Gay Quote by King Princess

There was a lot really awful about that time [in fifties] if you were gay.

— Kevin Sessums

The huge difference in my lifetime is that you can just go up to somebody and make a pass. You couldn't do that in…

— Ian Mckellen

The world loves the 1950s.

— Sara Sheridan

Without a doubt, my sexuality was something that I just never discussed, especially in the 1950s.

— Tab Hunter

The 1950s to me is darkness, hidden history, perversion behind most doors waiting to creep out. The 1950s to most people is kitsch and…

— James Ellroy

In the '50s and '60s, the life of a gay man was a secret. Homosexuality was illegal, so you didn't draw attention to yourself.

— Ian Mckellen

Gay life in 1970 was very bleak, compartmentalized. You didn't take it to work. You had to really lead a double life. There were…

— Larry Kramer

My own strong feeling was that the gay liberation movement really got national attraction in the truest sense of the word later in the…

— Tom Brokaw

I don't think I did anything that my contemporaries didn't; it was just that I was the only one who talked about it. In…

— David Bowie

What happened in the 80's was that all the men died of AIDS. That was a particularly depressing time because so many people passed…

— Margaret Cho

“I'm drawn to the 1950s for lots of reasons - everything from the fashion to the increasing sense of freedom and modernity that builds…

— Sara Sheridan

“The 1950s is a key decade in the 20th Century. Each year has a distinctive flavour.”

— Sara Sheridan