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When I was in the military
they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving
one. Epitaph of Leonard P. Matlovich, 1988 (Thanks, Marlene)
If gay and lesbian people are given civil rights, then everyone will
want them! Author unknown, as seen on a button at evolvefish.com
The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362
admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't
love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision.
Lynn Lavner
My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out
there praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share. Rita Mae
Brown
You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have
to be able to shoot straight. Barry Goldwater
Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men
holding guns than holding hands? Ernest Gaines
It doesn't matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you don't do
it in the street and frighten the horses. Daphne Fielding, The
Duchess of Jermyn Street
Homosexuality is god's way of insuring that the truly gifted aren't
burdened with children. Sam Austin
Isn't it a violation of the Georgia sodomy law for the Supreme Court
to have its head up its ass? Letter to Playboy magazine, February
1987
Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.
Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy, A.D. 524
If homosexuality is a disease, let's all call in queer to work:
"Hello. Can't work today, still queer." Robin Tyler
You know what they say: You can't teach a gay dog straight tricks.
Trey Parker & Matt Stone, South Park
No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to
love. The only queer people are those who don't love anybody. Rita
Mae Brown, speech, 28 August 1982
You could move. Abigail Van Buren, "Dear Abby," in response to a
reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the
street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of
the neighborhood
War. Rape. Murder. Poverty. Equal rights for gays. Guess which one
the Southern Baptist Convention is protesting? The Value of
Families
If time and space are curved, where do all of the straight people
come from? Author Unknown
Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy,
you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider
it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.
James Baldwin
What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human
heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains.
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire, 1947
There is nothing wrong with going to bed with someone of your own
sex. People should be very free with sex, they should draw the line
at goats. Elton John
I'd rather be black than gay because when you're black you don't
have to tell your mother. Charles Pierce, 1980
That word "lesbian" sounds like a disease. And straight men know
because they're sure that they're the cure. Denise McCanles
As a mother, I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce
children; therefore, they must recruit our children. Anita Bryant,
1977
If gays are granted rights, next we'll have to give rights to
prostitutes and to people who sleep with St. Bernards and to
nailbiters. Anita Bryant
Anita Bryant like Anita hole in the head. Graffiti
The radical right is so homophobic that they're blaming global
warming on the AIDS quilt. Dennis Miller
Jesse Helms and Newt Gingrich were shaking hands congratulating
themselves on the introduction of an antigay bill in Congress. If it
passes, they won't be able to shake hands, because it will then be
illegal for a prick to touch an asshole. Judy Carter
My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if
it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise
and horror. W. Somerset Maugham
Drag is when a man wears everything a lesbian won't. Author
Unknown
Did you hear about the Scottish drag queen? He wore pants. Lynn
Lavner
I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either.
From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand
attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that
make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the
things that I really admire about people, what they do with their
private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant.
Paul Newman
From various bumper stickers: My sexual orientation? Horizontal,
usually. I can't even think straight. Let's get one
thing straight, I'm not. Straight But Not Narrow
Closets are for clothes. I'm not a lesbian but my girlfriend
is. I'm not gay but my boyfriend is. Equal rights
are not special rights. Homophobia is a social disease.
I am reminded of a colleague who reiterated "all my homosexual
patients are quite sick" - to which I finally replied "so are all my
heterosexual patients." Ernest van den Haag, psychotherapist
For a long time I thought I wanted to be a nun. Then I realized that
what I really wanted to be was a lesbian. Mabel Maney
When it comes to exploring the sea of love, I prefer buoys. Andrew
G. Dehel
What's the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and
act like an imitation man? Rita Mae Brown
The degree and kind of a man's sexuality reach up into the ultimate
pinnacle of his spirit. Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil,
1886
Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they
are just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, "Who'd you call
a faggot?" John Stewart
If male homosexuals are called "gay," then female homosexuals should
be called "ecstatic." Shelly Roberts
My mother took me to a psychiatrist when I was fifteen because she
thought I was a latent homosexual. There was nothing latent about
it. Amanda Bearse
Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is
full of one. Kate Clinton
One should no more deplore homosexuality than left-handedness.
