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Top 15 Harry Hay Quotes (2025 Update)

Harry Hay Quote: “Assimilation is the way you excuse yourself. It absolutely never worked at all. You may not think you are noticeable. But they know who you are. They know you’re a degenerate, and they’ve never forgotten that.”

1. “Assimilation is the way you excuse yourself. It absolutely never worked at all. You may not think you are noticeable. But they know who you are. They know you’re a degenerate, and they’ve never forgotten that.”

Harry Hay Quote: “Up until I was eleven years old, I thought I was the only one of my kind in the world. I couldn’t find anybody else who felt as I did.”

2. “Up until I was eleven years old, I thought I was the only one of my kind in the world. I couldn’t find anybody else who felt as I did.”

Harry Hay Quote: “With the full realization that, in order to earn for ourselves any place in the sun, we must with perseverance and self-discipline work collectively for the full first-class citizenship participation of Minorities everywhere, including ourselves.”

3. “With the full realization that, in order to earn for ourselves any place in the sun, we must with perseverance and self-discipline work collectively for the full first-class citizenship participation of Minorities everywhere, including ourselves.”

Harry Hay Quote: “The moment you say, “We are proud. I’m proud to be this, and I’m proud to be that,” what you’re saying is we’re almost as good as the others. “Almost” always means not quite.”

4. “The moment you say, “We are proud. I’m proud to be this, and I’m proud to be that,” what you’re saying is we’re almost as good as the others. “Almost” always means not quite.”

Harry Hay Quote: “I’m not looking for a boyish girl. I’m looking for a boy. And I’m not looking for a girlish boy either.”

5. “I’m not looking for a boyish girl. I’m looking for a boy. And I’m not looking for a girlish boy either.”

Harry Hay Quote: “I always say to people, “If you share my dream, why don’t we walk together?” And that’s my only organizing tool.”

6. “I always say to people, “If you share my dream, why don’t we walk together?” And that’s my only organizing tool.”

Harry Hay Quote: “Ostracism means you don’t exist at all. And that’s a very difficult situation to live with. As gay people, we had been chasing ostracism by that point for probably 300 years. You just knew that you should have dropped into your black hole.”

7. “Ostracism means you don’t exist at all. And that’s a very difficult situation to live with. As gay people, we had been chasing ostracism by that point for probably 300 years. You just knew that you should have dropped into your black hole.”

Harry Hay Quote: “I knew that I was gay in every bone of my body. So I did the only thing I could do. I started the movement.”

8. “I knew that I was gay in every bone of my body. So I did the only thing I could do. I started the movement.”

Harry Hay Quote: “Underneath that facade, I’m a terrified little sissy, just like everybody else. But I never let it show.”

9. “Underneath that facade, I’m a terrified little sissy, just like everybody else. But I never let it show.”

Harry Hay Quote: “I was accustomed to walking alone. I’d find other people who agreed with me, but they also said, “I wouldn’t dare mention it.” I was the only one who would say, “We’ve got to stand.” And they said, “Well, yes. And after you make it safe, then I’ll stand, too. But you have to make it safe.””

10. “I was accustomed to walking alone. I’d find other people who agreed with me, but they also said, “I wouldn’t dare mention it.” I was the only one who would say, “We’ve got to stand.” And they said, “Well, yes. And after you make it safe, then I’ll stand, too. But you have to make it safe.””

Harry Hay Quote: “The assimilationist movement is running us into the ground.”

11. “The assimilationist movement is running us into the ground.”

Harry Hay Quote: “I’ve always felt I carried a golden secret, a wonderful secret. Every time I thought about it, it made me feel warm inside and good.”

12. “I’ve always felt I carried a golden secret, a wonderful secret. Every time I thought about it, it made me feel warm inside and good.”

Harry Hay Quote: “I was an older brother. So I had to do a lot of things first. My father was a self-made man, and he would beat me senseless. But he was a Scotsman, and stubborn. I’m his son, and I’m stubborn, too. I go on being stubborn.”

13. “I was an older brother. So I had to do a lot of things first. My father was a self-made man, and he would beat me senseless. But he was a Scotsman, and stubborn. I’m his son, and I’m stubborn, too. I go on being stubborn.”

Harry Hay Quote: “If you look into the history of fashion, you’ll discover that Gernreich was the leading name for years and the leading fashion designer both here in the United States and internationally.”

14. “If you look into the history of fashion, you’ll discover that Gernreich was the leading name for years and the leading fashion designer both here in the United States and internationally.”

Harry Hay Quote: “Give yourself permission to enjoy being gay. You do have to give yourself permission. You have been told you may not. Give yourself permission to be free.”

15. “Give yourself permission to enjoy being gay. You do have to give yourself permission. You have been told you may not. Give yourself permission to be free.”

Harry Hay Quote: “I condemn the national gay press for its emphasis on consumerism.”

16. “I condemn the national gay press for its emphasis on consumerism.”

Harry Hay Quote: “A law is a law. It can be voted in. It can be voted out. It can be voted in and stay in as long as you have the majority. And where do you have the majority? You kid yourself.”

17. “A law is a law. It can be voted in. It can be voted out. It can be voted in and stay in as long as you have the majority. And where do you have the majority? You kid yourself.”

Harry Hay Quote: “The police had a practice of entrapping people. This was done all over the country, but we had a particularly vicious group here in Southern California because of the Hollywood situation. They knew they could get a lot of them. They were shaking down people for thousands in blackmail.”

18. “The police had a practice of entrapping people. This was done all over the country, but we had a particularly vicious group here in Southern California because of the Hollywood situation. They knew they could get a lot of them. They were shaking down people for thousands in blackmail.”

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