Homosexuality Quotes by Andrew Solomon

Being gay is immutable.

— Andrew Solomon

The more gay people can tell our stories, the more other people will accept gay people.

— Andrew Solomon

Someday, being gay will be a simple fact, free of party hats and blame. But not yet.

— Andrew Solomon

There is a great deal of sin that comes from homosexuals who believe their homosexuality is a sin.

— Andrew Solomon

Being gay is immutable. Maybe someday we'll figure out more of the science and it will be changeable, but we have no…

— Andrew Solomon

I have two nexuses of sadness about the Mormon Church. The first is the effect the Church's position on homosexuality has on…

— Andrew Solomon

Now, it's not that I think that being gay is the most amazing, wonderful thing in the world, but I have a…

— Andrew Solomon

When I was born, the wisdom was that homosexuality was an illness; that it was caused largely by somebody's mother, and a…

— Andrew Solomon

Gay rights are not primarily marriage rights, and for the millions who live in unaccepting places with no resources, dignity remains elusive.…

— Andrew Solomon

I got into my first serious relationship with a man when I was twenty-three. I had, before that, sort of a typical,…

— Andrew Solomon

If I understand correctly, part of the objection to homosexuality used to have to do with the fact that gay people didn't…

— Andrew Solomon

One has to weigh all of one's values always in relative terms. On the upside, you get people who are not acting…

— Andrew Solomon

If you don't want to have gay weddings in Mormon churches, that's fine. That's absolutely up to the members of the faith…

— Andrew Solomon

Nowadays, people often ask me when I came out, generalising from the experience of many young people who announce themselves to the…

— Andrew Solomon

There is also somehow the idea that this gay thing is all just about indulgence in carnal pleasure. When I was twenty…

— Andrew Solomon

When I remember how unhappy I was in adolescence - about the fact that, though I wasn't really using the term to…

— Andrew Solomon

What has become clear to me is that it is not the inherent nature of being gay that causes such a reduced…

— Andrew Solomon

I would have had an easier life if I were straight, but I would not be me. And I now like being…

— Andrew Solomon

The world changed, and the idea of having a family became feasible for homosexuals. But I was still left with the question…

— Andrew Solomon