English: Andy Murray, Australian Open 2010 Quarterfinals. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)   “I would hope there are no issues on the tour. You know, there have to be some players who are probably gay but I don’t think other players have any issues with it.” -- British tennis player Andy Murray, ranked No. 2 in the world, responds to a ... [Read]

"The debate in Indian country is very similar to the debate in the United States in that you have strong feelings going both ways. What you see in Indian country is this struggle between the historical accepting of the two-spirit individuals versus the relatively new but yet very strong Christian influences." -- Elizabeth Ann Kronk, member of the Sault Ste. ... [Read]

"He was raped with beer bottles and had his skull smashed with a stone." Natalia Kunitskaya, spokesperson for investigators for the Russian city of Volgograd, on the brutal murder of a 23-year-old man. She confirmed that the attack was believed to be a hate crime. Two men, aged 22 and 27, have been detained; they had been out drinking with ... [Read]

“[G]ay people can just grow their own food.” An unidentified staffer for Washington state Sen. Sharron Brown (R), who has introduced a bill to grant businesses the right to deny services to any individual based for religious reasons, answers the question of what gays who live in rural areas are refused service by the only local grocery store. Source: The ... [Read]

"The truth is we don't have enough openly gay and lesbian MPs being selected for parliament; just as we don't have enough black and minority ethnic MPs and we don't have enough women MPs. Parliament ought to represent the country -- it ought to look like the country that we stand for and represent." -- Shadow Home Secretary and ... [Read]

"Just an FYI. I am NOT a part of the NFL draft. I am training right now with hopes of landing a tryout at a training camp in a couple months!" -- A tweet by Alan Gendreau, the 23-year-old openly gay former Middle Tennessee State placekicker who created a buzz earlier last week when it was thought he might ... [Read]

"Ooh, boy, I have so many. Josh Gad. Brian Williams. Patrick Stewart. Nathan Fillion. Kobe Bryant. Chaz Bono. . . . I'm not picky." Community star Joel McHale, in an interview with The Advocate, who asked if he had a "dude crush." McHale noted that he finds "it really weird when guys flip out over someone thinking they might ... [Read]

"I always had dreams and plans of doing my own thing and creating my own image, so it came a little sooner than I thought it would, but this is still something I knew I would be going through and would have to experience." E.J. Johnson, son of basketball legend Magic Johnson, on his recent coming out via paparazzi ... [Read]

"Nothing about being gay makes one inherently more or less prone to meningitis; likewise nor does being straight lower risks." Health editor James Hamblin on the fears among some in the gay community about the diseases, which most recently killed a Los Angeles lawyer. Hambling notes that meningitis, which is transmitted through the nose and mouth, is no more ... [Read]

"In our society, the meaning of marriage is universal -- it's a declaration of love and commitment to a special person. Nothing could make me more proud to be a New Zealander than passing this bill." New Zealand Member of Parliament Louisa Wall, sponsor of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in New Zealand. It's the 13th nation in the ... [Read]

"Bullying players made him feel better.... I can't believe that anywhere else in the country it is worse than this -- it's the absolute worst." Eric Murdock, former director of player development for Rutgers, commenting on the hours of video showing basketball coach Mike Rice throwing balls at players and berating them with epithets including "faggots," "pussies" and "sissy ... [Read]

"[W]e felt she was obviously Princess Diana and would be discovered at any minute. But people just seemed to blank her. She sort of disappeared. But she loved it." British actress Cleo Rocos describes her night out at a gay club with Queen frontman Freddy Mercury and a male-drag-wearing Princess Diana in the late 1980s. In her new book, ... [Read]

"We do not want to create hatred towards LGBT but it's just that we need to convince people not to get involved in such activities." Malaysian deputy education minister Mohd Puad Zarkashi defends the performances in schools of the anti-gay musical Abnormal Desire, which depicts LGBT people with offensive stereotypes until the end of the play when the characters ... [Read]

"Not many gay men [in Singapore] would pick up a copy of a magazine like this on a newsstand -- that's just the culture here." -- Hirokazu Mizuhara, managing director of Element magazine, an online-only magazine targeted to gay men Singapore and the rest of Asia. The bi-monthly, launching sometime in April, bills itself as "the voice of gay Asia," ... [Read]

