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I don't think I'm a gay activist. I used to be.

~Andrew Sean Greer

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Any gay man in America redeals a deck at some point.

~Andrew Sean Greer

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Gay rights are not primarily marriage rights, and for the millions who live in unaccepting places with no resources, dignity remains elusive. I am lucky to have forged meaning and built identity, but that's still a rare privilege. And gay people deserve more, collectively, than the crumbs of justice.

~Andrew Solomon

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Latino kids are not rejected by their parents for being Latino, nor are most Muslims disowned by their parents for being Muslims, but those who are gay are often the target of their families' disapprobation or outright hostility.

~Andrew Solomon

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When I was growing up, I kept hoping that I wasn't really gay because I wanted to have children. I went through a long, tortured period, so the fact that I have been able to be true to myself and have a family has been the nicest surprise of my adulthood.

~Andrew Solomon

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Someday, being gay will be a simple fact, free of party hats and blame. But not yet.

~Andrew Solomon

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Now, it's not that I think that being gay is the most amazing, wonderful thing in the world, but I have a husband; I have a life; I have friends who I've met through this. It's who I am.

~Andrew Solomon

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The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It's the ones that become the friendships that last.

~Andrew Sullivan

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My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started.

~Andrew Sullivan

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If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law; and it can and will be violated by strangers.

~Andrew Sullivan

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