Mallory Ortberg Quotes

Unlike celibacy, which people choose, asexuality is an intrinsic part of who we are.

I am driven by love and I have been in love with a handful of different people, men and women. It's like, if you go to a bookstore and you know exactly what kind of book you want, you have to look it up in the system because it's in a specific section of the bookstore. I fit into a handful of sections in the bookstore.

I'm a lesbian, an Aquarian, and a vegetarian.

I never talk about anything to do with my sexuality.

I'm not a gay rights activist.

I don't encourage people to choose any sort of sexuality.

I'm not gay.

No, I'm not gay.

There are all kinds of sexualities. There are all kinds of ways that people express their sexuality.

I'm bisexual.

That was the problem with the 'celibate' word because they don't consider for a moment that you'd rather not be, but you just are. I was never a sexual person.

A lot of people judge bisexuality as 'being promiscuous' or something like that. But I believe you can love somebody; you can fall in love with a person's soul.

I thought maybe I was bisexual.

Queerness is the lens that I live my life through.

Sexuality is who you want to be with. Gender identity is who you want to be in the world.

I think people sometimes get the wrong impression when they're like, Oh, well, so-and-so was straight and then she was gay, and now she's straight again, you know? But it's like, how many times do I have to kiss a woman before I'm gay? Everybody wants to label people. Sometimes you just fall in love with somebody, and you're really not thinking about what gender or whatever they happen to be. It think that if I happen to fall in love with a woman, everyone's going to make a big deal out of it. But if I happen to fall in love with a man, nobody cares.

You could say I don't want for me be seen primarily as a gay writer. I've never hidden my sexuality. It matters that I'm gay, it matters that I'm white, it matters that I'm male, it matters that I'm American. But basically it's just less and less of a big deal.

I don't trust any man who hasn't kissed another man.

Religion is far more of a choice than homosexuality.

I've always been aware of my sexuality, but I never quite knew what it meant.

I don't get straight people, but I understand what they look like.

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.

It seems to me that the real clue to your sexual orientation lies in your romantic feelings rather than your sexual feelings. If you are really gay, you are able to fall in love with a man, not just enjoy sex with him.

I do not in the least underestimate bisexuality... I expect it to provide all further enlightenment.

I'm not asexual. I'm arelationshipal.