[lit-ideas] Gay Abandon
- From: John McCreery <mccreery@xxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 13:34:20 +0900
The following examples of gay humor were collected by Robert Lawless
and posted on Anthro-L. Enjoy.
> If homosexuality is a disease, let's all call in queer to work: "Hello.
> Can't work today, still queer."
> ~ Robin Tyler
>
> I'd rather be black than gay because when you're black you don't have
> to
> tell your mother.
> ~ Charles Pierce
>
> "Dear Abby," In response to a reader who complained that a gay couple
> was
> moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to
> improve
> the quality of the neighborhood. 'You could move.'
> ~ Abigail Van Buren.
>
> The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that
> the
> next time the government mandates a draft, we can all declare we are
> homosexual instead of running off to Canada
> ~ Lorne Bloch
>
> Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they
> are
> just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, "Who'd you call a
> faggot?"
> ~ Jon Stewart
>
> My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there
> praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share.
> ~ Rita Mae Brown
>
> 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.
> ~ Letter to the Editor, the Advocate
>
> You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to
> be
> able to shoot straight.
> ~ Barry Goldwater
>
> Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men
> holding guns than holding hands?
> ~ Ernest Gaines
>
> My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it
> were
> broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
> ~ W. Somerset Maugham
>
> Drag is when a man wears everything a lesbian won't.
> ~ Author Unknown
>
> If male homosexuals are called "gay," then female homosexuals should be
> called "ecstatic."
> ~ Shelly Roberts
>
> My mother took me to a psychiatrist when I was fifteen because she
> thought
> I was a latent homosexual. There was nothing latent about it.
> ~ Amanda Bearse
>
> It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality.
> It's
> like disapproving of rain.....
> ~ Fran Maude
>
> The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.....
> ~ Rita Mae Brown
>
> The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362
> admonishments
> to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love
> heterosexuals.
> It's just that they need more supervision.
>
John L. McCreery
The Word Works, Ltd.
55-13-202 Miyagaya, Nishi-ku
Yokohama, Japan 220-0006
Tel 81-45-314-9324
Email John.McCreery@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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