Being Gay Quotes

“The simple truth of the matter is that people who complain about a peaceful parade which lasts at best one hour in a particular place - ONCE in a whole year - do so out of hatred and intolerance. it isn't just the parade, it is seeing gay and trans people in public - and gay and trans people BEING gay and trans in public. And that is the root of the problem - they HATE gay and trans people.”
― Christina Engela, Black Sunrise

“- Então não adivinhou -, disse, com um pouco de escárnio no seu terror. - Sou um indizível do tipo Oscar Wilde. - Os seus olhos fecharam-se, e levando os punhos cerrados até eles, ficou sentado imóvel, tendo apelado a César.
Por fim, veio a sentença. Mal conseguia acreditar no que ouvia. Era «Tolices, tolices!». Estava à espera de muita coisa, mas não disto; pois se as suas palavras eram tolices, a sua vida era um sonho.
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P.181, MAURICE, E.M. FORSTER

"So you've never guessed," he said, with a touch of scorn in his terror. "I'm an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort." His eyes closed, and driving clenched fists against them he sat motionless, having appealed to Caesar.
At last judgement came. He could scarcely believe his ears. It was "Rubbish, rubbish!" He had expected many things, but not this; for if his words were rubbish his life was a dream.”
― E.M. Forster, Maurice

“What kind of life can two men have together, anyway? All this love you talk about--isn't it just that you want to be made to feel strong? You want to go out and be the big laborer and bring home the money, and you want me to stay here and wash the dishes and cook the food and clean this miserable closet of a room and kiss you when you come in through that door and lie with you at night and be your little girl. That's what you want. That's what you mean and that's all you mean when you say you love me. You say I want to kill you. What do you think you've been doing to me?”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

“Paul looked up into the sky and sighed. "It was..." he searched for the word. "Constant, Ubiquitous. Something that almost didn't have to be said because you knew it like you knew your own name. Water is wet. White sauce is the best. God is good. And gays are perverts who want to destroy families, wreck the American way of life, and will end up in hell.”
― A.E. Wasp, Country Boy

“...And you have to remember that Edward grew up at a time when ... when homosexuality was illegal. Quite apart from being socially unacceptable--at least in the circles we moved in."

"That's ridiculous. You can't help it if you're gay."

"Reasonable people have always thought that.”
― Penelope Lively, Passing On

“Being gay not only violates natural morals and values; however, it also holds in contempt of that; indeed, it characterizes as the opposite of natural beauty, as lacking in physical coordination. Accordingly, the lust of sex cannot beautify life without natural-matching.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“With regard to Senator Strom Thurmond's attack on my morality, I have no comment. By religious training and fundamental philosophy, I am disinclined to to put myself in the position of having to defend my own moral character. Questions in this area should properly be directed to those who have entrusted me with my present responsibilities.”
― Bayard Rustin, Down the Line: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin

“Being gay not only violates natural morals and values; however, it also holds in contempt for that; indeed, it characterizes as the opposite of natural beauty, as lacking in physical coordination. Accordingly, the lust for sex cannot beautify life without natural matching.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“I går kväll träffade jag en kille som gjorde mig lycklig. I morse förklarade mina föräldrar hur fel jag hade. Hur fel jag är som blir kär i killar”
― Callum Bloodworth, Berätta tre saker

“All I wanted was to take my place in the world alongside everyone else, and for that simple wish, people hated me.”
― Aaron Fricke, Reflections of a Rock Lobster: A Story About Growing Up Gay