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> [To be regularly gay was to do every day the gay thing that they did every day. To be regularly gay was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-stein/to-be-regularly-gay-was-to-do-every-day-the-gay-thing-that-they-did/)

[Gertrude Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-stein/)

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> [War, I thought, was the most negative aspect of male heterosexuality. If more men were homosexual, there would be no wars, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/war-i-thought-was-the-most-negative-aspect-of-male-heterosexuality-if/)

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

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> [Being openly gay has been nothing but a positive effect on my life. I've never hidden and have been rewarded for that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leisha-hailey/being-openly-gay-has-been-nothing-but-a-positive-effect-on-my-life-i/)

[Leisha Hailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leisha-hailey/)

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> [If you're openly living in unrepentant sin, whatever it may be, not just homosexuality, adultery, fornication, premarital sex between heterosexuals, whatever it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-broussard/if-you-re-openly-living-in-unrepentant-sin-whatever-it-may-be-not/)

[Chris Broussard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-broussard/)

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> [Fifty three per cent children in India face sexual abuse - both boys and girls - but we still feel uncomfortable talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rahul-bose/fifty-three-per-cent-children-in-india-face-sexual-abuse-both-boys/)

[Rahul Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rahul-bose/)

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> [We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination. I say "common struggle" because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coretta-scott-king/we-have-a-lot-more-work-to-do-in-our-common-struggle-against-bigotry/)

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

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> [“It’s physically impossible to be both a dork and gay. It’s like saying you’re color blind and blind. The universe will only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-easton/it-s-physically-impossible-to-be-both-a-dork-and-gay-it-s-like-saying/)

[Eli Easton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-easton/)

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> [Obviously I think it's really important to look back at your history, and that's why I think things like Pride are important.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shura/obviously-i-think-it-s-really-important-to-look-back-at-your-history/)

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

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> [I think the gay community is made up of so many little different things, different parts, different people... I think that can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-haigh/i-think-the-gay-community-is-made-up-of-so-many-little-different/)

[Andrew Haigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-haigh/)

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> [My view is that homosexual acts, not homosexuality, but homosexual acts are wrong. They’re intrinsically wrong. And I think in a natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-cuccinelli/my-view-is-that-homosexual-acts-not-homosexuality-but-homosexual-acts-2/)

[Ken Cuccinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-cuccinelli/)

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> [If you ask me:"An openly homosexual teacher can work as a teacher? I say no. (...) I'll not do anything to discriminate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gianfranco-fini/if-you-ask-me-an-openly-homosexual-teacher-can-work-as-a-teacher-i/)

[Gianfranco Fini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gianfranco-fini/)

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> [If your wife briefly corrects someone with "Actually, I'm bisexual" during conversation, it hardly sounds like attempting to remain an object of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mallory-ortberg/if-your-wife-briefly-corrects-someone-with-actually-i-m-bisexual/)

[Mallory Ortberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mallory-ortberg/)

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> [A lot of what used to be known as gay culture - broadly speaking, homoeroticism and being camp - has been brought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-tennant/a-lot-of-what-used-to-be-known-as-gay-culture-broadly-speaking/)

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

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> [The public examination of homosexuality in our contemporary life is still so coated with distasteful moral connotations that even a reviewer is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/the-public-examination-of-homosexuality-in-our-contemporary-life-is/)

[Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/)

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> [The queers of the sixties, like those since, have connived with their repression under a veneer of respectability. Good mannered city queens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-jarman/the-queers-of-the-sixties-like-those-since-have-connived-with-their/)

[Derek Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-jarman/)

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> [Let's just say my phone blew up when I came out on global television. The only people that knew were my immediate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonya-deville/let-s-just-say-my-phone-blew-up-when-i-came-out-on-global-television/)

[Sonya Deville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonya-deville/)

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> [For the longest time, if you were out and queer, you couldn't get roles. I think it's important to allow opportunities for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-o-brian/for-the-longest-time-if-you-were-out-and-queer-you-couldn-t-get-roles/)

[Katy O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-o-brian/)

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> [As many of you know, my story begins where most people's in the LGBT+ community begins... with fear. I knew I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calum-scott/as-many-of-you-know-my-story-begins-where-most-people-s-in-the-lgbt/)

[Calum Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calum-scott/)

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> [“Nobody taught me to be like this. I was born this way. Since I opened my eyes to the world, I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chavela-vargas/nobody-taught-me-to-be-like-this-i-was-born-this-way-since-i-opened/)

[Chavela Vargas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chavela-vargas/)

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> [I don't think that one thing defines me, but I know that by coming out the way that I did, sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-kenworthy/i-don-t-think-that-one-thing-defines-me-but-i-know-that-by-coming-out/)

[Gus Kenworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-kenworthy/)

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> [Instead of plotting the demise of the traditional family, as some politicians and religious leaders would have you believe, gay people mow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/instead-of-plotting-the-demise-of-the-traditional-family-as-some/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

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> [American conservatism always has been plagued by an irrational distaste for homosexuality, a robust and righteous hate for the sin that cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/american-conservatism-always-has-been-plagued-by-an-irrational/)

[Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/)

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> [“If your organization is not formally committed to a policy of nondiscrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-d-acquaviva/if-your-organization-is-not-formally-committed-to-a-policy-of/)

[Kimberly D. Acquaviva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-d-acquaviva/)

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> [If I was gay, there would be no closet. You would never see the closet I came out of. Why? Because I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-rollins/if-i-was-gay-there-would-be-no-closet-you-would-never-see-the-closet/)

[Henry Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-rollins/)

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> [Imagine trying to be a gay actor, a gay anything in modern Russia? Where to be positively oneself, to be affectionate in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mckellen/imagine-trying-to-be-a-gay-actor-a-gay-anything-in-modern-russia/)

