Lance Loud Quotes

I'm really not an avowed heterosexual. I'm no more proud of it than of being white or tall.

I'm glad I'm not bisexual. I couldn't stand being rejected by men as well as women.

I was in the closet up until I moved to the U.S. But I was always one of those kids who couldn't really hide being gay. Some queer kids are just more straight-passing than others. I was not one of those kids.

I feel sorry for straight people.

But I don't believe anyone begins a homosexual.

People have always said, are you gay? I've had a lot of that. But it's just not in me. I really like women a lot; I'm repulsed by men sexually.

Gay rights is not something most of us think about - because most of us happen to have been born straight.

Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men.

In 'The L Word' heterosexuals playfully remark to one another on which members of the same sex they find hot and sometimes dally accordingly; lesbians pick up men if they want to; one of the women is bisexual; and, as in life, gay people and straight people go to the same parties, live in the same neighborhoods and are even related to one another.

My dad was a very conservative Republican businessman, so obviously I considered it a problem when I realized I was a lesbian.

I never said I was gay, because I don't think anyone is.

All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your sexuality is hopelessly defensive. It's like an ideal of racial purity.

There is no conscious choice of heterosexual identity any more than there is a homosexual one. The last person in the world who wants to be homosexual, for the most part, are homosexuals.

There is object proof that homosexuality is more interesting than heterosexuality. It's that one knows a considerable number of heterosexuals who would wish to become homosexuals, whereas one knows very few homosexuals who would really like to become heterosexuals.

Without a doubt, my sexuality was something that I just never discussed, especially in the 1950s.

I'm not gay - everybody thinks I am - but I dig 'The L Word.'

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 leave it very open because, at the end of the day, it's one of those things where I shouldn't have to reinforce and state, 'No, I'm a heterosexual' - because that's all nonsense.

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.

No one knew I was gay growing up but I was bullied. I was a cheerleader, fairly popular and considered straight.

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.

I'm as heterosexual as any person need be. I'm open about my relationships - or lack thereof - in my own life, because I want to make the case that gay isn't contagious. It's not something that you can catch or learn or choose.

I was raised around heterosexuals, as all heterosexuals are, that's where us gay people come from... you heterosexuals.

Straight people are everywhere!

I'm a straight guy and I date women, but I get on really well with gay guys. I'm very comfortable with my sexuality. The weirdest thing for me is when straight guys get really freaked out by gay guys. It's almost like they're insecure in their own sexuality. For me, I can be in a room full of gay men and have fun.