"Kelli and I are still close. Like many gay families that I know, gay women especially who have children together, we remain friends. Not that heterosexual people don't or can't do it, but every gay woman I know is friends with her exes, and they're involved with their lives in some capacity. Kelli is a big part of what made this family so amazing and what continues to."

--Rosie O'Donnell to the Los Angeles Times, Jan. 31.

"I want him (Obama) to succeed. But I am very upset by what he's not done in terms of rights of gays and lesbians. I understand it tactically in a campaign, but at this point I don't know. There is some belief that he actually doesn't believe in same-sex marriage. But it's fundamentally inexcusable for a member of the Democratic Party to stand on the principle that separate is now equal, but only on the basis of sexual orientation. We've always fought for the rights of minorities and against the whims of majorities."

--San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to The New York Times, Jan. 19.

"Our (gay) leaders are no longer 'the community.' With the advent of the Internet and modern communications, we are all (the Human Rights Campaign). Pam Spaulding is HRC. Mike Signorile is HRC. Dan Savage is HRC. Joe Jervis is HRC. Jeremy Hooper is HRC. Andy Towle is HRC. The 'Join the Impact' kids are HRC. And even Rachel Maddow is HRC. Our national organizations no longer have a monopoly on message or activism. And while the Obama administration and the DNC continue to control many of our leaders, our people become more angered by the day. ... We have shown with this blog, and our new generation of gay leaders across the country have proven with their successful activism that those who would stand in the way of our human rights cannot keep us silent by simply buying off our leaders that they cannot forestall bad press and the increasing ire of a core Democratic constituency by simply keeping our traditional groups and our representatives in Congress at bay."

--AMERICAblog's John Aravosis, Jan. 9.

"Happy Harlem Holidays!! Finally arrived (layover in Vegas -- won $9.50 in slots!), got us a tree, about to trim. Yeah, that kinda trim."

--Gay actor Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser) in a Dec. 21 tweet.

"As a community, we have to support only candidates who are 100 percent for equality ... and this includes support for marriage equality and for coverage for transition-related health care for transgender people. As a community, we must help to advance those candidates who support us all the way, and refuse to give to those candidates who do not. We must elect legislators, governors and other officials who will fully support our equality once they are in office."

--Equality California Executive Director Geoff Kors writing at lgbtpov.com, Dec. 5.