Bits Quote by Jake Gyllenhaal

Becoming a drag entertainer and really embracing that helped me to embrace who I was as a gay person even more.

— Shangela

I became more courageous by doing the very things I needed to be courageous for-first, a little, and badly. Then, bit by bit, more…

— Audre Lorde

...I discovered that I could take a risk and survive. I could march in Philadelphia. I could go out in the street and be…

— Martha Shelley

It was my own internalised homophobia. I didn't want to be gay.

— Jane Lynch

I knew that I would have to be brave. Not foolhardy, not in love with risk and danger, not making ridiculous exhibitions of myself…

— Piper Kerman

I was so ashamed of who I was. And I also felt like an outcast in gay society as well because I wasn't good-looking…

— John Grant

Some people say I was very brave, but I really just didn't know any better. All I had was my originality.

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

I remember just calling myself gay was a big step for me, and I remember being in the bathroom brushing my teeth, testing out…

— Wilson Cruz

I think I realize now I was really, really scared to express myself through fashion or certain music or certain TV shows. I was…

— Troye Sivan

I felt I could become a performer who stood out, who challenged the way things were done and make it more creative and also…

— Sasha Grey

Ultimately, I felt fortunate, because in many ways I did identify with aspects of being gay that were very stereotypical. I was a big…

— Christopher Rice

My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on.

— Lance Loud