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title: "Homosexuality Proverbs to Remember"
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> [ Is it easier for you to have straight friends, Larry \[Kramer\], since you seem so often disappointed in your gay friends who… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/is-it-easier-for-you-to-have-straight-friends-larry-kramer-since-you/)

[Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/)

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> [For a while I was a completely unknown artist with no fan base and no draw in the clubs. The only people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiesza/for-a-while-i-was-a-completely-unknown-artist-with-no-fan-base-and-no/)

[Kiesza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiesza/)

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> [Gay people - generally speaking - have a responsibility to our own community and to future generations of gay people to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/gay-people-generally-speaking-have-a-responsibility-to-our-own/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

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> [In order to not have to deal with being gay in the world, you have to control everything. You try and walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grant/in-order-to-not-have-to-deal-with-being-gay-in-the-world-you-have-to/)

[John Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grant/)

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> [“In homosexual sex you know exactly what the other person is feeling, so you are identifying with the other person completely. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/in-homosexual-sex-you-know-exactly-what-the-other-person-is-feeling/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [“The root of heterosexual fear of male homosexuality is in the fact that anyone might be gay. Straight men aren't threatened by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-russo/the-root-of-heterosexual-fear-of-male-homosexuality-is-in-the-fact/)

[Vito Russo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-russo/)

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> [When I started writing Tales of the City I was one year away from being a mental illness. It wasn't until 1975…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/when-i-started-writing-tales-of-the-city-i-was-one-year-away-from/)

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

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> [My dearest friend in the movement is Jack Nichols. If there were no such thing as gay or straight, we would still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-weinberg/my-dearest-friend-in-the-movement-is-jack-nichols-if-there-were-no/)

[George Weinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-weinberg/)

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> [They were regular in being gay, they learned little things that are things in being gay, they learned many little things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-stein/they-were-regular-in-being-gay-they-learned-little-things-that-are/)

[Gertrude Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-stein/)

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> [Sometimes you have to see the thing to know that it exists. Maybe there's a queer person in a town, but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asia-kate-dillon/sometimes-you-have-to-see-the-thing-to-know-that-it-exists-maybe/)

[Asia Kate Dillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/asia-kate-dillon/)

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> [A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: 'Tell me: when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/a-person-once-asked-me-in-a-provocative-manner-if-i-approved-of/)

[Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/)

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> [Being a straight, heterosexual male, every time I've had to get intimate with a man, sure there is that 10-minute anxiety before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arjun-mathur/being-a-straight-heterosexual-male-every-time-i-ve-had-to-get/)

[Arjun Mathur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arjun-mathur/)

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> [The ... problem that confronts homosexuals is that they set out to win the love of a "real" man. If they succeed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-problem-that-confronts-homosexuals-is-that-they-set-out-to-win/)

[Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/)

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> [One time I was doing an interview for a gay magazine and halfway through the journalist found out I wasn't gay. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/one-time-i-was-doing-an-interview-for-a-gay-magazine-and-halfway/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

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> [“Most straight people, and many gay people, especially those who came of age more recently, don’t understand how momentous and difficult coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-bram/most-straight-people-and-many-gay-people-especially-those-who-came-of/)

[Christopher Bram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-bram/)

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> [I guess there have been a few questions about my sexuality, and I'd like to quiet any unecessary rumors that may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-knight/i-guess-there-have-been-a-few-questions-about-my-sexuality-and-i-d/)

[T. R. Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-knight/)

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> [I just, I was in such denial within myself for the longest time, just because of the place I grew up in.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonya-deville/i-just-i-was-in-such-denial-within-myself-for-the-longest-time-just/)

[Sonya Deville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonya-deville/)

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> [It's unfortunate we live in a society where "gay" is an insult. To some of these boys, who are from really red…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-farrier/it-s-unfortunate-we-live-in-a-society-where-gay-is-an-insult-to-some/)

[David Farrier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-farrier/)

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> [“When it comes to the crunch, coming out is the greatest of all confessions. Nothing is more difficult to acknowledge. When we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witi-ihimaera/when-it-comes-to-the-crunch-coming-out-is-the-greatest-of-all/)

[Witi Ihimaera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witi-ihimaera/)

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> [“Homosexual,' generally used in scientific works is of course a bastard word. 'Homogenic' has been suggested, as being from two roots, both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-carpenter/homosexual-generally-used-in-scientific-works-is-of-course-a-bastard/)

[Edward Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-carpenter/)

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> [In many cases, it's a choice. There are many, many human beings through history - millions and millions and millions - who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-kristol/in-many-cases-it-s-a-choice-there-are-many-many-human-beings-through/)

[Bill Kristol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-kristol/)

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> [We've all been watching stories about heterosexuals forever... As a gay kid, you are always having to translate. You are always having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-paige/we-ve-all-been-watching-stories-about-heterosexuals-forever-as-a-gay/)

[Peter Paige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-paige/)

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> [This Is Me”: ”For the record, I am not gay and all my sexual experiences have been straight. I'm attracted to women,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/this-is-me-for-the-record-i-am-not-gay-and-all-my-sexual-experiences/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

