Lance Loud Quotes (21 Quotes)

Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with.

Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty.

Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images.

I wore a woman's antique fur jacket to my high school junior prom.

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

If there is a gay uniform, the differences are in how each man coordinates the details: the brand and cut of the jeans, the design of belts and boots, the haircut, the number and size of earrings.

As I was coming out of the closet, our car was hurtling over an embankment.

Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.

I believed I was invincible.

My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.

I had been found in a mud puddle at 4:30 in the morning.

My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on.

Once you know what and who you like to do in bed, you must be prepared to decide how you are going to live the rest of your life.

It was a pleasure to be a gay eyesore.

One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model.

I am now faced with mortality. Definitely not the most generous move.

It has been a year full of dark revelations, but they might offer someone else some little shred of solace if they are on the same road.

When you've grown sick of reading and bug-eyed from watching TV, when your friends are all visited out, no words can adequately praise the link to the outside world provided by your parents and family.

David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style.

As anyone who is gay will confirm, being that way is not something you become, it is a set of emotional and physical responses that just are.

Perhaps there is no agony worse than the tedium I experienced waiting for Something to Happen.