Towards a Quaker View of Sex, 1964
I think God is a callous bitch not making me a lesbian. I'm deeply
disappointed by my sexual interest in men. Diamanda Galas
The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that
the next time the government mandates a draft we can all declare
homosexuality instead of running off to Canada. Lorne Bloch
Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or
death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be
used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons. Letter to the
editor, The Advocate
No matter how far in or out of the closet you are, you still have a
next step. Author Unknown
People who can't think of anything else but whether the person you
love is indented or convex should be doomed not to think of anything
else but that, and so miss the other ninety-five percent of life.
Robert Towne
It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of
homosexuality. It's like disapproving of rain. Francis Maude
You are digging for the answers until your fingers bleed, to satisfy
the hunger, to satiate the need.... And as you pray in your darkness
for wings to set you free, you are bound to your silent legacy.
Melissa Etheridge, "Silent Legacy," Yes I Am, 1993
To hear two American men congratulating each other on being
heterosexual is one of the most chilling experiences - and unique to
the United States. You don't hear two Italians sitting around
complimenting each other because they actually like to go to bed
with women. The American is hysterical about his manhood. Gore
Vidal
There's this illusion that homosexuals have sex and heterosexuals
fall in love. That's completely untrue. Everybody wants to be loved.
Boy George
Straight Americans need... an education of the heart and soul. They
must understand - to begin with - how it can feel to spend years
denying your own deepest truths, to sit silently through classes,
meals, and church services while people you love toss off remarks
that brutalize your soul. Bruce Bawer, The Advocate, 28 April 1998
What are you trying to protect heterosexual marriages from? There
isn't a limited amount of love in Iowa. It isn't a non-renewable
resource. If Amy and Barbara or Mike and Steve love each other, it
doesn't mean that John and Mary can't. Ed Fallon
People sometimes think I'm gay because I once played a gay in a
movie. It's funny. Audiences don't think you're a murderer if you
play a murderer, but they do think you're gay if you play a gay.
Perry King
It's hard enough to be taken seriously in the struggle for gay
rights without having a bunch of straight girls running around
kissing each other to get the attention of boys and videocameras.
M. Robin D'Antan, 2002
Let my lusts be my ruin, then, since all else is a fake and a
mockery. Hart Crane
I get sick of listening to straight people complain about, "Well,
hey, we don't have a heterosexual-pride day, why do you need a
gay-pride day?" I remember when I was a kid I'd always ask my mom:
"Why don't we have a Kid's Day? We have a Mother's Day and a
Father's Day, but why don't we have a Kid's Day?" My mom would
always say, "Every day is Kid's Day." To all those heterosexuals
that bitch about gay pride, I say the same thing: Every day is
heterosexual-pride day! Can't you people enjoy your banquet and not
piss on those of us enjoying our crumbs over here in the corner?
Rob Nash
Wouldn't it be great if you could only get AIDS from giving money to
television preachers? Elayne Boosler
In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the
ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a
human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.
Simone de Beauvoir
Trust a nitwit society like this one to think that there are only
two categories - fag and straight. Gore Vidal
Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday
night. Woody Allen
The world is not divided into sheeps and goats. Not all things are
black nor all things white. It is a fundamental of taxonomy that
nature rarely deals with discrete categories. Only the human mind
invents categories and tries to force facts into separated
pigeon-holes. The living world is a continuum in each and every one
of its aspects. The sooner we learn this concerning sexual behavior
the sooner we shall reach a sound understanding of the realities of
sex. Alfred Kinsey, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, 1948
Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for
people. Martina Navratilova
Labels? Okay, fine. I'm bisensual. Heteroflexible. And life-curious.
That about covers it. Morgan Torva
The important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion
itself. Gore Vidal
Pronouns make it hard to keep our sexual orientation a secret when
our co-workers ask us about our weekend. "I had a great time with...
them." Great! Now they don't think you're queer - just a big slut!
