Pete Buttigieg Quotes

I think I was more just not comfortable with saying it. I was also in denial. I was like, 'I'm not gay, am I?' Cause I think, also the fact that I didn't fit the stereotypical mold of what a lesbian is supposed to be or act, I was just this girl that nobody would have expected.

I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.

I never felt like there was an unconscious part of me around that woke up or that came out of the closet; there wasn't a struggle, there wasn't an attempt to suppress.

Being gay is a fundamental part of my being - the core of who I've always been, and the thing that I had repressed and run from all my life.

I'm proud of my sexuality.

I think one's sexuality can be the center of life, and coming out and discovering your sexuality is something that really can define your existence.

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.

I realized so much of my college years were spent not wanting to be gay. I just imagined how different it would be if I were going through that experience in 2016 as opposed to 1984.

Coming out as a gay man, it was very much about finding my own identity and dealing with labeling.

I was conveniently bisexual for a long time, and then I went, 'Come on, who am I kidding?' And I have to say, it was the single biggest step I took toward emotional well-being, to stop feeling like I had to hide who I am.

I didn't choose the fact that I was gay, but I did choose whether to live my life as a gay woman-that was the terrifying thing for me. Especially being a gay actress.

Discovering I'm gay just sort of happened much later in life.

I've been openly gay since I can remember.

I like to think that if I were gay I would be out. Rupert Everett-style.

Realizing I was gay was a long sort of waking up.

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

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

I never talked about homosexuality with my family. After I was 18, they know everything, but I never talk; it was like an information but in silence. I start to talk when I was 32, it was good for me - it was like a liberation. I'm talking about a love story. I'm not talking about sex because love is love.

After coming out as gay, I soon felt a lot more comfortable in my life, moment to moment.

I'm homosexual... How and why are idle questions. It's a little like wanting to know why my eyes are green.

I think also there was a lot of coming to terms with where I am in life, where I fit in as a gay man in America, and getting more comfortable with who I am.

I've been gay since the day I was born.

Before I came out, the thought of someone calling me gay, even when I knew very well that I was, was petrifying.

I really didn't talk about my sexuality until I wrote my autobiography.

I knew that I was different when I was six years old, but it wasn't until I got to about 10 or 11 that I realised I was a gay man.