"Brilliant. Love him. Want him (lawyer Ted Olson) on our side on all the issues we care about."

--National Center for Lesbian Rights Executive Director Kate Kendell live-tweeting from the closing arguments of the federal Prop 8 trial in San Francisco, June 16.

"It's so easy to hear the negative and not the positive, especially if you make the mistake of looking at the Internet, where everybody whines and bitches about everything. So one of the things that I've been working on in the past couple months in particular is to really focus on positivity and really just enjoy myself and enjoy what I do."

--Singer Adam Lambert to the gay magazine Frontiers IN L.A., June 2.

"We've heard all we can stand to hear from leaders in Congress. They promised a vote this calendar year and we expect them to honor their word. As the window continues to slowly close on available legislative calendar dates to vote on ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act) in the House and in the Senate, we will continue to hold Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader (Harry) Reid accountable for the direct promise they made to the LGBT community. Our community has done the work to lobby and educate members of Congress on the need for a fully inclusive ENDA and now is the time to stop the talking and start the voting."

--GetEQUAL co-chair Robin McGehee in a May 19 statement.