Being Gay Quotes - Page 3

• Oh, no. I don't think I've ever really subscribed to that view, that you can turn it on and off like a water tap. Um, you know, I think that there's a whole lot that goes into the makeup of an individual that, uh, you just can't simply say, oh, like, "Tomorrow morning I'm gonna stop being gay." It's like saying, "Tomorrow morning I'm gonna stop being black."

  Michael Steele

  Morning, Gay, Makeup

  "Michael Steele, au revoir" by Michael Tomasky, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2009.

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• I couldn't imagine a book with many characters in it and one of them not being gay. It would have felt like a glaring and problematic omission for me. But I also wanted to write that character as a person, not just a gay person.

  Ayana Mathis

  Book, Writing, Character

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• All America loses when any person is denied or forced out of a job because of sexual orientation. Being gay, the last time I thought about it, seemed to have nothing to do with the ability to read a balance book, fix a broken bone, or change a spark plug.

  William J. Clinton

  Jobs, Book, Gay

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• I'm very happy that being gay and married and having kids has become such an accepted piece of the fabric of America.

  Amy B. Harris

  Kids, Gay, America

  Source: www.etonline.com

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• I can't take on all the worries of the world, you know. I can only talk about being gay and being an actor. I'll have to leave those other battles to somebody else.

  Ian Mckellen

  Gay, Worry, Battle

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• I have been kicked out of my home for being gay. I felt that.

  Brooke Candy

  Home, Gay, Has Beens

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• Being gay doesn't mean that you are less than anybody else. It's just who you are.

  Bob Harper

  Mean, Gay, Who You Are

  "The Biggest Loser's Bob Harper Comes Out as Gay on the Show". people.com. November 27, 2013.

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• All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don't believe it. I don't believe it for one minute. He hasn't been to one of my shows.

  Bette Midler

  Believe, Gay, Rumor

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• My mother encouraged me and was very great about me being gay, but she always encouraged me to follow my musical dreams, which I'm very grateful for.

  Elton John

  Mother, Dream, Grateful

  "A More Reflective Leap On Elton John's 'Diving Board'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 23, 2013.

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• I'm not going to let anyone make it seem like being gay is a bad thing.

  George Clooney

  Gay, Seems, Bad Things

  "George Clooney engaged? Retiring the playboy act is his best move in years" by Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2014.

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• The worst part of being gay in the twentieth century is all that damn disco music to which one has to listen.

  Quentin Crisp

  Gay, Disco Music, Century

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• A number of Guru's feel that there is something wrong or sick about being gay. I think it really doesn't matter what your sexual preference is; what matters is the quality of your love.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Gay, Thinking

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• In a lot of states LGBT people can be fired for just being gay or for just being trans. That's totally legal.

  Ellen Page

  Gay, People, Lgbt

  "Ellen Page and Ian Daniel on Creating Gaycation, the State of LGBT Rights in Other Countries, and Watching a Son Come Out to His Mother". Interview with John Horn, www.vulture.com. March 25, 2016.

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• The world has changed from when I was a young teen feeling ashamed for being gay. The issue of gay marriage is now a political issue. That would have been unthinkable when I was young.

  George Takei

  Gay, Issues, Political

  Star Trek's 'Sulu' Comes Out of Closet, www.foxnews.com. October 28, 2005.

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• People are realizing that being gay is just as defining as the color of our skin and it's not a choice. I'm really encouraged. I think in my lifetime we will achieve equality. I'm honored to be a part of it.

  Leslie Jordan

  Gay, Thinking, Color

  "Candid Q & A with gay icon Leslie Jordan". Today Interview, www.today.com. July 16, 2008.

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• I had always been interested in politics. I had assumed - for two reasons, being Jewish and being gay back in the late '50s, early '60s - that I would never be elected or anything, but I would participate as an activist.

  Barney Frank

  Gay, Two, Reason

  "Exit Interview: Barney Frank Reflects on Successes, Regrets, Future Plans". Interview with Margaret Warner, www.pbs.org. December 26, 2012.

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• I'm dead against the idea that you should try to "cure" people of being gay.

  Ian Mckellen

  Gay, Ideas, People

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• You know you’re really famous when there’s rumors about you being gay.

  Jared Leto

  Gay, Rumor, Fame

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• I did think Justice [Antony] Kennedy's opinion on Lawrence was critical to that because it really, what Lawrence in one sense was, of course, about consensual sex being something that the government can't regulate. But really in a more fundamental sense, what it was saying, "Look. Gay people are normal people, and they get to live normal lives. They're not criminals by virtue of the fact of being gay."

  Donald Verrilli Jr.

  Sex, Gay, Thinking

  Source: www.slate.com

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• We had the fun of being outlaws. But there's a whole generation now coming up with new gender identities. For this generation of kids who don't think that being gay is anything special, they might be more interesting than any of us.

  Dale Peck

  Fun, Kids, Gay

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin. Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.

  Al Sharpton

  Gay, Constitution, Adultery

  "Sharpton Pledges Fight Against Homophobia Among Blacks" by Jamal Watson, New York Sun, August 3, 2005.

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• One of the great things about being gay and out is that the papers couldn't care less about your love life.

  Graham Norton

  Love Life, Gay, Paper

  "Not so Graham Norton" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. April 9, 2001.

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• Jeff Chu's pilgrimage across America to discover his own place as a gay man in the Christian church as well as attitudes about being gay and Christian across denominations is at once timely, smart, poignant, disturbing, inspiring, and maddening. It's essential reading for anyone who cares about the rights of the LGBTQ community to be treated as equal citizens at every level, including the religious-which means it should be essential reading for everybody.

  Donna Freitas

  Christian, Religious, Attitude

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• One of the things I learned in 'Slavs!' is that it's much easier to talk about being gay than it is to talk about being a socialist. People are afraid of socialism, and plays that deal with economics are scarier to them.

  Tony Kushner

  Gay, Play, People

  Interview with Andrea Bernstein, www.motherjones.com. July/August 1995.

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• What was interesting was talking to older gay men about what it was like being gay in the Eighties.

  Dan Stevens

  Gay, Men, Talking

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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