Gay Quotes

If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn't nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world is definitely changing.

Americans don't want cowboys to be gay.

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.

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.

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.

For as long as the power of America's diversity is diminished by acts of discrimination and violence against people just because they are black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, Muslim or gay, we still must overcome.

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?

If I was gay, why would I hide it?

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.