Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself, in fact, confused. James McGreevey ambivalentchildconfuse Change image and share on social
When you're a young kid and you're gay, you're out there on your own. And you're trying to figure this thing out. And your parents typically aren't gay. James McGreevey figuregaykid Change image and share on social
I realized that I had screwed up my life living different parts of my life in different places. I wasn't whole. I wasn't integrated. I wasn't a complete person. And after that, came out, spent some time at a psychiatric hospital. James McGreevey completehospitalintegrate share on social
For me, living in the closet corroded my ability to have an honest, open relationship with my God, my loved ones, my constituency and myself. James McGreevey abilityclosetconstituency Change image and share on social
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. James McGreevey corefundamentalgay Change image and share on social
Inauthenticity is endemic in American politics today. The political backrooms where I spent much of my career were just as benighted as my personal life, equally crowded with shadowy strangers and compromises, truths I hoped to deny. I lived not in one closet but in many. James McGreevey americanbackroombenighted share on social
I engaged in an adult consensual affair with another man. James McGreevey adultaffairconsensual Change image and share on social
At a point in every person's life, one has to look deeply into the mirror of one's soul and decide one's unique truth in the world, not as we may want to see it or hope to see it, but as it is. James McGreevey decidedeeplyhope Change image and share on social
No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation. James McGreevey catholicdamnationfaith Change image and share on social
The history of America is to expand civil liberties in a responsible and civil manner. We need to remember that our wonderful Democracy with its freedoms has been working. James McGreevey americacivildemocracy Change image and share on social
