Jonathan Knight Quotes

I came out around 25 publicly.

Everybody knew me as a gay man, and in my life in London, I never tried to hide.

I remember telling my mom, 'Mom, I'm gay, but I'm not going to march in a parade or anything.' That's what I was telling my parents and all my friends and everything. I'm gay, but I'm not going to be on a float or something. Cut to five years later, and I was the grand marshal of the gay pride parade.

All I can really say is to encourage anybody who's in the closet to come out, and congratulate anyone who has.

Without gay men, I am nothing.

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.

In the 1980s, there weren't a lot of role models for gay teenagers.

I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay.

I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.

I don't feel closeted.

I am a huge fan of gays. They love me, and I love them. They think of me as sort of a gay icon.

I've never denied my sexual orientation. I just don't make a point of it. It isn't what I do. Clearly, I'm known for the work I've done on trade and Social Security.

I didn't want that 15 minutes of fame moment like, 'Oh, she said she was gay.'

I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual and I give a damn.

If I was gay, why would I hide it?

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

The first gay person I ever met was surely not the first gay person I ever met.

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.

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.

Thanks to every gay person in public and non-public life who has come out.

I kind of live my life as an example, and I just never felt like I had to be on the cover of a magazine announcing that I was gay; it's just who I am. I just live my life, and I never really thought about it.

My gay audience has been with me from the beginning.

I always knew I was gay. I always knew that somehow it would work out.

From day one, I have always been open about my sexual orientation.

If you look at my life before I went into television, the struggle I went through coming out would be surprising to most people, given how comfortable and how out I am being the only late-night gay talk-show host.