Gay Quotes - Page 22

• Some of the most popular discos in America and Europe were started as gay establishments, which began to open their doors to anyone who wanted to dance.

  Jamake Highwater

  Dance, Doors, Europe

  Jamake Highwater (1992). “Dance: Rituals of Experience”, p.56, Oxford University Press, USA

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• I don't think I'm gay. I don't think I'm straight. I think I'm just slutty. Where's my parade?

  Margaret Cho

  Thinking, Parades

  "Cho's Getting What She Wants / There's life after `All-American Girl'" by Liz Smith, www.sfgate.com. September 2, 1999.

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• My readers are 90 percent gay, and it's who I write for. I am not here to entertain straight people.

  Sarah Schulman

  Writing, People, Reader

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• Think about it, I say. How many straight men maintain inappropriately intimate relationships with their mothers? How many shop with them? I want a gay son. People laugh, but they assume I'm kidding. I'm not.

  Ayelet Waldman

  Inspiring, Mother, Son

  "“You’re supposed to marry the person you love, Mom”". www.salon.com. March 29, 2005.

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• Man's nature is not a bit the same as wines. He loses flavour as his life declines. We drink the oldest wine that comes our way. Old men get nasty, old wines make us gay.

  Alexis Sanchez

  Wine, Men, Way

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• All over the country, they're reading about me, and the story doesn't center on me being gay. It's just about a gay person who is doing his job.

  Harvey Milk

  Country, Jobs, Reading

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• The gays like 'Project Runway' because it's a fashion, and the gays are into fashion and into design. It's a creative industry, and most of the gays are pretty creative, in general. That's just like the culture. We're not all into politics necessarily. We're more into the creative environment. I also think Heidi is a big draw. The boys love Heidi and think she's so fabulous. I just think it's a glitzy, fun show, and there are also always lots of gay boys on it, and, you know, that's fun.

  Christian Siriano

  Fashion, Fun, Boys

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• The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt.

  Jesse Jackson

  Quilts, Native American, White

  1984 Democratic National Convention Address, delivered 18 July 1984, San Francisco

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• It's better to be a dictator than gay.

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Funny, Sarcastic, Humorous

  "Guido Westerwelle, former German foreign minister, dies at 54" by Kate Connolly, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2016.

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• I'm a veteran, and I've earned the right to be heard. I'll lead by example and show that gay players are no different from straight ones. I'm not the loudest person in the room, but I'll speak up when something isn't right. And try to make everyone laugh.

  Jason Collins

  Player, Laughing, Trying

  "Why NBA center Jason Collins is coming out now". www.si.com. April 29, 2013.

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• I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay. I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn't the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, "I'm different." If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I'm raising my hand.

  Jason Collins

  Sports, Team, Kids

  "Why NBA center Jason Collins is coming out now" by Jason Collins, www.si.com. April 29, 2013.

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• I still recall the day when I became known not just as Gay Brewer, but 'Gay Brewer, winner of the 1967 Masters.' The reality of the title – the biggest thrill I've had in golf – is something that can never be taken away.

  Gay Brewer

  Taken, Golf, Reality

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• If you can't run, and the plays in front of you, you just can't get gay.

  Jim Palmer

  Running, Play, Ifs

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• I think also there was a lot of coming to terms with where I am in life, where I fit in as a gay man in America, and getting more comfortable with who I am.

  Bob Mould

  Men, Thinking, Who I Am

  Interview with Adrian, www.adequacy.net. May 30, 2007.

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• I never had a low self-esteem that would make me gay. At one point, though, the reverse happened. Being homosexual led me to have a loss of self-esteem when I first became aware of society's attitudes about homosexuality.

  Aaron Fricke

  Attitude, Self Esteem, Loss

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• All I've learned in today's Shakespeare class is: Sometimes you have to fall in love with the wrong person just so you can find the right person. A more useful lesson would've been: Sometimes the right person doesn't love you back. Or sometimes the right person is gay. Or sometimes you just aren't the right person.
  Thanks for nothing, Shakespeare.

  Jackson Pearce

  Falling In Love, Love You, Class

  Jackson Pearce (2010). “As You Wish”, p.1, Harper Collins

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• When they are gay, the waves echo their gaiety; but when they are sad, then every breaker, as it rolls, seems to bring additional sadness, and to speak to us of hopelessness and of the pettiness of all our joys.

  Baroness Orczy

  Sadness, Echoes, Joy

  Baroness Orczy (2012). “The Scarlet Pimpernel”, p.140, Courier Corporation

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• Gay is a subculture, a slur, a set of gestures, a slang, a look, a posture, a parade, a rainbow flag, a film genre, a taste in music, a hairstyle, a marketing demographic, a bumper sticker, a political agenda and philosophical viewpoint. Gay is a pre-packaged, superficial persona-a lifestyle. It's a sexual identity that has almost nothing to do with sexuality.

  Jack Donovan

  Philosophical, Rainbow, Political

  "Anrophilia: A Manifesto: Rejecting the Gay Identity, Reclaiming Masculinity". Book by Jack Donovan, 2006.

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• A Republican Congressman, Rep. Chris Lee, was caught flirting with a woman trolling for dates on Craigslist and sent her a shirtless photo of himself. He lied about his age and his marital status. He said he was 39 and divorced. He's 46 and married, though being a Republican congressman, I'm guessing he's really 60 and gay.

  Bill Maher

  Flirting, Age, Guessing

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• Their problem is not me and the Democrats; their problem is themselves. Who are they? Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that's who they are and they're the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York.

  Andrew Cuomo

  New York, Assault Weapons, Problem

  "Glenn Beck blasts Gov. Cuomo's remark against conservatives". "The Kelly File" with Megyn Kelly, www.foxnews.com. January 21, 2014.

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• Serving people we don't see eye to eye with is the essence of Christianity. Jesus died for a world with which he didn't see eye to eye. If a bakery doesn't want to sell its products to a gay couple, it's their business. Literally. But leave Jesus out of it.

  Andy Stanley

  Jesus, Couple, Eye

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• I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation.

  Jason Collins

  Sports, Team, Athlete

  "Why NBA center Jason Collins is coming out now" by Jason Collins, www.si.com. April 29, 2013.

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• I think every time you take a female character, a black character, a Hispanic character, a gay character, and make that the point of the character, you are minimalizing the character.

  Len Wein

  Character, Thinking, Black

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• I might as well be gay. And not just because I love rhinestones and Barbara Streisand. But because Im a sensitive person who is supportive of gay people the same way Im sensitive to grossly obese people and ugly people.

  Richard Simmons

  Sensitive Person, People, Supportive

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• We shouldn't just allow gay marriage. We should insist on gay marriage. We should regard it as scandalous that two people could claim to love each other and not want to sanctify their love with marriage and fidelity.

  David Brooks

  Two, People, Lgbt

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