Closets Quote by Amanda Bearse

The single most important thing you can do politically for gay rights is to come out. Not to write a letter to your congressman…

— Barney Frank

What's great about it is that you see, the great struggle for gay people is that the politics is just not going to work…

— Andrew Sullivan

Under the right conditions, gay people can become politicians and be in control of their lives in a much broader way through activism.

— Daayiee Abdullah

I think dragging someone out of the closet who isn't necessarily engaged in anti-gay activities can have a destructive effect on them and on…

— Christopher Rice

It's in the hands of activists to expand the universal concept of human rights to include homosexuals. Once they persuade the people, the politicians…

— Park Won-soon

We've made some incredible progress, but there are still steps we need to take to ensure LGBT Americans are treated as equal citizens.

— John Fetterman

I think it is important for someone like me to not run away from who I am but embrace it. LGBT people across the…

— Mark Takano

It seems to me the most important issue in the LGBT community is the right to be queer-the right to be free of the…

— Jasmine Guy

The thing about gay people is that until we come out of the closet, we're always protecting other people: 'I can't do this, because…

— Rob Halford

There are tons of gay issues that are important, from gay marriage to adoption rights to work-place discrimination and more... but I think the…

— Tyler Oakley

Our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country.

— Zachary Quinto

There are plenty of organisations making a real difference to the lives of gay people around the country that do need our help, so…

— Robert Rinder