Julian Clary Quotes

Would it be a big step forward for the LGBTQI community if there were same-sex couples on 'Strictly?' Do me a favour. Some things ain't politics, and 'Strictly' is one of them.

Most everyone now personally knows someone who is openly homosexual.

So many people, including stark conservatives, have family members and close friends who are gay.

Though gay lifestyles have certainly moved into the open, there's little evidence that society has become more open in its basic attitudes or that entertainers should feel cozy in emerging from the velvet underground.

Someone actually asked me once if I used coming out as a publicity stunt. It's cool that we live in a time when being gay could be seen as helping your career.

I'd love to see an openly gay player, a really, really good gay player come out.

Television has played an important role in normalizing the experiences of gay men and lesbians in America.

Folks, it's okay to find flamboyant homosexuality funny.

Someone coming out as gay shouldn't be newsworthy; it shouldn't be warranting a magazine cover or anything like that, which I had as my story for coming out.

I'm trying to tell kids if they are gay, it's OK to be gay. I've tried to tell families if they have a gay family member to accept them and love them as they always have.

What do you mean you don't believe in homosexuality? It's not like the Easter Bunny, your belief isn't necessary.

Gayness is a non-issue.

By in large in this country the issue of gay rights and equality should be past the point of debate. Really, there should be no debate anymore.

So the first job that I got - my father got it for me - he had his clerical collar on, was a gay bar in D.C., it was Mr. Henry's of Georgetown.

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

When I came out publicly, some photo editors had a field day searching for pictures of me with a limp wrist or some other stereotypical gay signifier - as though, after decades in the public eye, they'd suddenly come across a trove of shots where I looked like a Cher impersonator.

One of the great things about being gay and out is that the papers couldn't care less about your love life.

I have friends that are gay, and we study the Bible together.

I was gay before I began to play soccer over 40 years ago. It's been 28 years since a friend and I organized one of the first gay soccer teams in the world.

My fellow band members don't discuss their loved ones, and I don't feel that just because I am gay, I should have to discuss mine!

Some people think I am gay, which I think is awesome.

Being gay is nothing but another way to live your life.

Gay marriage won't be more of an issue 25 years from now than interracial marriage is today.

When I started, there was more of a cultural assumption that many readers would find gay characters irrelevant or repugnant.

There's nothing wrong with being gay. I have plenty of friends who are going to hell.