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“Open your minds … You know how many people came to me calling me gay cause I wear my jeans the fresh way? Or because I said hey, dude, how you gonna say ‘fag’ right in front of a gay dude’s face and act like that’s OK. That shit is disrespectful.”
Hip hop artist Kanye West speaking out against homophobia to the audience at his Aug. 5 show at Madison Square Garden (Towleroad.com, Aug. 7)
“Homophobia — in all its forms — is one of the top five barriers to ending this epidemic, worldwide. The fight against the epidemic is entering a new phase, and if governments and NGOs and international organizations like my own do not take up the fight for gay rights, and the rights of all people with diverse sexuality, we will not end AIDS.”
Peter Piot, outgoing director of UNAIDS, addressing the MSM Global Forum on Aug. 1 as the International AIDs Conference got underway in Mexico City. (aids2008.com, Aug. 3)
“I am not homophobic. I am not a gay-basher. I didn’t say anything that was negative nor derogatory. I would never do a commercial if I thought it was offensive to anyone.
Mr. T in an interview with conservative talk show host Bill O’Reilly, reacting to criticism of his recent British commercial for Snickers that showed him shooting an effeminate speed-walker with candy bars while berating him to “run like a real man” and “get some nuts.” (Fox News, Aug. 7)
‘’The general atmosphere in Jamaica is a feeling of no tolerance towards homosexuals in general, and as such, . . . the respondent’s life is definitely at risk.’’
Immigration Judge Irma Lopez-Defillo, deferring a deportation order for a lesbian Jamaican currently living in South Florida. (Miami Herald, Aug. 8)
“It was really cute. First Heather proposed to Caroline, then Caroline proposed to her.”
Heather Matarazzo Photo by AP
Publicist Lisa Jammal discussing actress Heather Matarazzo’s engagement to Caroline Murphy. Matarazzo played opposite Anne Hathaway in “The Princess Diaries.” (E! Online, July 31)
“Civil rights are commonly hard-won, and not the result of widespread consensus. … Californians have accused the state Supreme Court of obstructing the people’s will on marriage before — in 1948, when it struck down a ban on interracial marriages. Fundamental rights are exactly that. They should neither wait for popular acceptance, nor be revoked because it is lacking.”
Editorial by the Los Angeles Times urging readers to vote against Proposition 8, the November ballot measure that would stop gay marriages in the state. (Los Angeles Times, Aug. 8)
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