“When I asked [my dad why the sky was blue] he said it was because God’s a boy. If God were a girl, the sky would be pink. ‘What about sunrise and sunset?’ I’d asked. Dad had looked dumbfounded. 'You kids. You think too much.’ It frightened me how shallow the gene pool was that Liam and I were wading…”— Julie Anne Peters, amazon.comTagged: LGBTQ, Gender Norms, Equality
“My gender is a murmuration of starlings. My sexuality is a chainsaw made of lavender.”— Casey Rocheteau, siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.comTagged: Gender Labels, LGBTQ, Gender Norms, Equality
“So I encourage everyone to do more than seek out a label - seek out yourself”— Equality Speaks, youtube.comTagged: Gender Labels, Gender Norms, LGBTQ, Identity
“we are not a people born of sin and belligerent scripture... ...am I not human? is this not flesh I feel?”— onniki pooka, onniki.tumblr.comTagged: LGBTQ, Orlando, Equality, Homophobia
“Gay bars are therapy for people who can’t afford therapy; temples for people who lost their religion, or whose religion lost them; vacations for people who can’t go on vacation; homes for folk without families; sanctuaries against aggression.”— Richard Kim, thenation.comTagged: LGBTQ, Homophobia, Acceptance
“And so, what are we left with, besides the awareness that even in our refuges we are not safe?”— Saeed Jones, buzzfeed.comTagged: LGBTQ, Equality, Homophobia
“When I say ‘women,’ I just mean ‘not men,’’ I have heard people protest when these issues are brought up — and I get that. It’s easier. It’s simple: 'women’ equals 'not men.’ But for many of us, neither are applicable terms. And when groups refuse to acknowledge or engage in conversations about marg…”— Sam Escobar, femsplain.comTagged: Equality, Non-Binary, Gender Norms
“American media and politicians love pinning the blame on the whole muslim population so that they do not have to feel like part of the problem and because this, once again, is apparently a matter of religion so that they don't have to reexamine their own views on gun control or homophobia.”— Anonymous, a6.tumblr.comTagged: LGBTQ, Homophobia, Gun Control, America
“HEAVEN LIKE, YOU CAN BE HOLY, BUT ONLY IF YOU LOVE THE RIGHT WAY.”— Schuyler Peck, schuylerpeck.tumblr.comTagged: LGBTQ, Religion, Love, Homophobia, Poetry
“A society cannot CONSISTENTLY spew vitriol about gay people, legislate against them, then act like this shooting is an isolated incident.”— Léonicka, twitter.comTagged: Society, Anti-LGBT Legislation, Shootings
“Each one of us is in hundreds of boxes, like watercolors, splish-splashing elements of ourselves over into the others, and in my view, when colors bleed into each other, we get the most beautiful rainbows.”— iO Tillett Wright, huffingtonpost.comTagged: LGBT, Boxes, Labels, Being Yourself, Freedom
“He was free, free in every way, free to behave like a fool or a machine, free to accept, free to refuse, free to equivocate; to marry, to give up the game, to drag this death weight about with him for years to come. He could do what he liked, no one had the right to advise him, there would be for hi…”— Jean-Paul Sartre, amazon.com
“Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.”— Ellen Degeneres, advocate.comTagged: Love, Compassion, LGBQT, Pride, kindness
“You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.”— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.comTagged: Pride, Self-Worth, Stand For Something
“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.”— Iain Thomas, iwrotethisforyou.meTagged: Pain, Love, Choosing Love, Compassion, strength
“In the face of hate and violence, we will love one another. We will not give in to fear.”— Barack Obama, twitter.comTagged: Hate, Violence, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Peace
“Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love and love cannot be killed or swept aside.”— Lin-Manuel Miranda, theonethatgotleftbehind.tumblr.comTagged: Love, LGBTQ, Homophobia, Analepsis