#homosexual

I don't think it negates your skills as a parent if you're homosexual. ↗

— Rosie O'Donnell

#i #parent #skills #think #you

I want the same standard applied to homosexuals as is applied to heterosexuals. ↗

— Rosie O'Donnell

#heterosexuals #homosexuals #i #same #standard

The homosexual community has more acceptance in America than it ever has, and the suicide rate is as high as it's always been. ↗

— Randall Terry

#always #america #been #community #ever

The monkish vows keep us far from that sink of vice that is the female body, but often they bring us close to other errors. Can I finally hide from myself the fact that even today my old age is still stirred by the noonday demon when my eyes, in choir, happen to linger on the beardless face of a novice, pure and fresh as a maiden's? ↗

— Umberto Eco

#hypocrisy #lust #misogyny #monks #pedophilia

Why children?' he asked. 'Why always children? For love to end where it begins is far more beautiful, and Nature knows it. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#homosexuality #love #nature #parenting #sterility

To some perhaps it may appear a little strained to place this last-mentioned form of attachment on a level of importance with the others, and such persons may be inclined to deny to the homogenic [...] or homosexual love that intense, that penetrating, and at times overmastering character which would entitle it to rank as a great human passion. But in truth this view, when entertained, arises from a want of acquaintance with the actual facts. ↗

— Edward Carpenter

#homophobia #homosexuality #ignorance #love #passion

For myself I couldn't care less, but I have a lover. Not a partner, Susannah, or a friend or a significant euphemism, but the love of my life. And he believes. And I've watched him tie himself in knots, as he struggles to find a place for himself in texts that were written thousands of years ago, with the deliberate aim of excluding him. ↗

— Michael Arditti

#homosexuality #religion #life

In a sense,’ Foucault concluded with a flourish, ‘all the rest of my life I’ve been trying to do intellectual things that would attract beautiful boys. ↗

— James Miller

#homosexuality #beauty

When asked why I don't believe in God I reply, quite simply, "vaginas". ↗

— Robert Clark

#humour #religion #women #religion

This is a team of gay dudes, isn't it?" What gave it away? The pink shirts, or half our team drooling over you? ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#humour #lgbt #perfect