"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.

"I identify as gay as a political stance. If anybody, prior to my meeting and falling in love with Christine (Marinoni), had asked me about what I think about sexuality, I would have said I think we're all bisexual. But I had that point of view without ever having felt attracted to a woman. I had never met a woman I was attracted to (before Christine). And maybe if I'd met her when I was 20, I would have fallen in love and only dated women. But maybe if I'd met her at 20, I wouldn't have responded at all. Who knows?"

--Openly lesbian Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon (Miranda) to The Advocate, June issue.

"A new phase in the gay rights movement -- the serious civil disobedience era -- has arrived. It's time. ... We have to make ignoring our demands and breaking their promises -- on DADT, ENDA, DOMA -- more trouble for our 'friends' in the Democratic party and the White House than making good on their promises ever could be."

--Gay writer Dan Savage, on his blog, April 20.

"I cried. It knocked me on my ass, really. I feel so in control of my life and my body, and then this comes, and it's completely out of my hands."

--Martina Navratilova to People magazine April 7 on being diagnosed with breast cancer.