--- title: "32 Black Gay Quotes by 22 authors" description: "Browse 32 Black Gay quotes by 22 authors. Discover the best Black Gay sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/jason-collins-4195_black_i-m-black-and-i-m-gay-579116_579116.png" --- > [I'm black and I'm gay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-collins/i-m-black-and-i-m-gay/) [Jason Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/jason-collins-4195_black_i-m-black-and-i-m-gay-579116_579116.png) > [I am a Black, gay, immigrant woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karine-jean-pierre/i-am-a-black-gay-immigrant-woman/) [Karine Jean-Pierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karine-jean-pierre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1a/karine-jean-pierre-5951_black_i-am-a-black-gay-immigrant-woman-724389_724389.jpg) > [Some of white middle America haven't seen a black gay guy in a music video before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mnek/some-of-white-middle-america-haven-t-seen-a-black-gay-guy-in-a-music/) [MNEK](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mnek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd8/mnek-7800_america_some-of-white-middle-america-haven-t-see_2422139.jpg) > [“It's just too easy for a gay black man to drown amid the names of dead black gay men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saeed-jones/it-s-just-too-easy-for-a-gay-black-man-to-drown-amid-the-names-of/) [Saeed Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saeed-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd5/saeed-jones-107762_african-americans_it-s-just-too-easy-for-a-gay-black-man-t_2568532.jpg) > [The black gay experience isn't one that is often told.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ncuti-gatwa/the-black-gay-experience-isn-t-one-that-is-often-told/) [Ncuti Gatwa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ncuti-gatwa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/ncuti-gatwa-6539_black_the-black-gay-experience-isn-t-one-that_745091.jpg) > [I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-collins/i-m-a-34-year-old-nba-center-i-m-black-and-i-m-gay/) [Jason Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/jason-collins-4195_black_i-m-a-34-year-old-nba-center-i-m-black-a_876468.png) > [It's very important to see a black gay teen represented.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ncuti-gatwa/it-s-very-important-to-see-a-black-gay-teen-represented/) [Ncuti Gatwa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ncuti-gatwa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e2/ncuti-gatwa-6539_black_it-s-very-important-to-see-a-black-gay-t_1299856.jpg) > [From 1968 on, I was pretty much the black, gay SF writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-r-delany/from-1968-on-i-was-pretty-much-the-black-gay-sf-writer/) [Samuel R. Delany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-r-delany/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e4/samuel-r-delany-2591_black_from-1968-on-i-was-pretty-much-the-black_132194.png) > [Southern black gay and bi men are suffering from a self-esteem issue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karamo-brown/southern-black-gay-and-bi-men-are-suffering-from-a-self-esteem-issue/) [Karamo Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karamo-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/karamo-brown-5694_black_southern-black-gay-and-bi-men-are-suffer_928345.jpg) > [If you're black, if you're gay, if you're Latin - we're all the same. We're all the same, and we all want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-del-castillo/if-you-re-black-if-you-re-gay-if-you-re-latin-we-re-all-the-same-we/) [Kate del Castillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-del-castillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/kate-del-castillo-21212_be-happy_if-you-re-black-if-you-re-gay-if-you-re_2647174.jpg) > [I'm a black, gay man, and I should be able to live in a world where I'm able to live in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deray-mckesson/i-m-a-black-gay-man-and-i-should-be-able-to-live-in-a-world-where-i-m/) [DeRay Mckesson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deray-mckesson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/deray-mckesson-4626_gay_i-m-a-black-gay-man-and-i-should-be-able_616849.jpg) > [I don't think there's been many chances for people to see a black, gay, pop experience and that's what I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mnek/i-don-t-think-there-s-been-many-chances-for-people-to-see-a-black-gay/) [MNEK](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mnek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/mnek-7800_experience_i-don-t-think-there-s-been-many-chances_1274477.jpg) > [America wasn't interested in the roots of house music because it was too black, it was too gay, it was all these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-buxton/america-wasn-t-interested-in-the-roots-of-house-music-because-it-was/) [Felix Buxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-buxton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/felix-buxton-73140_america_america-wasn-t-interested-in-the-roots-o_226022.jpg) > [I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/i-remember-how-being-young-and-black-and-gay-and-lonely-felt-a-lot-of/) [Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/audre-lorde-758_black_i-remember-how-being-young-and-black-and_2068834.jpg) > [It's a lot easier being black than gay. At least if you're black you don't have to tell your parents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-carter/it-s-a-lot-easier-being-black-than-gay-at-least-if-you-re-black-you/) [Judy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/judy-carter-56602_parenting_it-s-a-lot-easier-being-black-than-gay-a_1810569.jpg) > [I didn't always see someone that I could relate to, that would tell me that being Black and gay is okay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mnek/i-didn-t-always-see-someone-that-i-could-relate-to-that-would-tell-me/) [MNEK](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mnek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a9/mnek-7800_always_i-didn-t-always-see-someone-that-i-could_767403.jpg) > [I want to keep changing the world. It's possible. The black gay lead is ready. It's time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/i-want-to-keep-changing-the-world-it-s-possible-the-black-gay-lead-is/) [Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09d/billy-porter-14763_black_i-want-to-keep-changing-the-world-it-s-p_3093507.jpg) > [I'm black. I'm gay. I'm culturally Christian. I am a walking target on so many levels, and it is horrifying and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tituss-burgess/i-m-black-i-m-gay-i-m-culturally-christian-i-am-a-walking-target-on/) [Tituss Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tituss-burgess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/tituss-burgess-6066_black_i-m-black-i-m-gay-i-m-culturally-christi_625663.jpg) > [The establishment wants to connect with people who are like them, and I wasn't. I'm a black gay man from a poor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/the-establishment-wants-to-connect-with-people-who-are-like-them-and/) [Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/roger-ross-williams-5118_family_the-establishment-wants-to-connect-with_3143048.jpg) > [Everyone is beautiful. No one on this earth is ugly. It doesnt matter if you are fat skinny white black gay straight.