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title: "Homosexuality Lines and Sayings"
description: "Browse 3,495 Homosexuality quotes by 1,824 authors. Discover the best Homosexuality sayings and thoughts."
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> [“I practiced saying I was gay to inanimate objects around the house. I told the soap dish in the bathroom, the ceiling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-burd/i-practiced-saying-i-was-gay-to-inanimate-objects-around-the-house-i/)

[Nick Burd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-burd/)

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> [There are people who were gay and lived the gay lifestyle and aren’t anymore. I don’t know if that’s the similar situation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/there-are-people-who-were-gay-and-lived-the-gay-lifestyle-and-aren-t/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

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> [Since the point of erotica is to offer the consumer sexual experiences without having to compromise with the demands of the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pinker/since-the-point-of-erotica-is-to-offer-the-consumer-sexual/)

[Steven Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pinker/)

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> [While I have no empirical evidence to back this up, I bet that the number of homosexual people per thousand has not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-rollins/while-i-have-no-empirical-evidence-to-back-this-up-i-bet-that-the/)

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

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> [The difference between being in the closet and out of the closet as a gay man is such a huge shift. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-groff/the-difference-between-being-in-the-closet-and-out-of-the-closet-as-a/)

[Jonathan Groff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-groff/)

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> [If you're a person with resources who is LGBT, you may have some problems with that - but, frankly, you'll probably have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hollibaugh/if-you-re-a-person-with-resources-who-is-lgbt-you-may-have-some/)

[Amber Hollibaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hollibaugh/)

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> [Well, where do I start? I've had sex, I've drunk beer, I've smoked. I'm bi... But I'm human so guess what? It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor/well-where-do-i-start-i-ve-had-sex-i-ve-drunk-beer-i-ve-smoked-i-m-bi/)

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

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> [Many human beings enjoy sexual relations with their own sex; many don't; many respond to both. This plurality is part of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/many-human-beings-enjoy-sexual-relations-with-their-own-sex-many-don/)

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

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> [“I think it doesn’t matter if you or I or anybody else thinks homosexuality is a sin. It doesn’t matter if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pearce/i-think-it-doesn-t-matter-if-you-or-i-or-anybody-else-thinks/)

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

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> [“And if any of you has a problem with any of it, then it's \*your\* problem. Being gay is hard enough without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-s-king/and-if-any-of-you-has-a-problem-with-any-of-it-then-it-s-your-problem/)

[A.S. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-s-king/)

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> [“At the border of where I will literally not survive so long as I keep living in so much fear of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pearce/at-the-border-of-where-i-will-literally-not-survive-so-long-as-i-keep/)

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

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> [This is a word that is not a scientific term. This is a rhetorical tool of psychological manipulation... Because everyone knows if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-lively/this-is-a-word-that-is-not-a-scientific-term-this-is-a-rhetorical/)

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

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> [I'll tell you what gives me hope. After the struggle for marriage equality, the LGBTQ community has built some very powerful organizations;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-petrow/i-ll-tell-you-what-gives-me-hope-after-the-struggle-for-marriage/)

[Steven Petrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-petrow/)

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> [I think that when you're queer, you grow up with these kinds of men who might have made you feel small because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/i-think-that-when-you-re-queer-you-grow-up-with-these-kinds-of-men/)

[Ben Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hopkins/)

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> [We struggled against apartheid because we were being blamed and made to suffer for something we could do nothing about. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/we-struggled-against-apartheid-because-we-were-being-blamed-and-made/)

[Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/)

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> [Homophobia and the closet are allies. Like an unhealthy co-dependent relationship they need each other to survive. One plays the victim living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-venn-brown/homophobia-and-the-closet-are-allies-like-an-unhealthy-co-dependent/)

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

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> [After I read about Uganda's now famous "kill the gays" bill, I wanted to explore the religious forces behind it. As a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/after-i-read-about-uganda-s-now-famous-kill-the-gays-bill-i-wanted-to/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

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> [People say, 'He doesn't want to be a spokesperson for the gay community.' I do, of course I do, but I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-smith/people-say-he-doesn-t-want-to-be-a-spokesperson-for-the-gay-community/)

