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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
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's just unbelievable that nearly every gay human being knows who I am now - that's overwhelming.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over the years I've realised that there's nothing wrong with me. But there was a long way for me to go to get back to this loud and outgoing kid, and to get to the point where I could say, 'Yeah, I'm gay, so what?'
- Gay Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a teenager, a gay teenager, in such a small village is not that much fun. I am part of the gay community and most gays have a similar story to mine.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The old Victorian laws against homosexuality were still on the statute books until the early 1990s. As a gay man living in Ireland, I and people like me found it easy to feel less than citizens.
- True
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- Nov 07, 2020
The adage that you're either gay or straight or you're lying, well, that's not true. Bisexuality does exist.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the world I've lived in, gay marriage, for example, seems completely logical. And yet there are many people who don't live in that world.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's about as likely Jane Austen was gay as that she was found out to be a man.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot be a placard waver for every campaign; that's why I have mostly kept quiet about gay marriage.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to be affirmatively proud of what I have made my way through. And to do that, in the same way I had to tell my father and my family and my friends that I was gay, I need to not hide this anymore.
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- Nov 07, 2020