“After I quote unquote came out as a Republican, one of my dearest gay friends said to me, 'You've got to go on a T.V. show and tell everyone you like gay people.' I was like, 'Why?' He was like, 'Because you're a Republican.' I was like, 'I'm sorry who's stereotyping who?'” PeopleSaidShowsGoes OnRepublicanGaySorryI'm SorryStereotypeGay PeopleGay Friend Author:Angie Harmon
“Lesbian and gay people are a permanent part of the American workforce, who currently have no protection from the arbitrary abuse of their rights on the job.” PeopleJobsRightsGayAbuseProtectionPermanentArbitraryGay PeopleWorkforce Author:Coretta Scott King
“Why do you think people don't think that homosexual parents are good? You don't know what a homosexual family looks like. I will be the role model for the good gay family. Don't let these children suffer without families because of your bias.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLooksChildrenSufferingParentRolesGayModelsRole ModelsBiasHomosexual Author:Rosie O'Donnell
“Gay rights is just one of the social issues I'm interested in. I think that people might be less tense about it if we would all accept the fact that not everyone is wired the same way.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayFactsMightSocialAcceptingIssuesRightsGayJust OneSocial IssuesTenseGay Rights Author:Charlaine Harris
“President Bush said he was 'troubled' by gay people getting married in San Francisco. He said on important issues like this the people should make the decision, not judges. Unless of course we're choosing a president, then he prefers judges.” PeopleShouldSaidImportantCoursesPresidentDecisionIssuesJudgingGayMarriedSan FranciscoPresident BushGay PeopleGetting MarriedImportant Issues Author:Jay Leno
“Most people don't know that I am an accomplished dramatic actor... But I've performed in several Shakespeare productions including Hamlet, except in this version, Hamlet lives in an apartment with two women, and has to pretend he's gay so that the landlord won't evict him.” PeopleKnowsTwoActorsGayIncludingProductionsVersionsDramaticAccomplishedApartmentLandlord Author:John Ritter
“How dare you refer to my beautiful children as 'synthetic'. And shame on you for wagging your judgemental little fingers at IVF - a miracle that has allowed legions of loving people, both straight and gay, to fulfill their dream of having children, your archaic thinking is out of step with the times, just like your fashions. I shall never wear Dolce and Gabbana ever again.” PeopleThinkingChildrenLittlesDreamBeautifulStepsFashionLike YouGayMiracleShameFingersDareHaving ChildrenLegionJudgementalSyntheticShame On YouIvf Author:Elton John
“I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people, and I should stick to the issue of racial justice.” PeopleShouldStillsJusticeTalkingIssuesRightsGaySticksGay PeopleRacial Justice Author:Coretta Scott King
“Seeing yourself reflected on screen is a very important part of being human. It makes us feel less alone, it make us feel more connected to humanity. Women, gay men, and trans people for a long time have not seen themselves represented, so being able to show the complexities that we all have - just as complex stories as a heterosexual white male - is crucial for us to feel more human and have other people see us as human beings.” PeopleMenFeelsHumansLongImportantStoriesShowsAbleHumanityHuman BeingsWhiteSeeingGayLong TimeComplexesMalesConnectedScreensComplexityCrucialBeing HumanTransGay MenSeeing Yourself Author:Marielle Heller
“I'm in favor of outing when people have demonized or scapegoated gay people for their own public gain. When they have risen to public prominence on the backs of the gay community that they are part of and they prey on, I think that's absolutely deserving of outing.” PeopleThinkingCommunityGayGainsFavorsPreyDeservingRisenGay PeopleProminenceGay Community Author:Rachel Maddow
“I'm in favor of outing when people have demonized or scapegoated gay people for their own public gain. I don't think just being a Republican is reason enough.” PeopleThinkingReasonEnoughRepublicanGayGainsFavorsJust BeingGay People Author:Rachel Maddow
“By seeing a same-sex couple in ordinary situations, that it might make people think twice about if they have, you know, questions about acceptance of LGBT equality, it's one way to just say that, you know, 'We're members of your family and gay people are like anybody else.'” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayMightSexSituationSeeingAcceptanceCoupleGayMembersOrdinaryOne WayOur FamilyLgbtGay PeopleThink Twice Author:George Takei
