Best Gay Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I believe we all have different ways we came to the gay community and we can't and shouldn't be pigeon-holed into one cultural narrative which can be uninclusive and disempowering.”

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Author:Cynthia Nixon

“I'd hesitated to have a wedding because my gay and lesbian friends don't have that right.”

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Author:Kathy Najimy

“Gay marriage won't be more of an issue 25 years from now than interracial marriage is today.”

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Author:Jared Polis

“The diagnosis of homosexuality as a "disorder" is a contributing factor to the pathology of those homosexuals who do become mentally ill.... Nothing is more likely to make you sick than being constantly told that you are sick.”

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Author:Ronald Goldman

“It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men's Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience.”

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Author:Bernadette Peters

“In my opinion it's not about gay or straight or bi, we're attracted to spirits, whatever body they're in. There are other reasons too, but that's how I see it.”

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Author:Dana Plato

“I'm not against gay people.”

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Author:Manny Pacquiao

“Fashion is fickle, and I was published because I was fashionable. Because I was gay.”

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Author:Ali Smith

“As we women know, there are so many other hurdles that we have to cross that I would love it if we could stop having the race conversation so that we can get women further on. You know, a female president now that we have an African American president. Maybe we can get an Asian female, a gay person?”

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Author:Octavia Spencer

“What gay culture is before it is anything else, before it is a culture of desire or a culture of subversion or a culture of pain, is a culture of friendship.”

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Author:Andrew Sullivan

“When I first started talking about gay marriage, most people in the gay community looked at me as if I was insane or possibly a fascist reactionary.”

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Author:Andrew Sullivan

“If you ask me about my views on the environment, on women's rights, on gay rights, I am liberal. I don't have a problem with that at all. Some of my best friends are liberal.”

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Author:Bernie Sanders

“A number of Guru's feel that there is something wrong or sick about being gay. I think it really doesn't matter what your sexual preference is; what matters is the quality of your love.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: 'Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?' We must always consider the person.”

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Author:Pope Francis

“If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him?... No one should marginalize these people for this, they must be integrated into society.”

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Author:Pope Francis

“Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?... It is necessary to accompany them with mercy.”

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Author:Pope Francis

“We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. The teaching of the church, for that matter, is clear and I am a son of the church, but it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.”

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Author:Pope Francis

“It's not the '90s anymore. I think the gay community is a lot more accepted these days.”

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Author:Tila Tequila

“It's my belief that, like every other American, gay and lesbian couples should be able to make a lifetime commitment to the person they love and protect their families.”

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Author:Mark Udall

“Throughout my years of public service, I've listened to the voices of the gay and lesbian community, whether through whispered confidences or public declarations. I understand what it truly means to say that all people should be treated equally, and I'll always stand up for fair and equal treatment of gay and lesbian Americans.”

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Author:Mark Udall

“Over the centuries, and even today, the Bible and Christian theology have helped justify the Crusades, slavery, violence against gays, and the murder of doctors who perform abortions. The words themselves are latent, inert, harmless - until they aren't.”

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Author:Amy Waldman

“The stereotypical gay man is someone whose company I enjoy, someone who makes me laugh, someone I'd want my kid to be. The stereotypical gay woman makes me insecure, conscious of my failings as a feminist.”

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Author:Ayelet Waldman

“As a young girl, there were the obvious messages about what girls could and couldn't achieve. And to compound the limitations I felt being leveled upon me, I realized at the age of nine, that I was gay.”

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Author:Chely Wright

“I'm for all kinds of gay rights. I'm almost like a gay man myself.”

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Author:NeNe Leakes

“I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys - and the challenges - of marriage to anyone. Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.”

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Author:Al Franken

“I think every time there's a show like 'Modern Family' or 'Will & Grace' that portray gay and lesbian characters and is successful, it just further opens the door.”

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Author:Steven Levitan

“I'm terrified to get married. I'm not getting married till my gay friends can.”

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Author:Denise Mina

“Public-opinion polls show that Americans split about evenly on civil unions. But when the words 'gay marriage' are presented, they break 3-to-1 against it.”

