“I think there is unnecessary conflict right now between the vehemently religious and the LGBT community. The extremes of religion I think and the LGBT community have an issue and because a lot of black families in America are more religious, I think that is where the conflict comes into play.” ThinkingPlayAmericaBlackCommunityReligiousIssuesRight NowConflictExtremesLgbtUnnecessaryBlack FamilyLgbt Community Author:John Amaechi
“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
“Being LGBT is not a choice. It's not about "a sexual proclivity." It's not a "lifestyle," as you put it. It's about our identity. Pride is a time when we come together to celebrate our community and when others do, too. Just as we do for other racial, ethnic, and religious groups that are part of the "tossed salad" nature of our society.” TogetherChoicesCommunityReligiousGroupsIdentityPrideLifestyleCelebrateOur SocietyLgbtSaladOur Community Author:Steven Petrow
“You can expect to see a robust discussion and representation of those issues throughout the convention program. Not just from the nominee, but through other vehicles as well. Expect to see the African-American community, the Latino community, the LGBT community, and others represented on stage and in the substance of our policies throughout the week.” WellsCommunityIssuesWeekStagePolicyProgramAfrican AmericanSubstanceDiscussionLgbtConventionsVehicleRepresentationLatinoRobustLgbt Community Author:Leah D. Daughtry
“While the President [Barack Obama] did a good thing when he said he personally supported equal marriage, he then quickly backed away and said that he wasn't going to do anything about it - that it was a state matter, and that he wasn't going to interfere, as opposed to being than being a real advocate for equality across the board in marriage. He also, I think two weeks prior to that statement, refused to sign an executive order to establish equal rights in the workplace for the LGBT community.” ThinkingSaidTwoRealMatterStatesOrderPresidentCommunityRightsWeekEqualGood ThingsStatementsBarackBoardsExecutivesLgbtInterfereWorkplaceEqual RightsTwo WeeksPresident Barack ObamaExecutive OrdersLgbt Community Author:Jill Stein
“We still have gaps that are rooted in gender inequality. Certainly we have discrimination against the LGBT community.” StillsCommunityGenderDiscriminationInequalityLgbtGapsRootedGender InequalityLgbt Community Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think it's really important to depict complex, flawed LGBT characters, because we are all connected by our humanity.” ThinkingImportantCharacterHumanityComplexesConnectedLgbtFlawed Author:Kit Williamson
“I think it [ Difficult People] is for people who don't feel that they have been properly represented on TV. I think it's painting a very accurate if slightly exaggerated for comedic purposes view of the LGBT world in a way that we have never, ever seen in any television show.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayFeelsHas BeensShowsPurposeDifficultViewsTelevisionPaintingTvsLgbtAccurateExaggeratedTelevision ShowsComedic Author:Billy Eichner
“I think if you look at Hollywood as a whole and the type of content that they put out over the years, it's pretty homogeneous, right? They haven't done a really deep dive into a lot of stories of people of color. I don't want to say that there haven't been attempts, and there has been some great product that has come out over the years, but I think in 2016, we're in a world of struggle. It's not just about race, it's also about the LGBT community too and others.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWantYearsLooksHas BeensDoneWholeStoriesCommunityRaceStruggleHavensColorProductsTypeHollywoodLgbtReally DeepHomogeneousLgbt Community Author:Mike Jackson
“The day we stop resisting our instincts, we'll have learned how to live.” GayInstinctLgbtResisting Author:Federico Garcia Lorca
