When I First Started To Write, I Was Aware Of Being Queer, But I Didn't Write About It. Queer Poems Would Probably Not Have Been Accepted By The Editors I Sent Them To. - SearchQuotes

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When I first started to write, I was aware of being queer, but I didn't write about it. Queer poems would probably not have been accepted by the editors I sent them to.

Thom Gunn

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