Michael Sam Quotes

Just because you are out doesn't make you the poster boy for the gay community.

It doesn't annoy me but I think of myself as a presenter who is gay, rather than a gay presenter. It's a subtle distinction, but that's how I view it.

We hope we are moving toward a world where sexual orientation is not an issue, because we hate the idea of a gay ghetto. I think that it's a real shame that people become restricted by their sexuality or define their whole lives by their sexuality.

I feel like I've been observed as an individual more than a gay person, or as a filmmaker with a certain point of view rather than a lesbian filmmaker with a gay point of view.

I am a gay American.

If every gay person were to come out only to his/her own family, friends, neighbors and fellow workers, within days the entire state would discover that we are not the stereotypes generally assumed.

I spent the first half of my career being accused of being gay when I hadn't had anything like a gay relationship.

There was a really long period of time when, if the newspapers ever referred to me, even if I was talking about, I don't know, cake making, they would put 'lesbian Sandi Toksvig.'

A lot of people told me I should be quiet about being bisexual and not say anything, but for me this is a part of my identity.

I'm not ashamed to be gay.

It's not like we wanted to talk about the fact that we're gay all the time, but the world has forced it to be an issue.

I think there's a lot of gay women in sports, and it's widely known in the team; they can live a pretty open lifestyle without being open in the media.

Someone coming out as gay shouldn't be newsworthy; it shouldn't be warranting a magazine cover or anything like that, which I had as my story for coming out.

You kinda say, 'Well, straight people don't have to come out.' I understand now that's not necessarily the right way to look at it.

I came out around 25 publicly.

I can't speak for other people, but for me, I feel like gone are the days that you need to come out of a closet. I never felt like I was in a closet. I never did. I always felt comfortable with who I am and the decisions I made.

I am the most well-known homosexual in the world.

I don't feel closeted.

God did not create gays and lesbians so He could have something to hate!

I can't take on all the worries of the world, you know. I can only talk about being gay and being an actor. I'll have to leave those other battles to somebody else.

I was born gay, just as I was born black.

Ironically, when I've asked my straight friends to join me in hanging a rainbow flag, they answer, 'But someone might think we're gay,' not realizing that is exactly the point. To be mistaken for the oppressed is to momentarily become the oppressed.

I don't think it's the responsibility of gays and lesbians to reinvent the family.

If I was gay, why wouldn't I admit it? It wouldn't harm me.

Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I've won. I'm still the same person. I'm Sheryl.