The Gay and Lesbian Quotation Book

by Quentin Crisp (Editor)

"Ideas of being gay" Quentin Crisp has written, "have altered more rapidly ni the past century than in all of previous recorded time." This book dramatically documents that change through quotations - both historical and contemporary - from sources as diverse as Aristotle and Woody Allen, Mae West and Rita Mae Brown, Michelangelo and Margaret Mead. Arranged chronologically, the quotes are grouped into sections by subject-Coming Out, Gayness, Sexuality, Beauty, Art and Literature, Education, Separation and Loneliness, Religion, Employment and Money, Politics and the Law, Homophobics, Gender, Psychology and Health.

185 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1995

About the author

Quentin Crisp, born Denis Charles Pratt, was an English writer, artist's model, actor and raconteur known for his memorable and insightful witticisms. He became a gay icon in the 1970s after publication of his memoir, The Naked Civil Servant, brought to the attention of the general public his defiant exhibitionism and longstanding refusal to remain in the closet.