Securing for gays and lesbians the basic right to have their relationships and families recognized as part of a community makes all of our communities stronger. – Paul Singer
Like it or not children are being raised by gay and lesbian parents all over America – as many as 10 million children. And it does nothing to make their lives more stable and secure to attack their families, to attack their parents to prevent us from marrying each other. – Dan Savage
I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference. – Evan Hunter
In Indiana, gays and lesbians can be fired from their jobs with impunity, and in Arkansas, it’s the same thing. We need those protective laws to truly have an equal society. – George Takei
Honestly, I never thought I’d actually be playing a teen lesbian. I didn’t think it was going to go this far. But I’m glad that it did, because there have been a lot of fans who have expressed that they’ve been going through similar situations in their lives. – Naya Rivera
My hope is that we will inspire more lesbians to get politically engaged. For too long, lesbian women have been left out of politics. – Laura Ricketts
Lesbian humor isn’t trying to sell anything, it doesn’t have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act; if it weren’t, more women would do it. – Kate Clinton
There are plenty of lesbians in Hollywood, but they’re not out. And that’s their choice, but I can’t do that, it’s too important to me. – Jill Bennett
To me, celebrity doesn’t mean a whole lot unless you’re willing to use it. So I wanted to use it in a different way, with my AIDS work, the human rights stuff for the gay and lesbian community and the speaking I do. – Judith Light
Oh, there’s all these rumors that I’m a lesbian. I have a boyfriend now, Brandon Blackstock; my manager Narvel’s son, Reba McEntire’s stepson. – Kelly Clarkson
Gay and lesbian people, and the children they are raising, wrongfully face discrimination, and I want them to know that I’m on their side. – Juan Pablo Galavis
I’d hesitated to have a wedding because my gay and lesbian friends don’t have that right. – Kathy Najimy
My mother died of a stroke in 1974, and for a long time, I blamed myself. She was utterly devastated when I told her I was a lesbian not long before. – Miriam Margolyes
The virtue of the civil partnerships scheme lay in the attempt to treat the needs of gay and lesbian couples as what they are, not to bundle them into some other category. – John Sentamu
I was actually a bit disappointed about the amount of sex in the show. I think Backus should get out a bit more, get a relationship, perhaps make her a lesbian. – Lexa Doig
I’ve actually performed at Gay Pride in Atlanta three times in my career. I’ve always had a large gay following, particularly in the lesbian community. I am grateful for that. To me, it means my music transcends categories. It also means that I’m a cute girl singing a rock song in an alto voice! – Jennifer Nettles
I think being gay and gay people are the most wonderful things in the world. I wish all of us could have the power and pride to benefit from what is rightfully ours. Why isn’t there an enormous building in Washington called the ‘National Association of Lesbian and Gay Concerns’ to lobby for us? – Larry Kramer
I’m happy to say that I’m a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don’t want to be called women comedians, but I think it gives a path to the fact that we live in extremely patriarchal times. – Kate Clinton
I don’t think there is any good answer to the question why shouldn’t gays and lesbians who want to serve their country be allowed to do it. – John Bolton
Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it’s cheaper to produce and therefore more accessible for women. But the very form of stand-up is masculine. – Kate Clinton
I’m not a lesbian. I just think that all humans are born with the ability to be attracted to both sexes. – Megan Fox
I feel like I’ve been observed as an individual more than a gay person, or as a filmmaker with a certain point of view rather than a lesbian filmmaker with a gay point of view. – Lisa Cholodenko
There is so much work to be done to treat gays and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples with the respect that they’re entitled to. They deserve, in my judgment, partnership benefits. They deserve to be treated fairly when it comes to adoption and immigration. – John Edwards
If you believe in equality, if you believe in standing up for the rights of all, especially for people most affected by bigotry and discrimination, then you have no choice but to be present and accounted for when it comes to standing up for gays and lesbians in our society. – Michael Moore
I think I’ve played a lesbian about five times. The first one was with Helen Baxendale in a drama called ‘The Investigator,’ about the conditions lesbians had to live under in the army in Britain, which was based on a true story. – Laura Fraser
I’ve got quite a big gay following. I played a lesbian prostitute in the TV series ‘Band Of Gold’ but I think my following really grew when I played one in the film ‘Imagine Me & You,’ with Piper Perabo. – Lena Headey