- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gay Quotes
On identity, belonging and the case for equality.
These gay quotes touch on media representation, the meaning of chosen family, and calls for full civil equality regardless of orientation. See related reflections in our Community quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I convened the first-ever national training conference for prosecutors on how to promote and deal with hate crime issues in terms of prosecutions and also protocol for defeating the gay panic defense.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shows like 'Empire'... one of the most profound powerful things is that there's a gay male character who is loved. That character is going to save a lot of people's lives. Black families are confronting the idea that a gay black character can be human.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
The public has always had affection for gay entertainers. The time was right for an out gay entertainer.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought they were staring at me because I was gay. But it was because I was on the telly.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live in a kind of gay bubble. I live in a gay house, I drive a gay car. I eat gay food.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of gay men have a lot of sex. That's what we do. But I've stopped all that-the revolving door into my bedroom. Promiscuity. That was of its day, really.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not gay, I just like pearls.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
Judy Garland's father was gay. That seems to be the consensus. They left Minnesota and went to California because he got caught with some boy backstage.
- Gay Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
The gay community just recognizes what their closets are and we straight have to spend years trying to figure out which closet we are trapped in.
- Nov 07, 2020
I got into theatre very early, so yes I was surrounded by gay people quite early and frequently.
- Lesbian
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say that I'm a feminist theorist before I'm a queer theorist or a gay and lesbian theorist.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020