“We need a Supreme Court that will stand up on behalf of women's rights, on behalf of the rights of the LGBT community, that will stand up and say no to Citizens United, a decision that has undermined the election system in our country because of the way it permits dark, unaccountable money to come into our electoral system.” WayNeedsCountryCommunityDarkDecisionUnitedRightsCitizensElectionCourtSupremeOur CountryLgbtPermitWomens RightsSupreme CourtBehalfCitizens UnitedLgbt CommunityElectoral Systems Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think it's very important that LGBT narratives are spoken from LGBT perspectives. I think that what I do is important as far as creating a lane for myself to be independent.” ThinkingImportantPerspectiveCreatingIndependentNarrativeLgbtLanes Author:Cakes da killa
“I don't think it's completely better. I still have to do annoying things sometimes and explain things that I don't feel I have to [about LGBT].” ThinkingFeelsStillsSometimesLgbtAnnoyingAnnoying Things Author:Cakes da killa
“I keep reading that Donald Trump is the most pro-LGBT GOP presidential nominee of all time - and I actually think that's true.” ThinkingReadingTrumpAll TimePresidentialLgbtGop Author:Steven Petrow
“The executions, persecution and imprisonment of political dissidents and the LGBT community, denial of free press, elections and religious freedoms, continue to be Fidel Castro's legacy.” PoliticalCommunityReligiousElectionPressesDenialLegacyLgbtExecutionPersecutionReligious FreedomImprisonmentCastroFree PressDissidentsLgbt Community Author:Andy Garcia
“[Mark] Lilla sees a deeper problem, and he wrote an article in The New York Times denouncing identity liberalism.He says liberals have appealed to African-Americans or women or the LGBT community but failed to craft a strong, broad national message. He's not the only person saying this. Long before the votes were cast, Bernie Sanders argued the Democrats lost the white working class by not speaking broadly to the country.” PersonsLongCountryProblemLostStrongCommunityWhiteClassNew YorkIdentityMessagesVoteMarkDemocratCastsDeeperCraftsAfrican AmericanLiberalismLgbtBroadsArticlesWorking ClassNew York TimesLgbt Community Author:Steve Inskeep
“Sad to hear that George Michael has died.He was an exceptional artist and a strong supporter of LGBT and workers' rights.” ArtistStrongRightsDiedWorkersLgbtSupporterExceptionalWorkers Rights Author:Nicola Sturgeon
“There have been times where, let's say on LGBT issues, when we were trying to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and I got the Pentagon and Bob Gates, a Republican holdover from the [George W.] Bush administration, to authorize a study of how you might end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, headed up by Jeh Johnson, who at that time was a council to the Justice Department. And it was going to take a year to conduct that study, issue a report, and figure out how it might be implemented, what effect it would have on unit cohesion and military effectiveness.” TryingYearsHas BeensEndsMightAsksJusticeStudyIssuesEffectsMilitaryFiguresRepublicanAdministrationDepartmentReportsLgbtGatesBobUnitsCouncilEffectivenessJohnsonPentagonCohesion Author:Barack Obama
“It is time that India legally respected the rights of LGBT persons. It is very sad that this is not enshrined in Indian law in India so far, but I do believe that soon, we will come on par with respecting the individuality of people with different sexualities.” PeopleBelievePersonsDifferentLawRightsIndiaIndividualitySexualityIndianLgbtVery Sad Author:Kabir Bedi
“Senator Sessions has opposed protections for LGBT individuals. He's spoken out against Freedom Corps' marriage equality decision. He opposed the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. He opposed the nomination of Loretta Lynch, the nation's first African-American woman to serve as attorney general. These things worry me.” FirstsAsksIndividualNationsDecisionWorryProtectionAfrican AmericanLgbtSenatorsSessionAttorneyNominationsAmerican WomanAfrican American WomenMarriage Equality Author:Patrick Leahy
“The public has moved beyond politicians. For example, I'm not worried about them repealing protections for the LGBT community, because the public is beyond that. I'm not worried about them being able to change the way in which we have reached out and provided many more opportunities for women. And I - but here's what does concern me. What concerns me is that they will make some judgments in the foreign policy area, without having thought it through that may cause a lot of problems.” WayMayDoeProblemAbleOpportunityCausesCommunityPolicyExamplePoliticianJudgmentAreasConcernMovedProtectionWorriedLgbtForeign PolicyLgbt CommunityRepealing Author:Joe Biden
