Gays and lesbians gained rights in this country though activism and organizing, creating political space and demanding change so that lawmakers and… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
We have the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church talking about how gay marriage is a sign of the apocalypse, or Russian… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
In my day there was no one to tell me anything and I feel I have a responsibility to help a new… — Leslie Jordan Copy Share Image
And if ten percent of men are gay and twenty percent of men are Chinese, what are the odds that a men… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
Today, the gay and lesbian people are accepted. Their families are welcome in the units where they serve. This is not so… — Allyson Robinson Copy Share Image
Gender, race, ethnicity – these are all morally neutral. But homosexuality is – involves voluntary sexual conduct with serious public health, social,… — Scott Lively Copy Share Image
“Love him,’ said Jacques, with vehemence, ‘love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
Again, as a gay man I look at that and say there's a hopelessness that surrounds it, but as a human being… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
We're targeted as LGBTQ people because we make people nervous around sex and we practice desire or have the possibility of practicing… — Amber Hollibaugh Copy Share Image
“Heterosexuality is the traditional way of expressing love and romance; the act of enjoyment between opposite sexes. It is not only for… — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
I accept people for who they are and love them. That doesn't mean I have to agree or that I have to… — Ed Gillespie Copy Share Image
I have decided to give up heterosexuality. I have decided that, while the project of altering the balance of power within heterosexual… — Michelene Wandor Copy Share Image
“There was no single gay point of view. Like skin color or gender or any of those arbitrary, sometimes artificial, difference sexual… — Kelly J. Cogswell Copy Share Image
I have a half-brother who is very, very, very gay, many cousins, best friends who are all members of the LGBT community,… — Lea Salonga Copy Share Image
I love my gay brothers. I love my lesbian sisters. I love my transvestite, my gender-bending folk. For me, it's a matter… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
When I went to lobby Nelson Mandela while the post-apartheid constitution was being drafted, I asked him to endorse making it illegal… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The minute I tell you I'm a dyke and you're like, 'If you're a lesbian, and we were laughing at you, does… — Elvira Kurt Copy Share Image
I feel like people are so eager and willing to accept the concept of females being bisexual and having it be a… — Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman Copy Share Image
My outlook was so limited that I assumed that all deviates were openly despised and rejected. Their grief and their fear drew… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I go back and forth, but I never wanted to be the photographer of the gay and lesbian community. I will wave… — Catherine Opie Copy Share Image
What does homophobia look like when it's stripped bare of fancy costumes like family values and tradition? It looks like that group… — Jane Velez-Mitchell Copy Share Image
“For twenty-one years, I have been paralyzed by the fear of what this society will do with me if they ever were… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
I feel that most gay men are so much more in touch with a certain kind of sensitivity that heterosexual men aren't… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Maybe [Sodom and Gomorrah] isn't really about homosexuality, but about rape. If the angels had been female, and the men of Sodom… — Alex Sanchez Copy Share Image
It's of very little importance to me that I was born gay. It doesn't make me a better athlete, it doesn't make… — Johnny Weir Copy Share Image
I'm really proud that the LGBT community has gotten behind me because, as I said, I am part of the community, so… — Tabatha Coffey Copy Share Image
It became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
Unless you're of a certain age, you may not know my name, but you can Google it - I was a pretty… — Tab Hunter Copy Share Image
Every religion I know of has changed its views with respect to concrete controversies over long periods of time. People's views about… — Jack Balkin Copy Share Image
If I was gay, there’d be no closet. You’d never see the closet I came out of. Why? I would have burned… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I think as a gay person, there was no way in my generation to not grow up with shame and a sense… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
Actually, since I'm gay I think I should count for two guys instead of just one. I mean, in me you get… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think a lot of what I've done is about people feeling as if they are part of the world but also… — Greg Berlanti Copy Share Image
“What's more, the kaleidoscopic blend of gender-variant and gender-typical traits that characterizes gay people is exactly what enables us to make our… — Simon LeVay Copy Share Image
But I don't have anything to prove. My reputation is what it is. It seems that a lot of gay men are… — Fred Hersch Copy Share Image
If somebody walks in to me and says, 'I'm a gay person, I want a job in your office,' I would say… — Mark Neumann Copy Share Image
“Sadly though, the general feelings among straight men is, ‘I ain’t no fucking faggot, so keep clear of my ass.’ Thus, a… — Inga Muscio Copy Share Image
“But it's weird, right? It's like we're a gay bug zapper and all the gays keep flocking to us because they think… — T.J. Klune Copy Share Image
A number of Guru's feel that there is something wrong or sick about being gay. I think it really doesn't matter what… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Sexual orientation and gender identity are not a choice, and anyone who knows me and my work over the years knows that… — Valerie Jarrett Copy Share Image