Judy Carter
I can't help looking gay. I put on a dress and people say, "Who's
the dyke in the dress?" Karen Ripley
The geography of my heart has hills of desire and valleys and
meadows of love - for both men and women - a single day's trek
passes through it all. Agavι Powers
It's a public service when a gay chick goes lipstick instead of
lumberjack. Two and a Half Men, "Alan Harper, Frontier
Chiropractor," teleplay by Lee Aronsohn and Mark Roberts, original
airdate 15 December 2003, spoken by the character Charlie Harper
My cousin is an agoraphobic homosexual, which makes it kind of hard
for him to come out of the closet. Bill Kelly
As long as society is anti-gay, then it will seem like being gay is
anti-social. Joseph Francis
My mom blames California for me being a lesbian. "Everything was
fine until you moved out there." "That's right, Mom, we have
mandatory lesbianism in West Hollywood. The Gay Patrol busted me,
and I was given seven business days to add a significant amount of
flannel to my wardrobe. Coley Sohn
We love men. We just don't want to see them naked. Two Nice Girls
The next time someone asks you, "Hey, howdja get to be a homosexual
anyway?" tell them, "Homosexuals are chosen first on talent, then
interview... then the swimsuit and evening gown competition pretty
much gets rid of the rest of them." Karen Williams
If Michelangelo had been straight, the Sistine Chapel would have
been wallpapered. Robin Tyler
If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from
what is generally regarded as American culture, you would pretty
much be left with "Let's Make a Deal." Fran Lebowitz
Girls who put out are tramps. Girls who don't are ladies. This is,
however, a rather archaic usage of the word. Should one of you boys
happen upon a girl who doesn't put out, do not jump to the
conclusion that you have found a lady. What you have probably found
is a Lesbian. Fran Lebowitz
About a year ago I was a guest on a network news show in New York.
They were showing film clips from a gay pride parade down Fifth
Avenue, but they only decided to show the part with men in dresses
and heels. I had seen the parade, and there were men in business
suits as well. After showing the film, the newsperson made some
comments, and I found the comments extremely offensive. "This is
what's wrong with the media," I said. "You show a fringe position.
You show one point of view. You're closing the minds of the people
by not showing them what the reality is." I got up and walked out,
and I've never been asked back again. Kathleen Nolan
My urges to write poetry are lesbian, but whatever compels me to
prose is straight. Agavι Powers
If adjustment is necessary, it should be made primarily with regard
to the position the homosexual occupies in present-day society, and
society should more often be treated than the homosexual. Harry
Benjamin
Lesbianism has always seemed to me an extremely inventive response
to a shortage of men, but otherwise not worth the trouble. Nora
Ephron, Heartburn, 1983
If horse racing is the sport of kings, then drag racing must be the
sport of queens. Bert R. Sugar
In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those
who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without
changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.
Quentin Crisp, The Naked Civil Servant, 1978
The diagnosis of homosexuality as a "disorder" is a contributing
factor to the pathology of those homosexuals who do become mentally
ill.... Nothing is more likely to make you sick than being
constantly told that you are sick. Ronald Gold
Homosexuality is a sickness, just as are baby-rape or wanting to
become head of General Motors. Eldridge Cleaver, "Notes on a
Native Son," Soul on Ice, 1968
The Reagan Administration has fostered a climate in which a barest
majority of the Supreme Court caters to the passions and hatreds of
the American mob, stripping away the constitutional shield outside
our bedrooms.... How tragically ironic that an Administration that
promised to get Government "off our backs" is now so active in
draping Government gumshoes over every part of our anatomies. Carl
T. Rowan
An engineering professor is treating her husband, a loan officer, to
dinner for finally giving in to her pleas to shave off the scraggly
beard he grew on vacation. His favorite restaurant is a casual place
where they both feel comfortable in slacks and
cotton/polyester-blend golf shirts. But, as always, she wears the
gold and pearl pendant he gave her the day her divorce decree was
final. They're laughing over their menus because they know he always
ends up diving into a giant plate of ribs but she won't be talked
into anything more fattening than shrimp.
