Nico Santos Quotes

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.

I think one's sexuality can be the center of life, and coming out and discovering your sexuality is something that really can define your existence.

Someone said to me a long time ago, 'You're a drag queen,' and at the time I was a little like... hello? But then I realized over the years that I actually am.

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.

I watched a million coming-out videos, and that was kind of how I accepted it myself.

I think also there was a lot of coming to terms with where I am in life, where I fit in as a gay man in America, and getting more comfortable with who I am.

I'm proud of my sexuality.

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

Since puberty, I've always known there was a possibility of me being with a man. It wasn't anything I felt the need to explore until the time came to explore it.

I used to be scared of people thinking I was gay but now I'd be shocked if they didn't.

I remember just calling myself gay was a big step for me, and I remember being in the bathroom brushing my teeth, testing out to myself in the mirror, saying, 'I am gay,' and seeing if the world was going to stop or if the ceiling would fall in on me.

I think for a long time I wasn't really out to myself growing up in Omaha, Neb., to a Catholic conservative family. It took me a while to come out to myself, and not long after that, I came out to them. I think that it really couldn't have been a better experience. They were all immediately supportive.

I think it's always good for gay people to come out, but it's also understandable why people might choose not to do so.

I guess I had a suspicion of it my entire life without knowing exactly what it was - knowing that there was something different about me, which I attributed to being an artist. At 11 or 12 I started sort of clarifying for myself. It took a while.

When I was with Ellen, I was telling people, If you come out, it's gonna be better for you. But I honestly don't know that.

I don't think closeted homosexual morticians have the market cornered on self-loathing or sense of shame.

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

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

The writing was so clearly written on the wall about me, but I didn't see it. I had no role models. I didn't know there was even a possibility of being gay. I battled with it, but this was the way God made me. If you have a problem with it, take it up with the man upstairs.

I realize it's a cliche, almost, that coming out of the closet is a very healthy and empowering thing to do, but for me, it really has been a truly wonderful thing.

Before I came out, the thought of someone calling me gay, even when I knew very well that I was, was petrifying.

My sexuality is not a phase. I am who I am.

I was terrified about people knowing I was gay. I'd cringe inside at the idea that they'd be talking behind my back.

I had a lot of friends for a long time who were gay, and I didn't even realize it for awhile. Even in my mid- to late 20s, I was still pretty naive about it.

I didn't have a coming out moment.