“I think that arguments against gay marriage are just ridiculous! Who cares? People want to get married for the same reason I wanted to get married. They want to do it in front of their friends and family. They want it to be a legally binding thing. They want to have that commitment. The idea that there’s some moral issue about it is so ridiculous.”

“Are you ready for a president again who actually respects science and believes we ought to listen to scientists on – oh, let’s say, global climate change and stem cell research? Are you ready for a government that treats all Americans with dignity and equality no matter who you are and who you love? Are you ready to replace cronyism with competence again?”

“I feel that if I had been more mysterious about my own sexuality and played it a little more ambiguous, I probably would have sold more records and had more supporters, and sometimes I do bemoan the fact that I didn’t go that route.”

“At the same time that sero-sorting has been widely adopted in SF, HIV-infection rates are dropping. And who deserves credit for this ‘prevention success’? Average rank-and-file, commonsensical gay men that adopted the practice without any ‘institutional support.’ Credit shouldn’t go to AIDS prevention orgs.”