I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decided that I would, of course, still be closeted but ….

The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you've just told them..

Every anti-gay remark from the Church gives the thug a license to be cruel..

You're singing a song about making love to your drummer, well gay guitar pickers don't turn me on..

I'm interested in gay characters - not trying to sensationalize gay characters, just [representing] who are in my personal life. I'm interested in ex….

They can say that abortion is alright. They can vote to sustain gay marriage. And that will take western civilization, indeed other nations because p….

My best audience and where I’m happiest is in the gay community. That’s where I feel the most accepted. It’s a community that appreciates pop culture….

I don't have any option. I'm not going to be less gay or more pretty. I can't try to have less personality or fewer controversial opinions..

On The New Normal the thing I was probably more proud of than anything else is that we were just trying to put positive energy out there in the world….

When I was I younger I didn't want to be gay. Not because I was scared of the sexual thing; I didn't want to be a clone. Now this was in the late '70….

I don't feel there's anything about my experience of being gay that gives me more insight into "don't ask, don't tell," for example, than anybody els….

I had always been interested in politics. I had assumed - for two reasons, being Jewish and being gay back in the late '50s, early '60s - that I woul….

I recently realized that I'm gender-fluid - I didn't even know that was a term until recently - but I have a strong effeminate side and identify with….

I'm just going to jump and say:hey Mom, Dad, I'm gay, What's for dessert?.

The American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority of Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to gay marri….

I have been reluctant to lobby on other issues I most care about - nuclear weapons (against), religion (atheist), capital punishment (anti), AIDS (fu….

15 or 20 years ago it would not have been possible for me to come out. Back then, people still had such narrow views, but today many of them are more….

First of all, [St. Stephen's] is a radical church. It was one of the first DC churches to have gay ceremonies. A woman said mass there, which almost ….

It's just like calling homosexuals 'gays.' Gay means happy! You know, it's just to try to dilute it so that it becomes socially acceptable, and if yo….

The big thing is to make this country - quit discriminating against people just because they're gay. You don't have to agree with it, but they have a….

Gays have become colossal bores. Once interesting and iconoclastic, all they seem to crave nowadays is the State's pension and seal of approval. They….