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-is-beautiful-no-one-on-this-earth-is-ugly-it-doesnt-matter/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/anonymous-1_beautiful_everyone-is-beautiful-no-one-on-this-ear_2629368.jpg) > [Outside of the oppressive nature that the South offered to the black people, black gay people, black gay people who happened to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tituss-burgess/outside-of-the-oppressive-nature-that-the-south-offered-to-the-black/) [Tituss Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tituss-burgess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f4/tituss-burgess-6066_black_outside-of-the-oppressive-nature-that-th_2803076.jpg) > [I make pop music. I make music that is pretty commercial. But, at the same time, I'm a minority within a minority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mnek/i-make-pop-music-i-make-music-that-is-pretty-commercial-but-at-the/) [MNEK](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mnek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/mnek-7800_gay_i-make-pop-music-i-make-music-that-is-pr_1750944.jpg) > [As much as I'd love to believe that we are 'post-racial' - an idea that really gained traction after the election of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/as-much-as-i-d-love-to-believe-that-we-are-post-racial-an-idea-that/) [Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/justin-simien-4140_believe_as-much-as-i-d-love-to-believe-that-we-a_2924913.jpg) > [I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay. I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-collins/i-m-a-34-year-old-nba-center-i-m-black-and-i-m-gay-i-didn-t-set-out/) [Jason Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e35/jason-collins-4195_athlete_i-m-a-34-year-old-nba-center-i-m-black-a_2786642.jpg) > [It wouldn't have mattered to my mother if I married a black, was gay, lived in a commune or wore a dress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-weinberg/it-wouldn-t-have-mattered-to-my-mother-if-i-married-a-black-was-gay/) [George Weinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-weinberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/george-weinberg-17839_black_it-wouldn-t-have-mattered-to-my-mother-i_933583.png) > [It's weird because I see black gay characters on television all the time, but do I relate to them? Not always, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-waithe/it-s-weird-because-i-see-black-gay-characters-on-television-all-the/) [Lena Waithe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-waithe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/lena-waithe-4351_always_it-s-weird-because-i-see-black-gay-chara_1364443.jpg) > [It's better to be black than gay because when you're black you don't have to tell your mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-s-better-to-be-black-than-gay-because-when-you-re-black-you-don-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/anonymous-1_homosexuality_it-s-better-to-be-black-than-gay-because_843992.jpg) > [The perspective that I come from when I sing, when I perform, is of who I am as a black gay man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mnek/the-perspective-that-i-come-from-when-i-sing-when-i-perform-is-of-who/) [MNEK](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mnek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f4/mnek-7800_come_the-perspective-that-i-come-from-when-i_901913.jpg) > [I was so beat down as a young person - being black, being gay, being unable to assimilate because I could never,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/i-was-so-beat-down-as-a-young-person-being-black-being-gay-being/) [Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c18/billy-porter-14763_assimilate_i-was-so-beat-down-as-a-young-person-bei_2434177.jpg) > [I'm a black, gay woman. I think the only way to make the GOP hate me more is if I sent them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wanda-sykes/i-m-a-black-gay-woman-i-think-the-only-way-to-make-the-gop-hate-me/) [Wanda Sykes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wanda-sykes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e11/wanda-sykes-3827_black_i-m-a-black-gay-woman-i-think-the-only-w_2147887.jpg) > [Black gay activists should try to build coalitions of people for the elimination of all injustice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayard-rustin/black-gay-activists-should-try-to-build-coalitions-of-people-for-the/) [Bayard Rustin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bayard-rustin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e7/bayard-rustin-13318_activist_black-gay-activists-should-try-to-build_57591.jpg) > [My struggle has allowed me to transcend that sense of shame and stigma identified with my being a Black gay man. Having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-riggs/my-struggle-has-allowed-me-to-transcend-that-sense-of-shame-and/) [Marlon Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-riggs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/marlon-riggs-48020_black_my-struggle-has-allowed-me-to-transcend_2643524.jpg) ## Top authors on Black Gay - [MNEK 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black-gay/mnek/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black-gay/#itemlist", "name": "Black Gay Quotes", "numberOfItems": 32, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm black and I'm gay.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jason Collins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-collins/i-m-black-and-i-m-gay/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/jason-collins-4195_black_i-m-black-and-i-m-gay-579116_579116.png", 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