Gus Kenworthy Quotes

Being a gay American, I know what it means to look at the flag and not have it protect all of your liberties.

I support equal rights for LGBT Americans.

By in large in this country the issue of gay rights and equality should be past the point of debate. Really, there should be no debate anymore.

Well, my personal mission statement is that we want marriage equality in all 50 states. We want it not to be a state-by-state issue. We don't want it to be something the majority is voting on. I don't think the civil rights of any minority should be in the hands of any majority.

I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.

There are still civil rights issues. There are still people who can't be visited by their spouse in the hospital because they're gay. These are humanitarian issues. At the end of the day, all you want is for people to be happy in the pursuit of life, love and liberty.

I'm always going to support the LGBT community and equal rights for the LGBT community.

Above these universal themes 'Truth Will Set U Free' is also a song composed for those who were born gay. I am a straight man so I do not profess to understand or know what a LGBT person experiences but I do recognize injustice when I see it.

Throughout my years of public service, I've listened to the voices of the gay and lesbian community, whether through whispered confidences or public declarations. I understand what it truly means to say that all people should be treated equally, and I'll always stand up for fair and equal treatment of gay and lesbian Americans.

Our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country.

The only way to get gay issues off the front pages of Canadian newspapers is to grant gay and lesbian people our full civil equality and leave it alone.

The rights of homosexual people are human rights, and human rights are for everyone.

I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.

Gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights.

LGBTQ Americans deserve a president who will always stand with them and protect their civil rights - without hesitation.

My goal is to bring the issues that were never brought up on federal TV, such as LGBT rights, which are a shock for many people because they really think that those people should go to prison, they shouldn't have any rights. And moreover, there is lots of people who share the idea that they should be punished for being LGBT, just for the fact.

I'm always going to support the LGBT community and equal rights for the LGBT community. That's going to be with me 'till the day I die and beyond. I mean, that's just what it is!

I don't believe that the fight for trans rights or African American rights is different from the fight against war, or the fight for refugees.

Let us end 'don't ask, don't tell.'

As a band, we just don't tolerate any kind of abuse or intolerance of any kind of LGBT people by any kind of government.

I'm a gay rights supporter. I'm a human-rights campaign initiative person.

Part of our history includes the long struggle to pass the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance.

I want to make sure that people understand that, behind this national conversation around transgender rights, there are real people who hurt when they're mocked, who hurt when they're discriminated against, and who just want to be treated with dignity and respect.

For those who support same-sex marriage - and I support it without reservation - the ideal of equality and the belief in the dignity of same-sex relationships necessarily makes the issue seem a great deal like the civil-rights struggles of the past.

As long as gay people don't have their rights all across America, there's no reason for celebration.