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title: "Short Homosexuality Quotations"
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> [I think that's when you get into trouble when a shop or like a big department store does a ton of Pride…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-stalter/i-think-that-s-when-you-get-into-trouble-when-a-shop-or-like-a-big/)

[Megan Stalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-stalter/)

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> [“It was 1993, and Reese and I had just begun the last quarter of our junior year. I could no longer hang…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-benedict/it-was-1993-and-reese-and-i-had-just-begun-the-last-quarter-of-our/)

[Charles Benedict](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-benedict/)

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> [“Some lurid things have been said about me—that I am a racist, a hopeless alcoholic, a closet homosexual and so forth—that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/some-lurid-things-have-been-said-about-me-that-i-am-a-racist-a/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [Thinking back on it, I've been in this business since I was 3, and I grew up in musical theater, so I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-mclean/thinking-back-on-it-i-ve-been-in-this-business-since-i-was-3-and-i/)

[A. J. McLean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-mclean/)

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> [“Make life easier for those around you, not harder. Every person you know is fighting their own great battle. Few of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pearce/make-life-easier-for-those-around-you-not-harder-every-person-you/)

[Dan Pearce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pearce/)

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> [People have speculated about my sexuality for years and years. They are obviously interested in my sex life. Fine. Let them speculate.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-michael/people-have-speculated-about-my-sexuality-for-years-and-years-they/)

[George Michael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-michael/)

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> [You are digging for the answers until your fingers bleed, to satisfy the hunger, to satiate the need… And as you pray…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-etheridge/you-are-digging-for-the-answers-until-your-fingers-bleed-to-satisfy/)

[Melissa Etheridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-etheridge/)

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> [Like being a woman, like being a racial religious tribal or ethnic minority, being LGBT does not make you less human. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/like-being-a-woman-like-being-a-racial-religious-tribal-or-ethnic/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

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> [We hope we are moving toward a world where sexual orientation is not an issue, because we hate the idea of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-tennant/we-hope-we-are-moving-toward-a-world-where-sexual-orientation-is-not/)

[Neil Tennant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-tennant/)

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> [I've once gotten in trouble with certain gay activists because I'm not gay enough! I am a morose homosexual. I'm melancholy. Gay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rodriguez/i-ve-once-gotten-in-trouble-with-certain-gay-activists-because-i-m/)

[Richard Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rodriguez/)

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> [The time has come to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' It is the right thing to do. Every American should have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianne-feinstein/the-time-has-come-to-repeal-don-t-ask-don-t-tell-it-is-the-right/)

[Dianne Feinstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianne-feinstein/)

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> [Bisexuality often needs an explanation. It isn't something you can often 'read' on a person, and because of that, bi people sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-beatriz/bisexuality-often-needs-an-explanation-it-isn-t-something-you-can/)

[Stephanie Beatriz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-beatriz/)

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> [I am of the school that believes, for the most part, that gays are born and not made. That is, I believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-navarro/i-am-of-the-school-that-believes-for-the-most-part-that-gays-are-born/)

[Peter Navarro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-navarro/)

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> [“It's painfully obvious to both of us that you're dangerously close to a sexless-related meltdown. And I went to Alibi last girls'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seventhswan/it-s-painfully-obvious-to-both-of-us-that-you-re-dangerously-close-to/)

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

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> [“The whole world goes on and on about love. Poets spend their lives writing about it. Everyone thinks it's the most wonderful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-a-roeder/the-whole-world-goes-on-and-on-about-love-poets-spend-their-lives/)

[Mark A. Roeder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-a-roeder/)

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> [I love giving my male friends advice. And when I need advice myself? I go to my gay guy friends. Theyre very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-aguilera/i-love-giving-my-male-friends-advice-and-when-i-need-advice-myself-i/)

[Christina Aguilera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-aguilera/)

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> [For pragmatic reasons, for lessening of violence and for allowing people to live better lives, I think that the march forward for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-nelson/for-pragmatic-reasons-for-lessening-of-violence-and-for-allowing/)

[Maggie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-nelson/)

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> [There is object proof that homosexuality is more interesting than heterosexuality. It's that one knows a considerable number of heterosexuals who would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-foucault/there-is-object-proof-that-homosexuality-is-more-interesting-than/)

[Michel Foucault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-foucault/)

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> [People are realizing that being gay is just as defining as the color of our skin and it's not a choice. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jordan/people-are-realizing-that-being-gay-is-just-as-defining-as-the-color/)

[Leslie Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-jordan/)

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> [I mean, I always knew that I was gay, yet this was a time when you were not encouraged to bring that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-bearse/i-mean-i-always-knew-that-i-was-gay-yet-this-was-a-time-when-you-were/)

[Amanda Bearse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-bearse/)

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> [I don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others. So if hearing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-cook/i-don-t-consider-myself-an-activist-but-i-realize-how-much-i-ve/)

[Tim Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-cook/)

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> [I've known gay people - men and women - since I was a young person. To me it's just naturalistic and realistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilberto-hernandez-guerrero/i-ve-known-gay-people-men-and-women-since-i-was-a-young-person-to-me/)

[Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilberto-hernandez-guerrero/)

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> [I actually have more respect for people who are in the closet. You end up exposing so much of yourself because you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-harrison/i-actually-have-more-respect-for-people-who-are-in-the-closet-you-end/)

