“It bothers me when I hear these reporters and jocks get on TV and say: ‘Oh, no guy can come out in a team sport. These guys would go crazy.’ First of all, quit telling me what I think. I’d rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can’t play.”

— NBA Hall of Famer and now sports analyst Charles Barkley (Washington Post, May 17)

“I was like, ‘Oh, my God, girls are so pretty and soft. No stubble burn! What am I doing with guys?’ I haven’t dipped back since, but I was very appreciative of the experience.”

— Actress Rashida Jones on kissing Zooey Deschanel in the upcoming film “Our Idiot Brother,” which she says was her first lesbian kiss both on screen and off. (The Advocate, June-July 2011)

“We’re losing on [gay marriage], especially among the 20- and 30-somethings ... I don’t want to be extremist here, but I think we need to start calculating where we are in the culture.”

— Focus on the Family President Jim Daly in an interview in the June issue of World magazine (Mother Jones, May 23)

Top photo: Charles Barkley (publicity photo via NBA on TNT)