“The stereotypical gay man is someone whose company I enjoy, someone who makes me laugh, someone I'd want my kid to be. The stereotypical gay woman makes me insecure, conscious of my failings as a feminist.” MenWantKidsEnjoyCompanyLaughingFailingGayConsciousFeministInsecureGay MenMake Me Laugh Author:Ayelet Waldman
“I think the best article was the article about radical feminists being against transgender women. I found that the most fascinating article and I absolutely loved it. I love battles within the gay community or feminist community. I love radical theorists.” ThinkingFoundCommunityGayBattleFeministRadicalFascinatingArticlesTransgenderTheoristsGay CommunityRadical Feminist Author:John Waters
“[talking about word "homophobia":] I myself don´t like "gays" - and let me stress that I don't consider that word a synonym for "homosexual" - in the same way that I don't like Communists and Feminists as advocates of a harmful and stupid ideology. But have no fear of them.” WayTalkingStupidGayLet MeStressFeministIdeologyCommunistHomosexualNo FearHomophobiaHave No FearSynonym Author:Rafal A. Ziemkiewicz
“Most Jewish feminists and gays that I know remain angry and frustrated by Jewish progressives. Deeply committed to progressive causes, frequently in the vanguard of political action, Jewish feminist and gays find ourselves fighting for the rights of others without the secure knowledge that others will fight for us.” KnowsActionPoliticalFightingCausesRightsFeminismGayAngryCommittedFeministSecureProgressiveFrustratedPolitical ActionVanguard Author:Irena Klepfisz
“With prodigious bravery and eviscerating humor, Roxane Gay takes on culture and politics in Bad Feminist-and gets it right, time and time again. We should all be lucky enough to be such a bad feminist.” ShouldEnoughCultureGayLuckyBraveryFeministRight TimeProdigious Author:Ayelet Waldman
“Trans activism in the US has most frequently been grassroots, centered on poverty and criminalization, and often oppositional to the exclusionary "mainstreaming" threads in gay and lesbian politics and feminist politics.” PovertyGayFeministActivismThreadTransGrassroots Author:Dean Spade
“It is easier to talk about issues; it is easier to say you're a feminist because it's actually awesome to be one. The panopoly of people identifying as feminists is really excellent now that we've come to a point where all these really interesting voices are rising up and saying they're feminists - women of color, trans people, gay folks, everybody. It's an exciting time to actually define as that because it means that people are really feeling like their voice is what's the most important thing in the movement, and I love that.” PeopleMeanImportantFeelingsVoiceInterestingIssuesMovementColorEasierGayExcitingImportant ThingsFolksFeministExcellentRisingReally InterestingTransIdentifyingRising Up Author:Lizz Winstead
“If we are true small 'l' liberals, it's our job to seek out feminist Muslims, ex-Muslims, liberal Muslims, dissenting voices within Muslim communities, gay Muslims - we should promote those voices and in doing so, we demonstrate Islam is not a monolith, Muslims are not homogenous, and that Muslims are truly internally diverse.” IfsShouldJobsVoiceCommunityGayIslamFeministDiverseExesMuslim Community Author:Maajid Nawaz
“America's got to look after America again. That means taking a realistic appraisal of who is actually at risk in this country, not whining feminists, or whinging Black Lives Matter activists, but gay people and women at risk from Islam. Also, so people in this country who have been treated badly, lied to and lied about. An honest appraisal of who actually needs government attention in this country. And when all of that is done, then we can think about interfering elsewhere again.” PeopleThinkingNeedsLooksMeanHas BeensCountryMatterDoneGovernmentAmericaBlackAttentionRiskHonestGayIslamFeministTreatedActivistRealisticElsewhereInterfereLiedBlack Lives MatterGay PeopleWhiningAppraisalBlack Lives Author:Milo Yiannopoulos
“So for me to actually have access to women, to feminist women, to gay people, to trans people, to intellectuals, iconoclasts, weirdos, academics, just the people who don't normally get marketed to, in some way I kinda hoped that if I could collect all of them, I could say, "Hey! Look over here! There are enough people who like my stuff." And it sorta has seemed to be true.” PeopleEnoughGayFeministBeing TrueGay PeopleWeirdo Author:Jill Soloway
“I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way - all of them who have tried to secularize America - I point the finger in their face and say "you helped this happen."” PeopleWayTryingBelieveHumorHappensAmericaFacesReligionAtheismGayFingersFeministLifestyleAlternativesPaganRemembrance For 9 11 Author:Jerry Falwell