#closet

There are those from religious backgrounds who resist and oppose LGBT equality; some very obsessively and publicly. They make bold accusations and negative statements about gay and lesbian people, their supposed "lifestyle" and relationships. But when a son, daughter, brother, sister or close friend comes out it is no longer an "issue" it becomes a person. They realise everything they'd said was painfully targeted at someone they love. Then......everything changes. ↗

— Anthony Venn-Brown

#coming-out-of-the-closet #coming-out-stories #lgbt #lgbt-rights #lgbtq-community

But being in the closet uniquely assisted me in politics. From my first run for the state legislature until my election as governor, all too often I was not leading but following my best guess at public opinion. ↗

— James McGreevey

#being #best #closet #election #first

I have a face that is a cross between two pounds of halibut and an explosion in an old clothes closet. ↗

— David Niven

#closet #clothes #cross #explosion #face

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. ↗

— Cynthia Nixon

#attempt #came #closet #felt #i

I have far too many skeletons in my closet to think about any sort of serious mention of public office. ↗

— David Cone

#any #closet #far #i #many

Everything has been written. Everybody knows everything about me. There are no secrets. Except the skeletons in my closet. ↗

— Kirby Puckett

#been #closet #everybody #everything #except

If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#closet #dance #get #rid #skeleton

You're gay," wash stated. Rhodes nodded, a short jerk of his head, dropping his gaze to his beer. "As in, you-like-men gay." Still eying his beer, Rhodes gave an affirmative shrug. "As in, you like-to-fuck-men gay." "Yes! ↗

— Katie Allen

#men

I was always a closet blues player. ↗

— Tito Jackson

#blues #closet #i #player

I've never been an all-black girl. I like pinks and blues and greens. If you come over to my closet, you'll be able to find a rainbow of things to wear. ↗

— Carly Rae Jepsen

#been #blues #closet #come #find