Gay Quotes - Page 29

• I’m searching for some exit poll data from California. I’ll eat my shorts if gay and lesbian voters went for McCain at anything approaching the rate that black voters went for Prop 8.

  Dan Savage

  Data, California, Black

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• I do know this, though: I’m done pretending that the handful of racist gay white men out there—and they’re out there, and I think they’re scum—are a bigger problem for African Americans, gay and straight, than the huge numbers of homophobic African Americans are for gay Americans, whatever their color…I’ll eat my shorts if gay and lesbian voters went for McCain at anything approaching the rate that black voters went for Prop 8.

  Dan Savage

  Men, Thinking, White

  "2008 Black Homophobia". slog.thestranger.com. November 5, 2008.

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• Art is harmony. Harmony is the analogy of contrary and of similar elements of tone, of color and of line, conditioned by the dominate key, and under the influence of a particular light, in gay, calm, or sad combinations.

  Georges Seurat

  Art, Keys, Light

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• Loads of my friends are gay, I don't see myself in any sense as being opposed to gay rights, but I did express a view before the election - which by the way was also expressed by the party but then they changed their mind - that we didn't support gay marriage which is, I suppose for some, the ultimate destination, but not for everybody.

  Lucinda Creighton

  Party, Rights, Views

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• We cannot keep turning our backs on gay and lesbian Americans. I have fought too hard and too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual orientation.

  John E. Lewis

  Race, Color, Long

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• The gay rights movement is not a party. It is not a lifestyle. It is not a hair style. It is not a fad or a fringe or a sickness. It is not about sin or salvation. The gay rights movement is an integral part of the American promise of freedom.

  Urvashi Vaid

  Party, Rights, Hair

  At the March on Washington, April 25, 1993.

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• If we can elect an African American as president, we can support gay marriage! Defeat prop 8! We will not give up!

  Madonna Ciccone

  Giving Up, Support, African American

  "Madonna says it's time US says “I do” to gay marriage", www.sundaytimes.lk. November 9, 2008.

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• I have been kicked out of my home for being gay. I felt that.

  Brooke Candy

  Home, Has Beens, Felt

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• Dad somewhat enjoyed being called gay. He said it made women want to prove the assertion wrong.

  Jennifer Grant

  Dad, Want, Made

  Jennifer Grant (2011). “Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant”, p.87, Knopf

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• I have many gay friends who don't support gay marriage either.

  Lucinda Creighton

  Support, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage

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• If there is a gay uniform, the differences are in how each man coordinates the details: the brand and cut of the jeans, the design of belts and boots, the haircut, the number and size of earrings.

  Lance Loud

  Cutting, Men, Jeans

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• The Bible is still the only dirty book I've ever read, at least in its current incarnation as a weapon of the homophobes. Bible scholarship keeps trying to catch up, proving that all the hatred of gay is just stupid translation, though the snake-oil preachers don't want to hear it.

  Paul Monette

  Stupid, Dirty, Book

  Paul Monette (2017). “Reflections: The World of Paul Monette”, p.33, Open Road Media

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• I was once all by myself in a house on Fire Island. Where I compared the original cast recordings of two different versions of The Wild Party. A helicopter should have descended and taken me away to a gay penal colony. But of course, I was already there.

  Paul Rudnick

  Party, Taken, Fire

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• I don't keep it secret that I live with my partner Gio. I'm very proud of my gayness. But there is lots I wouldn't want the press to write about me... it is a matter of regret that being gay is the most interesting thing about me.

  Evan Davis

  Regret, Writing, Interesting

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• Whether you’re gay, straight, divorced, on drugs, a prostitute… I don’t care. Be who you are and love who you want.

  Hayley Williams

  Love, I Dont Care, Drug

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• When I first moved to L.A., I thought about turning gay. Then I realized none of the guys I was interested in was good enough for me.

  Zach Braff

  Guy, Firsts, Good Enough

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• Yeah i thought about making the character of JD gay... But then i thought, but what about all the poor girls dreams you'll be crushing

  Zach Braff

  Crush, Girl, Dream

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• It's kind of ironic that my character is a doctor who acts very gay with his best friend. I don't see how gays could ever be doctors, they spend too much time whining about everything. Just get off your soapbox and go back to designing floral arrangements.

  Zach Braff

  Character, Doctors, Design

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• I'm sick of people saying I hate blacks, women, and gays. It's false and slanderous. Everyone who knows me knows I hate the Chinese.

  Zach Braff

  Hate, People, Sick

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• How do you explain to someone who thinks you're the devil incarnate, that you're really not?

  John Corvino

  Thinking, Devil

  John Corvino (2013). “What's Wrong with Homosexuality?”, p.4, Oxford University Press

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• As I've thought about gay marriage, I don't see any reason not to say that [couples] should be able to get married.

  Colin Powell

  Couple, Marriage Equality, Able

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• One of the loveliest weddings I ever performed was that of a gay couple. To me if you are a good citizen, you pay your taxes, you work, you should have all the rights and responsibilities of everybody else.

  Judy Sheindlin

  Couple, Responsibility, Rights

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• I would not compromise my principles for politics. You're saying, will it become politically unpopular to have the position I'm having? If it does, so be it. I don't compromise my principles for politics.

  Chris Christie

  Principles, Doe, Compromise

  "Christie: No deal on gay marriage" by Mackenzie Weinger, www.politico.com. August 21, 2012.

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• How many more gay people must God create until we realize that he wants them here?

  Kaniela Ing

  People, Marriage Equality, Want

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• It is at least a small comfort to me, as a gay rights and marriage equality advocate, to know that like any marriage, gay and lesbian couples are subject to the same complications and hardships that afflict marriages between heterosexual couples.

  Gene Robinson

  Couple, Rights, Comfort

  "First openly gay bishop Gene Robinson announces divorce from husband" by Martin Pengelly, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2014.

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