“F**k normal. If it means a lifetime of unhappiness, then I don't want that. -Damian Thackeray” — Patrick Macfarland Copy Share Image
“I don't know how people do this. How Blue did this. Two words. Two freaking words, and I'm not the same Simon… — Becky Albertalli Copy Share Image
“Only by speaking out can we create lasting change. And that change begins with coming out.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
That wasn't a problem, coming out of the closet, at all. My parents accepted it. I had, you know, I was very… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I got tired of reading that everybody was either coming out of the closet or they were abused or had some kind… — Jamie Farr Copy Share Image
“If you possess enough courage to speak out what you are, you will find you are not alone.” — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
I am not in the closet. I am not coming out of the closet. I am not gay. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
As I was coming out of the closet, our car was hurtling over an embankment. — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
I realize it's a cliche, almost, that coming out of the closet is a very healthy and empowering thing to do, but… — BD Wong Copy Share Image
“Suddenly realizing that Q, my top chap, has been living with a secret fear --secret even to me -- for who knows… — David Yoon Copy Share Image
Coming out of the closet as a gay man didn't cost me anything, but deep down it wasn't who I was. It… — Lux Pascal Copy Share Image
“Those who have not taken this step, who have not come to terms with themselves, are not necessarily frightened, they are perhaps… — Philippe Besson Copy Share Image
“But thats their image of us so we stay tense, holding our breath, hoping we wont be found out. - about being… — Ebine Yamaji Copy Share Image
“You're gay," wash stated. Rhodes nodded, a short jerk of his head, dropping his gaze to his beer. "As in, you-like-men gay."… — Katie Allen Copy Share Image
I think as far as I've been able to understand from my friends that I went to college with and things like… — Jason Ritter Copy Share Image
“The closet does have a benefit. It provides safety. Which at times is important. But remember, as long as you are in… — Anthony Venn-Brown Copy Share Image
“According to Hugh Thomas, author of 'A History of the World', the greatest medical advance in history has been garbage collection. The… — Brad Blanton Copy Share Image
We all have rosy memories of a simpler, happy time- a time of homemade apple pie and gingham curtains, a time when… — Cynthia Heimel Copy Share Image
“There are those from religious backgrounds who resist and oppose LGBT equality; some very obsessively and publicly. They make bold accusations and… — Anthony Venn-Brown Copy Share Image
“He plants himself right there in front of Craig’s mother and says, “You need to love him. I don’t care who you… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
It was nobody’s choice. It was a chemical reaction. I had to cut it. It basically fell out. Somebody had said to… — Charlotte Sullivan Copy Share Image
“I liked him best. His dad had a sheep farm, he used to complain that there was nobody around him but blackface… — Douglas Stuart Copy Share Image
When people come out, they're coming out of the closet because they're afraid. They fear that they're going to have a negative… — Carl Nassib Copy Share Image
“Two of my closest seminary friends broke all contact with me after I told them I was leaving priesthood and coming out… — Charles Benedict Copy Share Image
“You may feel like your future is slipping from your grasp, that if you don’t rush now to greet your dreams you… — Diriye Osman Copy Share Image
“Instead of The Closet, I’d like to propose a more humane metaphor. What if we talk about queer/trans people “coming out of… — Jacob Tobia Copy Share Image
“Midlife dynamically, for both straight and gay males, is often challenging as we face the reality that many of the dreams we… — Anthony Venn-Brown Copy Share Image
“Don't be lit me Mungo. It's not too late for you. But it was already too late. It had always been too… — Douglas Stuart Copy Share Image
“Make no mistake, hiding one's true self away in a closet and creating a facade of heterosexuality is not without its consequences;… — Anthony Venn-Brown Copy Share Image
“Sometimes people tell me they don’t want to label themselves by their sexual orientation. I used to reject my gay identity. In… — Anthony Venn-Brown Copy Share Image
“Coming out of the closet feels liberating because you no longer have to carry all that crap around with you, in your… — Ian Thomas Malone Copy Share Image
“Make no mistake, hiding one's true self away in a closet and creating a facade of heterosexuality is not without its consequences.… — Anthony Venn-Brown Copy Share Image
“Amazing how eye and skin color come in many shades yet many think sexuality is just gay or straight.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
“Here's a queer fact: none among the skeletons in your closet are ‘straight’ so expect them to ‘come out’ very, very soon...” — Khayri R.R. Woulfe Copy Share Image
“Dude, the whole Drake coming out of the closet routine is getting old. Get some new material. ~ Drake” — Jennifer Turner Copy Share Image
“There are many of us now. Enough to be called a people in ourselves and not merely a mistake.” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