“Words can mean different things to different people. It is important to understand what people mean when they use a certain word. Let's make an example. Take the word gay. Fifty years ago, gay meant exclusively cheerfulness, lighthearted excitement, merry or bright colors. Today this word has a different meaning. You won't call a cheerful person gay because it could be understood as something else.” PeopleYearsMeanPersonsImportantDifferentUseTodayCertainExampleColorGayUnderstoodYears AgoExcitementFiftyDifferent ThingsCheerfulDifferent PeoplesMerryCheerfulnessDifferent MeaningsBright Colors Author:Ali Sina
“It is unconstitutional to deny people, gay or lesbian couples, the right to marriage. Everyone has equal rights so this is the right way to go. I think it's a great celebration for America.” PeopleThinkingWayAmericaRightsCoupleGayEqualDenyCelebrationRight WayEqual RightsUnconstitutional Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“How can you go wrong with two people in love? Goodness has nothing to do with sexual orientation. Love is love, and there will never be too much.” PeopleInspirationalTwoMotivationalLove IsToo MuchGayGoodnessTransOrientationBisexual Author:Fiona Apple
“I believe a lot of people that are gay, had even had problems like I had in the past. I think they've been hurt by somebody from the opposite sex, and they don't know how to function right in those relationships.” PeopleThinkingKnowsBelieveProblemPastI BelieveSexHurtKnow HowGayOppositesFunctionBeen Hurt Author:Joyce Meyer
“I'm not really a political-type person, meaning that I don't really make great stands or whatever, but if you ask me a direct question I say it shouldn't matter who you are, whether you're black, white, green, gay, male, female. If you can do a job and do it well you should be paid for it, you should be respected for it, and you have to be responsible. I think sometimes people can go too fare trying to make a point. I think they should just make their point and go on about.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldTryingWellsPersonsSometimesMatterJobsPoliticalAsksBlackCan DoWhiteTypeGoes OnGayFemaleDirectPaidResponsibleGreenWho You AreMalesAsk MeBeing ResponsibleBlack WhiteMale Female Author:Dolly Parton
“Many of my friends are gay, male and female. I don't judge people. I don't care what people do in their bedrooms and people shouldn't care what I do in mine.” PeopleCareMinesJudgingGayMy FriendsFemaleMalesDon't CareI Don't CareBedroom Author:Dolly Parton
“A lot of people saw Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland as persecuted and tragic and vulnerable, and I think a lot of gay men feel that way because of their particular predicament in society and not being accepted completely.” PeopleThinkingMenWayFeelsSawsParticularGayAcceptedVulnerableTragicGay MenPersecutedPredicamentsGarlandsBeing Accepted Author:Madonna Ciccone
“It would be so helpful for the straight community to see men in powerful positions coming out and saying "I'm gay" so they don't have these preconceived notions that all gay men are smarmy idiots living on the street or whatever it is people think of gay men. I think it would be really helpful and productive.” PeopleThinkingMenWould BeCommunityPowerfulStreetsPositionGayNotionIdiotProductiveHelpfulComing OutLiving OnGay MenPreconceived Notions Author:Madonna Ciccone
“There are tons of gay issues that are important, from gay marriage to adoption rights to work-place discrimination and more... but I think the biggest gay issue is the level of involvement of the gay community to demand change. So many gays think that other gays will take care of it. To fix this, people need to realize that they CAN make a change, but no one person can do it alone.” PeopleThinkingNeedsPersonsImportantCareCan DoRealizingCommunityLevelsIssuesRightsGayDemandTake CareDiscriminationAdoptionInvolvementMaking ChangesGay MarriageGay CommunityWork Place Author:Tyler Oakley
“When people sit across from people - gay, straight, whatever - and they talk, they find out that people they may have been demonizing for their lifetime aren't the demons we've expected them to be.” PeopleMayHas BeensGayLifetimeExpectedDemon Author:Mark Ruffalo
“I posed for a gay magazine, which caused much comment. But it doesn't bother me. Gay people are fighting the same kind of stereotyping that bodybuilders are: People have certain misconceptions about them just as they do about us.” PeopleKindCertainFightingGayMagazinesBotherCommentStereotypeMisconceptionGay PeopleBodybuilder Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“People can do whatever they want to, but I'm more pro-hetero. I'm not knocking it - I have friends that are gay. It's just that it's not my cup of tea, l guess. That's all. People can do what they want.” PeopleWantCan DoGayCupsTeaKnockingCups Of Tea Author:Axl Rose
