- Experiencing
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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
- Nov 07, 2020
Before I came out, the thought of someone calling me gay, even when I knew very well that I was, was petrifying.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I super strongly identify with marginalized communities. I'm not at all religious, but I feel super, super Jewish. I can't even describe the feeling, but it actually feels really similar to being gay, the kind of kinship that you feel with the LGBTQ people. That same sense of community is there with Judaism.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gay TV has been immensely important in transforming American culture in a more gay-positive direction.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don't want to call it marriage, because we think that word has religious connotations, and we're not ready to see it used in ways that offend us.
- Hot
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- Nov 07, 2020
The two hot issues are the gay issue and the abortion issue. These are the two defining issues in the evangelical community these days. I'm sure that these hot buttons will be pushed, time and time again.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have close family members as well as lots of close friends who are gay. Many of them strongly support gay marriage.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not ashamed of being gay, never have been and never will be. For that I have no apologies.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coming to the Gold Coast and being able to live as an openly gay man is really important.
- Bible
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in the Bible Belt of Texas, I thought for sure there was no way - if I'm 100 percent true to myself and come out as a gay, African-American person in 2015 - that people are going to be able to accept that and understand it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
That was very difficult for me on 'American Idol' to feel like I had to be a certain way. It wasn't that the producers were saying that you shouldn't be gay or whatever, but there was this unspoken energy around saying you have to appeal to Middle America, and Middle America at that point was not ready for all that.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now I've devoted my life to making sure that I can be a trailblazer for any other African American kids or any other gay kids or any other kids that just feel weird or uncomfortable and have their own issues and don't know how to express themselves. I want to be like a beacon for those kids now.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not homophobic; I'm just not gay.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need a brand as a party that says we're the party that are going to help working-class people, white people, black people, brown people, gay people, straight people, improve opportunity for them to grow their wages, to have security, economic security.
- Adopt
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- Nov 07, 2020