Jan 19, 2007   | COMMENTS     

“Grey’s Anatomy” star Isaiah Washington on the Golden Globes red carpet; Washington was involved in an on-set scuffle with co-stars Patrick Dempsey and TR Knight, who is gay, in which he reportedly referred to Knight as a “faggot” (Access Hollywood, Jan. 16)
 

 
“I feel like composing a comic opera and setting it in the council chambers in Kirkwall.”
 
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Master of the Queen’s Music, who was planning to marry his partner, Colin Parkinson, on the island in Orkney where they live, responding to the Orkney Islands Council decision refusing to allow a local registrar to conduct the ceremony (Telegraph.co.uk, Jan. 10)
 

 
“It is a devastating idea and we shall not agree to this. I have not seen in Warsaw a monument for Catholic priests or disabled people. The triangle would be a promotion of homosexuality. We cannot compare Warsaw with Berlin — Berlin is the capital of European homosexuality, and here we have our values.”
 
Warsaw city councilor Marek Makuch on a proposal for a pink triangle monument to honor gays killed in the Holocaust (UKgaynews.org.uk, Jan. 16)
 

 
“I’m practically delirious that Bravo has given me this incredible opportunity and together, we vow to redefine ‘makeovers’... This series aims to be one-part education and two-parts fun, and you’ll see me being a fashion therapist, not a svengali.”
 
Tim Gunn of “Project Runway,” who will host Bravo’s new series “Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style,” in which he tutors everyday people on his style philosophy and advises them to find a fashion role model  (Zap 2 It, Jan. 12)
 

 
“When it comes to marriage, we believe in the fundamental fairness of the American people. There has never been a major civil rights movement that has failed in the United States.”
 
James Vaughn, statewide director of the California Log Cabin Republicans, which is putting pressure on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign a gay marriage bill this year (NBC11, Jan. 15)
 

 
“Before we congratulate ourselves I think that it is important to bear in mind that ‘freedom’ for homosexual and transgender groups equals discrimination against Christianity (which is the source of civilization as we know it in this country) and, indeed, the religions of many minority groups who have made their homes here. There is serious trouble ahead.”
 
Paul Beardsmore, general manager of Market Harbourough Building Society, in response to a news story about the top 100 U.K. employers for gay and lesbian staff compiled by gay rights group Stonewall; the story revealed that an increasing number of financial service organizations have been adding benefits for gay employees (Financial Times Adviser, Jan. 16)
 

 
“Now it is no surprise that before he met his magnificent and beautiful wife, Warren was an irresistible Romeo. In fact, ladies? A show of hands? Guys?”
 
Tom Hanks (right), in a speech introducing Warren Beatty, who was given the Cecil B. DeMille Award at Monday’s Golden Globes ceremony (Jan. 15)