“In my opinion it's not about gay or straight or bi, we're attracted to spirits, whatever body they're in. There are other reasons too, but that's how I see it.” ReasonBodySpiritOpinionGay Author:Dana Plato
“I can't think of many reasons as to why, but gay men and straight women both share an inherent attraction to men, and attraction informs a large part of human nature.” ThinkingMenHumansI CanReasonShareHuman NatureGayAttractionInherentGay Men Author:Gideon Glick
“I had always been interested in politics. I had assumed - for two reasons, being Jewish and being gay back in the late '50s, early '60s - that I would never be elected or anything, but I would participate as an activist.” TwoReasonGayLateActivistBeing Gay Author:Barney Frank
“[Speaking about same-sex marriage] It's about familiarity, and I think the only reason they're uncomfortable with the notion of same-sex marriages is because they haven't come into contact with gay and lesbian couples enough to understand that it's about love - and that it is a civil right.” ThinkingReasonEnoughSexHavensCoupleGayNotionContactUncomfortableFamiliarity Author:Jennifer Beals
“The success [of the X-Men], I think, is for two reasons. The first is that, creatively, the book was close to perfect ... but the other reason is that it was a book about being different in a culture where, for the first time in the West, being different wasn't just accepted, but was also fashionable. I don't think it's a coincidence that gay rights, black rights, the empowerment of women and political correctness all happened over those twenty years and a book about outsiders trying to be accepted was almost the poster-boy for this era in American culture.” ThinkingMenTryingYearsFirstsTwoBookDifferentReasonPoliticalCultureBlackPerfectBoysRightsHappenedGayFirst TimeEmpowermentTwentiesWestAcceptedErasOutsidersCoincidenceAmerican CultureFashionablePolitical CorrectnessBeing DifferentPostersGay RightsCorrectnessX Men Author:Mark Millar
“Love delights in paradoxes. Saddest when it has most reason to be gay, sighs are the signs of its deepest joy, and silence is the expression of its yearning tenderness.” LoveReasonJoySilenceExpressionGayDelightParadoxYearningTendernessSilence IsSighSaddest Author:Christian Nestell Bovee
“the only time travelers are really gay is when they are traveling for no good reason at all.” ReasonGayTravelTime TravelTravelerOnly TimeReally Gay Author:Clare Boothe Luce
“I'm for gay marriage. I've been married for 14 years. Marriage is not for everybody, it's not easy and divorce is there for a reason. If a gay person wants to get married, get married.” IfsWantYearsPersonsReasonEasyGayMarriedDivorceGay Marriage Author:Wendy Williams
“For some reason, President Obama is being heckled about "don't ask, don't tell," which may be revoked. The president wants gays to be allowed to serve openly in the military.” WantMayReasonAsksPresidentMilitaryGayPresident Obama Author:Bill O'Reilly
“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
“I'm unemployed, and I don't believe I'm out of the NFL because I'm gay, but if it was a reason, it can hurt their livelihood, and you don't want to take that chance.” IfsWantBelieveReasonHurtChancePlayerGayDon't BelieveNflUnemployedLivelihoodNfl Players Author:Michael Sam
“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
“And I found out about the wonderful world of sign language. I suddenly realized: If we as a society recognize Jewish culture, gay culture and Latino culture, we must recognize that this is a coherent culture, too. I think deafness is a disability for social constructionist reasons.” IfsThinkingWorldReasonCultureFoundLanguageSocialWonderfulGayDisabilityLatinoDeafnessSign LanguageWonderful WorldJewish CultureGay CultureLatino Culture Author:Andrew Solomon
“'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
“Ultimately, the main reason that you want more women in the sciences is the same reason you want more gay men in the sciences. It's the same reason you want more Latinos or African Americans; it's because if you come at a problem from a different perspective, you will be offering a creative vision that wasn't there before.” IfsMenWantDifferentReasonProblemVisionCreativePerspectiveGayAfrican AmericanOfferingLatinoGay MenDifferent PerspectiveCreative Vision Author:Cara Santa Maria
“And I'll tell you another thing, you won't find any candidate that supports prayer in school and gay marriage. For that reason alone, people should vote for an independent-thinking person.” PeopleThinkingShouldPersonsReasonSchoolPrayerSupportGayVoteIndependentCandidatesGay MarriageIndependent ThinkingThinking PersonPrayer In School Author:Kinky Friedman
“People are going to wonder why you're trying to be different; it's just a natural instinct. If I was to walk down the street in a kilt, then dudes would wonder why I'm doing that, they'd think I was different or gay. It's natural for people to point fingers. That's my whole reason for trying to switch things up; don't judge a book by it's cover.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingBookDifferentReasonWholeNaturalWalksWonderStreetsJudgingGayInstinctFingersNatural InstinctKilts Author:Kid Cudi
“The reason there are so many gyms in London is because the amount of gay people who are here now.” PeopleReasonAmountGayLondonGymGay People Author:Karl Pilkington