“I grew up in the South where there's discrimination, and when I witnessed the judgment around me, I always thought someone needs to stick up for not just the LGBT community but any outsider, anybody that wasn't the mold in Texas.” NeedsCommunityGrewJudgmentGrew UpSticksSouthDiscriminationLgbtTexasOutsidersMoldLgbt Community Author:Demi Lovato
“If we write our laws and design them around the most privileged members of society, i.e., billionaire football team owner, then we forget about the people who don't have the same resources to make an appeal, to fight a wrongful accusation. Those tend to be members of the LGBT community and people of color because those are the people who tend to engage in the work of reappropriation to subvert discrimination. And yet those are the same ones being denied, based on their own identities.” PeopleIfsWritingLawFightingCommunityForgetTeamDesignIdentityFootballColorMembersResourcesDiscriminationAppealsOwnersLgbtDeniedPrivilegedBillionaireAccusationFootball TeamLgbt Community Author:Simon Tam
“There's a culture war in this country. Americans in recent years, as you know, have become more secular. They don't go to church as often. Bible reading, prayers in public are now frowned upon. And, of course, in addition to that, a lot of people have become much more supportive of LGBT rights. And in reaction to that, biblically conservative Americans feel that their faith is under assault.” PeopleKnowsFeelsYearsWarCountryCultureCoursesReadingChurchPrayerRightsConservativeReactionsLgbtSecularAssaultSupportiveBible Reading Author:Tom Gjelten
“You know, "Moonlight" deserves best picture [on Oscar]. What I mean by tarnished is the moment - being able to be in front of all your peers and being able to thank everyone involved and particularly when it's a movie that has some pivotal social relevance, like "Moonlight," particularly in a time where, with this new transitional government, LGBT rights are just being stripped. This win means something.” KnowsMeanMomentsGovernmentAbleWinningSocialRightsFrontsInvolvedDeserveLgbtJust BeingOscarsPeersMoonlightRelevancePivotalBest Picture Author:Cheo Hodari Coker
“Is it different to come out now than it was to come out thirty-five years ago? Sometimes. But if you come out now and you come from poverty and you come from racism, you come from the terror of communities that are immigrant communities or communities where you're already a moving target because of who you are, this is not a place where it's any easier to be LGBT even if there's a community center in every single borough.” IfsYearsDifferentSometimesMovingCommunityPovertyFiveEasierRacismYears AgoWho You AreTerrorThirtyFive YearsImmigrantsTargetLgbtCommunity Centers Author:Amber Hollibaugh
“If you're a person with resources who is LGBT, you may have some problems with that - but, frankly, you'll probably have an apartment. If you're poor, if you're transgender, if you're a person of color, if you're HIV positive and you're homeless, the ability to act on desire, the ability to be safely somewhere to make love with anybody that you want to make love with is unlikely.” IfsWantMayPersonsProblemDesireAbilityPoorColorResourcesLgbtApartmentMaking LoveHomelessUnlikelyTransgenderHivHiv Positive Author:Amber Hollibaugh
“I didn't come out and pay a really painful price often, to be LGBT, to not claim my sexuality at the same time. It's not all right with me to not talk about it so I don't make anybody nervous.” PayClaimsPainfulSexualityNervousLgbt Author:Amber Hollibaugh
“We're fighting for LGBT rights and for women's rights and for Muslims and for refugees. Well, we shouldn't be fighting for those groups, we should be fighting for freedom and the liberties that are enshrined in our founding documents and that covers everybody: the woman's right to choose, the ability to be able to pursue happiness.” FightingAbilityLibertyLgbtRefugeeFighting For Freedom Author:Sam Rasoul
