I now realize that I am a gay man before anything else. Other gays may think they're a Jew first, or black, or a banker, but I'm gay.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not sure when I first knew that I was gay.
It never occurred to me that I needed to say that I was gay. I simply am. Anyone who knows me or who's been around me ten minutes knows it too.
Some people think I am gay, which I think is awesome.
Discovering I'm gay just sort of happened much later in life.
No, I've never thought that I was gay. And that's not something you think. It's something you know.
I was born gay, just as I was born black.
I've been gay since the day I was born.
I never said I was gay, because I don't think anyone is.
I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.
I say I just happen to be gay. It's just like everything else - I've been on the board of The Humane Society, and I'm a vegetarian, but these are just some of the things that define me as a person. They don't define me in general.