Natalie Clifford Barney Quotes

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

Queerness is the lens that I live my life through.

albinos aren't reproached for having pink eyes and whitish hair, why should they hold it again me for being a lesbian? It's a question of nature: my queerness isn't a vice, isn't 'deliberate,' and harms no one.

To hang out in a gay bar or put on a sequined halter top makes me feel like a total person.

I don't feel like millions of people are wrong because they love who they love or they were born how they were born.

When it's all said and done, I am secure enough with my manhood to say to the world, 'I am a male actor, and its okay for me to play a gay man.'

I watched a million coming-out videos, and that was kind of how I accepted it myself.

I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.

I don't believe that if I came out as bisexual the world will change. But it's really important for people to be truthful about who they are and fight for equality. We need to help the world usher itself into the next phase.

I'm gay, and I was born this way.

I've lived my whole life exactly the way I've wanted to. Being gay, being white, being male, it doesn't matter to me. They're all things I'm born with.

I try to treat my orientation the same way I would if I was straight, which is to talk about it when it's relevant.

Bisexuality is normal in our society.

My life's not about being gay - although one could argue I'm pretty professionally gay - but that's not how I experience life. Being gay is a profound part of who I am, but it isn't all of who I am.

I've been thinking a lot about my relationship to my own queerness, and I think the word pansexual speaks to me more than bi does.

I've worked a lot with kids who identify as LGBTQ or gender nonconforming, and they are unquestionably some of the bravest people I've ever met.

Some people have their sexuality really at the forefront of who they are, and I applaud those people.

It's really great to see the queer landscape really change to include everybody and make the rest of the world understand that we're not just one or two things. There's so much about the queer community that needs to be represented.

I want to continue to use my platform to tell my story to let young people that are struggling with their sexuality or identity know they are not alone, and it will get better.

Look, a lot of people don't think that the way that I live my life is a real thing, that it exists, that having a broad spectrum of sexual orientation is even possible.

You can't just put gay in a little gay box anymore.

If I was gay, I would be the best gay of all history.

No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I'm on the right track baby I was born to survive.

Gay pride's beautiful. If somebody needs to be expressing that, then it's a positive thing.

I think the best day will be when we no longer talk about being gay or straight... It's not a gay wedding, it's just a wedding... It's not a gay marriage, it's just a marriage.