Keiynan Lonsdale Quotes

I'm not really gay, and I can't sit here and say that I am, because that's not real and that's not genuine. But I also can't sit here and say that I'm straight. This is something I've come to the conclusion through therapy and from being honest with myself. I am bisexual.

I don't really identify as gay; I don't really know what I am.

I identify as queer. I just don't know what any of these labels mean.

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

I didn't know if I was heterosexual or homosexual.

I think honestly, some people who think they're gay, they're confused.

I was homophobic because I obviously didn't know that I was gay.

People's sexuality is often defined by who we're partnered with at any given moment, which can be a frustrating limitation for me. I've had countless tiny 'coming out' moments in my life, often simply to explain to someone else that they have misjudged my sexuality based on who they saw me dating.

Bisexuality often needs an explanation. It isn't something you can often 'read' on a person, and because of that, bi people sometimes feel like an invisible part of the LGBTQIA community.

I always knew that I liked guys. I just thought it was a normal thing to like guys but then also appreciate girls' attention too.

I thought maybe I was bisexual.

Being gay, you're kind of forced to ask, I suppose, very existential questions from a very, very early age. Your identity becomes so important to you because you're trying to understand it, and, I think, from the age of, like, 9, you're being forced to ask questions... that other kids maybe don't have to ask.

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

I'm bisexual, but it's not the sort of thing I spent a lot of time thinking about. I've slept with girls; I've slept with guys, so I guess that's what they call it! I'm not anti trying to use language to simplify our lives.

The gay community just recognizes what their closets are and we straight have to spend years trying to figure out which closet we are trapped in.

The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.

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 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.

In 'The L Word' heterosexuals playfully remark to one another on which members of the same sex they find hot and sometimes dally accordingly; lesbians pick up men if they want to; one of the women is bisexual; and, as in life, gay people and straight people go to the same parties, live in the same neighborhoods and are even related to one another.

I know that, as a bisexual, sometimes people who are gay or lesbian look down upon the bisexual community as well and assume that people who are bisexual just don't know what they want or are just playing both sides of the fence, and that's not the case, either.

The adage that you're either gay or straight or you're lying, well, that's not true. Bisexuality does exist.

I am not bisexual. I am not gay. I have never had sex with men.

I was raised thinking I'd burn in hell for being gay, but I didn't have a choice. It's just who I am.

Realizing I was gay was a long sort of waking up.

I think a lot of people who say they are bisexual aren't.