Gay Quotes

• Women and eating disorders have such a long history, but now I see it happening to gay men. And when it comes to anorexia, bulimia, body dysmorphia, gay men are far worse than women. They take it way more seriously. 'Why diet when you can take crystal meth?'

  

  Margaret Cho
  • Men
  • Long
  • Women

• As someone who is both an ethnic minority and openly gay, I often talk about how simply being who I am has given me a double awareness of the vulnerability that some Americans may be facing.

  

  Mark Takano
  • May
  • Gay
  • Vulnerability

• I spent a lot of time denying the idea that I could be gay or trans to myself. From the ages of 14 to 16, I was mostly convinced that I was just going through 'phases.' I ran away mentally, especially at night with access to the Internet and the labyrinth of anonymous communications.

  

  Chelsea Manning
  • Time
  • Night
  • Anonymous

• I wish to spend my life's twilight being just who I am. I could claim noble reasons as coming out in order to move gay rights forward, but I must admit it is for far more selfish reasons. Now is the time I wish to find someone, and I do not desire to force any potential partner to live a life of extreme discretion with me.

  

  David Ogden Stiers
  • Life
  • Time
  • Live

• Honestly, when I first heard that there were rumors out there about me being gay, I thought, 'Wow, someone must really hate me.' There's nothing wrong with being gay, but I just couldn't understand why someone would make up lies like that.

  

  Ne-Yo
  • Up
  • Why
  • Hate

• When it's all said and done, I am secure enough with my manhood to say to the world, 'I am a male actor, and its okay for me to play a gay man.'

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Man
  • Play
  • Manhood

• I say, 'I'm bi, my love knows no gender,' and the straight community says, 'Oh right, that's just a cover-up - you're gay!' And the gay community says, 'Yeah right, that's just a cover-up - you're gay.' They both want to push me gay.

  

  Andy Dick
  • Up
  • Community
  • Gay

• For me, I have gay family members, and I have a lot of friends in the LBGT community.

  

  Ashley Wagner
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Community

• My sexuality is not black and white. I'm a gay man who has occasionally drifted. I am not bi. I've had perfectly pleasant romances with women, but they weren't sustainable. My passion wasn't there. I would always be looking at guys.

  

  Kehinde Wiley
  • Women
  • Black
  • Passion

• I believe the scripture says that being gay is a sin.

  

  Joel Osteen
  • Believe
  • Gay
  • Scripture

• Why did mainstream America come to accept marriage equality? Gay leaders had made a convincing case that gay families were like straight families and should have the same rights. The American spirit of fair play had been invoked.

  

  Edmund White
  • Why
  • American
  • America

• Obviously, there's so many different types of gay people, but some people don't know that. Some people think we all look and act a certain type of way.

  

  Kristian Nairn
  • People
  • Different
  • Gay

• Gay as a daffodil.

  

  Freddie Mercury Queen
  • Gay

• I feel like because I've done more gay characters, gay scenes, or gay projects than most straight actors, people see it as some sort of mission. It's more of a case-by-case basis, and just trying to capture figures that I love. I guess that a lot of the figures that I love were gay.

  

  James Franco
  • People
  • Trying
  • Done

• I've been to many gay and straight clubs and I have fun in every one of them. It's always great to hear my music played and to be there with everyone.

  

  Harry Wayne Casey KC and the Sunshine Band
  • Music
  • Fun
  • Clubs

• I had a friend write me that our music was being played at Gay Pride in New York, which is a big compliment. In the biggest city in the country with the most culture and the most grit - I love it.

  

  Jennifer Nettles Sugarland
  • Music
  • Country
  • Culture

• Our black president can't say that he's for gay marriage. That is upsetting to me.

  

  Mario Cantone
  • Black
  • Marriage
  • Gay

• Honestly, I'm cool with everyone, and people pick up on that. I'd say, 'I'm not gay, but it's all good.' It's kind of like going to Paris when you don't know the language; some Americans get into trouble over there, but I'm just like, 'Sorry, I don't speak French.'

  

  Dylan McDermott
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• The worst bar fights I ever saw were in London. I saw a guy break a pint glass in another guy's face in a club in the Eighties. It was a gay club, too.

  

  Liev Schreiber
  • Guy
  • Gay

• There are people that very strongly identify themselves as gay and then lesbian, and then I think there are a lot of people who are kind of some percentage or some version of that.

  

  Michael Stipe R.E.M.
  • People
  • Gay
  • Lesbian

• When I remember how unhappy I was in adolescence - about the fact that, though I wasn't really using the term to or for myself, I knew that I was gay - I think, "Oh, if someone then could have shown me just an hour in the life that I have now, I would have made it through all of that misery and despair just fine." The pain lay in thinking that I had a desolate future.

  

  Andrew Solomon
  • Life
  • Thinking
  • Remember

• I was so honored when Diane Sawyer named me 'Person of the Week,' and like I told her, 'Diane, I love my daughter.' I cried when I found out when she told me she was gay when she was 17 because of the judgment.

  

  Marie Osmond
  • She
  • Gay
  • Daughter

• I've actually performed at Gay Pride in Atlanta three times in my career. I've always had a large gay following, particularly in the lesbian community. I am grateful for that. To me, it means my music transcends categories. It also means that I'm a cute girl singing a rock song in an alto voice!

  

  Jennifer Nettles Sugarland
  • Music
  • Career
  • Song

• Gay rights is not something most of us think about - because most of us happen to have been born straight.

  

  Jodi Picoult
  • Gay

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