#gay

Think about it: Look at the strides of awareness and treatment and tests that women have had with breast cancer, that the gay community has had with AIDS, because they're active and they talk about it. ↗

— Herbie Mann

#active #aids #awareness #because #breast cancer

I don't judge people by their sexual orientation or the color of their skin, so I find it really hard to identify someone by saying that they're a gay person or a black person or a Jewish person. ↗

— Diana Ross

#color #find #gay #hard #i

But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#children #comes #friendships #gay #having

I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role models for all children, and that means interacting with them. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#believe #children #every #firmly #gay

I've always had mostly gay male friends. ↗

— Melissa McCarthy

#friends #gay #had #i #male

Will isn't a screaming queen - that's Jack's part. They needed someone to play the part for America. It's just not the same as Britain. To have a gay character as a lead is risky. ↗

— Eric McCormack

#britain #character #gay #jack #just

Mental illness is the last frontier. The gay thing is part of everyday life now on a show like 'Modern Family,' but mental illness is still full of stigma. Maybe it is time for that to change. ↗

— Eric McCormack

#everyday #everyday life #family #frontier #full

We didn't, with 'Will & Grace,' set out to change the gay world. We just set out to be funny. ↗

— Eric McCormack

#change #funny #gay #grace #just

Honestly, I'm cool with everyone, and people pick up on that. I'd say, 'I'm not gay, but it's all good.' It's kind of like going to Paris when you don't know the language; some Americans get into trouble over there, but I'm just like, 'Sorry, I don't speak French.' ↗

— Dylan McDermott

#everyone #french #gay #get #going

Courage is knowing that you're beaten and forging ahead anyway. ↗

— Zach Wahls

#gay-and-lesbian #inspirational #courage