“I had to fight to be me and get respect, and to carry that stigma, for me, is pride. Carrying the tag of lesbian. I'm not bragging, I'm not preaching, but I don't deny it . I had to face society, the Church, which says damn gay people ... it's absurd. How do you judge someone who has been born that way. I did not study to be a lesbian. Neither was it taught to me. I was born this way. Since I opened my eyes to the world. I've never slept with a man. Never. I'm pure, I don't have to be ashamed ... My Gods made me so.” PeopleMenWorldWayHas BeensMadeEyeFacesFightingBornChurchStudyTaughtJudgingPrideGayPureDenyAbsurdDamnAshamedPreachingStigmaGay PeopleBraggingTagBorn This Way Author:Chavela Vargas
“I grew up in the South but I started dancing in my twenties when I got out of the Air Force, and studying dance, you're surrounded by gay guys all the time. You get to know them and you have to shift gears!” KnowsGuyForceStudyAirGrewGayGrew UpTwentiesDancingSouthGearsAir ForceGay Guy Author:Morgan Freeman
“It has taken countless hours of prayer, study, conversation and emotional turmoil to bring me to the place where I am finally ready to call for the full acceptance of Christian gay couples into the Church.” ChristianHoursChurchPrayerStudyTakenAcceptanceEmotionalReadyCoupleGayConversationTurmoilGay CouplesEmotional Turmoil Author:Tony Campolo
“Most men I know adore women, and I am including gay men. I think studies on jury selection show that the biggest critics of women - people less likely to trust their character or judgment - are women.” PeopleThinkingMenCharacterStudyGayJudgmentCriticsAdoreJuryGay Men Author:Gene Weingarten
“I had a lot of gay friends and even had some congregation members who were gay, and I just wasn't sure where I stood. In my heart, I was like, "How can I condemn these people for their love of one another?" I started looking deeper into the Bible and studying and then I went to a gay-affirming church. It all came together at one point.” PeopleHeartTogetherChurchStudyMy HeartGayGay Friend Author:Jay Bakker
“Most of the people...they say gays are born that way and it has been...proven...That is a lie. That's what's called a lie. It is not true. There is no definitive scientific study that has ever proved that homosexuality is innate” PeopleWayHas BeensLyingBornStudyGayProvenHomosexualityInnate Author:Scott Lively