Julien Baker Quotes

Everyone—whether straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender—should be allowed to show their true colors, and be accepted and loved for who they are.

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.

I think people should be authentic and who they are. If that calls people to same-sex attraction and same-sex marriage, then they should be true to who they are, and I think that the world could benefit by more love.

We can do much to help our communities loosen their boundaries and begin to welcome a multitude of ways of being to make sure that individuals of mixed race, religion, or ethnicities don't feel the need to choose one or the other but see their layers as a gift, something that adds beauty.

As a gay black man, it's important to me to show up - that I'm able to show up as my whole self, in every space that I'm in, because that's how I'm able to be the most true to who I am.

You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people.

I'm not afraid of you being yourself. That's America.

The decision to open up Bahrain to embrace all people indiscriminately was fostered in me ever since I was a child.

The world I live in is not all white people, not all straight people, and it's not all people who have their acts together, either.

I want a world where everything is welcome, everything is valid, everything is acknowledged, embraced, and accepted. To me, that's a perfect world.

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

We have to believe that we can hold different points of view without labeling each other bad feminists.

One of the great things about Sydney is that it has a great acceptance of everyone and everything. It's an incredibly tolerant city, a city with a huge multicultural basis.

I think if we open ourselves to all different kinds of men and all groups, we find a lot more opportunities to love.

I'm pretty open to all walks of life.

We've never slammed people over the head or made 'The Flash' an after-school special. With us, it's always been presenting the world in which we live. The world in which we live, men and women work together; different races work together, and you have gay friends, and people have relationships. We just try to show that.

I'm open to whatever people want to call me.

I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.

I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out.

When our platform becomes too narrow for people of all creeds and of no creeds, I myself shall not stand upon it.

Make the strangers welcome in this land, let them keep their languages and customs, for weak and fragile is the realm which is based on a single language or on a single set of customs

It is like a wide embrace, gathering together all those who have searched for words of hope. It accepts all great Prophets gone before, ’ it destroys no other creeds and leaves all doors open...

My audience here in America is so eclectic. It's a real mix of people, which is great. Like what I was doing with Culture Club - world music, multiculturalism - not defining everything in terms of sexuality or color. It was about everyone coming together and being part of something.

The beautiful thing about this country is that I can be a Christian and feel free to do so. Or somebody cannot be a Christian and do whatever that entails. Or somebody can be a Christian and still be gay, and I support it.

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.