88 Gay And Straight Quotes

Following is our list of gay and straight quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about being gay.

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Famous Gay And Straight Quotes

I'm straight and I have a lot of gay friends. - Laura Innes

I'm straight and I have a lot of gay friends. — Laura Innes

Everyone—whether straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender—should be allowed to show their true colors, and be accepted and loved for who they are. — Cyndi Lauper

You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people. - Judith Light

You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people. — Judith Light

People don't know if i'm gay, straight or an alien from outer space.. its funny — Gerard Way

Males do not represent two discrete populations, heterosexual and homosexual. The world is not to be divided into sheeps and goats. Not all things are black nor all things white. — Alfred Kinsey

Do we have to know who's gay and who's straight? Can't we just love everybody and judge them by the car they drive? — Ellen DeGeneres

The heterosexuality or homosexuality of many individuals is not an all-or-none proposition. — Alfred Kinsey

There's this illusion that homosexuals have sex and heterosexuals fall in love. That's completely untrue. Everybody wants to be loved. — Boy George

Being gay is natural. Hating gay is a lifestyle choice. — John Fugelsang

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight. — Barry Goldwater

Homosexuality was invented by a straight world dealing with its own bisexuality. — Kate Millett

Whether you're gay, straight, you can't tell anybody who to love and who to marry. It's unconstitutional and it's morally wrong. — Andrew Dice Clay

Sexuality, and sexual orientation - regardless of orientation - is just natural. An act of sex is one of the most human things. — Hozier

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

Being gay is like glitter, it never goes away. — Lady Gaga

Short Gay And Straight Quotes

  • It's better to be a dictator than gay. — Alexander Lukashenko
  • My sexuality is not a phase. I am who I am. — Cara Delevingne
  • The only unnatural sexual behavior is none at all. — Sigmund Freud
  • It's not called being gay, it's called being fabulous! — PewDiePie
  • I have so many gay friends that I love. — Carly Rae Jepsen
  • I was always into very androgynous things. Guys, girls... I'm into androgyny in general. — Evan Rachel Wood
  • Folks, I've been straight for seventeen days... Not all in a row. — Sam Kinison
  • I love Jesus as much as I ever have. And I'm gay. Deal with it. — Vicky Beeching

Gay And Straight Image Quotes

Gay and straight quote Straight roads do not make skillful drivers
Straight roads do not make skillful drivers

Gay People Quotes

Hillary Clinton has shown no indication whatsoever of stemming the tide of Islamic immigration, or stopping our mollycoddling, and pandering to Islam. These things are direct threats. Not just to culture, but to the lives of gay people in America. — Milo Yiannopoulos

I don't care what straight people do, I don't care what gay people do. I don't care what nobody do. That's they business. I just care about what I do. You know what I'm saying? — ASAP Rocky

All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential. — Harvey Milk

Gay and straight quote Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face.
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face.

If your Bible tells you that gay people ought not be married in your church, don't tell them they can't be married at city hall. Marriage is a civil rite as well a civil right, and we can't let religious bigotry close the door to justice to anyone. — Julian Bond

Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies. — Jimmy Carter

I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female people or gay people. — Richard Pryor

Gay and straight quote Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

We’re sick of hearing people say, “That band is so gay,” or “Those guys are fags.” Gay is not a synonym for shitty. If you wanna say something’s shitty, say it’s shitty. Stop being such homophobic assholes. — Pete Wentz

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

Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked. — Little Richard

There are people who've said that I'm being brave for being openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoption... With all due respect, I humbly dissent. I am not being brave, I'm a decent human being... Love is a human experience, not a political statement — Anne Hathaway

Being Gay Quotes

I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that. — Eminem

No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. — Friedrich Nietzsche

If you are not personally free to be yourself in that most important of all human activities... the expression of love... then life itself loses its meaning. — Harvey Milk

Gay and straight quote A smile is a curve that sets everything straight!
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight!

Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. Be a hero, take the time learn about adoption today. — Bruce Willis

I ain’t being gay. There’s already too many gays out there! 90,000 maybe. — Theo Von

I think that there is a lot of power in a gay guy having a really (hopefully) successful music career while just being completely openly gay and honest and happy. — Troye Sivan

Judy Garland's father was gay. That seems to be the consensus. They left Minnesota and went to California because he got caught with some boy backstage. — Judy Davis

I bring quadruple diversity to the Senate: I'm a woman; I'll be the first Asian woman ever to be elected to the U.S. Senate; I am an immigrant; I am a Buddhist. When I said this at one of my gatherings, they said, 'Yes, but are you gay?' and I said, 'Nobody's perfect.' — Mazie Hirono

Conservatives believe in the ties that bind us. Society is stronger when we make vows to each other and we support each other. I don't support gay marriage in spite of being a conservative. I support gay marriage because I am a conservative. — David Cameron

I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married. — Barack Obama

People Writing About Gay And Straight

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Read quotes by Alfred Kinsey

Alfred Kinsey
quotes on religion, education and money

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Read quotes by Laura Innes

Laura Innes
quotes on education, love and leadership

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Read quotes by Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper
quotes on love, life and success

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Read quotes by Judith Light

Judith Light
quotes on life, love and poker face

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Read quotes by Gerard Way

Gerard Way
quotes on life

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Read quotes by Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres
quotes on love

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More Gay And Straight Quotes

The struggle for true openness and intimacy is a lifelong struggle for all of us, gay and straight alike. And besides, a difficult life brings you to the core of yourself, where you learn what justice is and how it has to be fought for. — Paul Monette

Every single American - gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - every single American deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of our society. It’s a pretty simple proposition. — Barack Obama

How about we get rid of separate bathrooms for boys and girls? Gays and straights share the bathroom with zero issues. We need to put an end to the sexist pooping policies of yesterday. The only way to achieve gender equality is to start crapping in front of each other. — Daniel Tosh

The positive nature of some child-adult sexual relationships is not confined to non-Western cultures. Several of my friends - gay and straight, male and female - had sex with adults from the ages of nine to 13. None feel they were abused. All say it was their conscious choice and gave them great joy. — Peter Tatchell

And that really captures the difference for the bullied straight kid versus the bullied gay kid, is that the bullied straight kid goes home to a shoulder to cry on and support and can talk freely about his experience at school and why he's being bullied. [...] And I couldn't go home and open up to my parents. — Dan Savage

We are a gentle angry people We are a land of many colors We are gay and straight together We are a peaceful loving people And we are singing, singing for our lives. — Holly Near

Whether you're gay, straight, black, white, we all deserve the same rights. If there's anything I can do to champion the cause and further it, I will, shy of getting arrested. — Nick Symmonds

Shouldn't homophobic politicians and anti-gay bullies be presumed to be gay until they get caught up in a straight sex scandal? — Dan Savage

It would be so helpful for the straight community to see men in powerful positions coming out and saying "I'm gay" so they don't have these preconceived notions that all gay men are smarmy idiots living on the street or whatever it is people think of gay men. I think it would be really helpful and productive. — Madonna Ciccone

We need laws that protect everyone - men and women, straights and gays, regardless of sexual perversion...ah, persuasion. — Bella Abzug

I have gay friends, I support gay rights, I have nothing against the gay community, but when I see two guys kissing, I think it's gross. And, by the way, it's gross when 99% of straight people do it, too. — Artie Lange

It doesnt matter if youre black, white, gay, straight, come from different countries, different language... every single person is significant and is meaningful. — Michael Franti

I got rid of my teeth at a young age because I'm straight. Teeth are for gay people. That's why fairies come and get them. — Dana Snyder

Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to straight woman, addict mother to newborn baby, they all fall down and someday it will come to you. — Anna Quindlen

[Marriage] a bond for life, and whether you're gay or straight, it makes no difference to being married. What marriage stands for is that you love that person... You want to commit yourself to that person forever. — Cheryl Cole

This Is Me”: ”For the record, I am not gay and all my sexual experiences have been straight. I'm attracted to women, I love children and aspire to have a family one day … I know what it's like to grow up and be told what your sexuality is, then realising that it's not the full reality. I was accused of being gay before I knew who I was. — Ian Thorpe

My thoughts on gay marriage are that everyone has the right to love and be loved, and that's the position I take. — Nick Jonas

Gays, lesbians, straights, feminists, fascist pigs, communists, Hare Krishnas - none of them bother me. I don't care what banner they raise. But what I can't stand are hollow people. When I'm with them I just can't bare it, and wind up saying things I shouldn't. — Haruki Murakami

I went to my 30th high school reunion, and I could tell who was gay and who was straight because the gay people were like, 'Sarah, you've been doing so much,' and the straight people were like, 'So, Sarah, what have you been doing? — Sarah Schulman

I do believe deeply that all human beings, male and female, are sexual beings, most likely bisexual beings channeled this way and that by cultures terrified of boundary crossings without passports stamped gay or straight. — Robin Morgan

My American gay audience have continued to dance and sing to the music I make in a way that straight Americans haven't. I am grateful to them for that. — George Michael

Some of my best friends are gay guys, and they said, "You're so straight, we're not interested." — Jon Bon Jovi

What was so interesting about the glam era was that it was about bisexuality and breaking down the boundaries between gays and straights, breaking down the boundaries between masculinity and femininity with this androgyny thing. — Todd Haynes

My image had always been very heterosexual, very straight. So it was a nice experience for me, a chance to clarify my own feelings about gay and lesbian civil rights. — Bruce Springsteen

Americans know as much about Canada as straight people do about gays. Americans arrive at the border with skis in July, and straight people think that being gay is just a phase. A very long phase. — Scott Thompson

Exactly Straight women who surround themselves only with gay men or white people who refuse any other race into their circles are unhealthy and it has more to do with one's individual fear and individual closets. — Judith Light

We value men more than women... straight love more than gay love... white skin more than black skin... and adults more than adolescents. — Charlize Theron

My dad's gay experiences really had a very positive influence on me and my straight relationships - how to better accept all the weirdness and ambiguity and ups and downs and paradoxes. I knew from the beginning I was writing about love. — Mike Mills

Because society places a value on masculinity, gay men aspire to it. If you go to a gay club and the doorman says, 'You do realise this is a gay club, don't you lads?' you get all excited because you think, 'Wow, he thought I was straight!' — Graham Norton

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

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 gay community just recognizes what their closets are and we straight have to spend years trying to figure out which closet we are trapped in. — Judith Light

My dearest friend in the movement is Jack Nichols. If there were no such thing as gay or straight, we would still talk and share experiences till the end of time. — George Weinberg

Being in the Boy Scouts, you don't think about whether people are gay or straight. You're busy putting up tents and learning to cut sausages. — Boy George

In making Achilles and Patroclus lovers, I wasn't trying to speak for all gay men, just as when I write straight characters, I don't claim to speak for all straight people. My job as an author is to give voice to these very particular characters - these two men, in this time, and in this place — Madeline Miller

I'm enamored of any person, a young person, a lesbian, straight, gay guy who wants to go over and kill bad guys for me and my family. That blows me away. — Bill O'Reilly

I was a closet straight. I think I wanted to be gay because I thought it was arty and interesting. And also, I was phenomenally shy with girls. — Rupert Graves

I've known straight and gay people all my life. I can't tell the difference... But I'd never marry a guy I didn't like. — Willie Nelson

No one knew I was gay growing up but I was bullied. I was a cheerleader, fairly popular and considered straight. — Cat Cora

People who think I'm gay, some part of me thinks it's wonderful. Because I want to challenge people on their homophobia. I love seeing on Twitter when someone says I'm gay, and I say, 'So what does it matter if I am? So be it. I hope you are not voting for me because you are making the presumption that I'm straight.' — Cory Booker

I want to love all the children of God - Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist - everyone. I want to love gay Christians and straight Christians. — Anne Rice

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