176 Quotes About Coming-out

But even just out there in the world, people – they- they stare. They look at two guys, when they hold hands. Or when they kiss. Gay guys are all – big and they're loud. And artsy and – I don't want any of that. I want a normal life that I built on my own. Not because of my dad. Not because of my .. heart. I just want to be left alone. (Wipes a tear away.) I wish there was a way to be with a guy, but... be straight.

Every gay person must come out. As difficult as it is, you must tell your immediate family. You must tell your relatives. You must tell your friends if indeed they are your friends. You must tell the people you work with. You must tell the people in the stores you shop in. Once they realize that we are indeed their children, that we are indeed everywhere, every myth, every lie, every innuendo will be destroyed once and all. And once you do, you will feel so much better

Welcome to the team. Shoot, I forgot the rainbow confetti to throw all over you.

I was unable to deny my love for Jesus, but equally unable to make my love toward women disappear.

I couldn't earn my way into heaven any more than I could earn my way out of being gay.

People talk about coming out as though it’s this big one-time event. But really, most people have to come out over and over to basically every new person they meet. I’m only eighteen and it already exhausts me.

The people who claim that being transgender is a choice are right on one regard. Living freely as the person you were meant to be is, in fact, a choice. You can choose not to. The decision to transition reflect the time spent grappling with that difficult question:Are you going to give yourself a real chance to be happy?

Amazing how eye and skin color come in many shades yet many think sexuality is just gay or straight.

Unless you count the way the words sink into Neil, the way his life feels a little more solid than it did five minutes before.