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

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation. – Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986)

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