1,387 Quotes About Gay



  • Author Laverne Cox
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    Many in the trans community are fed up with L.G.B.T. organizations that continue to erase trans identity or just give lip service to trans issues. We need our cisgender allies - gay and straight - to treat transgender lives as if they matter, and trans people need multiple seats at the tables in the organizations that say they're interested in L.G.B.T. equality; this absence has been painful since Stonewall.

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  • Author Lewis Carroll
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    When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark, And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark: But, when the tide rises and sharks are around, His voice has a timid and tremulous sound.

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  • Author Madonna Ciccone
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    The ultimate moment where I most felt like a rebel was in St. Petersburg, Russia [in 2012 during the MDNA Tour] when I was told they were going to arrest anyone who was openly or obviously gay and they came to my shows and I spoke out against the government.

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  • Author Madonna Ciccone
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    We've made so many advances in other areas - civil rights, gay rights - but ageism is still an area that's taboo and not talked about and dealt with.

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  • Author Margaret Cho
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    I grew up a witness to gay politics in its early days. I remember seeing Harvey Milk and been moved by him.

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  • Author Mariah Carey
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    If two people want to get married, it's their prerogative - we hope. Everybody should be able to do what they want to do and be in the pursuit of happiness

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  • Author Mario Cantone
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    Our black president can't say that he's for gay marriage. That is upsetting to me.

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