“There's something very... I don't know; primitive, perhaps, about you, Gurgeh. You've never changed sex, have you?' He shook his head. 'Or… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
Because I didn't have any queer, lesbian, female role models I hated my own femininity and had to look deep within myself… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
I think at the time, if there was a trans-storyline on TV, it was generally as a subplot or something in a… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
“People in Scotland have a queer idea of the arts. They think you can be an artist in your spare time, though… — Alasdair Gray Copy Share Image
I would like to encourage hip hop artists to invite those of us who are in the queer spaces in, so we… — Karamo Brown Copy Share Image
CBS really wants me on TV. That's their aim. My aim is to have an all-gay sitcom someday, with heterosexuals as token… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
We are traumatized by growing up in a world that doesn't really accept us. Obviously, we've made great leaps and bounds, but… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
I was in the closet up until I moved to the U.S. But I was always one of those kids who couldn't… — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
PWR BTTM isn't the only queer rock band. We've been lucky to receive a platform. If you go on Bandcamp and search… — Ben Hopkins Copy Share Image
“In ancient Greece, adolescence was a time when young men left their biological families to become the lovers of adult men. Sexuality… — Barry D. Adam Copy Share Image
I was raised in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. And I think that has practically everything to do with, you know, my formative… — Bob the Drag Queen Copy Share Image
I think that's what happens when drag starts to go mainstream: All of a sudden, you're watching 'The View' and there are… — Shangela Copy Share Image
“I'm thinking of a queer feeling I sometimes get, a feeling that I've got something to say and the power to say… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“That's one of the things that "queer" can refer to: the open mesh of possibilities, gaps, overlaps, dissonances and resonances, lapses and… — Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Copy Share Image
The term 'new queer cinema' and the films of mine that were associated with that term are from a very, very different… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
There's a difference between representation and perspective. People don't want a show from a queer person or a person of color unless… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I think I first learned about Stonewall in Queer Theatre class at the University of Pittsburgh. It made me mad that queer… — Alaska Copy Share Image
On 'Queer Eye' I come in with what I know, and I try to parlay that into lessons for our 'heroes.' But… — Antoni Porowski Copy Share Image
I think that when you're queer, you grow up with these kinds of men who might have made you feel small because… — Ben Hopkins Copy Share Image
Karl Ove Knausgaard is one of my literary heroes. This distresses many of my female, queer, and trans friends: Torrey, you have… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
“He kept telling me I was queer, and I didn't like it. The word, I mean. Shutting you away, somehow; roping you… — Mary Renault Copy Share Image
“However some things may look queer to you, remember that the world is a beautiful rainbow with many colours! No colours, no… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“It didn’t break the trance. She wasn’t sure that anything could, and briefly wondered if they’d stay like this until flesh rotted… — Ashton Morgan Copy Share Image
“You’re a queer?” “That’s exactly what I am. I didn’t choose to be.” After a while Woody put his arm around Chuck’s… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
By the time I finished 'Poison,' the New Queer Cinema was branded, and I was associated with this. In many ways, it… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I really do pride myself on being able to help other people tell their stories and bring out the best in them.… — Justin Tranter Copy Share Image
“I want to sharpen my pride on what strengthens me, my witness on what haunts me. Whatever we name ourselves, however we… — Eli Clare Copy Share Image
A lot of artists I like end up being queer. Or maybe it's a subconscious thing that you can identify of, like,… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
“It was one of the queer things of life that you saw a person every day for months and were so intimate… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The way I see queerness now is that, best case scenario, another queer person reflects it back at you. Worst case scenario,… — Bowen Yang Copy Share Image
I think the original 'Queer Eye' definitely started us on the journey to normalize the LGBT community and make people realize that… — Bobby Berk Copy Share Image
When I go to Fire Island, it's always sort of the same thing. Everyone is coexisting, and isn't that nice? But also,… — Bowen Yang Copy Share Image
When I was working at Trio, I was pitched 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy' and I knew, whoever gets this, this… — Andy Cohen Copy Share Image
“If we look at some of the most celebrated or prolific story originators of all time, we find among them a surprising… — Sacha Coward Copy Share Image
“I felt that blush in my chest as we talked stupid talk never quite revealing our queerness to each other but somehow… — David Wojnarowicz Copy Share Image
I think that there are all these amazing figures in our history - the Bowies, the Tina Turners, the Chers, the people… — King Princess Copy Share Image
“By the way, I never realized that to be nonbelieving, to be an atheist, was a thing to be proud of. It… — Erwin Schrödinger Copy Share Image
“You wait 'til you're my age, and wake every morning to gaze on the vast tract of uncreased linen that is the… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
On 'Queer Eye,' I really get to see the way someone lives. They know the Fab Five are coming, but they don't… — Bobby Berk Copy Share Image
“Katie put her elbow on her knee and put her head into her hand, and Will saw in a sudden flash that… — Mae Marvel Copy Share Image
