“The police department’s most senior chaplain is retiring amid controversy over whether he used a slur when referring to a gay prosecutor.”
– Associated Press
“Mr. Kalaidjian used an anti-gay slur to refer to Thomas Hickey.”
– New York Times
“Kalaidjian … said, ‘Whoops, I almost called him what he is, that fag.’”
– Daily News
“The reverend … would not say whether he used the slur.”
– Newsday
“I should have just called him a jerk, but yes, I did use the word fag.”
– New York Post
“I have a problem with anybody who uses a derogatory racial, sexual, or ethnic comment.”
– Police Commissioner Howard Safir
“If you call anybody a fag or a faggot, that’s just a term guys use. It doesn’t mean anything.” – William Kalaidjian
“I have said it both to my cousin Nick and my late uncle Hughey … both gay.”
– New York Post’s Steve Dunleavy