#sex

Rumor had it that he was homosexual; in reality, in recent years, he was simply a garden-variety alcoholic. ↗

— Michel Houellebecq

#homosexuality

It's imprecise and insufficient, defining the homosexual as a person whose gender expression is at odds with his or her sex. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#homosexuality #homosexuality

I am reminded of a colleague who reiterated "all my homosexual patients are quite sick" - to which I finally replied "so are all my heterosexual patients. ↗

— Ernest Van den Haag

#homosexuality

I'm not the kind of faggot who wants to put a rainbow sticker on a machine gun. ↗

— C.A. Conrad

#war #homosexuality

There is no indication that any church official suggested or supported the emperor's action against gay people. On the contrary, the only persons known by name to have been punished for homosexual acts were prominent bishops. ↗

— John Boswell

#christianity #church #gay-rights #roman-empire #homosexuality

But gay marriage is coming to America first and foremost because marriage here is a secular concern, not a religious one. The objection to gay marriage is almost invariably biblical, but nobody's legal vows in this country are defined by interpretation of biblical verse - or at least, not since the Supreme Court stood up for Richard and Mildred Loving. A church wedding ceremony is a nice thing, but it is neither required for legal marriage in America nor does it constitute legal marriage in America. What constitutes legal marriage in this country is that critical piece of paper that you and your betrothed must sign and then register with the state. The morality of your marriage may indeed rest between you and God, but it's that civic and secular paperwork which makes your vows official here on earth. Ultimately, then, it is the business of America's courts, not America's churches, to decide the rules of matrimonial law, and it is in those courts that the same-sex marriage debate will finally be settled. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#gay-rights #marriage #same-sex-marriage #business

I am the Love that Dare not Speak its Name ↗

— Alfred B. Douglas

#history #homosexuality #love #male #suspense

A pink razor is like a mouse, where ever it is the pussy will follow. ↗

— Helen Ellis

#sex #infidelity

The Irish people didn't get on that well with each other either. They hated the Catholics, was the main issue, as I see. You can't blame them for that. If I understand correctly, Catholics do not believe in contraception. So, you know, sex is not relaxing. ↗

— Jaclyn Moriarty

#contraception #history-of-ireland #sex #catholicism

The most important thing in life is your family. There are days you love them, and others you don't. But, in the end, they're the people you always come home to. Sometimes it's the family you're born into and sometimes it's the one you make for yourself. ↗

— Candice Bergen

#sex-and-the-city #family