David Levithan Quotes

I would say I'm pretty well at ease with my sexuality, but I'm an individual before I am a female.

I'm still me, no matter if I'm gay or straight or whatever.

Sexuality shouldn't define you. It should be part of who you are.

I’m not trying to be, like, the bisexual, lesbian rapper. I don’t live on other people’s terms.

People who were close to me - family and friends - they knew about my sexuality.

If people think I am gay, yeah, hey that doesn't bother me. Not at all. What would people think? To me I am such a heterosexual guy. It doesn't even, I don't even think about it.

Sexuality is one of the biggest parts of who we are.

If there ever has been any confusion about my sexuality, then you are someone that doesn't even know me!

I think one's sexuality can be the center of life, and coming out and discovering your sexuality is something that really can define your existence.

I have never thought about my sexuality being right or wrong. To me it has always been a case of finding the right person.

It was shortly before my 18th birthday when I came out and admitted that I was gay.

Some people have their sexuality really at the forefront of who they are, and I applaud those people.

Being gay, you're kind of forced to ask, I suppose, very existential questions from a very, very early age. Your identity becomes so important to you because you're trying to understand it, and, I think, from the age of, like, 9, you're being forced to ask questions... that other kids maybe don't have to ask.

I actually don't label myself, but... Some people call me queer; some people call me bisexual, whatever it is now. I'm happy with all of it 'cause it all sort of represents me, in a way. I spent a majority of my life in the closet.

I had told one of my friends that I felt like I might be gay or that I just wasn't into girls, and I was abandoned.

I never went through a gender identity problem, but I did with my sexuality.

I'm not super conservative, and I have no problem with people being risque or owning your sexuality or even putting it out there. I have a problem when it's all you are because you're not being fair to yourself; you have more depth than this.

It takes some intelligence and insight to figure out you're gay and then a tremendous amount of balls to live it and live it proudly.

I used to have to downplay my sexuality because I wanted to be taken so seriously as a thespian and as an artist and as an actor, so I'd play crack heads and down trotting women and disguise myself, and I think as I've gotten older, I become more comfortable with who I really am and all parts of me knowing that my physical self doesn't diminish me in any way or my talent.

Just because you're into Kate...well, it doesn't necessarily mean you're gay. Although it's okay if you are. But if that's what's worrying you...' Ariel sighed. 'God. It shouldn't be so hard to talk about this stuff. All I'm saying is maybe you're gay and maybe you're not. Maybe you're bi. Or maybe it's totally a Kate thing. Maybe you'd want to be with her whether she was a girl or a boy.' I blinked. I didn't know if what she said made things better or worse.

A person's sexuality is so much more than one word "gay." No one refers to anyone as just "hetero" because that doesn't say anything. Sexual identity is broader than a label.

Maybe our gender is one thing and our sexuality is another. And that's a cool thing I think.

I'm an elderly Jewish lesbian trapped in a 33 year old nerd's body.

I was a weird kid. I should've been gay because I listened to a lot of Broadway musicals. I don't know why I'm not gay.

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.