“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.” IfsTwoNaturalAcceptingGayNormalFolksDeniedLove Each Other Author:Kevin Rudd
“The trouble is, SMers are allowing themselves to be defined by what they are not. We think, "Oh, so many people believe that we're all murderers and rapists, and we have to explain that we're not!" Uh so, a slogan for the gay civil rights movement should be "Normal, Non-threatening and Not After Your Children"?” PeopleThinkingShouldBelieveChildrenRightsTroubleMovementGayNormalOur ChildrenCivil RightsDefinedYour ChildrenAllowingThreateningMurdererSlogansCivil Rights Movement Author:Laura Antoniou
“Yes. The original argument is defective. Substitute the word 'male' for 'gay,' and you'll see the flaw: 'Male people cannot be normal. If everyone were male starting tomorrow, the human race would die out, so being male cannot be nature's intended way.' Or you could substitute the word 'female.' In either case, the argument makes no sense: Being male or female is perfectly normal.” PeopleIfsWayHumansDiesRaceCasesTomorrowGayNormalFemaleArgumentOriginalsMalesStartingHuman RaceFlawsSubstitutesDefectivePerfectly Normal Author:Marilyn vos Savant
“I have a half-brother who is very, very, very gay, many cousins, best friends who are all members of the LGBT community, and for me to not say anything would be hypocritical. There is a lot of prejudice. People think it is abnormal. No, its just another normal.” PeopleThinkingWould BeCommunityHalfBrotherGayMembersNormalPrejudiceLgbtSay AnythingCousinAbnormalGay MenHypocriticalLgbt Community Author:Lea Salonga
“One of the oldest aches in the bones of humanity is loneliness. I mean it's one of the things that goes way back; loneliness is not good for the world. And so, whoever you are, gay or straight, it is totally normal, natural, and healthy to want somebody to go through life with. It's central to our humanity.” WorldWayWantMeanHumanityNaturalLonelinessHealthyGayNormalBonesAche Author:Rob Bell
“'Normal Life' looks at the current moment in trans politics, understanding that it is often assumed that trans resistance strategies should mimic the lesbian and gay legal rights frameworks that have become so visible in recent decades.” ShouldLooksMomentsUnderstandingRightsGayNormalStrategyCurrentsDecadesResistanceVisibleFrameworkTransNormal LifeLegal Rights Author:Dean Spade
“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
“It's tough because a lot of my friends in normal life, a lot of my friends in the entertainment business, and a lot of my friends in the wrestling business are gay. Just to say something spiteful and hurtful, I don't get it... if it was true and I was gay, I'd embrace it, and I'd tell you guys about it and I'd celebrate it.” IfsGuyGayNormalMy FriendsToughEmbraceEntertainmentCelebrateWrestlingNormal LifeHurtfulSpitefulEntertainment Business Author:Hulk Hogan
“I did think Justice [Antony] Kennedy's opinion on Lawrence was critical to that because it really, what Lawrence in one sense was, of course, about consensual sex being something that the government can't regulate. But really in a more fundamental sense, what it was saying, "Look. Gay people are normal people, and they get to live normal lives. They're not criminals by virtue of the fact of being gay."” PeopleThinkingLooksFactsGovernmentCoursesSexJusticeOpinionVirtueGayNormalFundamentalsCriticalCriminalsGay PeopleNormal LifeBeing GayAntony Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“I think we all have something in our life's experience that makes us feel different. It's whether we have a gay parent or we have an alcoholic mother or maybe we don't know our father. And it's something that we feel bad about initially because we think we're abnormal. What's abnormal is our assumption that there's something called 'normal.'” ThinkingKnowsFeelsDifferentMotherFatherParentOur LivesGayNormalAssumptionAlcoholicsOur FatherAbnormalGay Parents Author:Amy Richards
“In my real life, both my bosses are gay. On the 'Real Housewives of Atlanta,' Andy Cohen is gay, everybody at Bravo is gay - we call them the gay mafia. Over at 'Glee' and 'The New Normal,' my boss Ryan Murphy is gay. On the show, my boss, played by Andrew Reynolds, is gay in real life. I'm surrounded by all my gay bosses.” RealShowsGayNormalReal LifeBossMafiaHousewifeAndrewAtlantaMurphyGleeBravoNew NormalRussian MafiaReal Housewives Author:NeNe Leakes
“Gay teenagers are four times as likely to attempt suicide as straight ones. I wish they knew that there's nothing wrong with them; that they are just a different shade of normal.” DifferentWishFourGayNormalSuicideTeenagerShade Author:Jodi Picoult
“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
“You know, for me, the realization that two people should have the right to form a sacred union regardless of their gender was strengthened when I saw a performance of the play The Normal Heart in 1985. After feeling the love those two men had for each other, I dare anybody not to want them to get married by the end.” PeopleKnowsMenWantShouldHeartTwoEndsPlayFeelingsFormSawsGayNormalMarriedShould HavePerformancesSacredUnionsDareGenderRealizationGay Marriage Author:Barbra Streisand
“What does the gay movement mean when it says tolerance?...It means absolutely unconditionally accepting it as perfectly normal, healthy, natural and something that should be integrated into every part of society.” ShouldMeanDoeNaturalAcceptingMovementHealthyGayNormalToleranceIntegratedPerfectly Normal Author:Scott Lively