“There are a lot of very fine upstanding gays who are good citizens and all that. I am not making a decision for individual people. But when it comes to a societal policy, I think there are not enough babies for adoption to go around. I think a preference should be given to families with a mother and father who have a lifetime commitment.” PeopleThinkingShouldEnoughMotherFatherIndividualGivenDecisionPolicyBabyFineCitizensGayCommitmentLifetimeAdoptionPreferenceMother And FatherGood CitizenLifetime Commitment Author:Phyllis Schlafly
“How happy they are, in all seeming, How gay, or how smilingly proud, How brightly their faces are beaming, These people who make up the crowd!” PeopleInspirationalInspirationFacesProudGayCrowdsSeeming Book:Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics) Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)
“The gay people know where I'm at. Straight people may not know where I'm at, but they find it kind of interesting when they show up and see what is sitting around them.” PeopleKnowsKindMayShowsInterestingGaySittingGay PeopleSitting Around Author:Lou Reed
“A lot of people think that telling people you're gay is something someone might say just to get attention.” PeopleThinkingMightAttentionGay Author:Dan Savage
“I had always wanted to have children, so it caused me a lot of grief when I was younger, and I had supposed that gay people could not be parents.” PeopleChildrenWantedParentGriefGayGay People Author:Andrew Solomon
“It seems that people are more comfortable with the private outrage about gay marriage, because when you are outraged about this issue, it requires no work. There's no work that you have to do when you're outraged about a gay couple. There is work that you have to do if you want to see black fathers raise their children. There is work that you have to do if you want to see a school develop.” PeopleIfsWantChildrenSeemsSchoolFatherBlackIssuesCoupleGayComfortableRaisesGay MarriageOutrageOutragedGay Couples Author:Otis Moss III
“I'm in a weird position, because I like rainbows, but I'm not gay. So whenever I go out wearing a rainbow shirt, I have to put "Not gay." But I'm not against gays, so under that I'll have to put "... but supportive." It's weird how one group of people took refracted light. That's very greedy, gays.” PeopleHumorLightFunnyGroupsPositionGayShirtsRainbowGreedySupportive Author:Demetri Martin
“You know how some people have gay-dar? I have fat-dar. I can automatically tell if you're fat or not. And I also have cerebral-palsy-dar.” PeopleIfsKnowsI CanHumorFunnyKnow HowGayFatsCerebralCerebral Palsy Author:Zach Galifianakis
“In making Achilles and Patroclus lovers, I wasn't trying to speak for all gay men, just as when I write straight characters, I don't claim to speak for all straight people. My job as an author is to give voice to these very particular characters - these two men, in this time, and in this place” PeopleMenGivingWritingTryingTwoCharacterJobsSpeakVoiceParticularLoversGayClaimsGay MenAchillesPatroclus Author:Madeline Miller
“You can't be positive to everybody. A lot of people want to focus on flaws and negativity, especially on the Internet because that's their only voice. I don't pay attention to that kind of stuff. I pay attention to opportunities coming my way, gays and lesbians telling me what I've done for them, organizations in my community that always want to work with me.” PeopleWayWantKindDoneOpportunityStuffVoiceCommunityPayAttentionFocusInternetGayOrganizationMy WayPay AttentionFlawsNegativityBeing Positive Author:Jackie Warner
“I don't wanna be labeled as straight or labeled as gay. I just want people to look at me and see me as white.” PeopleWantLooksFunnyWhiteComedyGayLook At Me Author:Sarah Silverman
“I wasn't raised in a household where it was considered abnormal to be gay. So for me to meet people who use the word 'f-ggot' as an insult, with a derogatory meaning, I can't take it.” PeopleI CanUseGayRaisedInsultHouseholdAbnormalDerogatory Author:Ariana Grande
“Most of my favorite people in my life are gay. It's something I'm super passionate about, because whenever I would see my friends get bullied, or my brother get hurt for his sexuality, I would become a raging lunatic.” PeopleHurtBrotherGayMy FriendsMy FavoritePassionateSexualityRageMy BrotherLunaticBullied Author:Ariana Grande
“What I love about what I do is expanding people's minds on the topics of gender expression, gay rights, and most of all, entertaining them while I do it.” PeopleMindRightsExpressionGayGenderEntertainingTopicsExpandingGay Rights Author:Jinkx Monsoon
