Jonathan Groff Quotes

Even though I'm from the Midwest, the majority of my life has been spent on the coasts where being gay wasn't really much of a conversation.

I've had the experience of going through homophobia in my work, and I can share my experiences so future generations don't have to deal with what I've dealt with.

This idea that you can 'cure' homosexuality is appalling and simply not true.

I don't feel there's anything about my experience of being gay that gives me more insight into "don't ask, don't tell," for example, than anybody else.

What do you mean you don't believe in homosexuality? It's not like the Easter Bunny, your belief isn't necessary.

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.

I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour.

Gay rights is not something most of us think about - because most of us happen to have been born straight.

In the 21st century, I think it's fair to say, homosexuality is more accepted in Britain and it's wonderful that my generation has been able to grow up with that.

Growing up in the Bible Belt of Texas, I thought for sure there was no way - if I'm 100 percent true to myself and come out as a gay, African-American person in 2015 - that people are going to be able to accept that and understand it.

If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools.

A lot of my friends are gay, and certainly I have no tolerance for anyone who has any sort of ignorance or restriction on people's lives or love lives.

God did not create gays and lesbians so He could have something to hate!

That's my advice to all homosexuals, whether they're in the Boy Scouts, or in the Army or in high school: Shut up, don't tell anybody what you do, your life will be a lot easier.

I have Jewish friends. I have Middle Eastern friends. I have Spanish and Italian and British and Scottish and German friends and Austrian friends, and guess what? They all deal with homophobia. It's an earthling epidemic; it's not isolated in the black community.

A state that houses the NCAA headquarters. Quite frankly, if Indiana doesn't say that they're going to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, the NCAA needs to move out of Indiana.

Homosexuals are not welcome in the Gambia.

I don't know if I would have the same take on world matters and social issues if I were not gay.

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

Americans don't want cowboys to be gay.

I actually feel sorry for people who have a lot of illusions in their head about what gay is. I mean, I know some gay people who are really wonderful people.

I think it's great now that we seem to be in an era where it's OK to be gay and I think that the society in North America has had more of a problem with it than any other society.

We live in a country where people still get beaten to death because of their sexual orientation.

As a gay person, my life has been marginalized.

No one should be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation.