“[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
“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.” PeopleThinkingMenHumansSufferingUnderstandingCreativeConditionsPossibilityParticularGayEmpathyActiveMutualHuman ConditionSolidarityHomophobiaGay Men Author:Adrienne Rich
“Attorney General John Ashcroft has been hospitalized. I believe he is suffering from homophobia. No, actually, it was just gallstones, but when they gave him the hospital gown that opens in the back, he refused to wear it, he thought it was a gay wedding dress.” BelieveHas BeensSufferingI BelieveGayDressesHospitalsAttorneyHomophobiaGownsWedding DressGallstones Author:Jay Leno
“Stereotypes fall in the face of humanity. You toodle along, thinking that all gay men wear leather after dark and should never, ever be permitted around a Little League field. And then one day your best friend from college, the one your kids adore, comes out to you.” ThinkingMenShouldLittlesKidsFacesHumanityFallDarkFieldsCollegeGayOne DayLeagueBigotryHomosexualityStereotypeAdoreLeatherHomophobiaYour Best FriendGay MenLittle League Book:Loud and Clear Source: Loud and Clear
“Pride became this dogma which meant you couldn't criticize anything gay - if you were the least bit critical of gay culture or people or any gay person doing any gay thing, that was an insufficient display of pride. You were suffering from internalized homophobia. As opposed to external homophobia.” PeopleIfsPersonsSufferingCultureBitsPrideGayCriticalCriticizeDisplayDogmaHomophobiaInsufficientGay Culture Author:Dan Savage
“What happened in the 80's was that all the men died of AIDS. That was a particularly depressing time because so many people passed away and it was a very desperate and lonely time, so I think a lot of people felt that we were somehow, unreceived. Not only by the disease but also by the public image of the disease. It really gave homophobia a real shot in the arm and changed the way people viewed gays, queers. It became an entirely different atmosphere.” PeopleThinkingMenWayDifferentRealFeltHappenedChangedHe ManArmsGayDiseaseShotsLonelyDiedAidsAtmosphereDesperateDepressingHomophobiaPassed AwayPublic Image Author:Margaret Cho
“If we actually supported these gay artists and pumped money behind them the same way they pump money behind these divas, a conversation of homophobia in hip hop wouldn't be. Because I would have the money and the revenue coming in. It's not about homophobia or who's going to push back. It's all about who's supporting you and where there's money from.” ArtistGayHip HopHomophobia Author:Cakes da killa
“I always kind of divided the gay guys I met up into two groups when I first started coming out. There were the guys who thought there was something fundamentally wrong with them and hated themselves and were so burdened with shame and internalized homophobia. It just really paralyzed and shredded them. And then there were guys like me who thought, "I'm fine, everybody else is crazy. My church is sick and the family's crazy, but me? I'm fine."” KindGuyChurchCrazyGaySickShameHatedHomophobia Author:Dan Savage
“A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.” PeopleInspirationalYoungHugeGayCapacityLgbtParanoiaHomophobia Author:Dan Savage
“You could move.' ---"Dear Abby" responds to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood.” KnowsWantedMovingQualityStreetsReaderCoupleGayDearNeighborhoodHomophobiaMoving InAbbyGay Couples Author:Abigail Van Buren
“Homophobia and the closet are allies. Like an unhealthy co-dependent relationship they need each other to survive. One plays the victim living in fear and shame while the other plays the persecutor policing what is ‘normal’. The only way to dismantle homophobia is for every gay man and lesbian in the world to come out and live authentic lives. Once they realise how normal we are and see themselves in us….the controversy is over.” MenWorldWayNeedsPlayGayNormalShameVictimDependentRealisingAlliesClosetsControversyUnhealthyHomophobiaGay MenAuthentic LifeLiving In Fear Author:Anthony Venn-Brown
“The pursuit of otherness, the sense that we are somehow different than our brothers and sisters, no matter where we find them, allows for all the other great evils: racism, sexism, homophobia, violence against gay people and against women.” PeopleDifferentMatterEvilJusticeViolenceBrotherGayRacismSocial JusticePursuitSexismBrothers And SistersHomophobiaGay PeopleOtherness Author:Anna Quindlen
“We struggled against apartheid because we were being blamed and made to suffer for something we could do nothing about. It is the same with homosexuality. The orientation is a given, not a matter of choice. It would be crazy for someone to choose to be gay, given the homophobia that is present.” MadeMatterWould BeSufferingChoicesGivenCrazyGayHomosexualityOrientationHomophobiaApartheidBeing Crazy Author:Desmond Tutu
“Legalizing gay marriage is not about making it possible for gay people to become couples. It's about giving the Left the power to force anti-religious values on our children. Once they legalize gay marriage, it will be the bludgeon they use to make sure that it becomes illegal to teach traditional values in the schools.” PeopleGivingChildrenUseSchoolValuesLeftForceReligiousTeachCoupleGayOur ChildrenTraditionalIllegalGay MarriageHomophobiaGay PeopleAnti ReligiousTraditional ValuesReligious Values Author:Orson Scott Card
“There's no need to legalize gay marriage. I have plenty of gay friends who are committed couples; some of them call themselves married, some don't, but their friends treat them as married. Anybody who doesn't like it just doesn't hang out with them.” NeedsCoupleGayMarriedTreatsCommittedPlentyHanging OutGay MarriageHomophobiaGay Friend Author:Orson Scott Card
“Ender's Game is set more than a century in the future and has nothing to do with political issues that did not exist when the book was written in 1984... It will be interesting to see whether the victorious proponents of gay marriage will show tolerance toward those who disagreed with them when the issue was still in dispute.” StillsBookShowsPoliticalGamesInterestingIssuesWrittenCenturyGayToleranceDisputesGay MarriageHomophobiaEnderPolitical Issues Author:Orson Scott Card
“People who think I'm gay, some part of me thinks it's wonderful. Because I want to challenge people on their homophobia. I love seeing on Twitter when someone says I'm gay, and I say, 'So what does it matter if I am? So be it. I hope you are not voting for me because you are making the presumption that I'm straight.'” PeopleIfsThinkingWantDoeMatterChallengesWonderfulSeeingGayVotingHomophobiaPresumptionDoes It MatterNot Voting Author:Cory Booker