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title: "Homosexuality Quotes and Sayings"
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> [“In America the gay world touched my life at the margins, though references and images and occasional conversations with men and women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saleem-haddad/in-america-the-gay-world-touched-my-life-at-the-margins-though/)

Saleem Haddad

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> [The public eye has always been kind to me, and until recently I have been able to live a pretty normal life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-patrick-harris/the-public-eye-has-always-been-kind-to-me-and-until-recently-i-have/)

[Neil Patrick Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-patrick-harris/)

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> [It's not my victory, it's yours and yours and yours. If a gay can win, it means there is hope that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/it-s-not-my-victory-it-s-yours-and-yours-and-yours-if-a-gay-can-win/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

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> [While I don't often use the word, the technically precise term for my orientation is bisexual. I believe bisexuality is not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/while-i-don-t-often-use-the-word-the-technically-precise-term-for-my/)

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

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> [The genetic theory of homosexuality has been generally discarded today. . . . Despite the interest in possible hormone mechanisms in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-masters/the-genetic-theory-of-homosexuality-has-been-generally-discarded/)

William H. Masters

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> [I think people are born bisexual and the make subconscious choices based on the pressures of society. I have no question in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-fox/i-think-people-are-born-bisexual-and-the-make-subconscious-choices/)

[Megan Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-fox/)

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> [“In a sane world, love and sex would not divide by gender. We could love like and unlike beings, love them for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/in-a-sane-world-love-and-sex-would-not-divide-by-gender-we-could-love/)

[Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/)

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> [Homosexuality may be proscribed in the Old Testament, but it's not in the New, because I believe that Jesus was more tolerant.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-brown/homosexuality-may-be-proscribed-in-the-old-testament-but-it-s-not-in/)

Judy Brown

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> [I think it's important for you to understand that homosexuality is not a noun that describes a condition. It's an adjective that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallin-h-oaks/i-think-it-s-important-for-you-to-understand-that-homosexuality-is/)

[Dallin H. Oaks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallin-h-oaks/)

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> [It is very unusual for someone from Latin American society to openly stand by his homosexuality. In my hometown, there are still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orlando-cruz/it-is-very-unusual-for-someone-from-latin-american-society-to-openly/)

[Orlando Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orlando-cruz/)

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> [“There is, however, one way of speaking that I've tried to avoid. Rather than refer to someone as "a homosexual," I've taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wesley-hill/there-is-however-one-way-of-speaking-that-i-ve-tried-to-avoid-rather/)

[Wesley Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wesley-hill/)

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> [Homosexuality is a cage in which you are trapped in an endless cycle of constantly wanting more - sexually - that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glatze/homosexuality-is-a-cage-in-which-you-are-trapped-in-an-endless-cycle/)

Michael Glatze

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> [“I take a nap after supper and dream of the U.S. Navy, a ship anchored near a war scene, at an island,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/i-take-a-nap-after-supper-and-dream-of-the-u-s-navy-a-ship-anchored/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

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> [My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/my-only-regret-about-being-gay-is-that-i-repressed-it-for-so-long-i/)

[Armistead Maupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/armistead-maupin/)

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> [“After nearly a decade of intensive hunting, what geneticists have found is not a "gay gene" but a few "gay locations." Some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddhartha-mukherjee/after-nearly-a-decade-of-intensive-hunting-what-geneticists-have/)

[Siddhartha Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddhartha-mukherjee/)

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> [Finally, a prominent nation is taking on the homosexual agenda and rejecting it outright. A number of African nations have done the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-thompson/finally-a-prominent-nation-is-taking-on-the-homosexual-agenda-and/)

[Sylvia Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-thompson/)

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> [It takes a lot of guts to come out to your friends and family. For most gay people, coming out is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martina-navratilova/it-takes-a-lot-of-guts-to-come-out-to-your-friends-and-family-for/)

[Martina Navratilova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martina-navratilova/)

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> [Even though probably the majority of homosexuals are not oriented towards young people, there is a significant number that are, especially the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-lively/even-though-probably-the-majority-of-homosexuals-are-not-oriented/)

[Scott Lively](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-lively/)

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> [“The closet does have a benefit. It provides safety. Which at times is important. But remember, as long as you are in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-venn-brown/the-closet-does-have-a-benefit-it-provides-safety-which-at-times-is/)

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

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> [“So he was queer, E.M. Forster. It wasn't his middle name (that would be 'Morgan'), but it was his orientation, his romping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-levenson/so-he-was-queer-e-m-forster-it-wasn-t-his-middle-name-that-would-be/)

Michael Levenson

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> [In my early 20s, I set out to kind of find myself. At that time, if you were different or if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-carrera/in-my-early-20s-i-set-out-to-kind-of-find-myself-at-that-time-if-you/)

[Carmen Carrera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-carrera/)

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> [Gays feel about popularity the same way teenage girls do. Is it that we really want friends we can count on, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perry-brass/gays-feel-about-popularity-the-same-way-teenage-girls-do-is-it-that/)

[Perry Brass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perry-brass/)

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> [If anyone thinks they're going to get anything out of the Reagan administration for any particular group, they're wrong! You have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayard-rustin/if-anyone-thinks-they-re-going-to-get-anything-out-of-the-reagan/)

