I think it can be difficult for young lesbian or young gay, bisexual, transgender to come out and be open with who… — Nafessa Williams Copy Share Image
. . . I have written a couple of screenplays for studios, and each time has been less gratifying than the last.… — Craig Lucas Copy Share Image
“I've always loved being gay. Sure, Kenya was not exactly Queer Nation but my sexuality gave me joy. I was young, not… — Diriye Osman Copy Share Image
Perhaps I became so vague, so exhilarated with vagueness, precisely in order to forestall a recognition of the final term of the… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
The gay people know where I'm at. Straight people may not know where I'm at, but they find it kind of interesting… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
“The one undeniable benefit of having spent some time in the closet is that it nurtures a talent that you can fall… — Bob Smith Copy Share Image
We are left with the feeling that the church has overdone it, no matter how you cut it, and that homosexuals have… — Paul King Jewett Copy Share Image
“Upon their meeting in New York in 1958: “We didn’t want to live together. We didn’t have any examples of what a… — Alan Shayne Copy Share Image
It doesn't bother me or Curtis being questioned about our sexuality and it probably happens more because we're dancers. That stereotype is… — A. J. Pritchard Copy Share Image
My mum would say sometimes, 'Do you think you might be gay?' But it wasn't that. When I imagined myself in a… — Andreja Pejic Copy Share Image
I never really got any backlash from coming out. Across the board all I really got was kids who were grateful, which… — Roddy Bottum Copy Share Image
To be gay is nothing to be proud of. It's in how you are gay that you have something to be proud… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
If the creators of cartoons are intentionally or unintentionally giving children the idea that gay people are part of the big, happy… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
I have seen a lifetime of transgender people and it was hard enough being gay in the '50s and early '60s. One… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
It's about how you exist as a person in the world, and the idea that your work is more important than you… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
My struggle has allowed me to transcend that sense of shame and stigma identified with my being a Black gay man. Having… — Marlon Riggs Copy Share Image
I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've never been one of those who is attracted to straight men. Like I always said, 'you're straight, so there's no point'… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
Jews and homosexuals are the outstanding creative minorities in contemporary urban culture. Creative, that is, in the truest sense: they are creators… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“To this day, the behavior of straight men is something I’ve never been able to wrap my head around. Have you ever… — Kathy Griffin Copy Share Image
“Gay brothers and sisters,... You must come out. Come out... to your parents... I know that it is hard and will hurt… — Harvey Milk Copy Share Image
The first relative I came out to was my aunt Teri, a superior court judge in San Francisco. Her reaction surprised me.… — Jason Collins Copy Share Image
Life experiences with oppression and homophobia often become internalized and can have detrimental effects on the development of positive sexual identity for… — Karamo Brown Copy Share Image
Make no mistake: Homosexuals' human right must be protected. It is bigoted to discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation or… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
Queer culture was introduced to me at a very early age. It was introduced to me with a semi-positive facet because no… — Princess Nokia Copy Share Image
I might as well be gay. And not just because I love rhinestones and Barbara Streisand. But because Im a sensitive person… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
Sexual performance problems, such as impotence and frigidity, are 70 to 90 percent changeable. But a homosexual who wants to be a… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
I'm still figuring it all out, and I think everyone is. And that's kind of the point is that there's no fixed… — Emma Corrin Copy Share Image
“The ability of anyone in the culture to support and honour gay kids may depend on an ability to name them as… — Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Copy Share Image
“In both cases, it is the prejudice, not the condition, that does the harm. It may be, as some would have it,… — Andrew Tobias Copy Share Image
When I was growing up I didn't know what it meant to be a happy, successful grown-up gay person, and now I… — Ross Mathews Copy Share Image
Since 'coming out,' I've marched in gay pride parades all around the world, I've filled my home full of rainbow tat and… — Liz Carr Copy Share Image
Even in my town, even in San Francisco, thousands of gay men were arrested usually using entrapment techniques every single year for… — Cleve Jones Copy Share Image
Homosexuals in Russia live in peace, work, are promoted, receive national awards for their achievements in science, art or any other sphere,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I was always fascinated by ads, ad campaigns, packaging, anything visual. I never saw anyone who was gay or male. It was… — Brad Mondo Copy Share Image
When I was in my 20s and kind of going through my own coming out process, I feared that I would lose… — Lori Lightfoot Copy Share Image
The first question we usually ask new parents is : “Is it a boy or a girl ?”. There is a great… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
Realizing that other people have a problem with [homosexuality] was the weirdest thing for me. As a kid it wasn't even something… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
People are killed because they're gay. I don't think, "What do I want to do today? I want to speak up on… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image