Bobby Berk Quotes

If the creators of cartoons are intentionally or unintentionally giving children the idea that gay people are part of the big, happy human family, that's a good thing, not a bad one.

The public has always had affection for gay entertainers. The time was right for an out gay entertainer.

'Star Trek' fans totally accepted my sexual orientation. There are a great number of LGBT people across 'Star Trek' fandom. The show always appealed to people that were different - the geeks and the nerds, and the people who felt they were not quite a part of society, sometimes because they may have been gay or lesbian.

Men in makeup is becoming more widely accepted. But it's going to take so much more open-mindedness to have it be a common thing.

I don't understand how our story can be so bonkers, but 'Captain Marvel' isn't. A lot of the ideas in 'The OA' that seem outlandish are just normalizing as the years go by.

Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s.

Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal - a sort of 'voting' situation. But once the threshold is reached, then everyone demands to do whatever it is.

The world is slowly evolving into a place where the things that we have seen as being taboo are starting to open up a bit more.

In Hollywood it seems that you're considered gay until proven otherwise.

Sooner or later they are going to live in a New York City where gay marriage is not only legal, but it's common and they don't even notice.

My wife and I have many friends that are gay, and we welcome LGBT people to attend our church.

Coming out was crucial to changing attitudes about gays and lesbians: will people feel differently about abortion if they know their mother, their aunt, or their friend had one?

There should be more LGBT people on TV.

I didn't invent the bearded lady. It's been around for ages, and there are so many bearded drag queens out there - but they're not in the mainstream as I am.

There are not actually many people in Finland who are openly gay together, let alone two women.

Our team, in general, is in a position where people look up to us, and kids look up to us. I embrace that, and I think I have a huge LGBT following. I think it's pretty cool, the opportunity that I have, especially in sports. There's really not that many out athletes. It's important to be out and to live my life that way.

I didn't want it to feel like I was shoving my sexuality down people's throats.

For more than two decades, GLAAD has combatted anti-LGBT images in the media and changed the national conversation about LGBT people.

Making something the norm is the only way of not making it a talking point.

If LGBT people can identify with our story, if they think, 'The Golden Lovers are my team,' I'm good with that.

Television has played an important role in normalizing the experiences of gay men and lesbians in America.

There's a lot of healing that needs to happen between the LGBT community and the cisgender heterosexual world. There's a ton of misunderstanding.

How is it possible that in just the last ten years all of these things which were taboo throughout our culture, throughout the culture, things that were taboo are now not only normal but celebrated, and people who were not really supportive of them are called kooks and the new weirdos?

Do something bad a thousand times and it's no big deal. Everyone just goes, "Willie f - up again."

Was it a risky move? Yes, but at that moment, the reason why I came out is I thought it wasn't going to be a big deal. Maybe I was naive. Maybe I thought it was 2014, and people will understand that there's gay NFL players. There's gay athletes everywhere. But I was clearly wrong. It was a huge deal.