Rory O'Malley Quotes

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.

It's great when people have the confidence to discuss their sexuality if it works for them. I can't fault someone for not coming out, because I don't know their journey, what scares them, what's at stake, or how it will affect their personal life or family.

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.

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

I came out when I was 17 - coming out in middle or high school is one of the most difficult things that anyone could experience. I wouldn't wish it on my enemies.

Before I came out, the thought of someone calling me gay, even when I knew very well that I was, was petrifying.

Coming out, for me, was slightly painful. It was a relief, but it was also painful.

I didn't want to be gay. I wanted to be... I wanted an easy life. And you know what? I am gay, and I still have an easy life.

I came out at 17.

I have a coming-out story that's probably very similar to lots of people who are my age: the fear of being rejected, the fear of losing your family and friends. You know, I worked through all of that, and that fear, and what that does to you, is pretty profound.

Being gay and coming up in New Orleans was not easy. At first I was very terrified and very timid.

One of my best friends since I was eleven years old is a gay man, and I knew his struggle. It was a tough life, you not accepting yourself.

I've been bisexual for as long as I can remember. I remember being made fun of in junior high for that. It was something that was shameful, and it really shouldn't be.

My dad's gay experiences really had a very positive influence on me and my straight relationships - how to better accept all the weirdness and ambiguity and ups and downs and paradoxes. I knew from the beginning I was writing about love.

I didn't choose the fact that I was gay, but I did choose whether to live my life as a gay woman-that was the terrifying thing for me. Especially being a gay actress.

I don't think closeted homosexual morticians have the market cornered on self-loathing or sense of shame.

I watched pretty much every coming out video on YouTube that has ever been posted; I watched it in between 14 and a half and 15. Those coming out videos, and those people on YouTube, those brave, brave, brave people on YouTube, without them, I don't know where I'd be.

I watched a million coming-out videos, and that was kind of how I accepted it myself.

I don't believe that if I came out as bisexual the world will change. But it's really important for people to be truthful about who they are and fight for equality. We need to help the world usher itself into the next phase.

I learned that coming out was crucial to self-esteem.

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

I never felt like there was an unconscious part of me around that woke up or that came out of the closet; there wasn't a struggle, there wasn't an attempt to suppress.

When I was outed, it was like, That's done.

Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography.

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