[Ian Mckellen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mckellen/)

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> [“In general there should be gay characters in YA because a) surprise, there are gay folks everywhere and b) in my opinion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-scalzi/in-general-there-should-be-gay-characters-in-ya-because-a-surprise/)

[John Scalzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-scalzi/)

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> [I want to be in this position for people to be able to see I made it. I'm gay, I made it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-nunes/i-want-to-be-in-this-position-for-people-to-be-able-to-see-i-made-it/)

[Amanda Nunes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-nunes/)

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> [Being gay facilitated my capacity for shame. As a child, I carried around this thing that gradually became this big dark secret.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derren-brown/being-gay-facilitated-my-capacity-for-shame-as-a-child-i-carried/)

[Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derren-brown/)

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> [It's easy to get young gay men to tickle each other, right? Let's come up with a challenge: Let's get heterosexual men.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-farrier/it-s-easy-to-get-young-gay-men-to-tickle-each-other-right-let-s-come/)

[David Farrier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-farrier/)

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> [In the bible homosexuality is condemned, but along with divorce and greed and callousness toward poor people. So its elevation to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/in-the-bible-homosexuality-is-condemned-but-along-with-divorce-and/)

[Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/)

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> [“They must live outside class, without relations or money; they must work and stick to each other till death. But England belonged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster-2/they-must-live-outside-class-without-relations-or-money-they-must/)

[E.M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-forster-2/)

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> [I found it hugely insulting that people believed I'd go so far out of my way - living with Playmates, vacationing with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-piazza/i-found-it-hugely-insulting-that-people-believed-i-d-go-so-far-out-of/)

[Mike Piazza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-piazza/)

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> [People don't like what I represent, and they think I'm trying to represent the whole gay community just because I'm a gay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-grand/people-don-t-like-what-i-represent-and-they-think-i-m-trying-to/)

[Steve Grand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-grand/)

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> [I came from a pretty accepting community, and my school had a lot of openly gay and LGBT-plus people. When I joined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-oakley/i-came-from-a-pretty-accepting-community-and-my-school-had-a-lot-of/)

[Tyler Oakley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-oakley/)

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> [“if you change your mind about being gay. I’m serious, think about it. If you gotta stick it up my butt on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicky-james/if-you-change-your-mind-about-being-gay-i-m-serious-think-about-it-if/)

[Nicky James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicky-james/)

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> [I had to come out to my mother three times over a twelve-year period, but I first came out to her when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/i-had-to-come-out-to-my-mother-three-times-over-a-twelve-year-period/)

[Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/)

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> [Fear of emotional contact with men out of fear of being a sexual suspect makes boys, ironically, even more powerless before girls.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-farrell/fear-of-emotional-contact-with-men-out-of-fear-of-being-a-sexual/)

[Warren Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-farrell/)

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> [Homosexuality appeared as one of the forms of sexuality when it was transposed from the practice of sodomy into a kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-foucault/homosexuality-appeared-as-one-of-the-forms-of-sexuality-when-it-was/)

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

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> [“Make no mistake, hiding one's true self away in a closet and creating a facade of heterosexuality is not without its consequences;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-venn-brown/make-no-mistake-hiding-one-s-true-self-away-in-a-closet-and-creating/)

[Anthony Venn-Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-venn-brown/)

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> [I'm 44, and I've never had a problem being gay, and maybe I dodged a lot of bullets, and maybe I'm one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-perry/i-m-44-and-i-ve-never-had-a-problem-being-gay-and-maybe-i-dodged-a/)

[Linda Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-perry/)

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                        "text": "We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination. I say \"common struggle\" because I believe very strongly that all forms of bigotry and discrimination are equally wrong and should be opposed by right-thinking Americans everywhere. Freedom from discrimination based on sexual orientation is surely a fundamental human right in any great democracy, as much as freedom from racial, religious, gender, or ethnic discrimination.",
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                        "text": "Obviously I think it's really important to look back at your history, and that's why I think things like Pride are important. It's not necessarily about your experience of life, it's not about whether you find it difficult to be gay; it's about the fact that people have fought over hundreds of years for this to be okay, and also that there are many countries in the world where it's still not, and it's very dangerous to be gay.",
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                        "text": "My view is that homosexual acts, not homosexuality, but homosexual acts are wrong. They’re intrinsically wrong. And I think in a natural law based country it’s appropriate to have policies that reflect that They don’t comport with natural law. I happen to think that it represents (to put it politely; I need my thesaurus to be polite) behavior that is not healthy to an individual and in aggregate is not healthy to society.",
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                        "text": "If your wife briefly corrects someone with \"Actually, I'm bisexual\" during conversation, it hardly sounds like attempting to remain an object of desire to me. If she went around saying, \"Actually, I'm still very interested in men, particularly you, you massive dose of sexual charisma,\" you might have a case.",
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                        "text": "The public examination of homosexuality in our contemporary life is still so coated with distasteful moral connotations that even a reviewer is bound to wonder uneasily why he was selected to evaluate a book on the subject, and to assert defensively at the outset that he is happily married, the father of four children and the one-time adornment of his college boxing, track and tennis teams.",
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                        "text": "The queers of the sixties, like those since, have connived with their repression under a veneer of respectability. Good mannered city queens in suits and pinstripes, so busy establishing themselves, were useless at changing anything.",
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                        "text": "Let's just say my phone blew up when I came out on global television. The only people that knew were my immediate family members and my closest friends, maybe like three of them. So you can imagine how many texts and emails and Facebook messages that I got after coming out, most of which were very supportive from the LGBT community.",
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