Belinda Carlisle Quotes

When I moved to New York, the gay community welcomed me with open arms and told me how beautiful I was. I will never turn my back on them.

I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.

Without gay men, I am nothing.

In the 1980s, there weren't a lot of role models for gay teenagers.

I have so many gay friends that I love.

I am a huge fan of gays. They love me, and I love them. They think of me as sort of a gay icon.

What gay culture is before it is anything else, before it is a culture of desire or a culture of subversion or a culture of pain, is a culture of friendship.

I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual and I give a damn.

I'm always going to support the LGBT community and equal rights for the LGBT community.

Even when the band got back together in 2008, New Kids fans knew I was gay. Everyone did.

Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty.

To be gay is nothing to be proud of. It's in how you are gay that you have something to be proud of, considering the obstacles placed in your path if you are gay.

My gay audience has been with me from the beginning.

I'm happy to be everybody's gay best friend.

I'm always thrilled when I get feedback from young people, particularly from 'The New Normal,' young gay people - when they say they want that when they grow up, that means a lot to me.

I remember telling my mom, 'Mom, I'm gay, but I'm not going to march in a parade or anything.' That's what I was telling my parents and all my friends and everything. I'm gay, but I'm not going to be on a float or something. Cut to five years later, and I was the grand marshal of the gay pride parade.

I've been standing with and united with the gay community. I know so many gay men and women that homophobia is such a baffling thing for me.

I love my gay fans. Gay people are always usually my best friends in the whole world. I completely adore them.

I have many, many gay friends.

I do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out.

All I can really say is to encourage anybody who's in the closet to come out, and congratulate anyone who has.

It's just unbelievable that nearly every gay human being knows who I am now - that's overwhelming.

I just live my life - but the support from the gay community is always fantastic. It's really great because they are always the best people to always be around.

The most moving responses I got to my coming out in the first place was people, like teenagers, letting me know that it made their lives easier in some way.

I have a lot of gay friends.