--- title: "1 Anybody Felt Quotes By Harry Hay" description: "1 Anybody Felt quotes by Harry Hay. Plus more from Harry Hay and more Anybody Felt sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/harry-hay-26318_eleven_up-until-i-was-eleven-years-old-i-though_1318174.png" --- > [Up until I was eleven years old, I thought I was the only one of my kind in the world. I couldn't find anybody else who felt as I did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-hay/up-until-i-was-eleven-years-old-i-thought-i-was-the-only-one-of-my/) [Harry Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-hay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/harry-hay-26318_eleven_up-until-i-was-eleven-years-old-i-though_1318174.png) ## More by Harry Hay > [The police had a practice of entrapping people. This was done all over the country, but we had a particularly vicious group here in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-hay/the-police-had-a-practice-of-entrapping-people-this-was-done-all-over/) [Harry Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-hay/) > [A law is a law. It can be voted in. It can be voted out. It can be voted in and stay in as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-hay/a-law-is-a-law-it-can-be-voted-in-it-can-be-voted-out-it-can-be-voted/) [Harry Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-hay/) > [Underneath that facade, I'm a terrified little sissy, just like everybody else. But I never let it show.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-hay/underneath-that-facade-i-m-a-terrified-little-sissy-just-like/) [Harry Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-hay/) > [Assimilation is the way you excuse yourself. It absolutely never worked at all. You may not think you are noticeable. But they know who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-hay/assimilation-is-the-way-you-excuse-yourself-it-absolutely-never/) [Harry Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-hay/) > [Ostracism means you don't exist at all. And that's a very difficult situation to live with. As gay people, we had been chasing ostracism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-hay/ostracism-means-you-don-t-exist-at-all-and-that-s-a-very-difficult/) [Harry Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-hay/) > [Up until I was eleven years old, I thought I was the only one of my kind in the world. I couldn't find anybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-hay/up-until-i-was-eleven-years-old-i-thought-i-was-the-only-one-of-my/) [Harry Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-hay/) > [I was an older brother. So I had to do a lot of things first. My father was a self-made man, and he would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-hay/i-was-an-older-brother-so-i-had-to-do-a-lot-of-things-first-my-father/) [Harry Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-hay/) > [If you look into the history of fashion, you'll discover that Gernreich was the leading name for years and the leading fashion designer both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-hay/if-you-look-into-the-history-of-fashion-you-ll-discover-that/) [Harry Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-hay/) > [Give yourself permission to enjoy being gay. You do have to give yourself permission. You have been told you may not. Give yourself permission…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-hay/give-yourself-permission-to-enjoy-being-gay-you-do-have-to-give/) [Harry Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-hay/) > [I condemn the national gay press for its emphasis on consumerism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-hay/i-condemn-the-national-gay-press-for-its-emphasis-on-consumerism/) [Harry Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-hay/) > [Giving votes in exchange for ideological support. To wit: identity politics for homosexuals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-hay/giving-votes-in-exchange-for-ideological-support-to-wit-identity/) [Harry Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-hay/) > [I was accustomed to walking alone. I'd find other people who agreed with me, but they also said, "I wouldn't dare mention it." I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-hay/i-was-accustomed-to-walking-alone-i-d-find-other-people-who-agreed/) [Harry Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-hay/) > [The moment you say, "We are proud. I'm proud to be this, and I'm proud to be that," what you're saying is we're almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-hay/the-moment-you-say-we-are-proud-i-m-proud-to-be-this-and-i-m-proud-to/) [Harry Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-hay/) > [The assimilationist movement is running us into the ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-hay/the-assimilationist-movement-is-running-us-into-the-ground/) [Harry Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-hay/) > [Confronted with the loving-sharing Consensus of subject-SUBJECT relationships all Authoritarianism must vanish. The Fairy Family Circle, co-joined in the shared vision of non-possessive love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-hay/confronted-with-the-loving-sharing-consensus-of-subject-subject/) [Harry Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-hay/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anybody-felt/harry-hay/#itemlist", "name": "1 Anybody Felt Quotes By Harry Hay", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Up until I was eleven years old, I thought I was the only one of my kind in the world. 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