“There are still so many risks to coming out in a conservative society, and I don't think suggesting one way of doing things will work for everybody. I do believe, however, that you can only be happy if you are true to yourself. So taking that first step - of coming out to yourself - that's something I hope every young LGBT person can feel safe doing.” ThinkingBelieveRiskConservativeLgbtTrue To Yourself Author:Ivan Heng
“I trust that the space for LGBT community in Singapore will continue to grow, and that we will eventually have equality and freedom, even as the world begins to recognise that LGBT rights are human rights.” WorldCommunityHuman RightsLgbt Author:Ivan Heng
“Advertisers have become scared of talking about certain issues because they don't want to upset an American family. I think it's a shame because there are things we want to talk to our kids about. So to be able to talk about LGBT issues on our shows. To be able to to talk about sex on our shows. Now if you're like, "I'm going to do an episode talking to kids about sex," on a network that's hard to do!” ThinkingKidsShameScaredUpsetLgbt Author:Gloria Calderon Kellett
“In all honesty I think, sometimes with the LGBT community, if you look at anything else surrounding it, there's always been this oddness and sense of humor. I really appreciate that. It's kind of a hard world to take yourself too seriously. It's a good balance check. It's not serious all the time. I'm that way too, even though I write a lot of depressing music. A lot of times our shows are not very serious at all. We joke a lot and then we play a sad song and then we joke again.” ThinkingWorldWritingKindSometimesSongCommunityHonestySeriousBalanceJokesAppreciateLgbtSense Of HumorDepressingSad Song Author:Radical Face
“The Trump campaign management team had to be fired a month or so ago because of those shadowy connections with pro-Putin forces. Governor Pence made the odd claim, he said inarguably Vladimir Putin is a better leader than President Obama. Vladimir Putin has run his economy into the ground. He persecutes LGBT folks and journalists. If you don't know the difference between dictatorship and leadership, then you got to go back to a fifth-grade civics class.” RunningPresidentLeaderEconomyTeamManagementJournalistOddLgbtPresident ObamaDictatorship Author:Tim Kaine
“I want you to understand that racial justice is not about justice for those who are black or brown; racial justice is about American justice. Justice for LGBT Americans is not about gay and lesbian justice; it's about American justice. Equality for women isn't about women; it's about United States equality. You cannot enjoy justice anywhere in this country until we make sure there is justice everywhere in this country.” CountryEnjoyBlackJusticeGayLgbtI Want You Author:Cory Booker
“Trump's dividing us. Yes, but people were already divided; Trump just expressed that division. And we have to find a way to, within a very heterogeneous party, even though we're the minority, we're a much more diverse party, of course, than the Republicans are. How do we talk about universal programs, have a universal message, and make sure we're talking about recent immigrants and non-immigrants, African-Americans, Latinos, LGBT people, as well? To me, that is a serious problem.” PeopleProblemPartySeriousRepublicanProgramLgbtDiverseLatino Author:Michael Kazin
“The great thing about 2017 is that, because of the terrible political state that we're in and that America is in, young people are so vocal at the moment about so many issues, from racism to LGBT rights to beyond. I feel like - especially when I look at my fan-base - people are so vocal about their opinions and so vocal about spreading love. That's really important, and I think it's really amazing that people are talking about that. I just want that to keep happening.” PeopleThinkingImportantMomentsPoliticalOpinionTerribleRacismGreat ThingsLgbtReally Amazing Author:Charli XCX
“I think fundamentally, the real power behind the anti-choice movement in regard to abortion and the opposition to the rights of LGBT Americans is fundamentally religious. I know that there are people who are secularists who have problems with the rights of gay people and problems with reproductive choice, but frankly those people are few in number.” PeopleThinkingRealProblemChoicesReligiousGayAbortionLgbtGay People Author:Barry W. Lynn
