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title: "Homosexuality Sayings Collection"
description: "Browse 3,495 Homosexuality quotes by 1,824 authors. Discover the best Homosexuality sayings and thoughts."
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> [Homosexuality is against nature. Sexual expression is permitted only within marriage, between man and woman, male and female. Anything else is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/homosexuality-is-against-nature-sexual-expression-is-permitted-only/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [When I was in my 20s and kind of going through my own coming out process, I feared that I would lose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lori-lightfoot/when-i-was-in-my-20s-and-kind-of-going-through-my-own-coming-out/)

[Lori Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lori-lightfoot/)

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> [I was always fascinated by ads, ad campaigns, packaging, anything visual. I never saw anyone who was gay or male. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-mondo/i-was-always-fascinated-by-ads-ad-campaigns-packaging-anything-visual/)

[Brad Mondo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-mondo/)

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> [Homosexuals in Russia live in peace, work, are promoted, receive national awards for their achievements in science, art or any other sphere,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/homosexuals-in-russia-live-in-peace-work-are-promoted-receive/)

[Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/)

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> [Even in my town, even in San Francisco, thousands of gay men were arrested usually using entrapment techniques every single year for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cleve-jones/even-in-my-town-even-in-san-francisco-thousands-of-gay-men-were/)

[Cleve Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cleve-jones/)

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> [I think the moral majority and religious right have been shrinking and having not quite as loud a voice in America, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-priestley/i-think-the-moral-majority-and-religious-right-have-been-shrinking/)

[Jason Priestley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-priestley/)

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> [People are killed because they're gay. I don't think, "What do I want to do today? I want to speak up on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/people-are-killed-because-they-re-gay-i-don-t-think-what-do-i-want-to/)

[Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/)

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> [ Realizing that other people have a problem with \[homosexuality\] was the weirdest thing for me. As a kid it wasn't even something… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-radcliffe/realizing-that-other-people-have-a-problem-with-homosexuality-was-the/)

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

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> [The first question we usually ask new parents is : “Is it a boy or a girl ?”. There is a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/the-first-question-we-usually-ask-new-parents-is-is-it-a-boy-or-a/)

[Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/)

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> [“In both cases, it is the prejudice, not the condition, that does the harm. It may be, as some would have it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-tobias/in-both-cases-it-is-the-prejudice-not-the-condition-that-does-the/)

[Andrew Tobias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-tobias/)

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> [“The ability of anyone in the culture to support and honour gay kids may depend on an ability to name them as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-kosofsky-sedgwick/the-ability-of-anyone-in-the-culture-to-support-and-honour-gay-kids/)

[Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-kosofsky-sedgwick/)

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> [Since 'coming out,' I've marched in gay pride parades all around the world, I've filled my home full of rainbow tat and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-carr/since-coming-out-i-ve-marched-in-gay-pride-parades-all-around-the/)

[Liz Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-carr/)

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> [When I was growing up I didn't know what it meant to be a happy, successful grown-up gay person, and now I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-mathews/when-i-was-growing-up-i-didn-t-know-what-it-meant-to-be-a-happy/)

[Ross Mathews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-mathews/)

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> [They can actually change. You know you can go from being straight to being gay to being transgender and all these other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-jones/they-can-actually-change-you-know-you-can-go-from-being-straight-to/)

[Vernon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-jones/)

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> [I do get pissed off when I'm at some gay event, and there's a 25-year-old, and he has no idea who I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martina-navratilova/i-do-get-pissed-off-when-i-m-at-some-gay-event-and-there-s-a-25-year/)

[Martina Navratilova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martina-navratilova/)

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> [Is there a term that one might use rather than say that one is homosexual? Is there a different physical gender and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-geok-lin-lim/is-there-a-term-that-one-might-use-rather-than-say-that-one-is/)

[Shirley Geok-lin Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-geok-lin-lim/)

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> [If you catch them at 12 years old, which they are working very aggressively to do and you tell those children that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-lively/if-you-catch-them-at-12-years-old-which-they-are-working-very/)

[Scott Lively](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-lively/)

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> [One has to weigh all of one's values always in relative terms. On the upside, you get people who are not acting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-solomon/one-has-to-weigh-all-of-one-s-values-always-in-relative-terms-on-the/)

[Andrew Solomon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-solomon/)

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> [Attitudes toward gays have shifted much like they have for animals. People have a hard time relating to those who are different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mathews/attitudes-toward-gays-have-shifted-much-like-they-have-for-animals/)

[Dan Mathews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mathews/)

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> [I was quite reluctant in the first instance to come to use the word bisexual with regard to myself because I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robinson/i-was-quite-reluctant-in-the-first-instance-to-come-to-use-the-word/)

[Tom Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robinson/)

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> [The stereotypical gay man is someone whose company I enjoy, someone who makes me laugh, someone I'd want my kid to be.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayelet-waldman/the-stereotypical-gay-man-is-someone-whose-company-i-enjoy-someone/)

