Jerry Falwell

We will see a breakdown of the family and family values if we decide to approve same-sex marriage, and if we decide to establish homosexuality as an acceptable alternative lifestyle with all the benefits that go with equating it with the heterosexual lifestyle.

American Clergyman

Andrew Solomon

When I was born, the wisdom was that homosexuality was an illness; that it was caused largely by somebody's mother, and a distorted relationship with the mother. And now, as I live my life - married to a husband, with kids - it's an identity.

Writer

Marlo Thomas

I don't think homosexuality is a choice. Society forces you to think it's a choice, but in fact, it's in one's nature. The choice is whether one expresses one's nature truthfully or spends the rest of one's life lying about it.

American Actress

Liz Carmouche

There was a point when people didn't see the UFC as supporting the LGBT community or homosexuality. But by embracing me, the UFC showed that wasn't true and that it wanted to support the community as much as possible.

American Mixed Martial Artist

Anita Bryant

I would give my life if necessary to protect my children. I'm concerned with giving them the right food and clothes to wear... If they're exposed to homosexuality I might as well feed them garbage.

American Singer

Prateik Babbar

I feel that a film or a play presenting homosexuality does not necessarily have to come with a message for the audience. It is a way of life, everyone should be treated equally.

Indian Actor

Miriam Margolyes

The curious thing is that I embraced homosexuality with as much joy and delight as I've embraced everything else in my life.

English Actress

Dan Savage

If what you want is a life where your homosexuality is not an issue, move, as many have done.

American Writer

Johnny Mathis

Homosexuality is a way of life that I've grown accustomed to.

American Musician

Yahya Jammeh

Politician

Be aware of different attitudes toward homosexuality across cultures when discussing the topic.

Cultural Sensitivity

Use 'homosexuality' as a neutral, scientific term when talking about same-sex attraction without bias.

Neutral Term

Use 'homosexuality' in more formal or serious contexts, rather than slang or casual phrases.

Serious Discussions

 the filthy, protruding ears, those stained, fatty clothes Jews often have an unpleasant sweetish odor. If you have a good nose, you can smell the Jews." A more modern example comes from people who try to convince us that homosexuality is immoral. This is from an anti-gay website, where they said

The strange politics of...

 and we were getting serious, so we decided to invite them all to dinner, our parents. We introduced them to each other. My mother was, sort of, very sensitive to his mother, who, it seemed, was a little bit skeptical about the whole "alternative lifestyle" thing -- you know, homosexuality.

Isaac Mizrahi: Fashion,...

 but I think that when we take the long run, things have been getting radically better. Here, for example, is life expectancy over time. Here's the proportion of people not living in extreme poverty. Here's the number of countries over time that have decriminalized homosexuality.

What are the most...

 In spite of his deft management, some of the other organizers did not want Rustin to march in front with other leaders from the south, because of his homosexuality. Despite these slights, Rustin maintained his focus, and on the day of the march he delivered the marchers' demands

An unsung hero of the...

 on racial inequality and homosexuality. After high school, he began writing novels and essays while taking a series of odd jobs. But the issues that had driven him away from the Church were still inescapable in his daily life. Constantly confronted with racism and homophobia,

Notes of a native son:...

 Turns out, it wasn't hard to find them at all. Yes, there are still tragedies that happen on the bumpy road to equality. And let's not forget that 75 countries still criminalize homosexuality today. But there are also stories of hope and courage in every corner of the world.

This Is What LGBT Life...

 an amusement park. There, I was exposed to people from all sorts of faiths and cultures, and that experience proved to be fundamental to the development of my character. Most of my life, I'd been taught that homosexuality was a sin, and by extension,

I am the son of a...

 "Even in purely nonreligious terms, homosexuality represents a misuse of the sexual faculty. It is a pathetic little second-rate substitute for reality -- a pitiable flight from life. As such, it deserves no compassion,

Love, no matter what PIPE...

 which resists any assault, any alternative. And around the fortress is this vast field of taboo against premarital sex, against condoms, against abortion, against homosexuality, you name it.

A little-told tale of...

 or uttering a council of hatred or inveighing against homosexuality or something of that sort. Often people don't really want to be compassionate. I sometimes see