Herb Ritts Quotes

I've gone to normal clubs, straight clubs, and I've gone to gay clubs to party with my friends and fans. There's no difference. I have nothing to prove. I'm very comfortable in my own skin, and I'm thankful to have as many close gay friends as I have, people who have been so supportive in my life and have always been there for me.

Some people think I am gay, which I think is awesome.

Being from New York, if you're gay, you're gay. I think it's important that if you are gay, you not be afraid to say who you are.

To hang out in a gay bar or put on a sequined halter top makes me feel like a total person.

I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.

I don't feel closeted.

Who cares who comes out of the closet or not, so long as you're happy?

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

Everybody knew me as a gay man, and in my life in London, I never tried to hide.

I kind of live my life as an example, and I just never felt like I had to be on the cover of a magazine announcing that I was gay; it's just who I am. I just live my life, and I never really thought about it.

I try to treat my orientation the same way I would if I was straight, which is to talk about it when it's relevant.

Homosexuality is a way of life that I've grown accustomed to.

I'm a gay man and a proud gay man and a loud gay man.

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

So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.

People who were close to me - family and friends - they knew about my sexuality.

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

I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual and I give a damn.

If I was gay, why would I hide it?

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

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

I'm gay, and I was born this way.

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

I'm happy to be everybody's gay best friend.

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.