Jennifer Nettles Quotes

I have so many gay friends that I love.

What gay culture is before it is anything else, before it is a culture of desire or a culture of subversion or a culture of pain, is a culture of friendship.

I love looking out in a crowded theater and seeing a sea of gay men.

I've been standing with and united with the gay community. I know so many gay men and women that homophobia is such a baffling thing for me.

I was surprised how supportive my family and friends were in my coming out, and it gave and still gives me hope.

I just live my life - but the support from the gay community is always fantastic. It's really great because they are always the best people to always be around.

Without gay men, I am nothing.

I respect every gay man and woman. They're that way, and they just want to be happy.

You see people who are disenfranchised elsewhere coming to Comic Con and making lifetime friends. I love seeing the outcasts of society all bonding together.

Who cares who comes out of the closet or not, so long as you're happy?

Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty.

Gays are some of the nicest, kindest, most loving people in the world.

I'm happy to be everybody's gay best friend.

I'm always happy to support the gay community.

I have many, many gay friends.

When I moved to New York, the gay community welcomed me with open arms and told me how beautiful I was. I will never turn my back on them.

Any younger person - let's say if you're over the age of 30, Pride is a great excuse to go day-drinking. But no one forgets their first Pride and how much they felt that they were included and that the future was bright.

Stay strong. Stay true to yourself and to who you are because there is community out there. It may not be in your town or perhaps even in your family, but you are wanted and you are loved and there are places in the world where you will be safe and supported.

I have so many gay friends, and I love them so much because they're fun.

I have no problem with the Pride parade.

The most moving responses I got to my coming out in the first place was people, like teenagers, letting me know that it made their lives easier in some way.

I'm always performing at Gay Pride events.

I have a lot of gay friends.

I come from the New York theatre world, and I have a lot of gay male friends, so this friendship of Will and Grace's isn't such a stretch.

I'm trying to tell kids if they are gay, it's OK to be gay. I've tried to tell families if they have a gay family member to accept them and love them as they always have.