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title: "Homosexuality Qoutes and Sayings"
description: "Browse 3,495 Homosexuality quotes by 1,824 authors. Discover the best Homosexuality sayings and thoughts."
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> [It's a wonderful side effect of what we're doing, to give someone the strength to come out of the closet to their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davey-havok/it-s-a-wonderful-side-effect-of-what-we-re-doing-to-give-someone-the/)

[Davey Havok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davey-havok/)

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> [If every gay person were to come out only to his/her own family, friends, neighbors and fellow workers, within days the entire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/if-every-gay-person-were-to-come-out-only-to-his-her-own-family/)

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

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> [Some Christians see the biblical teaching on homosexuality as reflecting the culture and times in which the Bible was written and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-hamilton/some-christians-see-the-biblical-teaching-on-homosexuality-as/)

[Adam Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-hamilton/)

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> [All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your sexuality is hopelessly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-jarman/all-men-are-homosexual-some-turn-straight-it-must-be-very-odd-to-be-a/)

[Derek Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-jarman/)

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> [“Mme Verdurin asked him: "Did you have some of my orangeade?" Whereupon M. de Charlus, with a gracious smile, in a crystalline…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/mme-verdurin-asked-him-did-you-have-some-of-my-orangeade-whereupon-m/)

[Marcel Proust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-proust/)

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> [When I see young men and old women come out of the closet and face being called faggots and dykes and pariahs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnie-kantrowitz/when-i-see-young-men-and-old-women-come-out-of-the-closet-and-face/)

[Arnie Kantrowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnie-kantrowitz/)

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> [Since 1993, I have had the rich satisfaction of knowing and working with many openly gay and lesbian Americans, and I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-k-simpson/since-1993-i-have-had-the-rich-satisfaction-of-knowing-and-working/)

[Alan K. Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-k-simpson/)

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> [“We're so busy defining ourselves as gay men and straight men, we forget we share a whole word in common. We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmond-manning/we-re-so-busy-defining-ourselves-as-gay-men-and-straight-men-we/)

[Edmond Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmond-manning/)

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> [“By Hays' reasoning, penetrating a rectum with a penis is a violation of how God meant humans to function. However, penetrating a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-avalos/by-hays-reasoning-penetrating-a-rectum-with-a-penis-is-a-violation-of/)

[Hector Avalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-avalos/)

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> [You are fiercely heterosexual and well-formed, and it's no one's business that you've shrunk your parents and keep them in a terranium,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leyner/you-are-fiercely-heterosexual-and-well-formed-and-it-s-no-one-s/)

[Mark Leyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leyner/)

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> [“Oh great, you too. So now I wear this label 'Queer' emblazoned across my chest. Or I could always carve a scarlet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-mae-brown/oh-great-you-too-so-now-i-wear-this-label-queer-emblazoned-across-my/)

[Rita Mae Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-mae-brown/)

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> [The people that are serving you gas, the people that are in your restaurants serving you, the firefighters, and police officers are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-newsom/the-people-that-are-serving-you-gas-the-people-that-are-in-your/)

[Gavin Newsom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-newsom/)

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> [There's an underlying sense with 'Tongue' that... it's really... it's real. I mean that in the sense that now I'm not afraid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mnek/there-s-an-underlying-sense-with-tongue-that-it-s-really-it-s-real-i/)

[MNEK](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mnek/)

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> [Gay activists claim that because I don't subscribe to their political agenda, I am a homophobe, meaning I have a mental disorder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-schlessinger/gay-activists-claim-that-because-i-don-t-subscribe-to-their-political/)

[Laura Schlessinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-schlessinger/)

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> [I'm not asking that people accept homosexuality. I'm not asking that they believe like I do that it's inborn. I'm not asking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosie-o-donnell/i-m-not-asking-that-people-accept-homosexuality-i-m-not-asking-that/)

[Rosie O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosie-o-donnell/)

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> [Each human being has his or her own sexual identity and should be able to exercise that identity without guilt as long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/each-human-being-has-his-or-her-own-sexual-identity-and-should-be/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [I'm so proud that now you can exist as a gay man and be an Olympian, and it can be beneficial rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-kenworthy/i-m-so-proud-that-now-you-can-exist-as-a-gay-man-and-be-an-olympian/)

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

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> [My dad's gay experiences really had a very positive influence on me and my straight relationships - how to better accept all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/my-dad-s-gay-experiences-really-had-a-very-positive-influence-on-me/)

[Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/)

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> [The homosexual community wants me to be gay. The heterosexual community wants me to be straight. Every writer thinks, I'm the journalist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-martin/the-homosexual-community-wants-me-to-be-gay-the-heterosexual/)

[Ricky Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-martin/)

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> [There is no conscious choice of heterosexual identity any more than there is a homosexual one. The last person in the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eric-dyson/there-is-no-conscious-choice-of-heterosexual-identity-any-more-than/)

[Michael Eric Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eric-dyson/)

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> [There is a history of gay people pretending to be straight. I want to balance the sides. I'm a straight person pretending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-williams/there-is-a-history-of-gay-people-pretending-to-be-straight-i-want-to/)

[Robbie Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-williams/)

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> [What is astonishing is that globalised technology, like Whatsapp and Viber, really gives a lot of leeway to negotiating spaces and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/what-is-astonishing-is-that-globalised-technology-like-whatsapp-and/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

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> [ “\[Bisexuality\] is seen as threatening the homosexual/heterosexual and male/female dichotomies, or binarisms, which underpin our gender and sexual identities to such a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dunphy/bisexuality-is-seen-as-threatening-the-homosexual-heterosexual-and/)

