Harry Benjamin quotes

Harry Benjamin quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“If adjustment is necessary, it should be made primarily with regard to the position the homosexual occupies in present-day society, and society should more often be treated than the homosexual.”
-- Harry Benjamin

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“Thinking back on it, I've been in this business since I was 3, and I grew up in musical theater, so I was raised and surrounded by gay men and gay women. I was hardly around anyone straight.”
“I never had a low self-esteem that would make me gay. At one point, though, the reverse happened. Being homosexual led me to have a loss of self-esteem when I first became aware of society's attitudes about homosexuality.”
“I'm a registered Republican, I only seem liberal because I believe that hurricanes are caused by high barometric pressure and not gay marriage.”

Source : "The Newsroom". www.npr.org. July 16, 2012.
“If you've driven over to the gay section of Los Angeles, it's like a golf course... Real estate values go 'boom!'”
“I think about the possibilities for empathy, for mutual solidarity among gay men and lesbians, not simply as people who suffer under homophobia, but as people who are also extremely creative, active, and have a particular understanding of the human condition.”
“I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle.”
“I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you'll lead a very dull life.”
“Justice should be cheap but judges expensive.”

Source : "Uncommon Law". Book by A. P. Herbert, 1935.
“It seems to me that more and more we've come to expect less and less from each other, and I think that should change.”
“The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.”

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