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title: "Homosexuality Wisdom to Remember"
description: "Browse 3,495 Homosexuality quotes by 1,824 authors. Discover the best Homosexuality sayings and thoughts."
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> [Ridiculous that some people feel superior to the gay minority. They're the only couples you'll ever find poking around for ceramics and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jeni/ridiculous-that-some-people-feel-superior-to-the-gay-minority-they-re/)

[Richard Jeni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jeni/)

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> [I had examples from a very young age of gay actors or personalities coming out in late '90s and early 2000s who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman/i-had-examples-from-a-very-young-age-of-gay-actors-or-personalities/)

[Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman/)

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> [Gay teenagers are four times as likely to attempt suicide as straight ones. I wish they knew that there's nothing wrong with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/gay-teenagers-are-four-times-as-likely-to-attempt-suicide-as-straight/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

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> [“Being gay has taught me tolerance, compassion and humility. It has shown me limitless possibilities of living. It has given me people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/being-gay-has-taught-me-tolerance-compassion-and-humility-it-has/)

[Armistead Maupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/armistead-maupin/)

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> [Americans know as much about Canada as straight people do about gays. Americans arrive at the border with skis in July, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-thompson/americans-know-as-much-about-canada-as-straight-people-do-about-gays/)

[Scott Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-thompson/)

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> [Homosexuality is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/homosexuality-is-regarded-as-shameful-by-barbarians-and-by-those-who/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [“The worst of the graffiti in Bassey Park – much of it coolly logical anti-gay statements such as KILL ALL QUEERS and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-worst-of-the-graffiti-in-bassey-park-much-of-it-coolly-logical/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [I would train with a gay man. As long as he respected me, it's all right. I don't think much of it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anderson-silva/i-would-train-with-a-gay-man-as-long-as-he-respected-me-it-s-all/)

[Anderson Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anderson-silva/)

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> [“Previously, gay life had seemed a merry series of cabinet reshuffles and rearrangements, in which everyone was single for a time, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hensher/previously-gay-life-had-seemed-a-merry-series-of-cabinet-reshuffles/)

[Philip Hensher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-hensher/)

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> [People discuss their relationships all the time, but you can't. I don't think people realize how harmful that is, how it twists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/people-discuss-their-relationships-all-the-time-but-you-can-t-i-don-t/)

[David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/)

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> [I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decided that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barney-frank/i-was-still-closeted-but-from-the-day-i-decided-to-run-for-office/)

[Barney Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barney-frank/)

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> [“The more you put your arm around those that you might naturally look down on, the more you will love yourself. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pearce/the-more-you-put-your-arm-around-those-that-you-might-naturally-look/)

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

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> [I was raised in a household where being gay was like, the most normal thing. My brother is gay, all of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariana-grande/i-was-raised-in-a-household-where-being-gay-was-like-the-most-normal/)

[Ariana Grande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariana-grande/)

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> [It is nothing to celebrate that one is gay. Us heterosexuals have never celebrated our orientation. This cheering of gays is disruptive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-i-hagen/it-is-nothing-to-celebrate-that-one-is-gay-us-heterosexuals-have/)

[Carl I. Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-i-hagen/)

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> [I've been bisexual for as long as I can remember. I remember being made fun of in junior high for that. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/crystal-bowersox/i-ve-been-bisexual-for-as-long-as-i-can-remember-i-remember-being/)

[Crystal Bowersox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/crystal-bowersox/)

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> [I think that being in the closet is really hard. It takes a toll on your mind. It takes a toll on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-kenworthy/i-think-that-being-in-the-closet-is-really-hard-it-takes-a-toll-on/)

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

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> [By the mid-noughties, I found that I was no longer the only openly gay person in every setting. At one point, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/by-the-mid-noughties-i-found-that-i-was-no-longer-the-only-openly-gay/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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> [Superficially it's a problem if homosexuality is genetic - if the difference between people's sexual preferences is genetic - because at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/superficially-it-s-a-problem-if-homosexuality-is-genetic-if-the/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [“Even if they've figured themselves gays at the age of five or fifty, there really isn't much of a difference in how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teresa-jew-lariosa/even-if-they-ve-figured-themselves-gays-at-the-age-of-five-or-fifty/)

[Teresa "Jew" Lariosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teresa-jew-lariosa/)

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> [But homosexuality is a combat divider, dividing one's reason to live while taking breaks on the combat field to change diapers all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-klingenschmitt/but-homosexuality-is-a-combat-divider-dividing-one-s-reason-to-live/)

[Gordon Klingenschmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-klingenschmitt/)

