Checking Him Out Quotes

“Married?” my mother said.
I was waiting for, “What, like Elton John?” or some such.
“Yes, Mum.”
“Well, I suppose that means you won’t catch AIDS.”
“Very true,” said I. “Wedding rings are more than adequate protection…”
― Debbie McGowan, Checking Him Out

“He was the love of my new life, a lighthouse I had seen in the distance, the place I needed to get to, to start over, begin again.”
― Debbie McGowan, Checking Him Out

“She knew I was gay. She’d always known, and so was she, except she was so far back in the closet she had a residency visa for Narnia.”
― Debbie McGowan, Checking Him Out

“We arrived back at the house and ate a Great British Sunday roast, minus the Yorkshire puddings, as we were having chicken, not beef.”
― Debbie McGowan, Checking Him Out

“Heartbroken, I came out to my mother. She actually swooned for real.
“Gay, like Freddie Mercury?” she asked, fanning her face with a copy of The Guardian. I nodded dumbly. “But he died of that AIDS, Solomon, darling.”
_That_ AIDS? Do you mean the bad AIDS, Mother?
I said nothing.
“And Rock Hudson. He died of the AIDS too.”
Honest to God.
I said, “That was a long time ago, Mum. And they were famous.” As if being famous were a requirement.
She said, “Well, you’ll just have to find yourself a girlfriend.”
Erm, hello? I’m gay.”
― Debbie McGowan, Checking Him Out