“Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest.” FeelingsAgeInterestYouthGayRoseCommandMelancholyWitheredGarlandsRed Rose Book:Summaries of Thought Source: Summaries of Thought
“Discrimination at any level sends a harmful message to youth, gay or straight alike, and that discrimination has no place in Scouting.” LevelsYouthGayMessagesDiscriminationScouting Author:Gwen Ifill
“You don't really think that things will ever get better, but they do. People always ask me, "What would you say to gay teen youth that are suicidal, or someone who is addicted right now?," and it's hard to say with words that things will change, but they do.” PeopleThinkingHardAsksYouthRight NowGayAsk MeGet BetterSuicidal Author:Patty Schemel
“Homeland Security was rejecting, is rejecting terms like Jihad. They don't want to use terms like Jihad or Sharia, because they feel that alienates the youth in terms of propagandizing. However, an imam can talk about the killing of gays. To fight a cult, which is, this is the cult, you have to use the terminology of the cult, because how else can you explain what the cult and its practices are?” FightingTermSecurityYouthGayKillingCultJihad Author:Greg Gutfeld
“Growing up in the '80s, questions of style and music and youth culture all seemed inherently political - like gay rights issues, dressing up, wearing makeup, arms protests. A lot of attitude and opinions were expressed through clothes, and they all were meaningful. So in that way, I was so excited about the connection between our private lives and politics - who I kiss, how I like to dance.” PoliticalCultureAttitudeOpinionGrowing UpStyleYouthGayKissingExcitedMeaningfulMakeupProtestGay Rights Author:Wolfgang Tillmans
“Maybe there is no better novel in the world than Denton Welch's In Youth Is Pleasure. Just holding it in my hands, so precious, so beyond gay, so deliciously subversive, is enough to make illiteracy a worse social crime than hunger.” WorldEnoughHandsSocialPleasureNovelCrimeYouthGayHungerSubversiveIlliteracy Author:John Waters