Gay Quote by Ian Mckellen

I wasn't a [gay] activist, really.

— Kevin Sessums

I don't think I'm a gay activist. I used to be.

— Andrew Sean Greer

By the time I enrolled in the military at 20, I had spent years in denial about who I really was. I was openly…

— Chelsea Manning

I think the best way to be an activist is to live your life well and be honest. It means being out. If you…

— Melissa Etheridge

I am old school, I joined the gay liberation movement in 1972. If you had told me in 1972 that in the year 2009…

— Cleve Jones

I've been a very effective leader in the gay rights movement, though at times I've been controversial.

— Jean O'Leary

I was embraced entirely and completely by the LGBTQ community. So I always felt very comfortable and confident to live exactly how I wanted…

— Jessica Origliasso

I knew that I was gay in every bone of my body. So I did the only thing I could do. I started the…

— Harry Hay

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

— Edmund White

I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decided that I would,…

— Barney Frank

I don't feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that I'm a gay man.

— Tony Kushner

I always wanted to be a leader.

— Ben Wallace