Sandra Bernhard Quotes

It's everyone's own decision to [be gay]. It doesn't affect me and shouldn't affect anyone else.

I'm trying to tell kids if they are gay, it's OK to be gay. I've tried to tell families if they have a gay family member to accept them and love them as they always have.

Straight people are everywhere!

Gay rights is just one of the social issues I'm interested in. I think that people might be less tense about it if we would all accept the fact that not everyone is wired the same way.

I don't feel like millions of people are wrong because they love who they love or they were born how they were born.

Most everyone now personally knows someone who is openly homosexual.

I'm in a little bit of a different situation, because working in the business that I do and living in the city that I live in, I haven't had a problem with people who are gay. Since I was 10 I've been working alongside them, and some of my best friends are gay.

Homosexuality is acceptable in the West.

The rights of homosexual people are human rights, and human rights are for everyone.

I don't think I'm a gay icon. I have no axe to grind. I mean, I'm clearly not homophobic! I'm not pro or con.

There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.

I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I'm for anything life-affirmative. I'm for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who's different.

Whoopie doo guys, yes, I've dated girls and I've dated boys - get over it.

A straight writer can write a gay novel and not worry about it, and a gay novelist can write about straight people.

I believe in an America that does not discriminate because of sexual orientation.

Gay is not a choice.

I have no problems with the homosexuality out there.

I like diversity. I'd like there to be all levels of gay and straight, all different variations of gender, all colors, all creeds. I'm into seeing that.

I have no problems with gay men or gay women.

I'm not homophobic and I'm not anti-gay.

The most important thing will be when we actually stop talking about sexual orientation. The moment we reach that point when that is not important any more, we've reached a big goal which is a long way in front of us.

I believe that individuals in our country should not face discrimination for their sex or their gender or their sexual orientation.

Somebody's sexual preference is, like, who cares?

Everyone—whether straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender—should be allowed to show their true colors, and be accepted and loved for who they are.

I love gay people. Or as I sometimes call them, 'people.'