I never questioned if I was effeminate or not. That didn't…

Effeminate men have suffered a bad press the world over.

— Camille Paglia

I spent ten years being told there was no way I was going to have a career because I was so effeminate.

— Anohni

A man who reads effeminate may well be consistently heterosexual, and another one might be gay. We can't read sexuality off of gender.

— Judith Butler

I wasn't a masculine kid; I was pretty effeminate.

— Carmen Carrera

Trying to conceal the fact that I was a gay, effeminate, hyperactive, adopted child with a serious lisp in southern Louisiana would have been…

— Kevyn Aucoin

And certainly once a man begins to neglect his domestic duties he becomes painfully effeminate, does he not? And I don't like that. It…

— Oscar Wilde

I have a very small platform, and if I can use that to reach some kid who's teased for being effeminate or likes clothes,…

— Brad Goreski

I'm very happy being big and effeminate.

— Penn Jillette

When I was young, I and the whole world thought that all homosexuals were effeminate. And of course they're not. You can just see…

— Quentin Crisp

I am a stereotype. I am an effeminate man.

— Quentin Crisp

I don't think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive.

— Little Richard

While I'm out of drag, I'm still extremely effeminate.

— Jinkx Monsoon

We've gotta dispense with calling guys who are effeminate or who throw like girls "sissies." You know why? Because that diminishes women, and that…

— Rush Limbaugh

It fit into my scheme of things for many reasons. At the time it was true that male dancers were looked down upon, and…

— Gene Kelly

“I’m not effeminate. I’m just… animated.”

— T.J. Klune