Crystal Bowersox Quotes

People who were close to me - family and friends - they knew about my sexuality.

I'm gay, and I was born this way.

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.

I didn't quite fit in in any particular, specific way. I was a gay teenager who was into drama.

I think it can be difficult for young lesbian or young gay, bisexual, transgender to come out and be open with who they are because there's such a huge stigma attached to that preference of their sexuality.

Our intention is to really explore this transition and, beyond that, explore the particular things that someone comes up against when they're gay or lesbian.

I know that, as a bisexual, sometimes people who are gay or lesbian look down upon the bisexual community as well and assume that people who are bisexual just don't know what they want or are just playing both sides of the fence, and that's not the case, either.

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

I am gay, and I'm very comfortable with it.

Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography.

I wanted so badly to be straight like my friends. But I couldn't change it any more than I could change having brown eyes. And I knew I would never fit into what kids thought was normal.

Some people have a desire to be with the same sex. But that's them.

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.

The gay thing has always been hard for me.

Sexuality didn't come into it when I was bullied, but for so many years, being LGBTQ was one of the biggest things you would be bullied for at school. Hopefully, as time goes on, it will be a completely accepted thing that people won't have to think about.

You can't use the fact that I'm bisexual against me if that's something I'm proud of.

I knew I was gay since, like, fifth grade.

Being gay, you're kind of forced to ask, I suppose, very existential questions from a very, very early age. Your identity becomes so important to you because you're trying to understand it, and, I think, from the age of, like, 9, you're being forced to ask questions... that other kids maybe don't have to ask.

I'm very, very lucky - when I realised I was sexually attracted to females there wasn't a struggle where I found that hard to accept.

I want to continue to use my platform to tell my story to let young people that are struggling with their sexuality or identity know they are not alone, and it will get better.

The gay community just recognizes what their closets are and we straight have to spend years trying to figure out which closet we are trapped in.

When you're a young kid and you're gay, you're out there on your own. And you're trying to figure this thing out. And your parents typically aren't gay.

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.

For thousands of years, there have been lies about being gay or not being gay. If you know they're lies, you're free.

I don't feel closeted.