[Randy Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-harrison/)

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> [I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-vos-savant/i-think-change-is-possible-but-only-for-individuals-who-were-never/)

[Marilyn vos Savant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-vos-savant/)

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> [I never had a low self-esteem that would make me gay. At one point, though, the reverse happened. Being homosexual led me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-fricke/i-never-had-a-low-self-esteem-that-would-make-me-gay-at-one-point/)

[Aaron Fricke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-fricke/)

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> [I came out to my parents as gay, and then I realized, you know, four or five years later, that I wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candis-cayne/i-came-out-to-my-parents-as-gay-and-then-i-realized-you-know-four-or/)

[Candis Cayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candis-cayne/)

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> [I met too frankly preposterous, if it weren't for their banal evil, politicians and pastors who told knowing lies about the evils…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-met-too-frankly-preposterous-if-it-weren-t-for-their-banal-evil/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

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> [Twenty-five, 30 years ago, the barometer of human rights in the United States were black people. That is no longer true. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayard-rustin/twenty-five-30-years-ago-the-barometer-of-human-rights-in-the-united/)

[Bayard Rustin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bayard-rustin/)

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> [“I think about that story a lot now. People in a boat, waiting, terrified, while implacable, unsmiling men, irresistibly strong, seize ….…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-kushner/i-think-about-that-story-a-lot-now-people-in-a-boat-waiting-terrified/)

[Tony Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-kushner/)

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> [Now, it's not that I think that being gay is the most amazing, wonderful thing in the world, but I have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-solomon/now-it-s-not-that-i-think-that-being-gay-is-the-most-amazing/)

[Andrew Solomon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-solomon/)

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> [As I said in the Times and will say again here, I do, however, believe that most members of our community —…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/as-i-said-in-the-times-and-will-say-again-here-i-do-however-believe/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

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> [I've read stories from people who say they always knew they were attracted to the same sex, or that they figured it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-kornacki/i-ve-read-stories-from-people-who-say-they-always-knew-they-were/)

[Steve Kornacki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-kornacki/)

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> [I absolutely believe in assimilation. I don't believe I'm any different from straight people. My wants and needs are the same as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-absolutely-believe-in-assimilation-i-don-t-believe-i-m-any/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [When I was born, the wisdom was that homosexuality was an illness; that it was caused largely by somebody's mother, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-solomon/when-i-was-born-the-wisdom-was-that-homosexuality-was-an-illness-that/)

[Andrew Solomon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-solomon/)

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> [I think that sometimes the whole larger-than-life gay thing is just another kind of closet. It's easier to be different if you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lili-wilkinson/i-think-that-sometimes-the-whole-larger-than-life-gay-thing-is-just/)

[Lili Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lili-wilkinson/)

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> [Roughly 7 to 8 percent of men in Germany are homosexual. If that is how things remain, our nation will fall to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-himmler/roughly-7-to-8-percent-of-men-in-germany-are-homosexual-if-that-is/)

[Heinrich Himmler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-himmler/)

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> [I think I tend to feel discomfort more when I anticipate or arrive upon moments in which I need to be careful.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/i-think-i-tend-to-feel-discomfort-more-when-i-anticipate-or-arrive/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

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> [Having spent 37 years of my life in the military as a reservist, and never having met a gay in all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/having-spent-37-years-of-my-life-in-the-military-as-a-reservist-and/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

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> [I believe we all have different ways we came to the gay community and we can't and shouldn't be pigeon-holed into one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/i-believe-we-all-have-different-ways-we-came-to-the-gay-community-and/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

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> [There's not much more to do on the gay agenda. They got gay marriage, and we're close to putting you in jail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/there-s-not-much-more-to-do-on-the-gay-agenda-they-got-gay-marriage/)

[Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/)

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                        "text": "You are digging for the answers until your fingers bleed, to satisfy the hunger, to satiate the need… And as you pray in your darkness for wings to set you free, you are bound to your silent legacy.",
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                        "text": "I've once gotten in trouble with certain gay activists because I'm not gay enough! I am a morose homosexual. I'm melancholy. Gay is the last adjective I would use to describe myself. The idea of being gay, like a little sparkler, never occurs to me. So if you ask me if I'm gay, I say no.",
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                        "text": "The time has come to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' It is the right thing to do. Every American should have the opportunity to serve their country, regardless of race, sex, creed, or sexual orientation.",
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                        "text": "“It's painfully obvious to both of us that you're dangerously close to a sexless-related meltdown. And I went to Alibi last girls' night and there were plenty of straight people there, too, you know, but um. I mean, there were also lots of—\" \"People!\" Jon shouts, \"Plenty of people. With, uh, orifices.”",
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                        "text": "I love giving my male friends advice. And when I need advice myself? I go to my gay guy friends. Theyre very understanding and they are often coming from the same perspective. Whos better at giving advice, gay or straight guys? Well that depends on the advice youre looking for. If its bedroom-related, my gay friends are the best. They just lay it out there!",
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                        "text": "“I think about that story a lot now. People in a boat, waiting, terrified, while implacable, unsmiling men, irresistibly strong, seize …. Maybe the person next to you, maybe you, and with no warning at all, with time only for a quick intake of air you are pitched into freezing, turbulent water and salt and darkness to drown.”",
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