“It's still true that literary works by women, gays, and writers of color are often framed as specific, rather than universal, small rather than big, personal or particular rather than socially significant.” StillsBigsLiteratureParticularColorGayUniversalSignificantFramedLiterary Works Book:Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There
“I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away.” WritingRunningRememberLiteratureGayWho You AreRunning AwayDentistBeing GayPostman Author:Mark Haddon
“My father tried to get me to be around gay people a lot when I was young. He owned a gay bookstore and it had a lot of gay literature and art books and he wanted me to be taken care of by the young gays and lesbians who worked for him.” PeopleArtBookCareWantedYoungFatherLiteratureTakenGayBookstoresGay PeopleLiterature And Art Author:Margaret Cho
“The writers who have been serious about recreating American literature have always been far and few between. What we do have at the end of the 20th century that we didn't have at the beginning, at that time of the Lost Generation of rich white boys, is a mixture. We're now getting gay writers of color, let's say, and women of color being published. This is unprecedented.” LiteratureBoysRichSeriousGay20th CenturyAmerican Literature Author:Ana Castillo
“I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.” FeelingsLightRememberYoungLiteratureFeltBlackHellKeysFineGayRacismLonelyBeing Lonely Author:Audre Lorde
“I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960's, and interracial relationships in the Lesbian and Gay community.” LiteratureCommunityNumbersFictionIssuesPiecesGay1960sGay PrideGay Community Book:Conversations with Audre Lorde Source: Conversations with Audre Lorde
“I want to love all the children of God - Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist - everyone. I want to love gay Christians and straight Christians.” WantChildrenChristianLiteratureGayJewBuddhistChild Of God Author:Anne Rice
“I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality.” ThinkingFirstsMotivationalMotivationLiteratureIndividualStrongGayHeterosexualityPersonal MotivationHeterosexuality Is Author:Marilyn vos Savant