Anohni Quotes

My brother used to get beaten up all the time because he was very effeminate.

Political correctness is driving machismo underground and recalling effeminacy from exile.

The world's most effeminate heterosexual, Daniel Johns

Just because I'm in favor of gay rights doesn't mean that I'm gay or doesn't mean I'm some kind of 'sissy' or something. That's the language that you hear in locker rooms.

The gay male is always going to be at the bottom.

I learned to hate my own people and their effeminate ways.

You should never be put into a mold based on your gender.

We rarely see cisgender heterosexual men in positions where they're nurturers. We only paint femmes, trans women, and cis women as nurturers, and because of toxic masculinity, men are taught not to be that way.

There's still a narrower band of acceptable behavior for women than men.

I did take some cooking classes in high school. Boys weren't really supposed to take them. I had to risk being made fun of.

I am a stereotype. I am an effeminate man.

Effeminate men have suffered a bad press the world over.

So many gay jokes tonight about (James) Franco. Apparently if you're clean, well dressed and mildly cultured, you're super gay now. Is that why the rest of you guys are so aggressively fat and dirty? You think if you read one book and take a shower, dicks are going to just fly into your face.

I generally don't like living in a world where being what a man is, is a horrible thing; and no matter what a woman is, is a wonderful thing.

If I were a guy, it would be, you know, just a different set of problems I have to carry along.

Can't blame men for wanting him. And wouldn't be surprised if Dad even mildly flirted back. Dad somewhat enjoyed being called gay. He said it made women want to prove the assertion wrong.

'Men don't cry!' 'Women can't handle money!' What limiting ideas to live with.

Sexism kind of predisposes us to see men's work as more important than women's, and it is a problem, I guess, as writers, we have to change.

Men are just jealous because they can't wear makeup.

If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law; and it can and will be violated by strangers.

Then I wanted the character to be feminine as opposed to effeminate. Because it's easy to be camp or queen. Anyone can do that. What's difficult is to play feminine.

Nothing is either all masculine or all feminine except having sex.

I'm a big rock star, I got a beautiful girl, and they still call me a fag. Its' like high school never ends - the jocks are always on top.

John Wayne treated me fine, but that macho stuff turns me off. It's not real.