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Compiled by Rex Wockner

Published Thursday, 08-Dec-2005 in issue 937

“I never thought twice about it. For one thing, I never felt like I had anything at stake, and I think if you make decisions based on society’s opinions, you’re going to make boring choices. What terrified me was self-doubt. I knew that if I was going to do justice to this character, to this story and to this form of love, I was really going to have to mature as an actor, and as a person.”

Actor Heath Ledger on his role as a gay cowboy in the upcoming film Brokeback Mountain, to Newsweek, Nov. 21.

“The whole voting-machine deal – I’m never going to believe an election again until something changes. It all just makes you paranoid.”

Openly gay actress Lily Tomlin to the Dallas Voice, Oct. 21.

“I’m still trying to get over my own homophobia. I still wouldn’t feel comfortable at a gay bar. I wouldn’t go to a gay parade. I don’t know if I’m in favor of gay marriage or not.”

Rapper Kanye West to King magazine, January 2006 issue. The magazine named him man of the year.

“The queer frontier looks like middle school. People are coming out younger and younger, which is great because it eliminates all those tortured, wasted teenage years in the closet. It also decreases the likelihood that people will continue behaving like teenagers into their 20s, 30s and 40s, like my generation did. Or is still doing.”

“Dykes To Watch Out For” cartoonist Alison Bechdel to the Dallas Voice, Oct. 28.

“Eye cream seems so expensive. I can’t believe it really works. Then I feel like if I start using it, I will grow dependent on it, and if I stop, my eyes will stretch out.”

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, who does not discuss his sexual orientation with the media, to People magazine, Nov. 15.

“There is no concern as far as how the league will treat me. I have spoken with the president of the league and she was very encouraging and very supportive and told me: ‘Sheryl, your sexual preference has nothing to do with who you are on the court and who you are off the court. What you choose to do is your business and we’re happy for you; we’re proud for you. That’s the most important thing – your happiness.’”

Newly out WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes to PlanetOut.com, Nov. 6.

“The Church cannot admit to the priesthood those who practice homosexuality, have deeply rooted homosexual tendencies or those who support the so-called ‘gay culture.’ … Those tendencies that might be just an expression of a passing problem, such as from adolescence that hasn’t been acted on, must be clearly overcome at least three years before ordination as a deacon.”

From the new Vatican document “Instruction on the criteria of vocational discernment regarding people with homosexual tendencies in view of their admission to the priesthood and to sacred orders,” released Nov. 29.