Tammy Baldwin Quotes

I guess there have been a few questions about my sexuality, and I'd like to quiet any unnecessary rumors that may be out there. While I prefer to keep my personal life private, I hope the fact that I'm gay isn't the most interesting part of me.

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.

I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay.

I am many things, but one of the things I am is a lesbian.

I am gay, and I'm very comfortable with it.

I really didn't talk about my sexuality until I wrote my autobiography.

I didn't want to wave the flag and be like, 'Look! I'm gay! Da da da.' I just wanted to say, 'This is my lifestyle.'

I'm gay.

For the record, I am 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'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.

If I was gay, why would I hide it?

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'm gay, and I was born this way.

Sometimes people think I'm gay. A lot of people have asked me if I'm gay. I answer, 'Look, not to my knowledge. But I'm still young, it could be that in the future, I'll find out that I'm gay.'

I'm a gay man and a proud gay man and a loud gay man.

I'm very, very lucky - when I realised I was sexually attracted to females there wasn't a struggle where I found that hard to accept.

I don't like labels, but if you have to put a label on it, I'm a gay man.

The idea of the gay experience, it feels like a relic. I felt like in the '90s when we were watching the gay characters on 'The Real World,' there was definitely a gay experience that was distinct from a straight experience. If you talk to high schoolers in 2017, I don't know that is as much a part of how they experience a social dynamic.

I'm a lesbian. That's how I identify myself, but I think there's a massive spectrum for everyone.

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

No, I've never thought that I was gay. And that's not something you think. It's something you know.

I came out around 25 publicly.

I've been bisexual for as long as I can remember. I remember being made fun of in junior high for that. It was something that was shameful, and it really shouldn't be.

I am not, I repeat, NOT a lesbian - even though I'd like to be one when I grow up.