“I think it's going to take three or four generations of gay people being able to get married before it starts feeling less like we're going through these motions, that we're aping a heterosexual institution.” PeopleThinkingFeelingsAbleThreeFourGenerationsGayMarriedInstitutionsGay PeopleFour Generations Author:Dan Savage
“It is easier to talk about issues; it is easier to say you're a feminist because it's actually awesome to be one. The panopoly of people identifying as feminists is really excellent now that we've come to a point where all these really interesting voices are rising up and saying they're feminists - women of color, trans people, gay folks, everybody. It's an exciting time to actually define as that because it means that people are really feeling like their voice is what's the most important thing in the movement, and I love that.” PeopleMeanImportantFeelingsVoiceInterestingIssuesMovementColorEasierGayExcitingImportant ThingsFolksFeministExcellentRisingReally InterestingTransIdentifyingRising Up Author:Lizz Winstead
“When I first came up, the whole AIDS epidemic was starting, and the gay community that I experienced from the beginning of my career was mostly - and overwhelmingly - concerned with staying alive. And, also, I felt really aware of the preciousness of life and time. The gay community and people who were HIV-positive were treated so badly, and I was very disturbed by things. But I also saw a lot of love and connection in the gay community at that time.” PeopleFirstsWholeFeltCommunityCareersSawsAliveGayConcernedConnectionsStartingAidsTreatedStayingDisturbedHivEpidemicsStaying AliveLife And TimeGay CommunityHiv PositiveAids Epidemic Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Both bisexuality and transgender are fluid notions of identity, while lesbian and gay are fixed identities. Some people believe that means there should be two movements: LG and BT. But then what're ya gonna do about SM players? And intersexed folks who want their own I in the alphabet soup of sex and gender related politics?” PeopleWantShouldBelieveMeanTwoSexPlayerMovementIdentityGayNotionFolksGenderFixedRelatedSoupTransgenderFluidAlphabetBisexualitySmsAlphabet SoupSex And Gender Author:Kate Bornstein
“I'm not sure that it's right to view this as excluding a particular group. When the institution of marriage developed historically, people didn't get around and say, 'Let's have this institution, but let's keep out homosexuals.' The institution developed to serve purposes that, by their nature, didn't include homosexual couples.” PeoplePurposeViewsGroupsParticularCoupleGayInstitutionsNot SureHomosexualGay Marriage Author:John Roberts
“Are you kidding me? It's insane that civil rights are being denied people in this day and age. It's embarrassing, and it's heartbreaking. It goes without saying that I'm completely in support of gay marriage. In 10 years we'll be ashamed that this was an issue.” PeopleYearsAgeSupportIssuesRightsGayInsaneCivil RightsAshamedThis DayDeniedEmbarrassingGay MarriageHeartbreakingGay Rights Author:Chris Evans
“I want to make films that make a difference. I want to be out and hope that that will make things better for gay people and for myself. I hope one day I can start to make the kind of projects or be involved with kind of projects that can really make a difference” PeopleWantKindI CanFilmDifferencesInvolvedGayOne DayProjectsMaking A DifferenceGay People Author:Jill Bennett
“Outside of being an actress, I feel like being out is the biggest way that gay people can change perception. There are people that give millions of dollars to gay organizations but are closeted to their own families” PeopleWayGivingFeelsMillionsGayPerceptionOrganizationDollarsActressesGay PeoplePeople Can Change Author:Jill Bennett
“People ask me. 'What about gay adoptions? Interracial? Single Parent?' I say. "Hey fine, as long as it works for the child and the family is responsible." My big stand is this: Every child deserves a home and love. Period.” PeopleChildrenLongHomeBigsAsksParentFinePeriodsGayDeserveAnd LoveResponsibleHeyAsk MeAdoptionAdoptedAdoptingSingle ParentOpen AdoptionAdopted ChildrenGay Adoption Author:Dave Thomas
“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
“I love people who are openly gay in theatre, because they have license to do what they like, and there's a kind of artistic liberal tolerance thing that goes on.” PeopleKindGoes OnGayTheatreToleranceArtisticLicense Author:Steve Coogan
“God knows, as a minority, gay people have taken serious lumps for their sexual preferences. As has every minority.” PeopleKnowsTakenSeriousGayMinoritiesPreferenceGod KnowsGay PeopleLumps Author:William Friedkin