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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
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's kind of a shame that it's even an issue. Not being gay, I can't fully appreciate how complicated that is. In the article, the interviewer asked me, and I said that if I were, I would just say it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans know as much about Canada as straight people do about gays. Americans arrive at the border with skis in July, and straight people think that being gay is just a phase. A very long phase.
- Equality
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- Nov 07, 2020
By in large in this country the issue of gay rights and equality should be past the point of debate. Really, there should be no debate anymore.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of my friends are gay, and certainly I have no tolerance for anyone who has any sort of ignorance or restriction on people's lives or love lives.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
When gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals come out, their friends and families, for the most part, understand what it feels like to love and to lust. Cisgender people have more of a challenge when it comes to transgender identities. I discovered that analogy of homesickness in conversations with my parents, in trying to bridge that empathy divide.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been Sarah. My gender identity has always existed. I've always been a woman. Gay people aren't straight before they come out as gay, and transgender people are who they are before they come out and transition.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Donald Trump, Mike Pence, and Jeff Sessions are using their powers and offices to make life as difficult as possible for everyone from the transgender worker to the gay widower to the queer undocumented immigrant. These efforts are not about bathrooms or religious freedom; they're about driving LGBTQ people out of public life.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of my friends in New York are single women or gay men.
- Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
Adoption is a global issue these days - it's certainly current - and it's encouraging for a lot of couples whether they're straight or gay.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a large group that's not represented on television - the group that falls somewhere in the middle of straight and gay. That group is looked down on, because people say, 'You can't be in-between. You have to pick one or the other.'
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born gay, OK? I've always known. I don't think my family were the least bit surprised.
- Everybody
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not just specifically gay.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've become this sort of icon for the gay community. I don't like the position.
- Much
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- Nov 07, 2020