“The old Victorian laws against homosexuality were still on the statute books until the early 1990s. As a gay man living in Ireland, I and people like me found it easy to feel less than citizens.” PeopleMenFeelsStillsBookLawFoundEasyCitizensGayLike MeIrelandHomosexualityGay MenVictorianStatutes Author:Colm Toibin
“More people saw me than saw Napoleon, Lincoln and Cleopatra. I was better known than Einstein and Picasso. ... I changed the fashion of two continents. The style of the Gay Nineties became the rage ... women were trying to walk and talk like me. Women became more sex-conscious - sex was out in the open and fun.” PeopleTryingTwoFunSexWalksKnownSawsFashionStyleChangedGayConsciousRageLike MeContinents Author:Mae West
“Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians.” WishMarriageGayPrejudiceMajorityDefinitionsLike MeTraditionalPreservesIntoleranceBias Author:Mitt Romney
“Why should you care for a woman like me? I'm always nervous or sick, or sad or too gay.” ShouldCareGaySickLike MeNervous Author:Greta Garbo
“I’m not unsympathetic. But do you like me? Because this being gay business doesn’t mean you can just throw yourself at any guy and it’ll be fine because he’s not a girl. There are still people you like and people you don’t.” PeopleMeanStillsGuyGirlFineGayLike MeBeing GayUnsympatheticDo You Like Me Author:Cassandra Clare
“I wanted to show America a different kind of man. If there was someone like me when I was growing up, my whole life would have been different.” IfsMenKindHas BeensDifferentWholeShowsWantedAmericaGrowing UpGrowingGayWhole LifeLike MeDifferent Kinds Author:Chaz Bono