Gus Kenworthy Quotes

I'm sure other people in the business have considered reasons why they're doing what they're doing, but I do think that if you're gay you have a responsibility to come out.

The moment I realised anyone could be watching - and this is going to sound so name-droppy - was when Ricky Martin reached out to me on Coming Out Day 2012. The Internet has this massive potential, and you can never know the effect you might have on others by just being yourself.

Anyone in public life who comes out, comes out primarily for themselves, and their life is immediately improved. That's what happened to me.

No one has the responsibility to be out to anyone but himself or herself. I made my choice a million years ago.

I think if I had seen more people like me who are out and proud, it wouldn't have taken me 45 years to say it - to walk in the truth.

The process of coming out was critical to getting where we are today: coming out to our friends, our family, our co-workers, God forbid, to our clients.

It means so much to me to see Caitlyn Jenner coming out, just by being her authentic self, staying true to who she is, and just living her life.

Transparent' was my coming-out party.

I think it's kind of awkward when everyone knows you're gay but you don't say it. I had been thinking about coming out for almost a year before I did. I thought about it seriously on the plane ride home from the World Cup, while I was casually talking to my friend Lori Lindsey. She said, "Dude, you should just come out." She was right. Everyone in my life already knew. If you want to stand up and fight for equal rights but then won't even stand up for yourself and say "I'm gay" - that just started to feel weird.

I would advise any gay person that being out in the real sense can never happen too soon.

I have never been outed by anyone but myself!

It's about how you exist as a person in the world, and the idea that your work is more important than you as a person is a horrible, horrible message. I always think about a little gay boy in Wisconsin or a little lesbian in Arkansas seeing someone like me, and if I cannot be open in my life, how on earth can they?

I didn't choose the fact that I was gay, but I did choose whether to live my life as a gay woman-that was the terrifying thing for me. Especially being a gay actress.

Some people might say my coming out after just winning the MVP award is heroic, and I understand that.

My views on equality are pretty obvious. I mean, I did play a highly complex lesbian techno DJ on TV, but I know it's not always easy to come out and tell the world where you stand.

I put myself on the line with my truth and my sexuality. That is my choice. My choice.

I learned that coming out was crucial to self-esteem.

Thanks to every gay person in public and non-public life who has come out.

I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out.

I think that anybody coming out and saying, 'This is who I am, and let me show it to you...' is good for the world.

I'm grateful to the LGBTQ community for giving me the courage to write music about who I am and not just about my sexual orientation.

There's kind of a gift in being gay because, if you come out, you're forced to express yourself.

The difference between being in the closet and out of the closet as a gay man is such a huge shift. I feel so connected still to that 22-year-old, but the idea that I was not open with that part of my life - which I am now so open about - is sort of surreal.

I think coming out, for me, is really about tearing down the prison wall.

When people ask me for advice about when to come out, it's really about, before you do that, building a circle of support that can strengthen you through that experience. For me, it was my friends. There were people on 'My So-Called Life' that really helped guide me.