When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one. – Epitaph of Leonard P. Matlovich, 1988

I have the solution to the “problem” of gays in the military: Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture, or death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly, we should not be used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons. – Robert Patrick, Los Angeles, California, letter to the editor, The Advocate, 199

My urges to write poetry are lesbian, but whatever compels me to prose is straight. – Agavé Powers, 1994