Portia de Rossi Quotes

It's kind of a shame that it's even an issue. Not being gay, I can't fully appreciate how complicated that is. In the article, the interviewer asked me, and I said that if I were, I would just say it.

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.

I had a hell of a time convincing people I was gay - which was so annoying!

Ironically, when I've asked my straight friends to join me in hanging a rainbow flag, they answer, 'But someone might think we're gay,' not realizing that is exactly the point. To be mistaken for the oppressed is to momentarily become the oppressed.

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

Coming out as a gay man, it was very much about finding my own identity and dealing with labeling.

For me, as a kid, I always felt like being gay was something that was going make people turn on me.

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 think it's always good for gay people to come out, but it's also understandable why people might choose not to do so.

Growing up in the Bible Belt of Texas, I thought for sure there was no way - if I'm 100 percent true to myself and come out as a gay, African-American person in 2015 - that people are going to be able to accept that and understand it.

I am the most well-known homosexual in the world.

I don't feel closeted.

Very few people have the guts to come up to you and say, 'Hey, are you gay?'

I'm the only gay person my parents know.

I was raised thinking I'd burn in hell for being gay, but I didn't have a choice. It's just who I am.

I have a friend who is around my age, a little younger, and she's gay and came out to her own community when she was younger but not to her family and to the community at large.

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

Growing up in Fife, you were aware that there were these creatures called lesbians, but it was in the realms of complete freakishness. And I didn't feel like a freak.

I am a gay American.

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.

I grew up singing and dancing, so people have been calling me gay since fifth grade. I've heard everything you could possibly hear about it. But I do love gay people, so I'm not going to act like I was insulted or angry about it.

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

My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on.

The whole principle of coming out is that everyone knows someone who's gay. The minute someone comes out, no one can be a bigot, because someone they love is gay.

The gay thing has always been hard for me.