“What we once thought of as necessary and proper reasons for ostracizing and marginalizing gay people, we now understand do not justify that kind of oppression.” PeopleKindReasonGayOppressionJustifyGay People Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“There is no reason to not trust your process, no reason to get frustrated, no reason to criticize, or judge others, nothing wrong with getting old, or not being able to get pregnant, or being handicapped, or being short or tall or gay, or injured, or divorced or married to an idiot, or with Christianity or Judaism or Islam, or indigenous beliefs, or pollution, crime, war, Bush, etc. When this understanding grows, we realize where we're at now is just as perfect as wherever we could possibly get to.” WarReasonAbleBeliefGrowsProcessUnderstandingRealizingPerfectChristianityCrimeJudgingGayMarriedIslamIdiotEtcNo ReasonCriticizeTallPollutionPregnantFrustratedJudaismGetting OldDivorcedIndigenousInjuredHandicapped Author:Bryan Kest
“Toward the end of the campaign, we interviewed some voters in Raleigh, N.C., which is a generally Democratic city, and I'm thinking of a young couple. They had two kids. They described themselves as Christian. They oppose gay marriage. And they were saying that even though they didn't like Donald Trump, they were thinking of voting for him. And one of the reasons was they felt that they were - their very views were making them socially unacceptable. They were feeling a little alienated from the world.” ThinkingWorldLittlesTwoEndsReasonFeelingsKidsChristianYoungFeltViewsCitiesTrumpCoupleGayDemocraticCampaignsVotingVotersGay MarriageRaleighYoung Couples Author:Steve Inskeep
“If people do not organize in the name of their interest, the world will not take them as being serious. And that is the chief reason that every person who is gay should join some gay organization. Because he must prove to the world that he cares about his own freedom.” PeopleIfsWorldShouldPersonsReasonCareNamesInterestSeriousGayProveOrganizationChiefsOrganize Author:Bayard Rustin
“I have a lot of friends who are in mixed race relationships who are gay. But I think that the reason it bothers people is because there is not enough representation, even in the straight world, of people loving people who look like them.” PeopleThinkingWorldReasonEnoughGayBotherRepresentation Author:Anika Noni Rose
“We had so many milestones in America. We were on our way to universal healthcare. We had gay marriage. We were talking about gender fluidity and trans issues openly and discussing them with respect. It was almost to the point where educating people about transgender rights wasn't an issue. We were including trans people as a normal part of our conversations instead of seeing their presence as this shocking thing to the system. We forgot that those things can be taken away from you because there are people in the world that, for whatever f - king reason, can't live and let live.” PeopleWorldReasonTakenGayGenderHealthcareGay MarriageTransgenderMilestoneLive And Let Live Author:Beth Ditto
“I came out as a gay as I have earned myself respect as an athlete. I have only lost 2 out of 22 professional fights. I knocked out some of my opponents in the first round. But I never really received respect as a person. That's something I had come to realize over the past few years. The end of my boxing career is no longer that far off, and it was time for me to make peace with myself. And there was a second reason for me to come out: I hoped it would make me a better boxer.” ReasonPastFightingRealizingGayAthleteBoxingSelf RespectOver The PastMaking Peace Author:Orlando Cruz
“The Rights Revolutions too have given us ideals that educated people today take for granted but that are virtually unprecedented in human history, such as that people of all races and creeds have equal rights, that women should be free from all forms of coercion, that children should never, ever be spanked, that students should be protected from bullying, and that there’s nothing wrong with being gay. I don’t find it at all implausible that these are gifts, in part, of a refined and widening application of reason.” PeopleShouldHumansChildrenReasonTodayFormGivenRaceRightsStudentsRevolutionGayEqualIdealsEducatedGrantedBullyingApplicationProtectedCreedsWomens RightsHuman HistoryEqual RightsCoercionRefinedUnprecedentedBeing Gay Author:Steven Pinker
“Every gay reader understands the secret self that is full and wonderful and has longing and tenderness and a desire for connection to other people. I think that arguments against gay marriage are just ridiculous! Who cares? People want to get married for the same reason I wanted to get married. They want to do it in front of their friends and family” PeopleThinkingWantSelfReasonCareWantedDesireSecretWonderfulFrontsReaderGayMarriedArgumentConnectionsLongingRidiculousTendernessFamily And FriendsWho CaresGay MarriageAgainst Gay Marriage Author:Lynda Carter
“I'm a UFC fighter, a macho-type sport. I am a heterosexual guy in a tough macho sport, which is exactly the reason I feel a duty to say I support gay marriage and gay rights. I have nothing to gain personally from supporting this issue, and that's the point. Society as a whole is better when there is equality, and I want to live in a country where everyone has the same rights because we all benefit from that.” WantFeelsCountryReasonWholeGuySportsSupportIssuesRightsDutyTypeGayBenefitsToughGainsFighterGay MarriageGay RightsMachoUfcSupport Gay Marriage Author:Rashad Evans