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> [It is a tragedy, I feel, that people of a different sexual type are caught in a world which shows so little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/it-is-a-tragedy-i-feel-that-people-of-a-different-sexual-type-are/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [The political Right likes to champion individual rights and individual liberty, but it has also worked to enforce morality in relation to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-brat/the-political-right-likes-to-champion-individual-rights-and/)

[Dave Brat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-brat/)

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> [“It was like school spirit back in high school. He didn’t have it then, and he didn’t have it now. To him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/it-was-like-school-spirit-back-in-high-school-he-didn-t-have-it-then/)

[Armistead Maupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/armistead-maupin/)

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> [“I'm as liberal as the next person', complained Alsana, once they were alone. 'But why do they always have to be laughing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/i-m-as-liberal-as-the-next-person-complained-alsana-once-they-were/)

[Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/)

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> [I’m not unsympathetic. But do you like me? Because this being gay business doesn’t mean you can just throw yourself at any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/i-m-not-unsympathetic-but-do-you-like-me-because-this-being-gay/)

[Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/)

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> [“I went downstairs to Dad’s encyclopedia and looked up HOMOSEXUALITY, but that didn’t tell me much about any of the things I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-garden/i-went-downstairs-to-dad-s-encyclopedia-and-looked-up-homosexuality/)

[Nancy Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-garden/)

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> [Hitler recruited around him homosexuals to make up his Stormtroopers, they were his enforcers, they were his thugs. And Hitler discovered that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-fischer/hitler-recruited-around-him-homosexuals-to-make-up-his-stormtroopers/)

[Bryan Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-fischer/)

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> [I thought this election was an adult discussion on how best to protect ourselves in the face of terrorism, but apparently it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-maher/i-thought-this-election-was-an-adult-discussion-on-how-best-to/)

[Bill Maher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-maher/)

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> [“Do not let the focus on bakers and florists obscure this point: It is currently legal in most states to fire people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-corvino/do-not-let-the-focus-on-bakers-and-florists-obscure-this-point-it-is/)

[John Corvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-corvino/)

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> [Homosexuals have always been a part of our society and they should be getting the same treatment as anybody else. They have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zareen-khan/homosexuals-have-always-been-a-part-of-our-society-and-they-should-be/)

[Zareen Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zareen-khan/)

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> [On the level of investigative results, John Boswell's methodology has led to the discovery that what has been called the repression of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-foucault/on-the-level-of-investigative-results-john-boswell-s-methodology-has/)

[Michel Foucault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-foucault/)

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> [I knew I was gay at 18, but to come out then would have meant I would not have achieved what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gareth-thomas/i-knew-i-was-gay-at-18-but-to-come-out-then-would-have-meant-i-would/)

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

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> [I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. It's hard enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-shelley/i-endeavour-to-read-more-be-more-informed-on-gay-rights-whatever/)

[Rachel Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-shelley/)

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> [When I was young, they thought I was from outer space. I was the only gay person they probably knew, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-baker/when-i-was-young-they-thought-i-was-from-outer-space-i-was-the-only/)

[Gilbert Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-baker/)

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> [To me, if a heterosexual has a right to do it, then I have a right to do it. And if it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-fierstein/to-me-if-a-heterosexual-has-a-right-to-do-it-then-i-have-a-right-to/)

[Harvey Fierstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-fierstein/)

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> [Coming out with your sexuality is something that broadly affects a lot of different people. We just want people to realize it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-dubrow/coming-out-with-your-sexuality-is-something-that-broadly-affects-a/)

[Terry Dubrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-dubrow/)

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> [I feel most people’s sexuality is enormously complicated. That’s what it means to be human. Wouldn’t it be great if we honored…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-jackson/i-feel-most-people-s-sexuality-is-enormously-complicated-that-s-what/)

[Janet Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-jackson/)

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> [People define gay cinema solely by content: if there are gay characters in it, it’s a gay film... Heterosexuality to me is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/people-define-gay-cinema-solely-by-content-if-there-are-gay-2/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

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> [In the early stages of being out, you meet all these people from all kinds of backgrounds, and the one thing you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-haigh/in-the-early-stages-of-being-out-you-meet-all-these-people-from-all/)

[Andrew Haigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-haigh/)

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> [“When I joined the military it was illegal to be homosexual, then it became optional, and now it's legal. I'm getting out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/usmc-sgt-harry-berres/when-i-joined-the-military-it-was-illegal-to-be-homosexual-then-it/)

[USMC Sgt. Harry Berres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/usmc-sgt-harry-berres/)

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