“In the past, it weighed on me because nobody in my family is gay. I had no role models so I had to find my own way.” WayPastMy OwnRolesGayModelsMy FamilyRole Models Author:Mika
“I didn't have any role models. I really thought I was doomed to this loveless, lonely life. I didn't know any gay people until I began doing theater.” PeopleKnowsRolesGayModelsLonelyTheaterRole ModelsDoomedGay PeopleLovelessLonely Life Author:Bryan Batt
“Why do you think people don't think that homosexual parents are good? You don't know what a homosexual family looks like. I will be the role model for the good gay family. Don't let these children suffer without families because of your bias.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLooksChildrenSufferingParentRolesGayModelsRole ModelsBiasHomosexual Author:Rosie O'Donnell
“There are sharply different, competing models of what trans advocacy looks like - those that seek to follow the path laid out by the most visible and well-funded lesbian and gay rights organizations in the US and those that seek to use grassroots strategies, center issues of race and poverty, and aim to dismantle harmful institutions and conditions to redistribute life chances.” WellsLooksDifferentUseChanceRacePovertyPathIssuesRightsConditionsGayModelsOrganizationAimInstitutionsStrategyVisibleCompetingTransGay RightsAdvocacyGrassroots Author:Dean Spade
“Trans rights formation that mimics the models and strategies of the lesbian and gay rights framework is growing, and there are many significant strategy disagreements between those building that work and those doing racial and economic justice centered trans work.” JusticeGrowingRightsEconomicBuildingGayModelsStrategySignificantFrameworkDisagreementFormationTransGay RightsEconomic Justice Author:Dean Spade
“I just hate that gay role models are supposed to be just like straight people, as if even straight people are like that.” PeopleIfsHateRolesGayModelsSupposed To BeRole Models Author:Paul Rudnick
“There is a norm, there is a model of the way things are supposed to be. When you find yourself outside of that, when you find yourself not fitting the way things are designed to be, it's a simple matter of just learning how you ought to be and working to restore the way things are supposed to be.” WayMatterSimpleOughtGayModelsSupposed To BeFinding YourselfNormFittingNot Fitting Author:Scott Lively