“A poem is a liminal space that can offer a sensation of belonging. A poem won't bring you a cold beer, but it may offer you a stool where you can sit down and feel momentarily at home. LGBT folks need intergenerational spaces where their lives and experiences are foregrounded.” HomeColdBeerLgbtBelonging Author:Jenny Johnson
“There was this very strange moment when the world discovered what was going on for LGBT people in Russia. It was very gratifying: I thought, there is a world out there, a saner world. It had felt sort of desperate and bizarre until that point.” PeopleWorldMomentsStrangeDesperateLgbtBizarre Author:Masha Gessen
“LGBT people are really convenient: we're sort of the ultimate foreign agent in Russia. There's no doubt in anyone's mind that the values that affirm nontraditional relationships, that affirm feminism, come from abroad. If you've established - and this isn't up for discussion - that foreign agents are bad, and foreign influence is bad, and the West is our enemy, then there's no better expression of the West's influence than gays and lesbians.” PeopleMindValuesEnemyDoubtFeminismInfluenceGayUltimateDiscussionLgbt Author:Masha Gessen
“Conceit of the anti-gay law in Russia is to protect children, then the people who have the most to fear are LGBT parents. And sure enough, in conjunction with the homosexual propaganda law, they instituted a ban on adoptions by same-sex couples, or single people from countries where same-sex marriage is legal. That has very scary potential for any LGBT person with adopted kids, because Russian courts practice this particular legal concept called "annulment of adoption." So an adopted child is never exactly the same as a biological child, even if he or she was adopted ten years ago.” PeopleChildrenCountryEnoughKidsParentCoupleProtectScaryPropagandaLgbtAdoptionHomosexualAdoptedSingle People Author:Masha Gessen
“You can't expect people who didn't exist as a community at all until about twenty years ago to have formed a political movement. This attack on the LGBT community was very shocking to the people who consider themselves to be activists. They're basically playing in the sandbox, and there's a tank coming! And what are they supposed to do - use the plastic shovel to push the tank back? But since the homosexual propaganda legislation, people have really stepped up, educated themselves politically, and grown by leaps and bounds.” PeoplePoliticalCommunityEducatedPropagandaLgbtLeapActivistHomosexual Author:Masha Gessen
“Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.” IfsDoeFactsFallIndividualBoysJourneyGayDiseaseFalling In LoveLgbtHomosexualityHomosexualOrientationGay RightsBeing GayGay PrideLgbt Pride Author:James A. Baldwin
“It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.” AbleHappinessGaySpringDiscoveryHappySelf DiscoveryFinding YourselfLgbtDiscoveringBeing HappyHomosexualKnow YourselfMake You HappyInsperationalGay RightsKnow ThyselfJoy And HappinessBeing GayAlways HappyJust Be HappyJoy HappinessFeeling HappyKey To HappinessAlways Be HappySelf KnowingWhat Is HappinessYou Make Me HappyDiscovering YourselfHappy InspirationalDiscovering SelfLive Life Happy InspirationalDiscovery In LifeDiscovering Your True SelfBeing Your True Self Author:Lucille Ball
“You always have to remember - no matter what you're told - that God loves all the flowers, even the wild ones that grow on the side of the highway.” MatterRememberGrowsSidesFlowerGayNo Matter WhatGod LoveLgbtHighways Author:Cyndi Lauper
“You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people.” PeopleKnowsGayLgbtTransgenderBisexualBisexuality Author:Judith Light
“As anyone who is gay will confirm, being that way is not something you become, it is a set of emotional and physical responses that just are.” WayEmotionalGayResponseLgbtBeing GayPhysical Attraction Author:Lance Loud
“It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It's like disapproving of rain.” BitsGayRainLgbtHomosexualityHomosexualPointlessOrientationGay RightsBeing GayGay PrideDisapprovalDisapprovingLgbt Pride Author:Francis Maude
“The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.” PeopleWorldLifeInspirationalChangeNumbersHonestHonestyWillingLife PhilosophyGayDirectManagementReal LifeBeing HonestNovelistsChanging The WorldProportionLgbt Author:Armistead Maupin