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Author:Dick Morris

“We didn't, with 'Will & Grace,' set out to change the gay world. We just set out to be funny.”

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Author:Eric McCormack

“Being a Boy Scout saved my life. I was a bookish, introverted kid, shy and withdrawn, unhappy and easily bullied. I was also gay, although I didn't know it yet. I should've been miserable. But being a scout got me out of myself and into the world.”

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Author:Christopher Bram

“We were the children of white flight, the first generation to grow up in postwar American suburbs. By the time the ’60s rolled around, many of us, the gay ones especially, were eager to make a U-turn and fly back the other way. Whether or not the city was obsolete, we couldn’t imagine our personal futures in any other form. The street and the skyline signified to us what the lawn and the highway signified to our parents: a place to breathe free.”

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Author:Herbert Muschamp

“You can't just look at someone and guess their sexuality. There's no point in assuming that every gay man has just one personality type.”

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Author:Cameron Monaghan

“I think the gay community, just like anybody, should be represented in all forms and all types.”

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Author:Cameron Monaghan

“The truth is even though we sort of feel like we have equal rights in America, right under the surface we have huge issues at play that really do affect women. It's time for all the women in America and all the women that love women and all the gay people and the people of color that we've all fought for to fight for us now.”

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Author:Patricia Arquette

“The fact that women are very young in obtaining their civil rights and African-Americans are young in obtaining their civil rights, I think it's about time that we extend that to all Americans, whether straight, gay, purple, green, black, brown.”

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Author:Octavia Spencer

“Being gay doesn't mean that you are less than anybody else. It's just who you are.”

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Author:Bob Harper

“One of my best friends growing up was gay. ... It’s never been an issue for me. ... I think there was a time in my life, probably in college, that I wished every guy was gay, because it just meant more women for me! ‘I don’t know why you guys have a problem with this thing! I think it’d be great! I wish everyone was gay!’ ... That’s always the way I thought about it. ... I have no issue with it. If I have to suffer through marriage, why shouldn’t they?”

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Author:Donald Trump, Jr.

“Today, blacks are no longer the litmus paper or the barometer of social change. Blacks are in every segment of society and there are laws that help to protect them from racial discrimination. The new ‘niggers’ are gays. It is in this sense that gay people are the new barometer for social change. The question of social change should be framed with the most vulnerable group in mind: gay people.”

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Author:Bayard Rustin

“I hate the term 'arm candy.' But, look, a woman's figure is a beautiful thing, and if she has shapely legs, then she should show them off, because men love to see that. Not just heterosexual men - gay men like to see a woman in her beauty and the shape of her.”

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Author:Bruce Forsyth

“Marriage is between a man and a woman. No group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality, it doesn’t matter what they are - they don’t get to change the definition.”

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Author:Benjamin Carson

“A lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight - and when they come out, they're gay.”

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Author:Benjamin Carson

“I wanted to tell a dream-come-true story about going from a closeted gay kid who loved pop culture to an out adult man making pop culture. I went from being told when I was 21 that I should never go on TV because of my crossed eyes to winding up being a 'Housewives' whisperer and talk-show host.”

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Author:Andy Cohen

“I'm gay. It's pretty unfortunate.”

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Author:Louis Tomlinson

“When I started, there was more of a cultural assumption that many readers would find gay characters irrelevant or repugnant.”

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Author:Carol Anshaw

“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."”

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Author:Omari Hardwick

“I can't take on all the worries of the world, you know. I can only talk about being gay and being an actor. I'll have to leave those other battles to somebody else.”

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Author:Ian Mckellen

“It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. I know the image of gay marriage is to some people horrific and ludicrous.”

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Author:Ian Mckellen

“Being gay is a fundamental part of my being - the core of who I've always been, and the thing that I had repressed and run from all my life.”

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Author:James McGreevey

“It's not like I hate gay people.”

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“If you accept it to be natural and normal to be gay then it follows it is not right for two folk who love each other to be denied marriage.”

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Author:Kevin Rudd

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