“Seeing yourself reflected on screen is a very important part of being human. It makes us feel less alone, it make us feel more connected to humanity. Women, gay men, and trans people for a long time have not seen themselves represented, so being able to show the complexities that we all have - just as complex stories as a heterosexual white male - is crucial for us to feel more human and have other people see us as human beings.” PeopleMenFeelsHumansLongImportantStoriesShowsAbleHumanityHuman BeingsWhiteSeeingGayLong TimeComplexesMalesConnectedScreensComplexityCrucialBeing HumanTransGay MenSeeing Yourself Author:Marielle Heller
“I've been embraced by a new community. That's what happens when you're finally honest about who you are; you find others like you.” InspirationalHappensMotivationalCommunityHonestLike YouGayWho You AreTransBisexual Author:Chaz Bono
“When you let go of what you are, you become what you might be.” InspirationalMightMotivationalGayLetting GoTransBisexual Author:Laozi
“How can you go wrong with two people in love? Goodness has nothing to do with sexual orientation. Love is love, and there will never be too much.” PeopleInspirationalTwoMotivationalLove IsToo MuchGayGoodnessTransOrientationBisexual Author:Fiona Apple
“'Normal Life' looks at the current moment in trans politics, understanding that it is often assumed that trans resistance strategies should mimic the lesbian and gay legal rights frameworks that have become so visible in recent decades.” ShouldLooksMomentsUnderstandingRightsGayNormalStrategyCurrentsDecadesResistanceVisibleFrameworkTransNormal LifeLegal Rights Author:Dean Spade
“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 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
“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
“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
“To try and imagine that I'm another person is always going to be hard - whether I'm writing about a truck driver or someone who is gay, who's trans, who is of a different ethnicity or creed. But it would be boring if I always had to write about myself and my limited viewpoint.” IfsWritingTryingPersonsDifferentHardWould BeImagineGayBoringDriversImagine ThatCreedsTruckTransViewpointsEthnicityTruck Driver Author:Brian K. Vaughan
“I started to draw and design clothes that I couldn't find, because everything was all luxury, fashion clothes or very straight. So I mixed all of that together: Who says I can't put a man in a skirt? Who says that a man can't wear lace? Who says that men can't wear Swarovski? Who says that men can't wear makeup? You know what I'm like; for me, straight, gay, women, men, trans, we're all the same. I don't see difference.” KnowsMenI CanTogetherDifferencesFashionDesignGayClothesDrawsLuxuryMakeupTransSkirtsLace Author:Riccardo Tisci
“In a lot of states LGBT people can be fired for just being gay or for just being trans. That's totally legal.” PeopleStatesGayLgbtJust BeingTransBeing Gay Author:Ellen Page
“In America there are people advocating for trans rights and people like Vice President Pence, who is vehemently opposed. In Pakistan, too, you have all kinds of folks - from flamboyant gay fashion designers and female Air Force pilots to the Taliban. A cross-dressed man used to be the top TV talk show host. It was actually quite radical. So the diversity of these societies is often lost on people.” PeopleMenKindShowsAmericaUsedLostForcePresidentRightsAirFashionTvsGayDiversityFemaleCrossesFolksVicesAll KindsUsed To BeRadicalDesignerHostPilotsPakistanTransTalibanVice PresidentAdvocatingFashion DesignerAir ForceTalk ShowsFlamboyant Author:Mohsin Hamid
“I have seen a lifetime of transgender people and it was hard enough being gay in the '50s and early '60s. One couldn't imagine the cruelty that trans people had to face back then.” PeopleHardEnoughFacesImagineGayLifetimeCrueltyTransgenderTransBeing Gay Author:Patti Smith
“Maybe when the President tells you that you should be afraid of Mexicans or Muslims or Jews or black people or gay people or trans people, you'll realize that those are just labels, that underneath it all we're all the same people, we all have the same aspirations, the same hopes, the same desires, that we all share the same values.” PeopleShouldDesireValuesBlackPresidentRealizingShareGayJewLabelsAspirationBlack PeopleTransGay People Author:Reza Aslan
“I think specifically because of the character that I played, people are very connected to her. I used to get letters from young gay and lesbian and trans-gendered kids saying, 'I didn't kill myself because of Buffy'.” PeopleThinkingCharacterKidsYoungUsedGayLettersConnectedTrans Author:Amber Benson
“The pressures on gay teens can be overwhelming--to keep secrets, tell lies, deny who you are, and try to be who you're not. Remember: you are special and worth being cared about, loved, and accepted just as you are. Never, ever let anyone convince you otherwise.” InspirationalTryingMotivationalRememberLyingSecretSpecialGayPressureWho You AreDenyAcceptedConvinceLgbtOverwhelmingTeensTransRemember YouRemembers YouBisexualGay Pride Author:Alex Sanchez
“I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp. To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.” MenInspirationalMatterFactsMotivationalGayConceptsHatredHonestlyTransBisexual Author:Al Pacino
“There will not be a magic day when we wake up and it's now okay to express ourselves publicly. We make that day by doing things publicly until it's simply the way things are.” WayInspirationalMotivationalMagicGayOkayWake UpLgbtTransBisexual Author:Tammy Baldwin