Lgbt Quotes - Page 5

• I don't think there is such a thing as a precise sexual orientation. I think we're all ambiguous sexually.

  Tennessee Williams

  Gay, Thinking, Ambiguous

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• Every new generation of LGBT Americans needs to be inspired by leaders who come out - whether in Congress, the nonprofit sector, the NFL, or corner offices of Fortune 100 companies.

  Anthony Romero

  Nfl, Office, Leader

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• I am the Love that dare not speak its name.

  Alfred Douglas

  Love, Gay, Names

  Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (1990). “"Two Loves" & Other Poems: A Selection”

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• I always feel that my whole life is representing the LGBT community. It's kind of what I do all the time.

  Boy George

  Lgbt Community, Kind, Life Is

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• If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Being Yourself, Being Single, Gay

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• I have lived my life very openly and have never hidden the fact that I am gay. Apparently the prerequisite to being a gay public figure is to appear on the cover of a magazine with the caption 'I am gay.' I apologize for not doing so if this is what was expected.

  Jonathan Knight

  Gay, Magazines, Facts

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• You know just because you don't like the way it sounds when I say it or you don't like my haircut or you don't like that I'm gay, it does not mean that what we say is not true. If you squint a little bit, it is true I do sometimes look like a dude, and I am definitely gay.

  Rachel Maddow

  Mean, Gay, Sound

  "The Rachel Maddow Show", www.msnbc.com. February 24, 2011.

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• My family knew I was gay when I was 15, long before I got famous. But it's a very different thing coming out to your family and coming out to the universe. That's a big step. Maybe without me, there wouldn't be Adam Lambert. Without Bowie, there wouldn't be me. Without Quentin Crisp, there wouldn't have been Bowie. So everything is part of a big daisy chain.

  Boy George

  Gay, Long, Different

  "Boy George Talks Culture Club Reunion, Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert". Interview with Shirley Halperin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 23, 2011.

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• Well, obviously, I'm not allowed to speak about the legal battles, but I love lesbians.

  Jennifer Nettles

  Battle, Speak, Wells

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• We all agree that marriage is a fundamental right. And in our country, and in our society, there are no second-class citizens.

  Bill T. Jones

  Country, Class, Citizens

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• I was like, 'Oh, my God, girls are so pretty and soft. No stubble burn! What am I doing with guys?' [I] haven't dipped back since, but I was very appreciative of the experience.

  Rashida Jones

  Girl, Guy, Appreciative

  "Rashida Jones Talks Playing A Lesbian, Kissing Zooey Deschanel In ‘Our Idiot Brother’". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 18, 2011.

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• The truth is if I had a gay son, I would love him just as much as if he was straight… I might have to try to love even more because I know of the difficulty that he would have in society.

  Tracy Morgan

  Son, Gay, Trying

  "Tracy Morgan Wants To Go To The Gay Marriage Rally!". Interview with Russell Simmons, globalgrind.cassiuslife.com. June 13, 2011.

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• The Republican Party would be well-advised to get the heck out of people's bedrooms.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Party, People, Would Be

  "Geithner, Feinstein, Price and Pawlenty on "State of the Union". "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley, www.realclearpolitics.com. July 24, 2011.

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• I used to look at gay men and think, 'I'm not like that, I don't want to be like that, that's not me.'

  Ricky Martin

  Gay, Men, Thinking

  "Ricky Martin: I bullied gay people". www.news.com.au. August 27, 2013.

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• It bothers me when I hear these reporters and jocks get on TV and say: 'Oh, no guy can come out in a team sport. These guys would go crazy.' First of all, quit telling me what I think. I'd rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can't play.

  Charles Barkley

  Sports, Crazy, Team

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• I've never been turned down for a role because I'm gay. I'm a character actor, and that's probably why. I don't find Hollywood, in my own experience, to be homophobic. ... But I do think the straight folks will continue to play the straight roles.

  Jane Lynch

  Character, Gay, Thinking

  "Jane Lynch: Studios Won’t Cast Gay Leading Actors". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 13, 2011.

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• Laws that discriminate validate other kinds of discrimination.

  Hillary Clinton

  Law, Discrimination, Kind

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

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• The only people are those who don't love anybody.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Gay, Lgbt Pride, People

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• In the fight for women's rights, the support of men remains crucial.

  Hillary Clinton

  Fighting, Men, Rights

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Tonight love and hate met in St. Louis. And love outnumbered the hate, in poetic thousands. Hate left. But love stayed. + Together, we sang.

  Lady Gaga

  Inspirational Love, Hate, Together

  FaceBook post by Lady Gaga from Jul 18, 2010

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• I'm not interested, Larry, in being a perfect, plastic pop singer that looks great in bikinis and is on the cover of every magazine. I'm more interested in helping my fans to love who they are, and helping them to reject prejudice and reject those things that they're taught from society to not like themselves, to feel like freaks, that they're not wanted.

  Lady Gaga

  Perfect, Fans, Prejudice

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• If anyone tells you that you can't achieve your dreams, or puts you down, make your hand into a claw and tell them you're a little monster and you can do whatever the f*** you want.

  Lady Gaga

  Dream, Hands, Monsters

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• In fact, the Alejandro video...is a celebration of my love and appreciation for the gay community, my admiration of their bravery, and their love for one another, their courage in their relationships.

  Lady Gaga

  Appreciation, Gay, Bravery

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• I feel that homophobia runs rampant in the music industry, and that artists are allowed to speak openly in a hateful way, in a homophobic way, in a misogynistic way, and the press does not challenge them. And I'm going to be taking a very strong stance against that, and I am an artist who refuses to accept that behavior.

  Lady Gaga

  Running, Strong, Artist

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• Everyone can access the parts of themselves that are great. I'm just a girl from New York City who decided to do this, after all. Rule the world! What's life worth living if you don't rule it?

  Lady Gaga

  Girl, New York, Cities

  "Lady Gaga's early career analyzed in New York profile" by Gil Kaufman, www.mtv.com. March 29, 2010.

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