[Ayelet Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayelet-waldman/)

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> [Seventh-Gay Adventists isn't just a helpful movie, important for the way it can help congregations of any denomination deal graciously and truthfully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-d-mclaren/seventh-gay-adventists-isn-t-just-a-helpful-movie-important-for-the/)

[Brian D. McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-d-mclaren/)

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> [“While one would expect a liberated society to regard bisexuality as the norm, this view would not mean that all persons would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-altman/while-one-would-expect-a-liberated-society-to-regard-bisexuality-as/)

[Dennis Altman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-altman/)

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> [In the old days talks would have made me angry. But now that I've come out, everyone knows the truth. That's like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orlando-cruz/in-the-old-days-talks-would-have-made-me-angry-but-now-that-i-ve-come/)

[Orlando Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orlando-cruz/)

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> [If the creators of cartoons are intentionally or unintentionally giving children the idea that gay people are part of the big, happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-weisberg/if-the-creators-of-cartoons-are-intentionally-or-unintentionally/)

[Jacob Weisberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-weisberg/)

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> [I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/i-became-the-toast-of-london-a-lot-of-people-i-met-came-from-these/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

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> [To be gay is nothing to be proud of. It's in how you are gay that you have something to be proud…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/to-be-gay-is-nothing-to-be-proud-of-it-s-in-how-you-are-gay-that-you/)

[Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/)

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> [I never really got any backlash from coming out. Across the board all I really got was kids who were grateful, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-bottum/i-never-really-got-any-backlash-from-coming-out-across-the-board-all/)

Roddy Bottum

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> [My mum would say sometimes, 'Do you think you might be gay?' But it wasn't that. When I imagined myself in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andreja-pejic/my-mum-would-say-sometimes-do-you-think-you-might-be-gay-but-it-wasn/)

[Andreja Pejic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andreja-pejic/)

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> [It doesn't bother me or Curtis being questioned about our sexuality and it probably happens more because we're dancers. That stereotype is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-pritchard/it-doesn-t-bother-me-or-curtis-being-questioned-about-our-sexuality/)

[A. J. Pritchard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-pritchard/)

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> [“Upon their meeting in New York in 1958: “We didn’t want to live together. We didn’t have any examples of what a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shayne/upon-their-meeting-in-new-york-in-1958-we-didn-t-want-to-live/)

Alan Shayne

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> [I have seen a lifetime of transgender people and it was hard enough being gay in the '50s and early '60s. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-have-seen-a-lifetime-of-transgender-people-and-it-was-hard-enough/)

[Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/)

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> [“The one undeniable benefit of having spent some time in the closet is that it nurtures a talent that you can fall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-smith/the-one-undeniable-benefit-of-having-spent-some-time-in-the-closet-is/)

[Bob Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-smith/)

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> [The gay people know where I'm at. Straight people may not know where I'm at, but they find it kind of interesting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-reed/the-gay-people-know-where-i-m-at-straight-people-may-not-know-where-i/)

[Lou Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-reed/)

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> [Perhaps I became so vague, so exhilarated with vagueness, precisely in order to forestall a recognition of the final term of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-white/perhaps-i-became-so-vague-so-exhilarated-with-vagueness-precisely-in/)

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

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> [“I've always loved being gay. Sure, Kenya was not exactly Queer Nation but my sexuality gave me joy. I was young, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diriye-osman/i-ve-always-loved-being-gay-sure-kenya-was-not-exactly-queer-nation/)

[Diriye Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diriye-osman/)

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> [. . . I have written a couple of screenplays for studios, and each time has been less gratifying than the last.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-lucas/i-have-written-a-couple-of-screenplays-for-studios-and-each-time-has/)

Craig Lucas

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> [I think it can be difficult for young lesbian or young gay, bisexual, transgender to come out and be open with who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nafessa-williams/i-think-it-can-be-difficult-for-young-lesbian-or-young-gay-bisexual/)

[Nafessa Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nafessa-williams/)

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> [We are left with the feeling that the church has overdone it, no matter how you cut it, and that homosexuals have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-king-jewett/we-are-left-with-the-feeling-that-the-church-has-overdone-it-no/)

Paul King Jewett

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> [Make no mistake: Homosexuals' human right must be protected. It is bigoted to discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-sina/make-no-mistake-homosexuals-human-right-must-be-protected-it-is/)

[Ali Sina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-sina/)

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                        "text": "“In both cases, it is the prejudice, not the condition, that does the harm. It may be, as some would have it, that blacks are inherently inferior to whites or that homosexuals are all, by definition, sick. So what? Even if either condition truly is inherently undesirable, no manner of social pressure will turn blacks into whites or gays into straights. Social pressure will only exaggerate the handicap. It is still the prejudice, more than the condition, that does the harm.”",
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                        "text": "They can actually change. You know you can go from being straight to being gay to being transgender and all these other genders. When you're Black, I don't have a choice.",
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