“Before writing [the book], I lived out the words. A gay girl once? Yes. Now? I am what God's goodness will do… — Jackie Hill Perry Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, there was nobody in my family - not even my mother - who I could look to… — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
I don't pay attention to the 'marginalizers.' They simply don't have any impact anymore, on where we're headed or what the law… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
“Look at yourself! You're a priest. You know damn well that if I were setting out to make a girl at this… — Morris L. West Copy Share Image
“The texts' representation of homosexuality thus overturn the Christian fundamentalist accusation that it is sinful because it is not procreative. As the… — Jamie Russell Copy Share Image
The scorn directed against drags is especially virulent; they have become the outcasts of gay life, the "queers" of homosexuality.In fact, they… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Well, you know, I do think in the larger span of things, I owe it all to Star Trek, because Star Trek… — George Takei Copy Share Image
Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief… — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
Sexual fidelity is more important in a homosexual relationship than in any other. In other relationships there are a variety of ties.… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
One of the most special days was a Saturday in 2010. The Senate repealed 'don't ask, don't tell,' so anyone can serve… — Kal Penn Copy Share Image
The nightlife in Baltimore is very mixed. Any gay people I know go to the hipster bars; they don't go to the… — John Waters Copy Share Image
There's never been a civilization, ever in history, that has embraced homosexuality and turned away from traditional fidelity and traditional marriage, traditional… — Pat Roberts Copy Share Image
In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge included homosexuality. That's not to pick on homosexuality. It's… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
“Knowing what causes differentiation in human skin pigmentation, fascinating though that is, does not furnish a satisfactory explanation for the phenomenon of… — Richard Dunphy Copy Share Image
With this look, who's going to think I'm gay? I don't lend myself to that type of confusion. Do I look like… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
I like the idea of doing a part which, as a straight guy, is really different to me. I'd just see doing… — Kelvin Fletcher Copy Share Image
I think it's kind of awkward when everyone knows you're gay but you don't say it. I had been thinking about coming… — Megan Rapinoe Copy Share Image
Tiny Cooper is not the world's gayest person, and he is not the world's largest person, but I believe he may be… — John Green Copy Share Image
'Sordid' is rather unique. That's why so many gay fans are comfortable to share 'Sordid Lives' with their families. It's not really… — Del Shores Copy Share Image
If we know one thing from the transgender people who are currently serving - I'm in contact with one group that counts… — Allyson Robinson Copy Share Image
I’ve known I was mostly gay ever since I can remember. I know it troubles many people for me to refer to… — Caitlin Stasey Copy Share Image
“The worst of the graffiti in Bassey Park – much of it coolly logical anti-gay statements such as KILL ALL QUEERS and… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Homosexuality is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful… — Plato Copy Share Image
Americans know as much about Canada as straight people do about gays. Americans arrive at the border with skis in July, and… — Scott Thompson Copy Share Image
I would train with a gay man. As long as he respected me, it's all right. I don't think much of it.… — Anderson Silva Copy Share Image
“Previously, gay life had seemed a merry series of cabinet reshuffles and rearrangements, in which everyone was single for a time, then… — Philip Hensher Copy Share Image
Ridiculous that some people feel superior to the gay minority. They're the only couples you'll ever find poking around for ceramics and… — Richard Jeni Copy Share Image
“Being gay has taught me tolerance, compassion and humility. It has shown me limitless possibilities of living. It has given me people… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
Gay teenagers are four times as likely to attempt suicide as straight ones. I wish they knew that there's nothing wrong with… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I had examples from a very young age of gay actors or personalities coming out in late '90s and early 2000s who… — Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman Copy Share Image
I think that being in the closet is really hard. It takes a toll on your mind. It takes a toll on… — Gus Kenworthy Copy Share Image
By the mid-noughties, I found that I was no longer the only openly gay person in every setting. At one point, a… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Superficially it's a problem if homosexuality is genetic - if the difference between people's sexual preferences is genetic - because at least… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
But homosexuality is a combat divider, dividing one's reason to live while taking breaks on the combat field to change diapers all… — Gordon Klingenschmitt Copy Share Image
“Even if they've figured themselves gays at the age of five or fifty, there really isn't much of a difference in how… — Teresa "Jew" Lariosa Copy Share Image
People discuss their relationships all the time, but you can't. I don't think people realize how harmful that is, how it twists… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“The more you put your arm around those that you might naturally look down on, the more you will love yourself. And… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decided that… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
I was raised in a household where being gay was like, the most normal thing. My brother is gay, all of my… — Ariana Grande Copy Share Image
It is nothing to celebrate that one is gay. Us heterosexuals have never celebrated our orientation. This cheering of gays is disruptive… — Carl I. Hagen Copy Share Image
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