Kyan Douglas Quotes

I was embraced entirely and completely by the LGBTQ community. So I always felt very comfortable and confident to live exactly how I wanted to.

I never felt welcome in the heteronormative groups.

Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.

A lot of straight people think I'm nuts.

Sexuality didn't come into it when I was bullied, but for so many years, being LGBTQ was one of the biggest things you would be bullied for at school. Hopefully, as time goes on, it will be a completely accepted thing that people won't have to think about.

Sedaris, in his essay in the It Gets Better book, writes that when he was growing up nobody called him gay because you might as well have called him a warlock. Nobody knew what gay was.

Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography.

I'm fine with gays. I have nothing against gays.

Acceptance is so important because we cannot go through this journey alone. I am fortunate to have a very supportive family, but not all trans kids are so lucky. I recommend seeking out a friend or an adult who you think will accept you and telling them how you feel.

There is nothing wrong with being gay.

I want to continue to use my platform to tell my story to let young people that are struggling with their sexuality or identity know they are not alone, and it will get better.

If I was gay, I would be the best gay of all history.

No one knew I was gay growing up but I was bullied. I was a cheerleader, fairly popular and considered straight.

You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people.

Be yourself. And if you're not accepted by your family, there will be people who will accept you.

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'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.

There's nothing wrong with being gay, but I'm not.

When I first moved to New York, I had some colleagues who said I should be my straightest self - whatever that means - when I went into casting offices, but I didn't want to put on an act of what I thought was heterosexual. I just wanted to be myself, and I'm very grateful because I feel like I've been embraced for that.

Gay rights is just one of the social issues I'm interested in. I think that people might be less tense about it if we would all accept the fact that not everyone is wired the same way.

I want young people to know that they can belong - whatever your culture, your religion, your sexuality - that you can live life how you want to live it and feel comfortable how you are.

Very few people have the guts to come up to you and say, 'Hey, are you gay?'

I'm the only gay person my parents know.

My son wasn't gay. No way.

A guy friend and I went to California Pizza Kitchen, and a group of pretty girls came over to us and said, 'You guys are gay, right?'