“I despise stereotypes. A gay man can be a macho athlete, or he can be an interior designer or any career in between.” MenCareersGayAthleteDesignerDespiseStereotypeInteriorsGay MenMachoInterior Designer Author:Lori Foster
“Stereotypes fall in the face of humanity. You toodle along, thinking that all gay men wear leather after dark and should never, ever be permitted around a Little League field. And then one day your best friend from college, the one your kids adore, comes out to you.” ThinkingMenShouldLittlesKidsFacesHumanityFallDarkFieldsCollegeGayOne DayLeagueBigotryHomosexualityStereotypeAdoreLeatherHomophobiaYour Best FriendGay MenLittle League Book:Loud and Clear Source: Loud and Clear
“Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression. The argument goes that, if people could see just how many of us there are, some in very important places, the negative stereotype would vanish overnight. ...It is far more realistic to suppose that, if the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive legislation of a sort that would shock even the pessimists among us.” PeopleIfsWayImportantPoliticalInspireTomorrowGaySolutionsNegativeArgumentMajorityPopulationOppressionVisibleShockMinoritiesRealisticComing OutPanicLegislationStereotypePessimistNegative Stereotypes Book:Outlander: Short Stories and Essays Source: Outlander: Short Stories and Essays
“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
“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
“There will always be people that will have assumptions about you, about my character, my personality, or that I might put on a show of being gay or something, or that I play up stereotypes or anything like that. It's always funny to me that those people are typically the people that know me the least.” PeopleKnowsPlayCharacterShowsMightPersonalityGayAssumptionKnow MeStereotypeBeing Gay Author:Tyler Oakley
“I like the labels because I think they tell my story in a very concise way: gay, Latino. I think the responsibility that comes with accepting labels is that now I get a chance to break stereotypes. It gives me the opportunity to tell the unique stories of what those labels mean.” ThinkingGivingMeanOpportunityChanceResponsibilityAcceptingBreakGayUniqueStereotypeLatino Author:Richard Blanco
“Yeah, I had gay friends. The first thing I realized was that everybody's different, and it becomes obvious that all of the gay stereotypes are ridiculous.” FirstsDifferentGayYeahObviousI RealizedRidiculousStereotypeGay Friend Author:Bruce Springsteen
“The problem with labels is that they lead to stereotypes and stereotypes lead to generalizations and generalizations lead to assumptions and assumptions lead back to stereotypes. It’s a vicious cycle, and after you go around and around a bunch of times you end up believing that all vegans only eat cabbage and all gay people love musicals.” PeopleBelieveEndsProblemGayBunchLabelsAssumptionCyclesVeganStereotypeViciousGay PeopleGeneralizationCabbageVicious Cycles Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“More non-fringe, non-radical homosexuals emerge into public view every day. As the stereotype of the homosexual as antisocial deviant crumbles, a (political) party or faction that tolerates gay-baiting rhetoric in the name of 'family values' makes 'family values' look more and more like common bigotry.” LooksPoliticalValuesNamesJusticeViewsPartyCommonGayDiversitySocial JusticeRadicalBigotryTolerateRhetoricStereotypeHomosexualPolitical PartiesFringeFactionsFamily ValuesAntisocialDeviants Author:Jonathan Rauch