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title: "Homosexuality Words and Sayings"
description: "Browse 3,495 Homosexuality quotes by 1,824 authors. Discover the best Homosexuality sayings and thoughts."
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> [ When people denounced \[former Iranian president Mahmoud\] Ahmadinejad for rejecting and criminalizing homosexuality, it should be remembered that was true of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/when-people-denounced-former-iranian-president-mahmoud-ahmadinejad/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [At one campus where I was lecturing, I asked a friend, "How many of my colleagues know I'm gay?" He answered, "All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-isherwood/at-one-campus-where-i-was-lecturing-i-asked-a-friend-how-many-of-my/)

[Christopher Isherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-isherwood/)

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> [“You’re a queer?” “That’s exactly what I am. I didn’t choose to be.” After a while Woody put his arm around Chuck’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-follett/you-re-a-queer-that-s-exactly-what-i-am-i-didn-t-choose-to-be-after-a/)

[Ken Follett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-follett/)

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> [Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression. The argument goes that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-rule/coming-out-all-the-way-out-is-offered-more-and-more-as-the-political-2/)

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

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> [“I have never infected anybody, and it's too late for the head people to do anything about me now. Gay is good.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-miller/i-have-never-infected-anybody-and-it-s-too-late-for-the-head-people/)

[Merle Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-miller/)

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> [I just got back from New York. You ever been there? There was a big gay parade going on there when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norm-macdonald/i-just-got-back-from-new-york-you-ever-been-there-there-was-a-big-gay/)

[Norm MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norm-macdonald/)

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> [If there are countries that discriminate against the gay community, they are the countries that I will not spend my own personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-quest/if-there-are-countries-that-discriminate-against-the-gay-community/)

[Richard Quest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-quest/)

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> [“An Otaku who says your gay, is not an Otaku. An Otaku who says a certain anime sucked, it not an Otaku.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silvyharmonix/an-otaku-who-says-your-gay-is-not-an-otaku-an-otaku-who-says-a/)

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

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> [I was totally surprised by the spread of the legalization of same-sex marriage. In just my lifetime we have gone from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-naisbitt/i-was-totally-surprised-by-the-spread-of-the-legalization-of-same-sex/)

[John Naisbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-naisbitt/)

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> [I just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-paladino/i-just-think-my-children-and-your-children-would-be-much-better-off/)

[Carl Paladino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-paladino/)

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> [Oscar Wilde was suing the Marquis of Queensbury in 1895 for libel accusing Wilde of homosexuality Counsel: Have you ever adored a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/oscar-wilde-was-suing-the-marquis-of-queensbury-in-1895-for-libel/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [ I guess \[coming out publicly\] seems like a weight off my shoulders. I’ve been playing a lot better than I’ve ever played… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-rapinoe/i-guess-coming-out-publicly-seems-like-a-weight-off-my-shoulders-i-ve/)

[Megan Rapinoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-rapinoe/)

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> [The marginalization of African-Americans within their own community based on sexuality is a construct that is more complex than the idea that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karamo-brown/the-marginalization-of-african-americans-within-their-own-community/)

[Karamo Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karamo-brown/)

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> [It's kind of a shame that it's even an issue. Not being gay, I can't fully appreciate how complicated that is. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-wolf/it-s-kind-of-a-shame-that-it-s-even-an-issue-not-being-gay-i-can-t/)

[Scott Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-wolf/)

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> [The next time someone asks you why LGBT Pride marches exist or why Gay Pride Month is June tell them “A bisexual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-limoncelli/the-next-time-someone-asks-you-why-lgbt-pride-marches-exist-or-why/)

[Tom Limoncelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-limoncelli/)

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> [If ever we needed in this country to adopt a new attitude towards homosexuality, this is the time. Instead of treating it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/if-ever-we-needed-in-this-country-to-adopt-a-new-attitude-towards/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

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> [The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that the next time the government mandates a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-bloch/the-one-bonus-of-not-lifting-the-ban-on-gays-in-the-military-is-that/)

[Lorne Bloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-bloch/)

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> [I've never dated anyone because they were vegetarian, just like I'm gay but don't only go to gay bars. I hang out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mathews/i-ve-never-dated-anyone-because-they-were-vegetarian-just-like-i-m/)

[Dan Mathews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mathews/)

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> [Gays have become colossal bores. Once interesting and iconoclastic, all they seem to crave nowadays is the State's pension and seal of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilana-mercer/gays-have-become-colossal-bores-once-interesting-and-iconoclastic-all/)

[Ilana Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilana-mercer/)

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> [In the 21st century, I think it's fair to say, homosexuality is more accepted in Britain and it's wonderful that my generation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-stevens/in-the-21st-century-i-think-it-s-fair-to-say-homosexuality-is-more/)