[Richard Dunphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dunphy/)

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> [I'm a gay man who came from the last years of illegality. That focused my whole character. I think it focused everyone's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-everett/i-m-a-gay-man-who-came-from-the-last-years-of-illegality-that-focused/)

[Rupert Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-everett/)

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> [I had a close friend in school, and there were rumors that we were gay. Those rumors were started by - who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/i-had-a-close-friend-in-school-and-there-were-rumors-that-we-were-gay/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

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> [I just think that gay men have much better taste than any straight man I have met. I have never gotten any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kesha/i-just-think-that-gay-men-have-much-better-taste-than-any-straight/)

[Kesha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kesha/)

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> [I watched pretty much every coming out video on YouTube that has ever been posted; I watched it in between 14 and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/troye-sivan/i-watched-pretty-much-every-coming-out-video-on-youtube-that-has-ever/)

[Troye Sivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/troye-sivan/)

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> [You never run into a fundamentalist Christian as intolerant of - take anything, you know, homosexuality as a liberal who has just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-coulter/you-never-run-into-a-fundamentalist-christian-as-intolerant-of-take/)

[Ann Coulter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-coulter/)

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> [I have AIDS. I am surprised that I do. I have not been exposed since1977, which is to say that my experience,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-brodkey/i-have-aids-i-am-surprised-that-i-do-i-have-not-been-exposed/)

[Harold Brodkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-brodkey/)

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> [I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-harrison/i-love-my-parents-coming-out-to-them-was-sort-of-coming-out-to-myself/)

[Randy Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-harrison/)

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> [“New York may be splendidly gay or squalidly gay but prince or pauper, it's gay always...Yes, gay is the word...but frantic. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dean-howells/new-york-may-be-splendidly-gay-or-squalidly-gay-but-prince-or-pauper/)

[William Dean Howells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dean-howells/)

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> [I had to try to understand how much of a taboo it was. My mum worked in ballet and theatre when she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mackay/i-had-to-try-to-understand-how-much-of-a-taboo-it-was-my-mum-worked/)

[George MacKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mackay/)

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> [Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a woman as I am likely to want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/june-jordan/bisexuality-means-i-am-free-and-i-am-as-likely-to-want-to-love-a/)

[June Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/june-jordan/)

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> [“My brunette with the golden eyes, your ivory body, your amber Has left bright reflections in the room Above the garden. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-e-vivien/my-brunette-with-the-golden-eyes-your-ivory-body-your-amber-has-left/)

[Renée Vivien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-e-vivien/)

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> [If a person is homosexual by nature - that is, if one's sexuality is as intrinsic a part of one's identity as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/if-a-person-is-homosexual-by-nature-that-is-if-one-s-sexuality-is-as/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

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> [“ Why don't you just call yourself a lesbian? Random Guy wants to know. The answer seems so obvious. Because I'm not.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-beth-stein/why-don-t-you-just-call-yourself-a-lesbian-random-guy-wants-to-know/)

[Audrey Beth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audrey-beth-stein/)

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> [I had to smile when stories emerged questioning whether I was gay. Obviously I knew I wasn't but people were curiously desperate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-radcliffe/i-had-to-smile-when-stories-emerged-questioning-whether-i-was-gay/)

[Daniel Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-radcliffe/)

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> [I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-newman/i-m-a-supporter-of-gay-rights-and-not-a-closet-supporter-either-from/)

[Paul Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-newman/)

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> [Anderson Cooper has a job to do. And that job is to try to reinforce his credibility in the gay community after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-baldwin/anderson-cooper-has-a-job-to-do-and-that-job-is-to-try-to-reinforce/)

[Alec Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-baldwin/)

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> [They say that if you're afraid of homosexuals, it means that deep down inside you're actually a homosexual yourself. That worries me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norm-macdonald/they-say-that-if-you-re-afraid-of-homosexuals-it-means-that-deep-down/)

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

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                        "text": "“[Bisexuality] is seen as threatening the homosexual/heterosexual and male/female dichotomies, or binarisms, which underpin our gender and sexual identities to such a large extent. In the case of the first three stereotypes, there is a refusal even to acknowledge the existence of bisexuality. It is simply wished out of existence. You can either be homosexual or heterosexual but anything else is just a phase, just playacting, not real. As Udis-Kessler argues [‘Challenging the Stereotypes’, in Rose and Stevens (eds), Bisexual Horizons: Politics, Histories, Lives. 1996. London: Lawrence and Wishart, pp. 45-57], this reflects an ideology of essentialism which dismisses the idea that sexuality may be fluid, not fixed, and that its forms can change over a person’s lifetime. This ideology assumes that there is a ‘true’ sexuality which we are working our way towards and that bisexuality is not really ‘true’ or ‘serious’ because it is a transition towards that other state… As Udis-Kessler points out, transitions are not a rehearsal for life. Life is a series of transitions: points of arrival become new points of departure, and vice versa. So why should we assume that the way we experienced our sexuality ten or twenty years ago is necessarily less ‘true’ or important than the way we experience it now, or that the way we experience it now will necessarily be the same in ten or twenty years time? Obviously this applies not only to bisexuality, but it is an argument which those - including some lesbian and gay activists - who accuse bisexuality of being a sort of ‘false consciousness’ seldom get to grips with… lesbians and gay men, anxious to create safe spaces where they are not subject to homophobic rejection or oppression, may (consciously or unconsciously) seek to exclude bisexuals[…].Unfortunately, as soon as this happens, as with every oppressed or stigmatised group, it can lead to others being oppressed or stigmatised in turn.”",
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