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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
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go to church too, y'all. And I've heard it, too. And I want to say to all of our faith leaders out there that I understand that probably in my Baptist church in Maryland, it is not likely that there will be performed - in my church - gay marriages.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am very indebted to southern writers and not just Flannery O'Connor. Also Harry Crews, Larry Brown, Tennessee Williams, Barry Hannah and William Gay.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born gay, just as I was born black.
- Matters
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know if I would have the same take on world matters and social issues if I were not gay.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Governing means governing all of the people, no matter what demographic it is, whether it'd be black, white, women, straight, gay, Republican.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being gay doesn't take your brain away or exclude me from having the same attributes as anyone else.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 16, I knew I was gay. I loved a lot. But I lived as a straight guy, because there are people in my town who don't understand my story. I never told. I never wanted to show what was inside my heart.
- Lesbian
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dancehall has always had a homophobic problem, but you go to dance parties in Jamaica, and some of the biggest dancers are kinda gay, just not outspoken about it. Dancehall was the first kind of music I was DJing, and it was always more about the rhythm.
- Constitutional Amendment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I definitely do not support a constitutional amendment that has to do with prohibiting gay marriage.
- Advocating
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- Nov 07, 2020
No candidate can win a presidential race advocating gay marriage and opposing the military action in Iraq.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Public-opinion polls show that Americans split about evenly on civil unions. But when the words 'gay marriage' are presented, they break 3-to-1 against it.
- Daily
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of my friends were gay, so I was spat on on the bus daily, and I ended up in hospital a couple of times from being beaten up so badly.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being gay facilitated my capacity for shame. As a child, I carried around this thing that gradually became this big dark secret. When I came out in a newspaper interview at 30 I was expecting the reaction the following day to be like the climax of 'Dead Poets Society,' but actually no one really cared.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
These names: gay, queer, homosexual are limiting. I would love to finish with them. We're going to have to decide which terms to use and where we use them. For me to use the word 'queer' is a liberation; it was a word that frightened me, but no longer.
- Get Married
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm terrified to get married. I'm not getting married till my gay friends can.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Sordid' is rather unique. That's why so many gay fans are comfortable to share 'Sordid Lives' with their families. It's not really a gay story. It's just much more a family story that happens to have gay members, which most people do.
- Queer
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- Nov 07, 2020