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

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> [There's some fine line there where you could say, 'I don't hate gays. I didn't intend to harm a gay person. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-mckinney/there-s-some-fine-line-there-where-you-could-say-i-don-t-hate-gays-i/)

Aaron McKinney

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> [The truth is if I had a gay son, I would love him just as much as if he was straight. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-morgan/the-truth-is-if-i-had-a-gay-son-i-would-love-him-just-as-much-as-if/)

[Tracy Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-morgan/)

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> [Trying to get the talk show, looking back on it, we had to beg a lot of station managers to pick up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-degeneres/trying-to-get-the-talk-show-looking-back-on-it-we-had-to-beg-a-lot-of/)

[Ellen DeGeneres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-degeneres/)

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> [I really brought that with me: that people think gay people are disgusting... I remember thinking, 'Okay, I might be gay. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rippon/i-really-brought-that-with-me-that-people-think-gay-people-are/)

[Adam Rippon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rippon/)

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> [There is a fantasy as old as the modern gay rights movement that if all our skins turned lavender overnight, the majority,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mckellen/there-is-a-fantasy-as-old-as-the-modern-gay-rights-movement-that-if/)

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

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> [I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-clary/i-knew-that-this-was-what-i-wanted-to-talk-about-on-stage-there-was/)

[Julian Clary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-clary/)

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> [In the mid-1980s, there wasn't a representation of gayness on television. Our glitter and our goofiness and our great costumes made in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivory/in-the-mid-1980s-there-wasn-t-a-representation-of-gayness-on/)

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

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> [There's something problematic with this idea that straight men can be 'turned', and the binary of gay and straight and the lack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/courtney-act/there-s-something-problematic-with-this-idea-that-straight-men-can-be/)

[Courtney Act](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/courtney-act/)

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> [Democracy is a hegemonic tool of the West and contrary to Islam. Why do you act as though the entire world needs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdul-sattar-abu-risha/democracy-is-a-hegemonic-tool-of-the-west-and-contrary-to-islam-why/)

[Abdul Sattar Abu Risha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdul-sattar-abu-risha/)

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> [Homosexuals love to look good. They're clean, neat. They're fastidious, well mannered and well educated. They like aesthetic things. They like good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lalanne/homosexuals-love-to-look-good-they-re-clean-neat-they-re-fastidious/)

[Jack LaLanne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lalanne/)

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> [I was romantically socialized as a gay man, and now that I am, for most intents and purposes, a heterosexual woman, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hari-nef/i-was-romantically-socialized-as-a-gay-man-and-now-that-i-am-for-most/)

[Hari Nef](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hari-nef/)

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> [If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-rule/if-the-tenth-of-the-population-that-is-gay-became-visible-tomorrow/)

[Jane Rule](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-rule/)

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> [I remember when we were going to release 'Dancing On My Own,' and I went into the record label crying to them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calum-scott/i-remember-when-we-were-going-to-release-dancing-on-my-own-and-i-went/)

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

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> [When I was in third grade I thought that I was gay cause I could draw, my uncle was and I kept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macklemore/when-i-was-in-third-grade-i-thought-that-i-was-gay-cause-i-could-draw/)

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

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> [I'm not sure what 'coming out right' means. It often means that what you do holds a kind of energy that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/i-m-not-sure-what-coming-out-right-means-it-often-means-that-what-you/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

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> [I enjoy the fact that, as a gay man, there's relatively little pressure on me to act like a grown-up, but also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vestal-mcintyre/i-enjoy-the-fact-that-as-a-gay-man-there-s-relatively-little-pressure/)

[Vestal McIntyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vestal-mcintyre/)

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> [No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/no-i-am-not-a-homosexual-if-i-were-a-homosexual-i-would-hope-i-would/)

[Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/)

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                        "text": "“In America the gay world touched my life at the margins, though references and images and occasional conversations with men and women who celebrated their homosexuality with pride. As far as I could see there was nothing to be proud about. There was only pain, humiliation and shame. If I were to join this group, I would have to act proud and hide my feelings of rejection and loneliness. If I were to show these men and women that I was terrified for my future, I would be regarded as misguided or a victim of Islam or Arabness. But if there was one thing I wsa certain of it was that there was nothing misguided about my feelings, and I did not feel that Islam or my Arabness was to blame. If I were to join this group, I would simply go from the repressiveness of secrecy to the repressiveness of pride. I didn't despise my shame. I had no reason to do so. My shame illuminated my intense attachment to the world, my desire to be connected with others.”",
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                        "text": "It is very unusual for someone from Latin American society to openly stand by his homosexuality. In my hometown, there are still lots of prejudices against gays. We are often not considered to be fully-fledged people. The family is sacred there; having children means more than anything else.",
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                        "text": "Homosexuality is a cage in which you are trapped in an endless cycle of constantly wanting more - sexually - that you can never actually receive, constantly full of emptiness, trying to justify your twisted actions by politics and ‘feel good’ language.",
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                        "text": "“After nearly a decade of intensive hunting, what geneticists have found is not a \"gay gene\" but a few \"gay locations.\" Some genes that reside in these locations are indeed tantalizing candidates as regulators of sexual behavior-but none of these candidates has been experimentally linked to homo- or heterosexuality. One gene that sits int he Xq28 region, for instance, encodes a protein that is known to regulate the testosterone receptor, a well-known mediator of sexual behavior. But whether this gene is the long-sought gay gene on Xq28 remains unknown.”",
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