Gay Quotes - Page 11

• All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.

  Anna Quindlen

  Children, People, Parent

  Anna Quindlen (2010). “Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private”, p.29, Ballantine Books

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• I'm not naive to the fact that I'm an out gay actor.

  Ellen Page

  Actors, Facts, Naive

  Source: www.slate.com

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• I suppose I knew I was gay at age 11 or so.

  John Amaechi

  Age

  "Big Think Interview With John Amaechi". Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 7, 2010.

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• The more gay people can tell our stories, the more other people will accept gay people.

  Andrew Solomon

  People, Stories, Accepting

  Source: andrewsolomon.com

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• I try really hard to ask people to take a look at their bookshelves. Are there female writers on it? Gay writers? Writers of color? There should be.

  Jodi Picoult

  Color, People, Trying

  Source: nudge-book.com

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• I don't want to be seen only as a boxer who is gay. I want to be a boxer who is professional, who pursues his goals and realizes his dreams. And my biggest dream is the world championship belt.

  Orlando Cruz

  Dream, Goal, World

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Now people won't beat you up if you are gay; they might just talk behind your back.

  Talib Kweli

  People

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• Just as I love women, I love gay men. I always say it: inside me there is a gay man who wants to come out.

  Victoria Beckham

  Men, Want, Gay Men

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• I don't blame homosexuals for being angry when people say they've made a choice to be gay because they don't.

  James Dobson

  People, Choices, Blame

  "Larry King Live", transcripts.cnn.com. November 22, 2006.

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• Lots of people hate gay people. You can tell who they are because they start sentences with, “It's not like I hate gay people.”

  Ali Liebegott

  Hate, People, Sentences

  Ali Liebegott (2007). “The IHOP Papers”, p.2, Carroll & Graf

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• I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn't.

  Kurt Cobain

  Inspirational, Lgbt, Proud

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• I like to think that if I were gay I would be out. Rupert Everett-style.

  Ben Affleck

  Thinking, Style, Would Be

  "Banderas makes directorial debut at Venice". www.theguardian.com. September 10, 1999.

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• If you have an issue with homosexuality, then it comes to your own fear and your own darkness.

  Tori Amos

  Issues, Darkness, Homosexuality

  "Tori Amos On Her Muses, Her Song Girls And Her Father". Interview with Ann Powers, www.npr.org. October 17, 2012.

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• One thing the gay rights movement taught the world is the importance of being visible.

  Charles M. Blow

  Rights, Movement, World

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• Im not gay, but the man in my bed last night was.

  Tom DeLonge

  Night, Men, Blink 182

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• A person's sexuality is so much more than one word "gay." No one refers to anyone as just "hetero" because that doesn't say anything. Sexual identity is broader than a label.

  Gus Van Sant

  Say Anything, Identity, Labels

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• All things fall and are built again,
  And those that build them again are gay.

  William Butler Yeats

  Fall, Rebirth, All Things

  William Butler Yeats (2000). “The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats”, p.250, Wordsworth Editions

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• I think worldwide, the movement has been towards accepting and respecting the individuality and the rights of gay people, lesbians and transgender people. Here, however, age-old cultural mindsets - which also comes from Victorian times, affect the thinking of people.

  Kabir Bedi

  Thinking, Rights, People

  Source: www.youthkiawaaz.com

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• I think knowing people by first names, not by what they do sexually, is really what it's about. Not being afraid. Fear is the enemy. I've always been comfortable with being gay.

  Herb Ritts

  Thinking, Names, Knowing

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• Gay and lesbian couples should have the right to experience the joys of marriage and family.

  Bryan Cranston

  Couple, Should Have, Joy

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• Being gay is nothing but another way to live your life.

  Connor Paolo

  Live Your Life, Way To Live, Another Way

  "Connor Paolo Discusses Eric van der Woodsen". People interview, www.tvfanatic.com. May 7, 2008.

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• I'm homosexual. How and why are idle questions. It's a little like wanting to know why my eyes are green.

  Jean Genet

  Eye, Lgbt, Green

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• By definition, gay is smart. I see plenty of macho heterosexual idiots, but nine times out of 10 you can have a great conversation if you find a gay guy.

  Jason Bateman

  Inspirational, Smart, Guy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• People don't know if i'm gay, straight or an alien from outer space.. its funny

  Gerard Way

  Space, People, Aliens

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• I didn't choose the fact that I was gay, but I did choose whether to live my life as a gay woman-that was the terrifying thing for me. Especially being a gay actress.

  Portia de Rossi

  Scary, Facts, Actresses

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

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