[Sam Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-smith/)

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> [Someone will say, 'Shura's album is about being a gay woman in London.' Umm, I feel like my album's just about me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shura/someone-will-say-shura-s-album-is-about-being-a-gay-woman-in-london/)

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

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> [The first idea of Young and Beautiful was to have a young boy and to explore the sexuality of boys. But, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-ozon/the-first-idea-of-young-and-beautiful-was-to-have-a-young-boy-and-to/)

[Francois Ozon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-ozon/)

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> [It really did take Billy Lucas's suicide to wake me up to, kind of, the damage of the success of the LGBT…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/it-really-did-take-billy-lucas-s-suicide-to-wake-me-up-to-kind-of-the/)

[Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/)

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> [Everybody is bisexual, and that is a fact of human nature. Some people practice both, and some practice one thing, and some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/everybody-is-bisexual-and-that-is-a-fact-of-human-nature-some-people/)

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

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> [I grew up thinking being gay was bad and a sin. I went to the gay club once and it was so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chappell-roan/i-grew-up-thinking-being-gay-was-bad-and-a-sin-i-went-to-the-gay-club/)

[Chappell Roan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chappell-roan/)

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> [“Just because I’ve been gone from this country for most of my life doesn’t mean I understand it any less. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-zedde/just-because-i-ve-been-gone-from-this-country-for-most-of-my-life/)

[Fiona Zedde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-zedde/)

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> [Here in Brazil, homophobia is everywhere. If Brazil looked up to good things that other countries do, it would become a better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-andrade/here-in-brazil-homophobia-is-everywhere-if-brazil-looked-up-to-good/)

[Jessica Andrade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-andrade/)

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> [I'm in a weird position, because I like rainbows, but I'm not gay. So whenever I go out wearing a rainbow shirt,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/demetri-martin/i-m-in-a-weird-position-because-i-like-rainbows-but-i-m-not-gay-so/)

[Demetri Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/demetri-martin/)

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> [I somewhat resist the whole gay rights-vampire rights metaphor because it is fraught with problems. I don't want to be seen as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-o-hare/i-somewhat-resist-the-whole-gay-rights-vampire-rights-metaphor/)

[Denis O'Hare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-o-hare/)

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> [Oh, you're one of the sodomites. You should only get AIDS and die, you pig. How's that? Why don't you see if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-savage/oh-you-re-one-of-the-sodomites-you-should-only-get-aids-and-die-you/)

[Michael Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-savage/)

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> [But you are also the biggest threat of all ...You are a gay person I like. Your threat is that you make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-colbert/but-you-are-also-the-biggest-threat-of-all-you-are-a-gay-person-i/)

[Stephen Colbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-colbert/)

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> [I grew up in the 1970s and I am a product of women's liberation. My generation is really the first one to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pernille-fischer-christensen/i-grew-up-in-the-1970s-and-i-am-a-product-of-women-s-liberation-my/)

[Pernille Fischer Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pernille-fischer-christensen/)

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> [“That's part of being gay, you know. It's not just who you want in bed. It's who your emotional relationships are with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaje-harper/that-s-part-of-being-gay-you-know-it-s-not-just-who-you-want-in-bed/)

[Kaje Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaje-harper/)

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> [“The truth was, I had never felt sad about being gay. It was just another part of who I was, no different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-verdi/the-truth-was-i-had-never-felt-sad-about-being-gay-it-was-just/)

[Jessica Verdi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-verdi/)

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> [I know what it's like to be in the closet! I know what it's like to be bullied and attacked because someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-alexander/i-know-what-it-s-like-to-be-in-the-closet-i-know-what-it-s-like-to-be/)

[Jason Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-alexander/)

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> [Over past years we have seen unrelenting pressure from advocates of homosexuality to accept as normal what is not normal, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallin-h-oaks/over-past-years-we-have-seen-unrelenting-pressure-from-advocates-of/)

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

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> [Nowadays, people often ask me when I came out, generalising from the experience of many young people who announce themselves to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-solomon/nowadays-people-often-ask-me-when-i-came-out-generalising-from-the/)

