“I’m attracted to girls and that’s what’s going to make me happy. I don’t even like to label myself. … I’ve actually had two boyfriends but I know at the end of the day who I want to come home to and it’s going to be a girl. That’s what I like.”

“So You Think You Can Dance” runner-up Sasha Mallory, in a recent interview about the Fox reality show, where she said she is “not afraid to tell people I’m gay,” but viewers “didn’t really need to know if I was gay or straight.” (AfterEllen.com, Aug. 25)

“To be frank, I didn’t understand why we’re talking about contestants being gay or not gay. I don’t go into my dentist and say, ‘Are you gay?’ I don’t say to contestants on So You Think You Can Dance, ‘Are you gay?’ What does it got to do with me?”

— Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer of “American Idol” and “So You Think You Can Dance,” responding to criticism about the lack of openly gay contestants on the shows. (Entertainment Weekly, Aug. 17)

“God made us all equal. He made me short, he made someone gay, he made someone tall, whatever it is — it’s not a sin, it’s how we’re made.”

— Actress Kristin Chenoweth, in an interview noting that her high school boyfriend was gay and “he didn’t pleasure me in any way but he helped me pick out my prom dress.” (PrideSource.com, Aug. 29)

“They will not be satisfied until those who hold a traditional, natural view of marriage are completely silenced. … This is essentially man shaking his fist in the face of God and saying I don’t need you, that we will do it our way.”

— Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, complaining about gay marriage supporters in a recent radio broadcast. (On Top Magazine, Aug. 28)

“For me, the pressure comes from wanting to make sure we’re telling a good story. The political aspects — in terms of her being a gay character — are irrelevant to me because I’m just writing a good character.”

— “Batwoman” artist and co-writer J.H. Williams, discussing the character who was reintroduced as a lesbian in 2006, and next month becomes the first LGBT character with her own monthly series from a mainstream publisher. “Batwoman #1” debuts Sept. 14. (Advocate.com, Aug. 29)

Top photo: Actress Kristin Chenoweth (publicity photo)