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rants and raves.


"I was always trying to figure out whether she was a man or not."

--Raquel Welch, on screen legend and gay icon A gay icon or LGBT icon is an historical figure, celebrity or public figure who is embraced by many in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) communities.  Mae West, as quoted in the August issue of Vanity Fair

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"He wanted to let me know that ... years ago he had a terrible, terrible crash on my father."

--Out singer Rufus Wainwright Wainwright, town (1991 pop. 4,732), E Alta., Canada, SE of Edmonton and near the Sask. border. It is a trade center and railroad division point for an oil and natural gas area. It has oil refineries, grain elevators, and flour mills. Nearby is a military base. , son of folk legend Loudon Wainwright Ill, recounting a telephone call from Elton John Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March, 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. , as quoted in the August 2 issue of Rolling Stone rolling stone
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a restless or wandering person
 

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"`That guy, he looks like a faggot little bit, you know. This hair all over him."

--Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic, describing a line judge with whom he disagreed, as quoted in the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times

Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name).
, July 11

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"I have a little crush on Britney [Spears] I think she's pretty cute. I mean, there's just something so appealing about her. The whole outfit and the hair and the dancing. It's just the entire package."

--Legally Blonde star Reese Witherspoon, as quoted in the July issue of Cosmopolitan

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Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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Date:Aug 28, 2001
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