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

Homosexuality is a sickness, just as are baby-rape or wanting to become head of General Motors. – Eldridge Cleaver, "Notes on a Native Son," Soul on Ice, 1968

If horse racing is the sport of kings, then drag racing must be the sport of queens. – Bert Randolph Sugar (1937–2012)

One should no more deplore homosexuality than left-handedness. – Towards a Quaker View of Sex, 1964