Rictor Norton > Quotes

“The historical record demonstrates that, on the contrary, many homosexuals chose heterosexuality and failed to maintain it because choice is less powerful than destiny.”
― Rictor Norton, The Myth of the Modern Homosexual: Queer History and the Search for Cultural Unity

“Homosexuality is not a political choice; it is dictated by the imperatives of desire.”
― Rictor Norton, The Myth of the Modern Homosexual: Queer History and the Search for Cultural Unity

“To be a cocksucker is to be oriented towards a specific gender.”
― Rictor Norton, The Myth of the Modern Homosexual: Queer History and the Search for Cultural Unity

“Homophobia is a construct while homosexuality is innate.”
― Rictor Norton, The Myth of the Modern Homosexual: Queer History and the Search for Cultural Unity

“The assertion that there are an infinite number of homosexualities is a political statement rather than an observable fact.”
― Rictor Norton, The Myth of the Modern Homosexual: Queer History and the Search for Cultural Unity

“Assertions that the modern homosexual and modern gay subculture are significantly different from the past are based primarily upon ignorance of that past.”
― Rictor Norton, The Myth of the Modern Homosexual: Queer History and the Search for Cultural Unity

“The degree to which language exactly mirrors reality is debatable.”
― Rictor Norton, The Myth of the Modern Homosexual: Queer History and the Search for Cultural Unity