[Dan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-stevens/)

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> [I feel I must acknowledge that gay people are, generally speaking, funnier, more self-sufficient, and better in crises and I should step…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thao-nguyen/i-feel-i-must-acknowledge-that-gay-people-are-generally-speaking/)

[Thao Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thao-nguyen/)

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> [I think honestly, SOME people who think they’re gay, they’re confused. People can misconstrue closeness for love. People can feel connected, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stevie-wonder/i-think-honestly-some-people-who-think-they-re-gay-they-re-confused-2/)

[Stevie Wonder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stevie-wonder/)

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> [Those people who espouse conservatism that causes them to be under permanent attack by the left gay activists cabal, those people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-breitbart/those-people-who-espouse-conservatism-that-causes-them-to-be-under/)

[Andrew Breitbart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-breitbart/)

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> [When I was young, I and the whole world thought that all homosexuals were effeminate. And of course they're not. You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/when-i-was-young-i-and-the-whole-world-thought-that-all-homosexuals/)

[Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/)

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> [I just think gay men are looked at much less favorably than gay women. If you look at the overall stereotype, lesbians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-rapinoe/i-just-think-gay-men-are-looked-at-much-less-favorably-than-gay-women/)

[Megan Rapinoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-rapinoe/)

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> [They say love's like a bus, and if you wait long enough another one will come along, but not in this place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/they-say-love-s-like-a-bus-and-if-you-wait-long-enough-another-one/)

[Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/)

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> [Everybody knows what my sexual orientation is. I don't need to scream it out. I won't, only because I live in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-johar/everybody-knows-what-my-sexual-orientation-is-i-don-t-need-to-scream/)

[Karan Johar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-johar/)

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> [Suppose that there's a gene that makes you gay if you were bottle-fed but that has some completely different effect if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/suppose-that-there-s-a-gene-that-makes-you-gay-if-you-were-bottle-fed/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [Eight times a week, I got to be a gay man, a remarkable gay man, and every night, that felt as full,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-grey/eight-times-a-week-i-got-to-be-a-gay-man-a-remarkable-gay-man-and/)

[Joel Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-grey/)

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> [I don't think anyone's sexuality needs to be a public issue other than to give others the confidence to love themselves wholeheartedly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/crystal-bowersox/i-don-t-think-anyone-s-sexuality-needs-to-be-a-public-issue-other/)

[Crystal Bowersox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/crystal-bowersox/)

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> [I had a few problems. I didn't realise it until I started going to therapy. I did it for 10 years, two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefano-gabbana/i-had-a-few-problems-i-didn-t-realise-it-until-i-started-going-to/)

[Stefano Gabbana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefano-gabbana/)

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> [People think of gays like they do diseases. What happened to everyone is equal? You might bully gays or you might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaylynn-thompson/people-think-of-gays-like-they-do-diseases-what-happened-to-everyone/)

[Kaylynn Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaylynn-thompson/)

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> [Although homosexual behavior is very common in the animal world, it seems to be very uncommon that individual animals have a long-lasting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-levay/although-homosexual-behavior-is-very-common-in-the-animal-world-it/)

[Simon LeVay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-levay/)

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> [“The essence of Christianity is told us in the Garden of Eden history. The fruit that was forbidden was on the tree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/the-essence-of-christianity-is-told-us-in-the-garden-of-eden-history-2/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

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> [Normally when you go to a queer space the people often look like you, they are the same age as you and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/courtney-act/normally-when-you-go-to-a-queer-space-the-people-often-look-like-you/)

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

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> [I think this is the funny thing about PWR BTTM that a lot of people don't realize at first, which is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liv-bruce/i-think-this-is-the-funny-thing-about-pwr-bttm-that-a-lot-of-people/)

[Liv Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liv-bruce/)

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> [Honestly, when I first heard that there were rumors out there about me being gay, I thought, 'Wow, someone must really hate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ne-yo/honestly-when-i-first-heard-that-there-were-rumors-out-there-about-me/)

[Ne-Yo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ne-yo/)

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> [Actually, there is no such thing as a homosexual person, any more than there is such a thing as a heterosexual person.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/actually-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-homosexual-person-any-more-than/)

[Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/)

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> [I'm trying to tell kids if they are gay, it's OK to be gay. I've tried to tell families if they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-phillips/i-m-trying-to-tell-kids-if-they-are-gay-it-s-ok-to-be-gay-i-ve-tried/)

[Jeanne Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-phillips/)

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> [We don't want to promote any system that treats the fact that an individual is LGBT as a personality disorder. And anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamala-harris/we-don-t-want-to-promote-any-system-that-treats-the-fact-that-an/)

[Kamala Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamala-harris/)

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## Top authors on Homosexuality

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- [Gus Kenworthy 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/homosexuality/gus-kenworthy/)
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