"I started feeling very different and it was a case of, 'All right, I'm good at football and I get attention from girls. Why don't I want that? What's wrong with me?' I realised I was gay when I was 14 or 15. I was like, 'I want to play football. But there are no gay footballers. What am ... [Read]

"Suppose a state said, because we think that the focus of marriage really should be on procreation, we're not going to give marriage anymore to any couple where both people are over the age of 55. Would that be constitutional?" -- Justice Elena Kagan "If you redefine marriage to include same-sex couples, you must -- you must permit adoption ... [Read]

"No to gayxtremism." -- A banner spotted during Sunday's anti-gay marriage demonstration in France. The protest, which drew an estimated 1.4 million participants, spilled over to the Champs Elysees, which runs past French President Francois Holland's home, requiring police to use batons and tear gas to dispel the crowd. As a vote on gay marriage and adoption draws near, ... [Read]

"I'm not gay. So I'm not going to marry one." -- Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), when asked by Politico if his views on gay marriage had changed. The D.C.-based publication spoke with several Democratic and Republican congressmen about gay marriage on the heels of Ohio Republican Senator Rob Portman's declaration of support for same-sex marriage, and found a "disconnect between ... [Read]

"[I]t's called a women's act, but then they have men dressed up as women, they count that. Change-gender, or whatever. How is that -- how is that a woman?" -- Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) airs his complaints about the expansion of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to included protections for transgender people. (Think Progress) Follow @metroweekly Join our mailing ... [Read]

"Bob is 15 years old, and the only openly gay Scout in a Boy Scout troop. Is it acceptable or unacceptable for the troop leader to allow Bob to tent with a heterosexual boy on an overnight camping trip?" "Tom started in the program as a Tiger Cub, and finished every requirement for the Eagle Scout Award at 16 years ... [Read]

"We are implacably opposed to all forms of discrimination, whether rooted in gender, race, colour, creed, political belief or other grounds." -- Britain's Commonwealth Charter, which Queen Elizabeth II is expected to sign on Sunday, March 10. The historic document supports gay rights and gender equality. ... [Read]

"Do you want to wake up tomorrow? I'll make one phone call." -- Antique-store owner Daniel Seldin, describing in a police report what Mary-Louise Parker allegedly said to him while in his Saugerties, N.Y., antique store in January. She was reportedly there supporting a friend to whom Seldin owed money. The shop owner also alleges Parker called him a "fag." ... [Read]

"We were asked how to report about same-sex couples who call themselves 'husband' and 'wife.' Our view is that such terms may be used in AP content if those involved have regularly used those terms ('Smith is survived by his husband, John Jones') or in quotes attributed to them. Generally AP uses couples or partners to describe people in ... [Read]

Chris Culliver of the San Francisco 49ers participateed in an impromptu interview Jan. 29 with provocative talk-show host Artie Lange, and his comments about gay men and gay teammates have caused quite a stir ahead of the Super Bowl.  After asking Culliver how many "white chicks" he would "bang," Lange asked him if any gay men had approached him and ... [Read]

"It's shocking by the sheer fact that it's me. Otherwise, it's entirely unshocking that I'm playing Allen Ginsberg in a film about self and sexual discovery, and there's a sex scene. As my costar Dane DeHaan said, people are often attracted to each other and people who are attracted to each other often want to have sex. I'm just ... [Read]

"Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law. For if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well." -- President Barack Obama in his 2013 Inaugural Address. Follow @metroweekly ... [Read]

"Parliament is due to pass legislation shortly to allow for the first child of Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge to rule as monarch regardless of whether they are a boy or a girl. Now Labour MP Paul Flynn is gathering support for an amendment that will extend the protection to include the ... [Read]

"CBS, the television network airing the big game this year, is now using an outspoken homosexual actor to mimic Tim Tebow's style of trumpeting messages in eyeblack on his face. One football fan who watched the CBS promo Sunday made the connection between Harris and Tebow, saying, 'They're pushing a gay agenda by using him, and they're mocking Christians ... [Read]