- Good
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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
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my family, I was loved, but only if I would fight this gay thing and not let it take over me. I would be loved unconditionally if I could be cured of my 'sickness,' but it certainly would not be OK if I couldn't.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I graduated from high school in '62 and I didn't know any people who were gay. I'm sure there were people, but I didn't know any. For years and years, I guess, I was very uptight about being a gay actor. I thought it would make me less hirable.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never honest. My father died, and I had never said to him, 'I'm gay.' I knew what I was, but I had to pretend not to be that to avoid the beatings.
- Respect
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is so much work to be done to treat gays and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples with the respect that they're entitled to. They deserve, in my judgment, partnership benefits. They deserve to be treated fairly when it comes to adoption and immigration.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coming out as a gay man, it was very much about finding my own identity and dealing with labeling.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I quickly found that I didn't really fit into 'gay culture,' as identified by many gay people, and that it can be just as confining as straight culture, not least in the way that bisexual people are told that 'they can't make up their mind.'
- Champion
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- Nov 07, 2020
There never was a happier or more devoted husband than the male bluebird. He is the gay champion and escort of the female at all times, and while she is sitting, he feeds her regularly.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being gay.
- Interesting
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 'The Humans,' there's a gay character, and the fact that she's gay is probably the least interesting thing about her.
- Nov 07, 2020
Gay rights is not something most of us think about - because most of us happen to have been born straight.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
The media seems to think only abortion and gay marriage are religious issues. Poverty is a moral issue, it's a faith issue, it's a religious issue.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not think our priorities are misplaced when we are looking at creating a whole new class of children from these gay marriages who could end up completely dependent on the State, on the taxpayers - the American people.
- Expert
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- Nov 07, 2020