Young M.A Quotes

I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left.

Frankly, no one had ever asked me before. My sexuality is something I'm completely comfortable with and open about.

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.

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

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

I was conveniently bisexual for a long time, and then I went, 'Come on, who am I kidding?' And I have to say, it was the single biggest step I took toward emotional well-being, to stop feeling like I had to hide who I am.

People who were close to me - family and friends - they knew about my sexuality.

I've been openly gay since I can remember.

There's kind of a gift in being gay because, if you come out, you're forced to express yourself.

I felt so much pressure to come out on other people's terms, you know? I should have come out.

In terms of my work, I've never been reticent in terms of defining my sexuality. I write about my life.

If I was ashamed of who I am, I would be in the closet.

I've never hidden my sexuality from anyone - my whole life, in fact - and I've been waiting for someone to ask about it in an interview, 'cause it's not something you just blurt out.

'If Our Love Is Wrong' is, quite simply, my coming out song, as I was trying to wrap my head around my sexuality and was starting to learn about songwriting, and that my honesty and my authenticity came from my personal experiences and writing about stuff that genuinely bugged me or upset me.

Saying to someone 'I'm a transsexual' is the most empowering thing I've ever felt in my whole life.

It takes some intelligence and insight to figure out you're gay and then a tremendous amount of balls to live it and live it proudly.

Being able to live my life transparently does empower me to feel like I can be myself more. It's easier for me to flirt with girls now that girls know that I'm gay. It almost makes it a sexier encounter than if I was trying to pretend that I was straight.

When I came out, I told my stepmother Gladys, and she just said she had known for years and was glad I wasn't lying anymore.

It never occurred to me that I needed to say that I was gay. I simply am. Anyone who knows me or who's been around me ten minutes knows it too.

I don't feel closeted.

I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like.

Life is just more comfortable if you're honest and open about everything. I spent so many years being in the closet about one thing or another.

I like to think that if I were gay I would be out. Rupert Everett-style.

I never talked about homosexuality with my family. After I was 18, they know everything, but I never talk; it was like an information but in silence. I start to talk when I was 32, it was good for me - it was like a liberation. I'm talking about a love story. I'm not talking about sex because love is love.

I came out of the closet very young, and I had to cut my teeth pretty fast.