Quotes About Acceptance

I don't believe we ought to discriminate against people because of their sexual orientation. If people are in a same-sex relationship, and they want their partner to be able to have health benefits or be designated as a beneficiary in your life insurance, there's no reason we shouldn't do that.

You can be heartbroken about a relationship but also, from it, realize you are you, and you're okay with who you are or where you came from.

Had I not been in a relationship, I would have no issues falling in love with a midget. I wouldn't mind as long as she loves me and takes care of me and my family.

Maybe there are logical reasons for a gay person not to have a great relationship with their parents - not because there's a parent who made him gay, but just because it may be difficult to understand everything.

Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.

I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion.

I'm as heterosexual as any person need be. I'm open about my relationships - or lack thereof - in my own life, because I want to make the case that gay isn't contagious. It's not something that you can catch or learn or choose.

It is what it is. I balled out, had some good years, man, had fun and did it with some guys and made relationships that will never end.

I've definitely, you know, been with women. And I've had great relationships with them where I was definitely in love. It's just I grew to a point where deep inside I knew that I could never truly have a relationship with a woman. I don't know if they ever suspected. It was never brought up.

On this planet, there is no perfection. If you chose to end relationships because of one mistake, you're going to be alone.

Abusive relationships go on and on. You're in it for so long that it can almost be impossible to see it for what it is. That just becomes your life. We get used to and adapt.

At the end of the day I have always seen the end of my relationships as a personal failure. There is nothing ever pretty in saying goodbye.

I came out to my parents as gay, and then I realized, you know, four or five years later, that I wasn't really happy, no relationships were working, and there was something missing in my life, and you know, I was doing drag, performing and stuff, and I realized through that arc that I was much happier doing that.

It's important to tell queer stories and to show queer relationships in a very normal setting.

Most of the longer-term relationships I've known have been gay relationships. They seem to be able to hang out longer.

We've got gays working there. If they can demonstrate long-term relationships, we make same-sex benefits available just as we do with common-law marriages. Gays are productive people. Some fly airplanes, some work in breweries.

Any ideas of 'other' are complicated, and otherness is relative to personal ideas of 'normal.'

I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.

I'm not against gay people. I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.

Today, it seems almost everyone knows a friend or relative who is gay.

It seems you can ask any friend, any relative, and they'll be able to tell you about someone they know with autism.

What's my audience? British society. Am I received relatively well? Yes. Is there within that... if you break it down, challenges with Muslim communities? Of course there are.

It's relatively easy to adopt kids if you're not trying to get kids that look exactly like you.

I mean, I am relatively pleased with myself and the world. But I don't assume that I'm liked.