QUOTE OF NOTE: Homophobia 101

In an interview appearing in the April 2004 issue of Playboy, 50 Cent made the following comment: ”I ain’t into faggots. I don’t like gay people around me, because I’m not comfortable with what their thoughts are. I’m not prejudiced. I just don’t go with gay people and kick it — we don’t have that much in common.“ — Except that you both breathe, have a pulse, take up space, have sex, and the list goes on. But I suppose those are just minor details …

Laura Nathan