On the level of investigative results, John Boswell's methodology has led to the discovery that what has been called the repression of… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Homosexuals have always been a part of our society and they should be getting the same treatment as anybody else. They have… — Zareen Khan Copy Share Image
I knew I was gay at 18, but to come out then would have meant I would not have achieved what I… — Gareth Thomas Copy Share Image
“Do not let the focus on bakers and florists obscure this point: It is currently legal in most states to fire people… — John Corvino Copy Share Image
When I was young, they thought I was from outer space. I was the only gay person they probably knew, and they… — Gilbert Baker Copy Share Image
I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. It's hard enough to… — Rachel Shelley Copy Share Image
To me, if a heterosexual has a right to do it, then I have a right to do it. And if it's… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
The ... problem that confronts homosexuals is that they set out to win the love of a "real" man. If they succeed,… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
One time I was doing an interview for a gay magazine and halfway through the journalist found out I wasn't gay. He… — Moby Copy Share Image
“Most straight people, and many gay people, especially those who came of age more recently, don’t understand how momentous and difficult coming… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
I guess there have been a few questions about my sexuality, and I'd like to quiet any unecessary rumors that may be… — T. R. Knight Copy Share Image
I just, I was in such denial within myself for the longest time, just because of the place I grew up in.… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
Gay people - generally speaking - have a responsibility to our own community and to future generations of gay people to come… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
In order to not have to deal with being gay in the world, you have to control everything. You try and walk… — John Grant Copy Share Image
“In homosexual sex you know exactly what the other person is feeling, so you are identifying with the other person completely. In… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
They were regular in being gay, they learned little things that are things in being gay, they learned many little things that… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
When I started writing Tales of the City I was one year away from being a mental illness. It wasn't until 1975… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
“The root of heterosexual fear of male homosexuality is in the fact that anyone might be gay. Straight men aren't threatened by… — Vito Russo Copy Share Image
My dearest friend in the movement is Jack Nichols. If there were no such thing as gay or straight, we would still… — George Weinberg Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to see the thing to know that it exists. Maybe there's a queer person in a town, but they… — Asia Kate Dillon Copy Share Image
Being a straight, heterosexual male, every time I've had to get intimate with a man, sure there is that 10-minute anxiety before… — Arjun Mathur Copy Share Image
A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: 'Tell me: when… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In many cases, it's a choice. There are many, many human beings through history - millions and millions and millions - who… — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
We've all been watching stories about heterosexuals forever... As a gay kid, you are always having to translate. You are always having… — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
This Is Me”: ”For the record, I am not gay and all my sexual experiences have been straight. I'm attracted to women,… — Ian Thorpe Copy Share Image
What causes homophobia? What is it that makes the heterosexual man worry about this? I think it's because deep down all men… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
If youre going to be a romantic idol and try to get every teenage girl to love you, then youd be an… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
“On June 20, 1951, less than four weeks after the Homer case broke, Hoover escalated the FBI’s Sex Deviates Program. The FBI… — Tim Weiner Copy Share Image
I just want to normalize things. I really don't think too often going through life as a gay man. I just hope… — Carl Nassib Copy Share Image
Probably, the nature of homophobia will never be widely interrogated, while we will continue to be excluded from school curricula, subjected to… — Sarah Schulman Copy Share Image
At my back I hear the word-"homosexual"-and it seems to split my world in two… It is ignorance, our ignorance of one… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
It's unfortunate we live in a society where "gay" is an insult. To some of these boys, who are from really red… — David Farrier Copy Share Image
“When it comes to the crunch, coming out is the greatest of all confessions. Nothing is more difficult to acknowledge. When we… — Witi Ihimaera Copy Share Image
“Homosexual,' generally used in scientific works is of course a bastard word. 'Homogenic' has been suggested, as being from two roots, both… — Edward Carpenter Copy Share Image
You can't have Rosie on The View and Elton John packing Mom and Pop in at Caesars Palace and gay people all… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
I think men can really get in the way when you are trying to sort your life out and get on with… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
After growing up in a military family and going to an Evangelical Christian school, to look around and see lesbians and gay… — Liz Carmouche Copy Share Image
As I was growing up, people were always trying to talk about their sexual conquests, trying to make themselves appear like a… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
It's illegal to be gay in Little Rock - this is such a reality for so many people, but once people get… — iO Tillett Wright Copy Share Image
Everything a gay man does makes a political statement. Everything matters: where you bank, where you shop, where you eat. When you… — Josh Lanyon Copy Share Image
