Gay Quotes

Obviously I'm not there to pick up anybody, but I'm not afraid to hang out in a predominantly gay establishment.

We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States.

A lot of straight actors are actively searching for gay roles because it is something different to do.

It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the '50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change!

Exactly Straight women who surround themselves only with gay men or white people who refuse any other race into their circles are unhealthy and it has more to do with one's individual fear and individual closets.

My American gay audience have continued to dance and sing to the music I make in a way that straight Americans haven't. I am grateful to them for that.

I believe we all have different ways we came to the gay community and we can't and shouldn't be pigeon-holed into one cultural narrative which can be uninclusive and disempowering.

I'm all for guys being butch and guys being men. I identify with that and appreciate that. But if I'm going to stab my gay brother in the back who isn't butch and who maybe acts a little bit more effeminate, what good is that?

The 'Family Ties' role was the first of many gay roles that I've ended up playing. I remember that I made them laugh, and it made me feel good, 'cause it really cracked them up.

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.

My dream is to have a gay son.

I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.

Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake - you know, to send the right message to kids.

It's better to be black than gay because when you're black you don't have to tell your mother.

Finally, fighting for gay rights, speaking out in various places and making friends, men and women, was great.

I am not gay.

I got into theatre very early, so yes I was surrounded by gay people quite early and frequently.

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.

I'm from a small town so, like, everyone's married with children or about to have children. So it's a little hard when you go home and people are like - and that's why people think I'm gay - because they're like 'Why aren't you married?' And I'm like, 'it doesn't happen for everyone right off the bat.'

I was raised thinking I'd burn in hell for being gay, but I didn't have a choice. It's just who I am.

I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not just specifically gay.

I'd hesitated to have a wedding because my gay and lesbian friends don't have that right.

Honestly, I'm cool with everyone, and people pick up on that. I'd say, 'I'm not gay, but it's all good.' It's kind of like going to Paris when you don't know the language; some Americans get into trouble over there, but I'm just like, 'Sorry, I don't speak French.'

When my brother-in-law, BIll Clinton, was elected, he had gay friends. That was a coming out.

I always knew I was gay. I always knew that somehow it would work out.

Lately, I've been a little sad that I'm not a gay man.

I have a friend who is around my age, a little younger, and she's gay and came out to her own community when she was younger but not to her family and to the community at large.

I am not sure how much I would like being married if I wasn't married to him. A man who likes flea markets and isn't gay? I knew I was lucky.

I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.

How many gangsters you know, from Al Capone up to John Gotti, been gay?