Quiz: How many biblical prohibitions are they violating? Well, wives
are supposed to be 'submissive' to their husbands (I Peter 3:1). And
all women are forbidden to teach men (I Timothy 2:12), wear gold or
pearls (I Timothy 2:9) or dress in clothing that 'pertains to a man'
(Deuteronomy 22:5). Shellfish and pork are definitely out (Leviticus
11:7, 10) as are usury (Deuteronomy 23:19), shaving (Leviticus
19:27) and clothes of more than one fabric (Leviticus 19:19). And
since the Bible rarely recognizes divorce, they're committing
adultery, which carries the rather harsh penalty of death by stoning
(Deuteronomy 22:22).
So why are they having such a good time? Probably because they
wouldn't think of worrying about rules that seem absurd,
anachronistic or - at best - unrealistic. Yet this same modern-day
couple could easily be among the millions of Americans who never
hesitate to lean on the Bible to justify their own anti-gay
attitudes. Deb Price, And Say Hi To Joyce
The Lord is my Shepherd and he knows I'm gay. Troy Perry
- My mother made me a homosexual.
- If I gave her the wool, would she make me one too?
Graffiti, London, 1978
I like my beers cold and my homosexuals flaming. Homer Simpson,
from the television show The Simpsons
While many minority groups are the target for prejudice... and
discrimination... in our society, few persons face this hostility
without the support and acceptance of their family as do many gay,
lesbian, and bisexual youth. Virginia Uribe and Karen Harbeck
Mothers, tell your children: be quick, you must be strong. Life is
full of wonder, love is never wrong. Remember how they taught you,
how much of it was fear. Refuse to hand it down - the legacy stops
here. Melissa Etheridge, "Silent Legacy," Yes I Am, 1993
Bisexuality is a blessing and a curse, but viewing it as a
schizophrenia will make you insane.... I am not a whole person with
split desires: I am a whole person with desire. As everyone is,
regardless. Agavι Powers
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more
painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anaοs Nin
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another. William
Shakespeare
Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing
in his heart and speaks another. Homer
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a
victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
Harvey Fierstein
There is just one life for each of us: our own. Euripides
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize
for the truth. Benjamin Disraeli
If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.
Johann von Goethe
Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of
energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness. Shakti
Gawain
The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. Anne Morrow
Lindbergh
If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek
another flag. Author Unknown
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't
matter and those who matter don't mind. Dr. Seuss
Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of
doing the things they do not want to do. Eric Hoffer
Is life not a hundred times too short for us to stifle ourselves.
Friedrich Nietzsche
The white light streams down to be broken up by those human prisms
into all the colors of the rainbow. Take your own color in the
pattern and be just that. Charles R. Brown
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not
possible to find it elsewhere. Agnes Repplier
Resolve to be thyself; and know that he who finds himself, loses his
misery. Matthew Arnold, "Self-Dependence," Empedocles on Etna, and
Other Poems, 1852
There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves
and it becomes either good or sour inside. Pearl Bailey
It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.
Lucille Ball
For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in
which to get themselves filed. Clifton Fadiman
You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.
George Michael, "Kissing A Fool"
To know what you prefer, instead of humbly saying "Amen" to what the
world tells you you ought to prefer, is to keep your soul alive.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is
no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being
overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often,
and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the
privilege of owning yourself. Friedrich Nietzsche
My theory is that the hardest work anyone does in life is to appear
normal. From the movie Ed TV
The plague of mankind is the fear and rejection of diversity:
monotheism, monarchy, monogamy and, in our age, monomedicine. The
belief that there is only one right way to live, only one right way
to regulate religious, political, sexual, medical affairs is the
root cause of the greatest threat to man: members of his own
species, bent on ensuring his salvation, security, and sanity.
Thomas Szasz
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Quotations about Homosexuality