I know I can't tell you what it's like to be gay. But I can tell you what it's not. It's not… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
I think after time goes by and you earn certain rights or you break through certain barriers, you could sometimes, maybe, take… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
“Washed and waiting. That is my life – my identity as one who is forgiven and spiritually cleansed and my struggle as… — Wesley Hill Copy Share Image
People write to me all the time to tell me that "homosexuality is an abomination." They base this on a quote in… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
“My request today is simple. Today. Tomorrow. Next week. Find somebody, anybody, that’s different than you. Somebody that has made you feel… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
Some conservative groups believe that a person cannot be both conservative and gay. They believe that traditional lives cannot be led by… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
“There is no unthreatened, unthreatening conceptual home for the concept of gay origins. We have all the more reason, then, to keep… — Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Copy Share Image
“My conservative group of friends, whom I trusted through Lance, strangely accepted that we were gay and deep in the closet and… — Charles Benedict Copy Share Image
I think I was more just not comfortable with saying it. I was also in denial. I was like, 'I'm not gay,… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
I have a big problem with cis straight men. I'm sort of discriminatory against them and it's going to take work for… — Tommy Dorfman Copy Share Image
“Giovanni had awakened an itch, had released a gnaw in me. I realized it one afternoon, when I was taking him to… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
We do not accept the Western way of thinking that there are two ways of life. At the same time, the police… — Yoweri Museveni Copy Share Image
I knew from a very young age that I had crushes on girls. But in that Catholic-school environment, any older girls who… — G Flip Copy Share Image
We would say homosexuality is not the original design for sexuality. Therefore, it’s not good for human flourishing. We want people to… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I had a number of different labels. A lot of people assumed I was gay because I was wearing a man's suit,… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
Every single American - gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - every single American deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“The world does not need a ‘gay Elvis’, for the original, with his black leather suit, pomaded pompadour, come-fuck-me eyes and radiant… — Mark Simpson Copy Share Image
I'm typically attracted to men or male-identified people 99% of the time. But I guess if I had to pick a label… — Liv Bruce Copy Share Image
[John Boswell] introduction of the concept of "gay" (in the way he defines it) provides us both with a useful instrument of… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
This liberating discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Paul looked up into the sky and sighed. "It was..." he searched for the word. "Constant, Ubiquitous. Something that almost didn't have… — A.E. Wasp Copy Share Image
My fear of coming out wasn't about rejection. I was scared people would say: 'Why were you lying to me? If you've… — Gareth Thomas Copy Share Image
Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time… — Little Richard Copy Share Image
Sexuality is honestly fluid. And it becomes this whole thing where people demand to know stuff about you. It's a little invasive,… — Rachel Sennott Copy Share Image
I'm always thrilled when I get feedback from young people, particularly from 'The New Normal,' young gay people - when they say… — Andrew Rannells Copy Share Image
“The fact is, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people will never be a majority. We are a natural minority within the population.… — Gene Robinson Copy Share Image
I did hang out in that world. But, I mean, I've gone to gay bars before. It's not like that's something I… — Adrien Brody Copy Share Image
“If I was gay, I wouldn't need an asterisk beside my name. I could stop worrying if the girl I like will… — Leah Raeder Copy Share Image
Popular culture does a lot to shape attitudes. You can't compare different communities to each other, but in my lifetime the gay… — Jay Ruderman Copy Share Image
I just live my life - but the support from the gay community is always fantastic. It's really great because they are… — A. J. Pritchard Copy Share Image
There were, and still are, a lot of different points of view in the gay community. It's not everybody holding hands and… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
People from pre-sexual revolution and even from the 60s and the birth of the gay movement still define gay as two men… — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
“...as a child, I was an avid reader. And despite reading hundreds of books about straight people, I did not grow up… — Lesléa Newman Copy Share Image
I am pleased now that I have lived in a gay as well as a religious ghetto, though it hasn't been very… — Lionel Blue Copy Share Image
Just by being out you're doing your part. It's like recycling. You're doing your part for the environment if you recycle; you're… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
While the Obama Department of Justice seems to favor pornographers over children and families, that will change under a Satorum Administration. I… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
“There's so few things men can talk about. If a man doesn't like baseball, then he must like horses, and if he… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Gay people exist. There's nothing we can do in public policy that makes more of us exist, or less of us exist.… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
Over the years I've realised that there's nothing wrong with me. But there was a long way for me to go to… — Conchita Wurst Copy Share Image
“You need to start making an effort,” Richard said. “There’s a thing called the gay scene nowadays. It happens in large cities… — Philip Hensher Copy Share Image
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