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title: "30 Gays Lesbians Quotes by 25 authors"
description: "Browse 30 Gays Lesbians quotes by 25 authors. Discover the best Gays Lesbians sayings and thoughts."
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> [Gays and lesbians began to gain civil rights when Americans realized that their brothers, cousins, daughters were gay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-kristof/gays-and-lesbians-began-to-gain-civil-rights-when-americans-realized/)

[Nicholas Kristof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-kristof/)

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> [All Gays and Lesbians go to hell?? Well there is gonna be a party down there!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaykel-leighty/all-gays-and-lesbians-go-to-hell-well-there-is-gonna-be-a-party-down/)

[Jaykel Leighty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaykel-leighty/)

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> [Gays and lesbians are our friends, neighbors, doctors, colleagues, sisters and brothers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-hoover/gays-and-lesbians-are-our-friends-neighbors-doctors-colleagues/)

[Margaret Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-hoover/)

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> [God did not create gays and lesbians so He could have something to hate!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/troy-perry/god-did-not-create-gays-and-lesbians-so-he-could-have-something-to/)

[Troy Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/troy-perry/)

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> [I don't think it's the responsibility of gays and lesbians to reinvent the family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-don-t-think-it-s-the-responsibility-of-gays-and-lesbians-to/)

[Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/)

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> [There are gays and lesbians in every country, so there should be no discrimination against them just because of their destiny,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hun-sen/there-are-gays-and-lesbians-in-every-country-so-there-should-be-no/)

[Hun Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hun-sen/)

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> [Gays and lesbians should have the same rights as anybody else, and when they're in Jamaica, they do have the same rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaggy/gays-and-lesbians-should-have-the-same-rights-as-anybody-else-and/)

[Shaggy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaggy/)

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> [I don't think there is any good answer to the question why shouldn't gays and lesbians who want to serve their country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/i-don-t-think-there-is-any-good-answer-to-the-question-why-shouldn-t/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

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> [Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/like-me-the-great-majority-of-americans-wish-both-to-preserve-the/)

[Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/)

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> [When in fact we live in a society that makes life hell for gays and lesbians, this community has got to stand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-campolo/when-in-fact-we-live-in-a-society-that-makes-life-hell-for-gays-and/)

[Tony Campolo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-campolo/)

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> [Were there open gays and lesbians before the West started influencing Russia? No, there weren't. In fact, the most out person in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/were-there-open-gays-and-lesbians-before-the-west-started-influencing/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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> [There is so much work to be done to treat gays and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples with the respect that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-edwards/there-is-so-much-work-to-be-done-to-treat-gays-and-lesbians-and-gay/)

[John Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-edwards/)

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> [I think that people are concerned about the breakdown of the family but they also don't want to see discrimination against gays…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-think-that-people-are-concerned-about-the-breakdown-of-the-family/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [While increasing acceptance of gays marks my generational experience - Ellen DeGeneres is welcomed into the living rooms of millions of Americans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-hoover/while-increasing-acceptance-of-gays-marks-my-generational-experience/)

[Margaret Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-hoover/)

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> [We may disagree about gay marriage, but surely we can agree that it is unconscionable to target gays and lesbians for who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-may-disagree-about-gay-marriage-but-surely-we-can-agree-that-it-is/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [As a lifelong pacifist, Quaker, and a gay man, I despair that gays and lesbians are expending energy trying to get into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-rorem/as-a-lifelong-pacifist-quaker-and-a-gay-man-i-despair-that-gays-and/)

[Ned Rorem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-rorem/)

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> [For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people. Gays and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coretta-scott-king/for-many-years-now-i-have-been-an-outspoken-supporter-of-civil-and/)

[Coretta Scott King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coretta-scott-king/)

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> [Right now the institution of marriage feels very one-sided, and I want to live in a country where we all have equal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlize-theron/right-now-the-institution-of-marriage-feels-very-one-sided-and-i-want/)

[Charlize Theron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlize-theron/)

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> [But fairness is where we’re heading, at least in regard to marriage, which has emerged as the terrain on which Americans are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/but-fairness-is-where-we-re-heading-at-least-in-regard-to-marriage/)

[Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/)

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> [What I believe is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but what I also believe is that we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-i-believe-is-that-marriage-is-between-a-man-and-a-woman-but-what/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [“There are other grounds for believing that gays and lesbians should be respected and protected from oppression: their right to privacy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-levay/there-are-other-grounds-for-believing-that-gays-and-lesbians-should/)

[Simon LeVay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-levay/)

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> [Gay marriage will be universally accepted in time. But if I may be so bold as to say to gays and lesbians,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/gay-marriage-will-be-universally-accepted-in-time-but-if-i-may-be-so/)

[John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/)

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> [LGBT people are really convenient: we're sort of the ultimate foreign agent in Russia. There's no doubt in anyone's mind that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/lgbt-people-are-really-convenient-we-re-sort-of-the-ultimate-foreign/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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> [It is my position that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. No matter how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mullen/it-is-my-position-that-allowing-gays-and-lesbians-to-serve-openly/)

[Michael Mullen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mullen/)

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> [Where gays and lesbians are the best organized and most concentrated in numbers are states that President Clinton must carry in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mixner/where-gays-and-lesbians-are-the-best-organized-and-most-concentrated/)

[David Mixner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mixner/)

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> [Securing for gays and lesbians the basic right to have their relationships and families recognized as part of a community makes all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-singer/securing-for-gays-and-lesbians-the-basic-right-to-have-their/)

[Paul Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-singer/)

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> [I am starting to try to understand our Gays & Lesbians brother's and Sister's. I am a Christian and I believe that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-rambharack/i-am-starting-to-try-to-understand-our-gays-lesbians-brother-s-and/)

[Glen Rambharack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-rambharack/)

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> [“Martin hesitated. This was a definite yes and no answer. Yes, gay guys picked up strangers on the street, for that matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-thornton/martin-hesitated-this-was-a-definite-yes-and-no-answer-yes-gay-guys/)

[Marshall Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-thornton/)

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> [I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-think-what-you-re-seeing-is-a-profound-recognition-on-the-part-of/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [Gays and lesbians gained rights in this country though activism and organizing, creating political space and demanding change so that lawmakers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/gays-and-lesbians-gained-rights-in-this-country-though-activism-and/)

[Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/)

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