Emma Walton Hamilton Quotes

My life's not about being gay - although one could argue I'm pretty professionally gay - but that's not how I experience life. Being gay is a profound part of who I am, but it isn't all of who I am.

I'm not ashamed to be gay.

In all honesty, when you talk about 'the gay community,' you are talking about my community, haha.

Coming out is the most political thing you can do.

I am many things, but one of the things I am is a lesbian.

I am comfortable being gay. Most of my adult life, it's never been a secret. I knew I was gay when I was in high school. I am just fortunate I have lived in two of the most gay-friendly places in the world: New York and London.

If hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it's worth the trade-off with my own privacy.

I think being gay has resulted in gay characters standing front and center in all of my work.

My whole life is queer.

I was born into the most amazing family an underdog could be born into, and I was born into the LGBTQ community. And what a beautiful community we are. The art, the music, the fashion, the brains, the fight, the survival skills, the diversity, male, female, non-binary, Gender Non Conforming, cis, trans, femme, and all races.

I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.

I came out around 25 publicly.

I can't speak for other people, but for me, I feel like gone are the days that you need to come out of a closet. I never felt like I was in a closet. I never did. I always felt comfortable with who I am and the decisions I made.

I now realize that I am a gay man before anything else. Other gays may think they're a Jew first, or black, or a banker, but I'm gay.

I don't feel closeted.

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.

Proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man.

I was born gay, just as I was born black.

I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.

As a child, recognizing my difference from other kids, I went to the local public library to try to better understand my reality. Back then, many library card catalogues didn't even list 'homosexuality' as a topic.

I often refer to myself as a gay man and all my friends are gay and I would like nothing more than for them to be able to be married.

I'm not sure when I first knew that I was gay.

I always knew I was gay. I always knew that somehow it would work out.

I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn't.

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.