“Was it a risky move? Yes, but at that moment, the reason why I came out is I thought it wasn't going to be a big deal. Maybe I was naive. Maybe I thought it was 2014, and people will understand that there's gay NFL players. There's gay athletes everywhere. But I was clearly wrong. It was a huge deal.” PeopleReasonMomentsBigsMovingDealsPlayerHugeGayAthleteReason WhyNflThat MomentNaiveBig DealNfl Players Author:Michael Sam
“History moves fast. It's hard to believe that gay Americans achieved full constitutional personhood just five years after corporations did!” YearsBelieveHardMovingFiveGayCorporationsFive YearsHard To BelievePersonhood Author:Stephen Colbert
“We hope we are moving toward a world where sexual orientation is not an issue, because we hate the idea of a gay ghetto. I think that it's a real shame that people become restricted by their sexuality or define their whole lives by their sexuality.” PeopleThinkingWorldIdeasRealWholeMovingHateIssuesGayShameSexualityWhole LifeLive ByGhettoOrientation Author:Neil Tennant
“A lot of what used to be known as gay culture - broadly speaking, homoeroticism and being camp - has been brought into mainstream culture. I think we should be moving to an era where it's just sex.” ThinkingShouldHas BeensMovingUsedCultureSexKnownGayUsed To BeErasCampsMainstreamMainstream CultureGay Culture Author:Neil Tennant
“I almost dropped dead the first time I heard Bob Dole say 'gay marriage' on the floor of the senate. He wasn't saying nice things, but he said it! I never thought in my lifetime I'd hear that. I just think we're moving now at warp speed. Even when we take a step back like with prop 8, we take two steps forward.” ThinkingFirstsSaidTwoMovingStepsNiceHeardGayFirst TimeLifetimeSpeedSenateBobGay MarriageNice ThingsPropsSteps ForwardWarp Author:Cherry Jones
“I have a wife and a son, but the gay rumors have started. I guess it's a sign that I'm moving up the ladder.” MovingWifeSonGayLaddersRumorMoving UpWife And Son Author:Hugh Jackman
“Bush proposed a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Some saw the move as an attempt to preserve traditional values, while others saw it as a cynical ploy to ensure that Vice President... Cheney will never have to pay for his gay daughter's wedding.” MovingValuesPresidentPaySawsGayDaughterVicesTraditionalPreservesCynicalAmendmentsGay MarriageBansVice PresidentTraditional ValuesConstitutional AmendmentsPloy Author:Jon Stewart
“I'm trying to make the case that the church can indeed, from within its own resources, move out of a false, and often a hateful, characterization of and set of attitudes toward gay and lesbian people.” PeopleTryingMovingChurchAttitudeCasesGayResourcesHatefulCharacterization Author:James Alison
“I believe God is doing a new thing in the world. God is always moving us to include more people in the kingdom. God has taught us that about people of color, about women, and now I think God is teaching that about gay and lesbian folk. And I am humbled and privileged that I might be playing a very small part in that grand and wonderful plan of God's.” PeopleThinkingWorldBelieveMightMovingI BelievePlansWonderfulTeachingTaughtColorGayFolksKingdomsBelieve In GodNew ThingsPrivilegedTaught UsSmall PartsAlways Moving Author:Gene Robinson
“There's not a day in my life I'm not proud of being gay, but I just wasn't ready for that attention to be placed on it. I remember being on Oprah. Well, not on Oprah. Near Oprah. She started saying, 'Now, Nathan, you got all those girlie moves going down in 'The Birdcage,' where's all that coming from? You're so good at all that girlie stuff!'” WellsRememberMovingStuffAttentionReadyProudGayThat GirlBeing Gay Author:Nathan Lane
“If I ever treated being gay as a problem, then I'm going to continuously find problems, I'm never going to find solutions. Students consistently ask about my personal life, and I kindly let them know, "That's my personal life, you don't need to know that." I've never had a negative interaction with students or parents. I try to become a part of the community so that parents can feel as comfortable with their child moving along in the curriculum more so than me being a problem.” TryingChildrenProblemMovingParentCommunityStudentsGaySolutionsNegativeConsistentlyPersonal LifeBeing Gay Author:Jason Bailey
“The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether it's Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of women's rights or, now, gay rights, I think there is an almost-inevitable march toward greater civil liberties.” ThinkingMovingLibertyGreaterRightsGayInevitableMarchAmerican HistoryWomens RightsExpansionEmancipationGay RightsCivil LibertiesArcsProclamationEmancipation Proclamation Author:James McGreevey
“Crucial to understanding federalism in modern day America is the concept of mobility, or 'the ability to vote with your feet.' If you don't support the death penalty and citizens packing a pistol - don't come to Texas. If you don't like medicinal marijuana and gay marriage, don't move to California.” IfsAmericaMovingUnderstandingAbilitySupportFeetModernCitizensGayConceptsVoteCaliforniaTexasCrucialMarijuanaPenaltiesDeath PenaltyGay MarriagePistolsMobilityPackingModern DayFederalism Author:Rick Perry
“You could move.' ---"Dear Abby" responds to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood.” KnowsWantedMovingQualityStreetsReaderCoupleGayDearNeighborhoodHomophobiaMoving InAbbyGay Couples Author:Abigail Van Buren