“I am not in the closet. I am not coming out of the closet. I am not gay.” GayExplanationComing OutClosetsComing Out Of The Closet Author:Oprah Winfrey
“Personally, I'd be delighted to live in a country where happily married gay couples had closets full of assault weapons.” CountryCoupleGayMarriedWeaponsClosetsAssaultDelightedHappily MarriedAssault WeaponsGay Couples Author:Glenn Reynolds
“I was a closet straight. I think I wanted to be gay because I thought it was arty and interesting. And also, I was phenomenally shy with girls.” ThinkingWantedGirlInterestingGayShyClosets Author:Rupert Graves
“You can’t pray away the gay, but you can torture a conflicted closet case to death.” CasesPrayingGayTortureClosets Author:Dan Savage
“I was raised in a household where being gay was like, the most normal thing. My brother is gay, all of my best friends are gay. When my brother came out of the closet, it wasn't a big deal for my family.” BigsDealsBrotherGayNormalMy FamilyRaisedMy BrotherHouseholdClosetsMy Best FriendBig DealBeing GayNormal Things Author:Ariana Grande
“'Brokeback Mountain' is a sad love story about two people who can't be together, and the reason that they can't be together is because being gay is a stigmatized thing. It would be interesting to have the same movie in which the two guys weren't in the closet and there was no shame about them being gay and they couldn't be together for other reasons. I still feel like we're a long way from that happening.” PeopleWayFeelsLongStillsTwoReasonStoriesWould BeTogetherGuyInterestingGayMountainHappeningsShameLove StoryClosetsLong WayBeing GaySad LoveTwo GuysBrokeback Mountain Author:Wesley Morris
“I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.” IfsFirstsWould BeRunningGayClosets Author:Dolly Parton
“I think I started out okay but with AIDS came a great deal of silence about gayness and this period of lose and morning, but at the same time a kind of feeling like you wanted to get back into the closet because being gay was such a terrible thing at that point.” ThinkingKindFeelingsWantedLosesDealsSilenceMorningLike YouPeriodsTerribleGayOkayAidsGet BackClosetsTerrible ThingsBeing GayGayness Author:Margaret Cho
“I think the gay community, as a whole, is slighted by high-profile figures who remain in the closet. But I think that a lot of times we need to ask ourselves what that person's role in our community would be if they were out of the closet.” IfsThinkingNeedsPersonsWholeWould BeAsksCommunityRolesFiguresGayClosetsOur CommunityProfileGay CommunityHigh ProfileSlighted Author:Christopher Rice
“I think dragging someone out of the closet who isn't necessarily engaged in anti-gay activities can have a destructive effect on them and on us. I don't want unwilling gay people advocating on my behalf; I think that's a challenge.” PeopleThinkingWantChallengesEffectsGayActivityEngagedDestructiveClosetsBehalfWant UUnwillingGay PeopleAdvocatingAnti Gay Author:Christopher Rice
“Every gay who is in the closet is ultimately a threat to the freedom of gays. I don't want to seem intolerant to them and I think we have to say that to them with a great deal of affection, but remaining in the closet is the other side of the prejudice against gays. Because until you challenge it, you are not playing an active role in fighting it.” ThinkingWantSeemsFightingSidesChallengesDealsRolesGayPrejudiceThreatAffectionActiveClosets Author:Bayard Rustin
“In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.” MenShouldHumansFeelingsHuman BeingsGayCapableIdealsObligationLgbtHomosexualityRestraintClosetsHomosexualGay RightsGay MenBeing GayGay PrideHeterosexualityLgbt CommunityHeterosexuality IsLgbt PrideLoving A Woman Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you've just told them.” PoliticalHonestyGayBest ThingsInsultComing OutClosetsInsults YouComing Out Of The Closet Author:Rachel Maddow
“I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant.” PeopleHumansKidsAbleCommunityHuman BeingsInspiringQualityRightsGayLowsEqualityListsAdmireCivil RightsLgbtHomosexualityClosetsSupporterHomosexualIrrelevantGay RightsGay PeopleBeing GayGay PrideGay CommunityPrivate PartsLgbt CommunityComing Out Of The ClosetLgbt Pride Author:Paul Newman
“I had to face the fact that I had been using my gay friends as props. They were always supposed to be funny and entertain me and praise me and listen to my problems, and their life was supposed to be a secret that no one wanted to hear about. I wanted them to stay in the “half closet.” FactsProblemWantedFacesSecretHalfGayPraiseSupposed To BeClosetsPropsGay Friend Author:Tina Fey
“I think that sometimes the whole larger-than-life gay thing is just another kind of closet. It's easier to be different if you're very different, if you go all-out on purpose. Because that way you can still hide who you really are.” IfsThinkingWayKindStillsDifferentSometimesWholePurposeEasierGayClosetsLarger Than Life Author:Lili Wilkinson
“Homophobia and the closet are allies. Like an unhealthy co-dependent relationship they need each other to survive. One plays the victim living in fear and shame while the other plays the persecutor policing what is ‘normal’. The only way to dismantle homophobia is for every gay man and lesbian in the world to come out and live authentic lives. Once they realise how normal we are and see themselves in us….the controversy is over.” MenWorldWayNeedsPlayGayNormalShameVictimDependentRealisingAlliesClosetsControversyUnhealthyHomophobiaGay MenAuthentic LifeLiving In Fear Author:Anthony Venn-Brown
“Then maybe it's time to change that." Della sat back in her chair. "Change what?" Kylie asked. "Come out of the closet. You know, like...'I'm gay and here to stay.' You'd need a different slogan, but maybe, 'I'm a lizard and if you don't like it, I'll eat out your gizzard.'" Della chuckled. "Okay, it needs some work, but you get what I mean.” IfsKnowsNeedsMeanDifferentGayOkaySatChairsClosetsSlogansLizards Author:C.C. Hunter
“If public figures came out of the closet, then the LGBT kids who saw them on TV would feel safe, before they even knew why they felt dangerous. Maybe if enough people came out of the closet, gay kids would never feel dangerous. Maybe we could have a world where we could all just live. We may not all agree, but why can't we just all live?” PeopleIfsWorldFeelsMayEnoughKidsFeltSawsDangerousFiguresTvsGaySafeAgreeLgbtClosetsJust LivePublic Figures Author:Margaret Cho