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Compiled by Rex Wockner

Published Thursday, 26-Oct-2006 in issue 983

“Unfortunately, I am single, yes, but I’m too exhausted for anything else and being gay is a young man’s game. Now no one wants me. Being gay and being a woman has one big thing in common, which is that we both become invisible after the age of 42. Who wants a gay 50-year-old? No one, let me tell you. I could set myself on fire in a gay bar, and people would just light their cigarettes from me.”

Actor Rupert Everett, 47, to England’s Daily Telegraph, Sept. 19.

“I’ve probably been surprised at how positive things have been as opposed to how negative, because I went into it [coming out] prepared to deal with all the negative stuff that was gonna happen, and … so far everything has gone a lot better than I thought it would.”

Olympic gold medalist and WNBA Most Valuable Player Sheryl Swoopes to the national lesbian magazine Curve, October issue.

“There is no gay gene – that is the biggest crock out there at the moment. I’m making a call to other gay writers to say the period of identity politics is over. I’m saying to everyone, use your talents – if you’re gay, black, Asian, whatever – use them to address universal human questions. Stop trying to push young gays back into the ghetto; let them out, let them think of addressing and speaking to a general audience.”

Author Camille Paglia to the British lesbian magazine Diva, October issue.

“The only time I took Ecstasy was years and years ago. It was absolutely amazing. It was just fantastic – really, really fun. … I’ve tried loads of drugs, but it would really bug me if I got busted in the tabloids because I take them so rarely.”

Gay British TV celebrity Graham Norton to Marie Claire magazine, Oct. 7.

“I’ve dodged so many bullets. Not just because of unsafe sex, but because of the amount of drugs I did, the amount of alcohol, the amount of work I was doing. I started the Elton John AIDS Foundation because I got so lucky.”

Elton John to“Access Hollywood,” according to a Sept. 28 Associated Press filing.

“I live in Colorado Springs, home of God. There are more Christian ministries in this town than you can shake a Harry Potter book at. Apparently, this makes us some sort of Christian Mecca. I’m not buying it. The ugly truth is that we are a town divided by hate. It’s the granola-eating, pacifist, pro-homosexual tree-huggers versus the holier-than-thou, flag-waving, pro-life Bible-thumpers, and we have been divided for a decade. We don’t have time to stand in the park and yell at each other, so we wage war with our bumper stickers. ‘FOCUS ON YOUR OWN DAMN FAMILY’ is a popular bumper sticker that reveals more about our community than about any organization.”

Self-described “Christian conservative” columnist Kevin Feldotto in The Colorado Springs Independent Newsweekly, Sept. 14.

Assistance: Bill Kelley