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

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> [It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the '50s. By the time I retired, the English department…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-gunn/it-was-difficult-being-a-teacher-and-out-of-the-closet-in-the-50s-by/)

[Thom Gunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-gunn/)

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> [People are going to wonder why you're trying to be different; it's just a natural instinct. If I was to walk down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kid-cudi/people-are-going-to-wonder-why-you-re-trying-to-be-different-it-s/)

[Kid Cudi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kid-cudi/)

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> [Why do you sound surprised? I love America. Just because I think gay dudes should be allowed to adopt kids and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz/why-do-you-sound-surprised-i-love-america-just-because-i-think-gay/)

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

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> [Since the most important element of any concept is that its originating question be appropriately framed, any theory demanding an explanation for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-schulman/since-the-most-important-element-of-any-concept-is-that-its/)

[Sarah Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-schulman/)

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> [Growing up I wasn't aware of a single gay person in our town. The only people who were gay that you had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gareth-thomas/growing-up-i-wasn-t-aware-of-a-single-gay-person-in-our-town-the-only/)

[Gareth Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gareth-thomas/)

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                        "text": "If you're a person with resources who is LGBT, you may have some problems with that - but, frankly, you'll probably have an apartment. If you're poor, if you're transgender, if you're a person of color, if you're HIV positive and you're homeless, the ability to act on desire, the ability to be safely somewhere to make love with anybody that you want to make love with is unlikely.",
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                        "text": "Well, where do I start? I've had sex, I've drunk beer, I've smoked. I'm bi... But I'm human so guess what? It's okay and I can do or be whatever I want (; okay so lemme live my life the way I want to and you live yours like you want too c;",
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                        "text": "“I think it doesn’t matter if you or I or anybody else thinks homosexuality is a sin. It doesn’t matter if you or I think anything is a sin. It doesn’t matter if homosexuality is a sin or not. In fact, it doesn’t matter if anything anybody else does is a sin or not. Because sin is a very personal thing! It always has been and it always will be! And it has nothing to do with love.”",
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                        "text": "“And if any of you has a problem with any of it, then it's *your* problem. Being gay is hard enough without having to worry about your family being weird about it.”",
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                        "text": "“At the border of where I will literally not survive so long as I keep living in so much fear of the harsh judgments of others, I am finally conceding the truth to you all. I am finally conceding the truth to me. I am something other than straight.”",
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                        "text": "This is a word that is not a scientific term. This is a rhetorical tool of psychological manipulation... Because everyone knows if you dare to say homosexuality is wrong...you are a homophobe, which means you have a mental illness. That's what's built into this terminology.",
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                        "text": "I'll tell you what gives me hope. After the struggle for marriage equality, the LGBTQ community has built some very powerful organizations; in particular, I'm thinking of HRC (the Human Rights Campaign), GLAAD... but there are many, many others, too. Along with those organizations come some savvy and tested leaders who have come to understand not only how to change hearts and minds but also legislators and judges votes.",
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                        "text": "I think that when you're queer, you grow up with these kinds of men who might have made you feel small because of who you are. They could be part of your family, or somebody on the street, or a teacher.",
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                        "text": "We struggled against apartheid because we were being blamed and made to suffer for something we could do nothing about. It is the same with homosexuality. The orientation is a given, not a matter of choice. It would be crazy for someone to choose to be gay, given the homophobia that is present.",
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                        "text": "Homophobia and the closet are allies. Like an unhealthy co-dependent relationship they need each other to survive. One plays the victim living in fear and shame while the other plays the persecutor policing what is ‘normal’. The only way to dismantle homophobia is for every gay man and lesbian in the world to come out and live authentic lives. Once they realise how normal we are and see themselves in us….the controversy is over.",
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                        "text": "Oh, you're one of the sodomites. You should only get AIDS and die, you pig. How's that? Why don't you see if you can sue me, you pig. You got nothing better than to put me down, you piece of garbage. You have got nothing to do today, You have got nothing to do today, go eat a sausage and choke on it.",
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                        "text": "But you are also the biggest threat of all ...You are a gay person I like. Your threat is that you make being gay seem non-threatening. It's almost as if your happiness does not take mine away.",
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