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> [If youre going to be a romantic idol and try to get every teenage girl to love you, then youd be an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-rivers/if-youre-going-to-be-a-romantic-idol-and-try-to-get-every-teenage/)

[Joan Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-rivers/)

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> [What causes homophobia? What is it that makes the heterosexual man worry about this? I think it's because deep down all men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/what-causes-homophobia-what-is-it-that-makes-the-heterosexual-man/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [“On June 20, 1951, less than four weeks after the Homer case broke, Hoover escalated the FBI’s Sex Deviates Program. The FBI…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-weiner/on-june-20-1951-less-than-four-weeks-after-the-homer-case-broke/)

[Tim Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-weiner/)

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> [I just want to normalize things. I really don't think too often going through life as a gay man. I just hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-nassib/i-just-want-to-normalize-things-i-really-don-t-think-too-often-going/)

[Carl Nassib](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-nassib/)

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> [Probably, the nature of homophobia will never be widely interrogated, while we will continue to be excluded from school curricula, subjected to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-schulman/probably-the-nature-of-homophobia-will-never-be-widely-interrogated/)

[Sarah Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-schulman/)

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> [At my back I hear the word-"homosexual"-and it seems to split my world in two… It is ignorance, our ignorance of one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/at-my-back-i-hear-the-word-homosexual-and-it-seems-to-split-my-world/)

[John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/)

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> [You think you're in a place where you're all 'I'm thrilled to be gay, I have no issues about being gay anymore,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-page/you-think-you-re-in-a-place-where-you-re-all-i-m-thrilled-to-be-gay-i/)

[Ellen Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-page/)

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> [I do probably come down a little hard on a group of people I call the 'blue chip gays.' I mean people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-white/i-do-probably-come-down-a-little-hard-on-a-group-of-people-i-call-the/)

[Edmund White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-white/)

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> [I grew up and had a lot of friends who were gay and Mormon. They couldn't come out to their parents. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-reynolds/i-grew-up-and-had-a-lot-of-friends-who-were-gay-and-mormon-they/)

[Dan Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-reynolds/)

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> [The fact that I can ever be open about my being gay is amazing! It's great that I don't have to hide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shura/the-fact-that-i-can-ever-be-open-about-my-being-gay-is-amazing-it-s/)

[Shura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shura/)

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> [“There are men who wants only the woman; such are tagged, 'real men', and there are ones who want only their bodies;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bassey-johnson/there-are-men-who-wants-only-the-woman-such-are-tagged-real-men-and/)

[Michael Bassey Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bassey-johnson/)

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> [I think that's a place where we are, as a society, finally starting to get to now: where your sexuality doesn't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-boynton/i-think-that-s-a-place-where-we-are-as-a-society-finally-starting-to/)

[Lucy Boynton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-boynton/)

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> [Homosexuality is the sexual plague of a monogamous society gone promiscuous. These societies that sow the winds of heterosexual freedom ironically reap…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-miller/homosexuality-is-the-sexual-plague-of-a-monogamous-society-gone/)

[John W. Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-w-miller/)

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> [As a young girl, there were the obvious messages about what girls could and couldn't achieve. And to compound the limitations I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chely-wright/as-a-young-girl-there-were-the-obvious-messages-about-what-girls/)

[Chely Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chely-wright/)

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> [“...We are reviled, much like black conservatives and any other minority group that says ‘no’ to the Left’s victimhood politics…It’s amazing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chadwick-moore/we-are-reviled-much-like-black-conservatives-and-any-other-minority/)

[Chadwick Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chadwick-moore/)

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> [I'm open-minded. I don't consider myself gay or hetero, I just am. I've had experiences all over the planet but it always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-plato/i-m-open-minded-i-don-t-consider-myself-gay-or-hetero-i-just-am-i-ve/)

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

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> [In fact, the Alejandro video...is a celebration of my love and appreciation for the gay community, my admiration of their bravery, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lady-gaga/in-fact-the-alejandro-video-is-a-celebration-of-my-love-and/)

[Lady Gaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lady-gaga/)

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## Top authors on Homosexuality

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                        "text": "What causes homophobia? What is it that makes the heterosexual man worry about this? I think it's because deep down all men know that we have weak sales resistance. We're constantly buying shoes that hurt us, pants that don't fit right. Men think, 'Obviously I can be talked into anything. What if I accidentally wander into some sort of homosexual store thinking it's a shoe store and the salesmen says, 'Just hold this guy's hand, walk around a little bit, see how it feels. No obligation, no pressure, just try it.'",
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                        "text": "“On June 20, 1951, less than four weeks after the Homer case broke, Hoover escalated the FBI’s Sex Deviates Program. The FBI alerted universities and state and local police to the subversive threat, seeking to drive homosexuals from every institution of government, higher learning, and law enforcement in the nation. The FBI’s files on American homosexuals grew to 300,000 pages over the next twenty-five years before they were destroyed. It took six decades, until 2011, before homosexuals could openly serve in the United States military.”",
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                        "text": "Probably, the nature of homophobia will never be widely interrogated, while we will continue to be excluded from school curricula, subjected to vicious media distortions, or entirely ignored, denied basic civil rights while our demands are ridiculed and derided. But in the midst of all this only one thing has changed for certain. We have changed. We will never go back into the closet.",
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