Dan Butler Quotes

Gayness is a non-issue.

Straight people are everywhere!

I just didn't like the word 'gay.' I still don't like it. It's a dumb way of describing sexuality. I like 'queer' or other words, but 'gay' is a word that had a completely different-meaning word and has been reappropriated. I just don't like it.

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.

Everyone in the gay community doesn't think alike.

All identity labels are umbrella terms to some degree, but this term 'bisexual' is not only serviceable, but it is sufficient. And yes, it brings together a bunch of people who are maybe shades different from one another. And maybe that's the beauty of labels: that they force you to be with other people and see the difference.

I have nothing, absolutely nothing against anyone who's homosexual. If that's their orientation, then I accept that. And I have no problem with someone who has other orientations.

I don't think I'm a gay icon. I have no axe to grind. I mean, I'm clearly not homophobic! I'm not pro or con.

I'm not against gay people. I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.

Whoopie doo guys, yes, I've dated girls and I've dated boys - get over it.

I sort of challenge people's perceptions of what a gay man is, which is kinda good.

A straight writer can write a gay novel and not worry about it, and a gay novelist can write about straight people.

The truth is that I am a gay American.

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.

To call me gay is a compliment. Also, if I'd been macho, I'd just have had an audience full of men.

I think it would be tough for a lot of the athletes that I play with to think that while that I'm showering, that I'm performing on the field, I'm bleeding, I'm fighting with a person that is a homosexual.

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

I don't like labels, but if you have to put a label on it, I'm a gay man.

I identify as a gay man all the time, but I also like to identify as queer.

It's everyone's own decision to [be gay]. It doesn't affect me and shouldn't affect anyone else.

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.

You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people.

These names: gay, queer, homosexual are limiting. I would love to finish with them. We're going to have to decide which terms to use and where we use them. For me to use the word 'queer' is a liberation; it was a word that frightened me, but no longer.

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.

It doesn't annoy me but I think of myself as a presenter who is gay, rather than a gay presenter. It's a subtle distinction, but that's how I view it.