“It’s evidently not that uncommon.”
Laura Martin, the Dallas Police Department’s liaison to the LGBT community, about a crackdown on indecent exposure by straight men on the Katy Trail.
“This is a job we are supposed to do.”
Jim Davis, executive director of the Disciples of Trinity, speaking at the charitable group’s fundraising dinner
“Because Tyrone Garner and John Lawrence had the courage to
challenge homophobic sodomy laws, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that love, sexuality and family play the same role in gay people’s lives as they do for everyone else.”
Kevin Cathcart, executive director of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, commenting on Garner’s recent death
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition, September 15, 2006.