BD Wong Quotes

I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents. Maybe there are logical reasons for a gay person not to have a great relationship with their parents - not because there's a parent who made him gay, but just because it may be difficult to understand everything.

No mother wants to hear her son say he's gay. Those two words rip the picture of a daughter-in-law and grandchildren into pieces. I felt sorry for my mom and wanted her to know everything was going to be all right. But then she said, 'I don't really care, Johnny, as long as I know that you are going to be happy.'

I get DMs all the time: kids who don't know how to come out to their parents, parents who don't know how to deal with their kids who are gay. I try to give the best advice I can.

I'm not saying that being straight is easy, but when you're gay, you don't really have a familial network or support system. You have to find that.

My dream is to have a gay son.

I now realize that I am a gay man before anything else. Other gays may think they're a Jew first, or black, or a banker, but I'm gay.

It's not the '90s anymore. I think the gay community is a lot more accepted these days.

If my kid came to me and said 'I'm gay,' I'd say, 'Son, I love you.'

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.

No matter what, if my son was gay, I'd treat him like a king.

I myself know some people who are gay. We're on friendly terms. I'm not prejudiced in any way.

Growing up, one of my cousins was an out gay man.

Having two boys of my own who I love more than I'll ever love myself, I can't tell you how crushing it would be if they couldn't feel that they could tell their father that they were gay - or different in any way.

When I was 13, my mum knew that I was gay, and she just always knew.

My father loved me and was devoted to me until he knew I was gay, and then our relationship went south. So I always make sure that I let my sons know that I will love them, no matter what they do or who they become, for the rest of their lives.

I'm not homophobic and I'm not anti-gay.

I disagree with a couple of the stances of the Catholic Church. My older brother is gay, and it's important for me to be able to love him completely and freely, and it's important for me to spread beliefs in the world that are not going to limit people in their love. I can't support a religion that doesn't support my brother.

I read that a lot of people think I'm gay. I don't care. My boyfriend and I are not really phased by what people say.

I think for a long time I wasn't really out to myself growing up in Omaha, Neb., to a Catholic conservative family. It took me a while to come out to myself, and not long after that, I came out to them. I think that it really couldn't have been a better experience. They were all immediately supportive.

I have close family members as well as lots of close friends who are gay. Many of them strongly support gay marriage.

My mom doesn't get the whole gay thing, but she loves me.

I've always been way closer to my mom. I'm close to my dad, but they're totally different kinds of relationships.

Growing up in Kentucky, I used to hang out with four running buddies as a kid - 6, 10, and 11 years old. Two of them would later come out, and so 50 percent of my friends as a kid were gay.

I have a gay cousin who came out to my parents before he came out to his own. So I benefited from having a very open, supportive family, and I want to pass that on.

Honestly, I am hoping to influence young people, and Twitter's a great way to encourage them to lend their voice to the conversation. Any time you can show young people that you support gay friends and that there are gay people in the world who are lovely, happy, singing, and in love, it opens their minds.