Assimilation Quote by Anonymous

I was never an assimilationist. I always thought gays had some special mission.

— Edmund White

Originally I was opposed to gay assimilation and targeted gay marriage as just another effort on the part of gays to resemble their straight…

— Edmund White

Early on, I got some criticism from other gay writers and queer theorists for being too 'assimilationist,' probably because my characters are outsiders, even…

— Stephen McCauley

We are in an interesting place in the evolution in our community in the people want to be indistinguishable from heterosexuals. I love the…

— Kit Williamson

Look, a lot of people don't think that the way that I live my life is a real thing, that it exists, that having…

— Nico Tortorella

Assimilation is the way you excuse yourself. It absolutely never worked at all. You may not think you are noticeable. But they know who…

— Harry Hay

I don't believe in straight or gay. I really don't. I think we're all degrees of bisexual.

— Rita Mae Brown

When I say that I'm trans, what I'm essentially saying is that I'm standing in solidarity. I feel an affinity with other trans people.…

— Torrey Peters

I think the gay community is made up of so many little different things, different parts, different people... I think that can be quite…

— Andrew Haigh

At times, I find a degree of inflexibility in the more traditional homosexual community that seems to me to be every bit as 'straight'…

— Jen Sincero

I'm unequivocal about my belief in the rights of our marginalized communities, including our trans community, because I'm a minority myself.

— Humza Yousaf

Once I was embraced by gay culture, I finally started to feel I was fitting in. I was understood by those people in a…

— Roisin Murphy