Karl Lagerfeld Quotes

I'm not homophobic and I'm not anti-gay.

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

My sexuality has never been a problem to me but I think it has been for other people.

When I was a kid, and I was odd, the default assumption was that I was odd, not that I was gay. Now when a kid is odd in a Greensburg, gay or straight, the default assumption is gay.

I grew up singing and dancing, so people have been calling me gay since fifth grade. I've heard everything you could possibly hear about it. But I do love gay people, so I'm not going to act like I was insulted or angry about it.

I am not homophobic - in no way, shape or form.

The more gays and lesbians come out - the more people realize that they have a friend who's gay, which they may not have known before, and they realize this person has the same aspirations and desires and need to be committed and to be part of a community - then they become more accepting.

Obviously, there's so many different types of gay people, but some people don't know that. Some people think we all look and act a certain type of way.

I would train with a gay man. As long as he respected me, it's all right. I don't think much of it. The fact that a guy is gay doesn't mean he's going to accost you. He can be gay, have a relationship, live among guys who aren't gay. He can do whatever he wants with his private life.

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.

That pains me in my heart to think that someone who is gay would think that I don't love them and care about them.

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

God did not create gays and lesbians so He could have something to hate!

In the U.S., they just want to know who you're sleeping with.

How can you go wrong with two people in love? If a good boy loves a good girl, good. If a good boy loves another good boy, good. And if a good girl loves the goodness in good boys and good girls, then all you have is more goodness, and goodness has nothing to do with sexual orientation.

Most everyone now personally knows someone who is openly homosexual.

I've played a couple of gay characters onstage, and it's always been something I'm comfortable with. I grew up in a family and a culture that doesn't have stigmas about sexuality.

Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.

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

I live in New York and I love hanging out in gay clubs, and a lot of my friends are gay. But, for better or for worse, I'm not gay.

Bisexuals are gay people - we're all gay. Some people don't like that.

The rights of homosexual people are human rights, and human rights are for everyone.

My parents raised me to not ever look at race or color, so it doesn't have a big part in my self-identity.

I wouldn't want to lose out on my macho action movie just because I told people I was queer.