James McGreevey Gay Quotations

My truth is that I am a gay American,

The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether it's Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of women's rights or, now, gay rights, I think there is an almost-inevitable march toward greater civil liberties.

Being gay is a fundamental part of my being - the core of who I've always been, and the thing that I had repressed and run from all my life.

When I came out publicly, some photo editors had a field day searching for pictures of me with a limp wrist or some other stereotypical gay signifier - as though, after decades in the public eye, they'd suddenly come across a trove of shots where I looked like a Cher impersonator.

for being a gay American but rather for having let personal feelings impact my decision-making.