John Piper Quotes

I would love if gay men responded to me. All I want is for many gay men to dress up as me for Halloween.

I very much like writing about homosexual relations. I don't quite know why. Perhaps it's because I feel there's still so much to be said about them.

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.

'Queer as Folk' is gay gay gay gay gay.

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.

It was a pleasure to be a gay eyesore.

I suppose that I inherited the same vocabulary and world view as most black Christians do, most Christians in general, to be sure. It was heterosexist in the sense that it took the heterosexual orientation as the norm from which to start as the given. And everything that fell outside of that was not acceptable.

When it's all said and done, I am secure enough with my manhood to say to the world, 'I am a male actor, and its okay for me to play a gay man.'

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

I'm just a woman in love with another woman.

My being gay is not a social issue; it's a fact. It's not something to be debated. It's a reality.

In terms of sexual orientation I don't really feel I've changed. I don't feel there was a hidden part of my sexuality that I wasn't aware of. I'd been with men all my life, and I'd never fallen in love with a woman. But when I did, it didn't seem so strange.

Jenny McCarthy was the one I thought could turn me straight. I thought that if I could just get my shot with her, it could happen.

It's daunting, taking on the task of representing the gay community, because there are so many different facets and different schools of thought and behavior.

I purposely didn't change the pronouns in 'Dancing On My Own' so that it was from a gay man's perspective.

I am gay. I've had two boyfriends most of my life.

When I made 'Monster,' I didn't think about it being about a woman. I didn't think about that she was a lesbian. I was telling a story about a specific person who was tragic and looking for love in the world, and the more I could make her you, the more of a victory.

These names: gay, queer, homosexual are limiting. I would love to finish with them. We're going to have to decide which terms to use and where we use them. For me to use the word 'queer' is a liberation; it was a word that frightened me, but no longer.

My dad's gay experiences really had a very positive influence on me and my straight relationships - how to better accept all the weirdness and ambiguity and ups and downs and paradoxes. I knew from the beginning I was writing about love.

I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.

Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men.

I'm, like, a person who likes love. And I can find love in any type of person. I've dated girls, and I've liked girls. But they're usually straight girls, so it never works out. I mean, I'm not that gay, so I don't have the energy to convince someone else to be gay, you know?

I am not gay.

I've been openly gay since I can remember.

I am for love, whether it's a man and a woman, a woman and a woman, a man and a man.