Quotes About Queer

Drag, at its core, is about honoring yourself and your own unique way of being a gendered, queer person. Your own unique way of using fashion to express yourself.

I prefer men who are queer. Not gay men, but queer men - guys with an open mind. Bisexual men, because they're able to understand the different elements of the body without judging that I don't conform to a certain ideal.

Me just existing and being myself is making change and making things easier for other young queer kids. I want to be me and express that and break new ground along the way.

A lot of times, when parents overdiscipline their children, especially when they're queer, their intention isn't to hurt them. They think they're saving their children from harm. But they don't realize that they're causing harm, that they're doing to their kids exactly what they're afraid of the world doing to them.

I never thought in a million years I'd be involved in a project that celebrated the fullness of my identity of being queer and Asian.

I was in the closet up until I moved to the U.S. But I was always one of those kids who couldn't really hide being gay. Some queer kids are just more straight-passing than others. I was not one of those kids.

The fact that I get to play a queer Filipino on television and another queer character in 'Crazy Rich Asians' is huge. I never thought I'd have a career being myself. I always thought that being an actor in Hollywood meant that I would have to put that side of me on the back burner.

I love St. Vincent. She is like our queer rock goddess and that's so needed.

I was just a queer theater kid from New York City.

All heist movies are about gadgetry, ultimately, which feels very queer.

I think as queer people, we were very used to accommodating.

I think that there's a lot of different factors that played into the coming out process I've had with the public. You know, it's always gradual and very individual for each queer person.

Drag Race' was, like, my outlet and finally being able to see myself in television and that was through Manila Luzon, who was a 'Drag Race' contestant. Manila was the first Asian queer person that I ever saw on mainstream media and 'Drag Race' really did that for me.

My mother went through a phase in her life where she... stopped being queer for religious reasons. I remember, my mother rebuking her sexuality... Queerness was not okay. She basically just said it wasn't okay for her... This is what, in my experience, religion can do to a queer person.

Honestly, drag queens are embedded within every part of queer culture.

You can celebrate pride, by lifting up what Black queer people have given us.

I'm still figuring it all out, and I think everyone is. And that's kind of the point is that there's no fixed identity, especially for like people in the queer community. It's going to be an ongoing journey, but yeah, I hope that sharing it helps people.

I believe an authentic Judaism would legislate total equality for queer people.

After the 'Fallon' set, I had a lot of queer people message me about how much it meant to see a queer perspective on late night TV.

As a person who doesn't identify as straight, any love song I write is contextualized by a queer identity.

Since we get so much love and support from the queer community around the world, we really wanted to connect with U.S. audiences too and put on amazing shows wherever we can!

I identify as a gay man all the time, but I also like to identify as queer.

We need folks who are queer or trans, to have an opportunity to tell their story.

I feel like, almost overnight, and this is weird to say about myself, I've become a queer advocate without even meaning to.