Evan Davis Quotes

I can't speak for other people, but for me, I feel like gone are the days that you need to come out of a closet. I never felt like I was in a closet. I never did. I always felt comfortable with who I am and the decisions I made.

I don't feel closeted.

I feel like I've been observed as an individual more than a gay person, or as a filmmaker with a certain point of view rather than a lesbian filmmaker with a gay point of view.

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

Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I've won. I'm still the same person. I'm Sheryl.

My lyrics are about same-sex relationships, because that's who I am. It was important to me that I felt comfortable expressing myself.

My life's not about being gay - although one could argue I'm pretty professionally gay - but that's not how I experience life. Being gay is a profound part of who I am, but it isn't all of who I am.

A lot of people told me I should be quiet about being bisexual and not say anything, but for me this is a part of my identity.

When we first came out with our music, the gay question was always there and it was super important for everyone. But for me it was amusing.

I'm not ashamed to be gay.

I don't like labels, but if you have to put a label on it, I'm a gay man.

Without gay men, I am nothing.

I've never denied my sexual orientation. I just don't make a point of it. It isn't what I do. Clearly, I'm known for the work I've done on trade and Social Security.

If I don't get a TV show next year because someone looks up my Wikipedia and it says 'openly gay,' then it's worth the risk because I've had so many years being openly gay and proud of myself as a role model.

I didn't want that 15 minutes of fame moment like, 'Oh, she said she was gay.'

People think they know who I am, because I've played so many very, very out gay men on stage, and they think that's me.

I was born gay, just as I was born black.

If I was gay, why would I hide it?

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

Just because you are out doesn't make you the poster boy for the gay community.

I am a proud member of the LGBT community and could never bear the idea that someone could say I was closeted.

I am a gay American.

The first gay person I ever met was surely not the first gay person I ever met.

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

I sort of challenge people's perceptions of what a gay man is, which is kinda good.