Words matter. These are the best Lance Loud Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Unlike straight men, who have the luxury of being slobs because women usually expect them to be, gay men – whether preppies, fashion victims, or jocks – are thought to be more obsessed with how they look because they dress for themselves and, consequently, for each other.
Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty.
I had been found in a mud puddle at 4:30 in the morning.
Perhaps there is no agony worse than the tedium I experienced waiting for Something to Happen.
Too pop for punk, too ‘old school’ for the New Wave, Mumps were a ’70s era New York rock band, out of time.
Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images.
If there is a gay uniform, the differences are in how each man coordinates the details: the brand and cut of the jeans, the design of belts and boots, the haircut, the number and size of earrings.
In 1970, television ate my family. The Andy Warhol prophecy of 15 minutes of fame for any and everyone blew up on our doorstep.
As I was coming out of the closet, our car was hurtling over an embankment.
Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography.
As anyone who is gay will confirm, being that way is not something you become, it is a set of emotional and physical responses that just are.
My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.
For the naysayers that claimed ‘American Family’ revealed us to be vacant, unloving, uncaring morons of the materialistic ’70s, this image will be proven wrong when Mom and Dad remarry… Make no mistake. This is not to emphasize the sadness of my demise but rather emphasize the love of my family and friends.
My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on.
I believed I was invincible.
