‘spouse.’ When shopkeepers, cab drivers, hotel clerks and waiters asked why we were visiting Canada, we explained we had come to marry — and everyone cheered.”

— Syndicated columnist Deb Price in her July 7 column. Marriage was opened to same-sex couples in Ontario province by a June 10 court ruling that took effect instantly. An identical ruling took effect in British Columbia July 8.

“Some people say to me, ‘Are you worried people will just have sex with you because you’re on television?’ And I have to say, no! I don’t. I don’t care why they’re down there. You know, shallow or profound, it’s all sex. But you find gay men don’t throw themselves at your feet. Because you’re on the TV they’ll want to talk to you, they’ll want to kind of become your friend, but they won’t waste their sex on you. They’re not that stupid, sadly.”

— Wildly popular British talk-show host Graham Norton to Boston’s Bay Windows, June 12.

“The most significant ruling ever for lesbian and gay Americans’ civil rights.... This ruling starts an entirely new chapter in our fight for equality... ”

— Lambda Legal, on the June 26 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing gay sex nationwide.

“I like very much to be thought of as an artist rather than a propagandist or something, but everything informs my sensibility. I was never deceptive in any way [about my lesbianism]. I never went anyplace without Jane [Wagner] — when I can get her to go! She’s not one to fall to social obligations.”

— Lily Tomlin to Los Angeles’ Lesbian News, July issue.

“We’ll never forget this day, not in a million years. We just want to say thank you, Canada. Good karma comes from treating people equally.”

— Brent Scheuerman-Stallone of Kansas City, Missouri, to Canada’s National Post while riding in Toronto’s gay-pride parade June 29 after marrying his partner of 12 years, Steve Scheuerman-Stallone.

“What I do support is a notion that marriage is between a man and a woman.”

— U.S. President George W. Bush during a July 2 press conference.

“Gaydar[.com] just dehumanizes people. It is like ordering a pizza and deciding what topping you want. I’m not being puritanical about it because, my god, I’ve been around myself. But is that all there is to life, just constantly chasing sex? I think a lot of people on the scene do get bored of that.”

— Matthew Todd, assistant editor of the British gay lifestyle glossy Attitude, to London’s The Pink Paper, June 20.