“Glee is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that don't necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement.” PeopleGivingVoiceCommunityGayStatementsLoudMainstreamOutletsGleeGay CommunityLoud VoicesReally Positive Author:Jack Antonoff
“Gays are beginning to realize what blacks learned long ago: Unless you are out here fighting for yourself then nobody else will help you. I think the gay community has a moral obligation to continue the fight.” ThinkingLongHelpingFightingRealizingCommunityMoralGayObligationLong AgoMoral ObligationGay Community Author:Bayard Rustin
“I love San Francisco and Brighton has something of San Francisco about it. It's by the sea, there's a big gay community, a feeling of people being there because they enjoy their life there.” PeopleFeelingsBigsEnjoyCommunitySeaGaySan FranciscoBeing ThereGay CommunityBrighton Author:Brian Eno
“This is an effort to have government coerce, force speech and behavior. And it's being pushed and advocated by the gay community. This is their ultimate goal. It's to not allow for diversity of opinion on this issue, because they don't want to be celebrated, they want to force everyone to not only agree with them but also have to finance their agenda.” WantGovernmentForceGoalCommunityEffortOpinionIssuesPrideGaySpeechBehaviorDiversityUltimateAgreeFinanceAgendasUltimate GoalGay PrideCoerceGay Community Author:Michele Bachmann
“The gay community just recognizes what their closets are and we straight have to spend years trying to figure out which closet we are trapped in.” TryingYearsCommunityFiguresPrideGayTrappedClosetsGay PrideGay Community Author:Judith Light
“I've become this sort of icon for the gay community. I don't like the position.” CommunityPositionGayIconsGay Community Author:Sandra Bernhard
“I do not think the gay population has been all that rabid for gay marriage. Note that I do not use the words 'gay community.' Expunge that expression from your vocabulary. We are not a community.” ThinkingHas BeensUseCommunityExpressionGayNotesPopulationVocabularyGay MarriageGay Community Author:Larry Kramer
“The gay community is very fickle. And I know because I'm part of it and I see it every day.” KnowsCommunityGayFickleGay Community Author:Lance Bass
“Of course, I have a different vested interest in the gay community, because I am gay, and I would certainly enjoy the tax advantages that straight people have, and the inheritance advantages, and things like Social Security, but I've always been a civil rights advocate across the board. That's how I was raised.” PeopleDifferentCoursesSocialEnjoyInterestCommunityRightsSecurityGayTaxesAdvantageRaisedCivil RightsBoardsSocial SecurityInheritanceVested InterestsGay Community Author:Janis Ian