Let's go on a quick parade through 15 great quotes about being gay.

"[Gay rights are] perfectly all right with me. Some of the most gifted people I've ever met

or read about are homosexual. How can you knock it?" -Lucille Ball

"I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant." -Paul Newman

"Hi Twitterland. Sorry for my lack of tweets recently.

Apparently I have babies and stuff. I'll try harder. xo." -Neil Patrick Harris on Twitter

"If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded as American culture, you would pretty much be left with Let's Make a Deal." –Fran Lebowitz

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim.

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." -Harvey Fierstein

"I don’t have any secrets I need kept anymore. There’s probably some small shit still, but you know what I mean. I was never alone, as much as I felt like it. As much as I still do sometimes. I never was. I don’t think I ever could be. Thanks." - Frank Ocean

"Gay people don't actually try to convert people.

That's Jehovah's Witnesses you're thinking of." -Tina Fey, Bossypants

“Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.” –Dorothy Parker

"Gay men are perfect men for girls who are tough. They're not threatened by strong women, and they're usually very in touch with their feelings and pay attention to details. I've always had an affinity with gay men." –Madonna

A lot of people are curious why I’m a lesbian.

Ladies and gentlemen, the cast of Entourage! –Jane Lynch, as host of the Emmys.

"The tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible...

The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy,

comfortable with myself, and proud." –Anderson Cooper

“You all have fought for him as surely as if you were one of his parents. You’ve changed and are changing the lives of little boys and girls who realize somewhere along the way they’re just different from their other brothers and sisters. And so the f*ck what?" –Sally Field, at this week's HRC gala

"Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me." –Bette Davis

“There is no gay agenda – it's a human agenda.

All of us should be treated the same… Long live love." –Elizabeth Taylor

"Every gay person must come out. As difficult as it is, you must tell your immediate family. You must tell your relatives. You must tell your friends if indeed they are your friends. You must tell the people you work with. You must tell the people in the stores you shop in. Once they realize that we are indeed their children, that we are indeed everywhere, every myth, every lie, every innuendo will be destroyed once and all. And once you do, you will feel so much better." –Harvey Milk