- Living
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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
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew I had to be the gay stereotype that was on the front of the papers every day. And I did my job well. I played the game.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always felt I've related to women deeply because of being gay and feeling like there was always somebody trying to oppress me, to keep me down, to put me in my place.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get told a lot that I'm kind of carving my own path. That there are not many actors who are out and are able to play straight and gay, and everyone's OK with it.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love musicals - that's probably one of my most gay traits: that's one of my giveaways!
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me to play gay, it has to be something special because it might actually be more of a risk. So I'm waiting for that role - I want it to be something that moves things forward.
- Just Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would have been convenient to be gay. Just because of the grooming, the narcissism, stuff like that. But I have this kind of roaring heterosexuality. Traditional, uncomplicated heterosexuality, an almost cliched Robin Askwith thing.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We encrypt 'Drag Race' with the secret language that kept gay people linked for many years before the '80s.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Usually, people who don't have a broad perspective see gay people as servants - as people who are there to make them look good.
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my husband and I first became parents, we joked that our chubby baby was destined to grow into an Alex P. Keaton Reaganite - the most unlikely, and therefore hilarious, course for the child of an interracial gay couple in gentrifying Brooklyn.
- Body Image
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- Nov 07, 2020