“Is this your boyfriend?" the first nun asked. Clair Olivia looked me up and down. “No. This is my gay friend who… — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
All America loses when any person is denied or forced out of a job because of sexual orientation. Being gay, the last… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You and I must demonstrate love to our gay neighbors, of course, remembering that we are ultimately engaged in spiritual warfare. But… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
Being 'out and proud' can feel like a real luxury of Western culture, where people are often white and see existing white… — Tan France Copy Share Image
What people do in their own homes is their business, and you can choose to love whoever you love. That's their business.… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
My mom will never march in a gay pride parade with a big sign. She is very private. She lives in Chattanooga.… — Leslie Jordan Copy Share Image
I came to N.Y.C. in 1988 and got very involved with Act Up. I also started making movies, including two very gay… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
Why shouldn't gay people be able to live as open and freely as everybody else? What it comes down to, ultimately, is… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
We live in an uncertain world and we want to believe that what a man is and what a woman is-I know… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
When I first came back and I was playing with the Nets, yes, there was a lot of media attention. But after… — Jason Collins Copy Share Image
I think there are [gay players] right now, and if they're looking for a window to just come out, I mean, now… — Robert Griffin III Copy Share Image
Taking up magic was a distraction from my sexuality. There is that 1970s cliche of the gay man as hairdresser, interior decorator,… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
It is hard to be unhappy in a gay bar where everyone's singing show tunes! In fact, I've spent many a night… — Miriam Shor Copy Share Image
Forty-two years after Dr. King was murdered, we are still a nation of inequality. People of color, women, gays, lesbians, and others… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
Some playwrights are obvious influences on younger writers. Arthur Miller (realistic, politically engaged dramas) and Christopher Durang (satirical dark comedies) are examples.… — Daniel J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
It is very unusual for someone from Latin American society to openly stand by his homosexuality. In my hometown, there are still… — Orlando Cruz Copy Share Image
All socio-political phenomena in the U.K. come laden with the baggage of a class-based theory or two attached to them. In the… — Evan Davis Copy Share Image
“It had been a nice night, but not one they’d repeat. Like, ever. Why was he dialing his phone? A few rings… — Christine Price Copy Share Image
It takes a lot of guts to come out to your friends and family. For most gay people, coming out is the… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Augie: Does everybody else know? T.C.: About my epitaph? Augie: About me being gay, you gink-head hoser-face! T.C. Not everybody. There's a… — Steve Kluger Copy Share Image
The genetic theory of homosexuality has been generally discarded today. . . . Despite the interest in possible hormone mechanisms in the… — William H. Masters Copy Share Image
Many in the trans community are fed up with L.G.B.T. organizations that continue to erase trans identity or just give lip service… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
We have the history of slavery or inequality to women, and now the civil rights movement of the 21st century is the… — George Takei Copy Share Image
I've been physically assaulted several times in the street. Somebody once pushed me into traffic. I've been followed into gay clubs, for… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
I've had plenty of arguments in Memphis with Tony Allen, Marc Gasol, Rudy Gay, Zach Randolph, we all go through that spell,… — Mike Conley Jr Copy Share Image
Like it or not children are being raised by gay and lesbian parents all over America - as many as 10 million… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
In a perfect world we'd want gay people to play gay people, but I think that's a good rule of thumb: Whoever… — Leslie Jordan Copy Share Image
And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
How do we escape who we are? I think, going to college, I felt freer. I loved the clean slate. I wasn't… — Joan Allen Copy Share Image
They've said I'm gay, they've said everyone is gay. I personally don't believe in doing huge lawsuits about that stuff. Tom does.… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
With Russia about to hold the Winter Games in Sochi, the country is open to pressure. American and world leaders must speak… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
I am old school, I joined the gay liberation movement in 1972. If you had told me in 1972 that in the… — Cleve Jones Copy Share Image
That is just the reality of being a marginalized person in this country: you have to deal with the psychological impact of… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
“Hey, suit guy!" The man bellowed. Chris bit back the urge to yell. He turned, expecting to be confronted by a hand… — Ally Blue Copy Share Image
Repression is good for cultural achievement. Let's face it. What are gay boys going to be like? I always like to say… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
Political correctness is a concept invented by hard-rightwing forces to defend their right to be racist, to treat women in a degrading… — Clare Short Copy Share Image
I think all gay guys should get married. I think they should have to get married. They should have to adopt kids… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
Attorney General John Ashcroft has been hospitalized. I believe he is suffering from homophobia. No, actually, it was just gallstones, but when… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image